Speedbowl Special For Gene & Marilyn
Brockton, MA — Over three decades, car owners Marilyn and Gene Angelillo won 107 Northeastern Midget Association races. It led to 14 car owner championships with three drivers – an extraordinary statistic.
Gene died in March of 2010. The last win he celebrated was Waterford’s 2009 Wings and Wheels. Russ Stoehr was the driver.
Ironically, this Saturday the Angelillo Memorial is part of the fourth edition of Wings and Wheels. Stoehr’s win in last summer’s Angelillo race helped the team capture the championship.
It is a continuation of the Marilyn’s Passion race at Monadnock in 2009. Marilyn died in September of 2007. After Gene’s passing, daughter Laura Kibbe brought the race to Waterford. It made sense.
The Angelillo Waterford victories are divided up between four drivers starting with Drew Fornoro who got the first one back in 1982. Joey Payne and the versatile Ted Christopher have also won at The ‘Bowl in Angelillo equipment.
As officers (Gene was a president, Marilyn a secretary) the Angelillos helped guide NEMA.
Marilyn’s contributions to NEMA and to the race team continues. The number – 45 – was her idea. It was Gene’s age at the time he became a car owner. The “Dumo’s Desire” tag memorializes Gene’s dad Dominic, better known as “Dumo.”
Sources: NEMA PR