NEMA History at Tracks on the 2013 Schedule
Lee USA Speedway, Lee, NH 1/3 mile
2012 Fastest feature lap: 13.307 by Adam Cantor
Active Drivers with NEMA wins at Lee USA Speedway
Randy Cabral 2 Last – 2012 (Bertrand 47)
Adam Cantor 2 Last – 2012 (Cantor 33)
Jeff Horn 4 Last – 2009 (Horn A1)
Joey Payne 1 Last – 2003 (Angelillo 45)
Bobby Santos III 1 Last – 2008 (Santos 98)
Ben Seitz 1 Last – 2004 (Valeri 17)
Greg Stoehr 1 Last – 2011 (Stoehr 26b)
Russ Stoehr 2 Last – 1991 (Beane 26)
NEMA Lites winners at Lee: Paul Bigelow (2012), Danny Cugini (2012), Ed LeClerc Jr. (2010), Paul Luggelle (2009), Carl Medeiros 2 (both in 2012), Jesse State (2008), Jake Stergios 2 (last in 2009), Avery Stoehr (2012), Russ Wood Jr. 2 (both in 2011).
First: Walt Gale, driving the Secondo #32 Offenhauser, bested Dave Humphrey and Bill Stofer on June 12, 1966.
Notes: Drew Fornoro was the first NEMA winner on the present layout in 1985. Lee was a unique tri oval between 1965 and 1983…Nokie Fornoro (Reider #81) defeated Rich Volger and Mike Seymour in a co-sanctioned USAC race on June 27, 1986…A daring move in heavy traffic gave Ben Seitz his win in 2004. Randy Cabral, Seitz and Joe Payne ran into lapped traffic with five laps remaining. Seitz shot to the inside to grab the lead and then held Payne off over the final five laps.
Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, NH ¼ Mile
NEMA returns after two seasons away. Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) out-dueled Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47) with Greg Stoehr (Stoehr 26b) third in the last race on July 2010. Fastest lap: 11.901 Russ Stoehr
Active drivers with NEMA win(s) at Monadnock
Randy Cabral 1 Last – 2009 (Bertrand 47)
Joey Payne 1 Last – 2008 (Angelillo 45)
Bobby Santos 1 Last – 2008 (Santos 98)
Greg Stoehr 3 Last – 2009 (Stoehr 26)
Russ Stoehr 2 Last – 2010 (Dumo’s Desire 45)
NEMA Lites winners at Lee: Todd Bertrand (2010), Anthony Nocella (2010) P.J. Stergios (2009)
First Race: Dave Humphey (McCarthy 47) defeated Lou Fray and Butch Walsh on July 9, 1972
Notes – The top six in the first race included a pair of Chevy II motors, two SESCOs, an Offenhauser and a Comet. It was the first of five Monadnock wins for Dave Humphrey…Drew Fornoro has 11 Monadnock wins, all with owner Gene Angelillo, the final one in 1997 when he beat Russ Stoehr…Stoehr, in a Reider chassis, defeated Fornoro in his first Monadnock win in 1995…2008 winner Bobby Santos III didn’t get the lead until only two laps remained with Payne snatching second from Nokie Fornoro on the last lap.
Oswego Speedway, Owego 5/8 mile
2012 Fastest lap: 16.94 by Jim Miller
Active Drivers with NEMA wins at Oswego Speedway:
Howie Bumpus Last – 1999 (Campanale 54)
Lou Cicconi Jr. Last – 1994 (Cicconi 1)
Jim Miller 1 Last- 2012 (Miller 3m)
Joey Payne 2 Last – 2004 (Angelillo 45)
Chris Perley 1 Last – 2005 (Berrio 2)
Russ Stoehr 8 Last – 2001 (Angelillo 45)
NEMA Lites Winners at Oswego: Ian Cumens (2012)
First: Drew Fornoro, driving the Angelillo #47, bested Mike Favulli and Billy Hughes on Aug. 3, 1990
Note – Russ Stoehr’s 2001 win featured a last lap pass of Bobby Seymour that used three turns and wasn’t over until the two exited turn four. Seymour was second to Stoehr twice at Oswego as were Drew Fornoro and Supermodified star Joe Gosek…On the subject of Supermodifed standouts, Joey Payne’s 2004 win featured a late pass of Phil DiMario in heavy traffic while Chris Perley drove the Berrio #2 to victory over Lou Cicconi on Classic Weekend in 2005.
Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MA ¼ mile
Fastest 2012 feature lap: 11.152 by Seth Carlson
Active Drivers with NEMA wins at Seekonk
Jeff Abold 4 Last – 2011 (Seymour 4)
Keith Botelho 2 Last – 2010 (Stoehr 25)
Randy Cabra l 7 Last – 2011 (Bertrand 47)
Adam Cantor Last – 2009 (Cantor 7ny)
Seth Carlson 1 Last – 2012 (Feigel 71)
Lou Cicconi 4 Last – 2010 (Seymour 4)
Jeff Horn 3 Last – 2001 (Shaw 1s)
Anthony Nocella 1 Last – 2011 (Seymour 9)
Joey Payne 2 Last – 2007 (Angelillo 45)
Bobby Santos III 1 Last – 2006 (Seymour 29)
Ben Seitz 3 Last – 2007 (Valeri 17)
Greg Stoehr 3 Last – 1994 (Zahar 38b)
Russ Stoehr 5 Last – 2000 (Angelillo 45)
NEMA Lites winners at Seekonk: Ian Cumens (2012), Ryan Bigelow (2011), Randy Cabral (2010), Seth Carlson (both in 2011), Shawn Gosselin (2008), Ed LeClerc Jr. (2010), Anthony Marvuglio (2009), David Moniz (2011), Anthony Nocella 5 (Last in 2011) Jim Santa Maria (2010), Jesse State (2008), Jake Stergios (2008), Bethany Viets (2010), William Wall (2009), Russ Wood Sr. (2010).
First: Fred Meeker, driving the Kernan #17 Ford, bested Al Pillion and Cliff Riggot in the first-ever race in NEMA history.
Notes – Johnny Kay and Len Thall finished in a dead heat for second behind Al Pillion in 1957…Racing Immortal Mel Kenyon was a Seekonk NEMA winner on Sept 1, 1985 beating the Fornoro brothers Nokie and Drew…Drew (Angelillo 45) defeated Nokie (Reider 81) in 1986 in a race co-sanctioned with USAC. It came a day after Nokie beat Rich Vogler at Lee…There are 12 seasons between Keith Botelho’s Seekonk victories…Randy Cabral’s first win came at the 2000 Boston Louie Memorial in a car older than he was… The Seymour family has won five of the last 10 NEMA races a Seekonk with drivers Jeff Abold, Lou Cicconi, Anthony Nocella. The family has six Lites wins, five by Nocella.
Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, CT ½ mile
Fastest 2012 feature lap: 17.582 by Anthony Marvuglio
Active Drivers with NEMA wins at Stafford:
Randy Cabral 1 Last – 2010 (Bertrand 47)
Jeff Horn Last – 2005 (Horn A1)
Mike Horn 1 Last – 2012 (Horn 93x)
Bobby Santos III 2 Last – 2008 (Santos 98)
Erica Santos 1 Last – 2007 (Breault 44)
Ben Seitz 2 Last – 2006 (Valeri 17)
Russ Stoehr 1 Last – 2011 (Dumo’s Desire 45)
First: John DeLeo, driving the Anderson #2 Ford, defeated Bill Bichteman and Bert Brooks on the fifth mile that was inside the half mile dirt on Sept. 13, 1953
Notes – Randy Cabral’s only Stafford win came in 2010 in the Bertrand car but it was the sixth win for the number 47. Owner John McCarthy won five times at Stafford including the first-ever race on the paved half-mile in 1967 with Lou Fray aboard. Fray won four times and Dave Humphrey once for McCarthy at Stafford….Jerry Wall set Midget racing on its ear with a victory in the “Jellowjacket” #5 in 1971, the first time a midget with an engine behind the driver, took a checkered flag… Erica Santos remains the only NEMA female winner, doing in Ed Breault’s #44 in 2007…2012 winner Mike Horn joined his dad Jeff on the Stafford victory list, the latter a winner in his own car in 2005.
Star Speedway, Epping, NH ¼ mile
Fastest 2012 feature lap: 11.8 (unofficial) by Randy Cabral
Active Drivers with NEMA with at Star:
Keith Botehlo 1 Last – 1998
Howie Bumpus 4 Last – 2003 in Berrio #2
Randy Cabral 2 Last – 2012 in Bertrand #47
Jeff Horn 6 Last – 2000 in Shaw #1s
Jim Miller 1 Last – 2000 (Miller 3m)
Joe Payne 8 Last – 2007 in Angelillo #45
Pete Pernesiglio 1 Last – 1999 in Pernesiglio #50
Russ Stoehr 10 Last – 2000 in Angelillo #45
NEMA Lites winners at Star: Randy Cabral (2012), Carl Medeiros (2012)
First: Dave Humphrey, driving the Pascale #1 Offenhauser, defeated Johnny Kay and George Monsen in 1968
Note – There have been 140 NEMA features run at Star Speedway, making it the club’s most frequent stop. There have been 33 different winners…The first Midget winner at Star, Dave Humphrey went on to win for five different owners there including Mike Connors, Mike Scrivani, John McCarthy and Ralph Miller in addition to Don Pascale…Howie Bumpus set some kind of record coming from 27th to win in Don Berrio’s #2 in 2002. Aided by seven cautions in the first nine laps, Bumpus was second by lap 16 and took the lead from Drew Fornoro on a restart with five to go. Randy Cabral came from 22nd to get third…Jeff Horn and Joey Payne have been successful in both Midgets and Supermodifieds at Star
Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT 5/8 mile
Fastest 2012 feature lap: 18.113 Randy Cabral
Active Drivers with NEMA wins a Thompson
Randy Cabal 10 Last – 2012 in Bertrand #47
Mike Horn 1 Last – 2011 in Horn 93X
Joey Payne 1 Last – 2000 (Angelillo 45b)
Ben Seitz 3 Last – 2007 in Valeri #17
Greg Stoehr 1 Last – 1993 (Zahar 38b)
Russ Stoehr 5 Last – 2011 (Dumo’s Desire #45)
First: Dutch Schaefer, driving the Hespel #2 Offenhauser, defeated Al Pillion and Johnny Coy on April 24, 1960.
Notes – Stock car ace Gene Bergin scored a big upset driving the Scrivani #21 to a win in a NEMA/ARDC sanctioned race in 1969…Called “The Mother of All Passes,” Greg Stoehr (in the Zahar 38b VW) passed brother Russ (in the Beane 26b Guerte) to win at the 1993 World Series…Joey Payne (Angelillo 45b) gave owner Gene Angelillo his 100th victory with a late pass of teammate Russ Stoehr at the 2000 World Series…Nokie Fornoro’s final Midget victory came at the 2009 World Series in the Jarret #4.
Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT 3/8 mile
Fastest 2012 feature lap: 12.910 by Anthony Marvuglio
Active Drivers with NEMA wins at Waterford
Todd Bertrand 2 Last – 2012 (Bertrand 39)
Keith Botelho 1 Last – 2011 (Stoehr 25)
Howie Bumpus 1 Last – 1988 (Bumpus 66jr)
Randy Cabral 8 Last – 2008 (Bertrand 47)
Adam Cantor 1 Last – 2009 (Cantor 7ny)
Ted Christopher 1 Last – 1998 (Angelillo 45b)
Lou Cicconi Jr. 1 Last – 2007 (Bertrand 47)
Chris deRitis 1 Last – 2020 (deRitis 75)
Jeff Horn 1 Last – 1993 (Hayes 47)
Barry Kittredge 1 Last – 2001 (Kittredge 21)
Chris Leonard 1 Last – 2010 (Leonard 22)
Jim Miller 1 Last – 1999 (Miller 3m)
Joey Payne 1 Last – 2006 (Angelillo)
Pete Pernesiglio 1 Last – 2002 (Pernesiglio 50)
Bobby Santos 4 Last – 2004 (Seymour 29)
Ben Seitz 4 Last – 2005 (Valeri 17)
Greg Stoehr 2 Last – 2012 (Stoehr 26b)
Russ Stoehr 8 Last – 2012 (Dumo’s Desire 45)
NEMA Lites winners at Waterford: Andy Barrows (2011), Todd Bertrand (2008), Ryan Bigelow 2 (2012), Randy Cabral (2010), Dylan Duhaime (2011), Anthony Nocella 4 (last in 2011), Keith Rocco (2012), Jesse State 2 (last in 2010), Avery Stoehr (2012), Shawn Torrey (2008)
First: Bill Eldridge, driving the Parameter #55 Ford, defeated Sid Cook and Elmer Gunnerson on May 31, 1953 – the second race in NEMA history following the first (at Seekonk) by less than 24 hours.
Notes – Considered by many one of the East Coast’s best Midget facilities, 18 drivers have scored their first (and often only) NEMA win at Waterford. The list includes Howie Bumpus who won as rookie back in 1988, the versatile Ted Christopher, who edged Bobby Seymour driving a Angelillo car in 1998, the then 16-year Bobby Santos III who captured the 2002 Boston Louie driving for the Seymour family, four-time driving champion Ben Seitz and the brothers Tim and Todd Bertrand. Tim, a winning driver in 2002, has nine Waterford victories as an owner. John Zych joined the list last year.
Sources: Pete Zanardi/NEMA PR