Bigelow Bests Lites Field at Speedbowl
Waterford, CT – Scott Bigelow withstood a strong restart challenge from Ian Cumens and went on to win the 25-lap Northeastern Midget Association Lites feature Saturday night at Waterford Speedbowl’s Wings & Wheels. The race was added to the program following rain at the scheduled race at Lee USA Speedway Friday night.
It was a strong run for Bigelow (Bigelow 320) who ran consistent low 14 second laps en route to his first win of the season.
The yellow flew at the halfway point when Carl Mederios Jr. and Avery Stoehr came together. Bigelow, who had led most of the race, lined up with Cumens beside him. They went through one and two side-by-side, Cumens backing a bid on the outside heading down the back chute.
“I kind of pinched him off a little bit,” admitted Bigelow, one of three brothers in the race.
“I was up in the marbles ,” acknowledged Cumens, pointing out losing momentum “something you want to avoid” in the Lites. Danny Cugini, in fact, got by him and the leaders were half a straightaway ahead when Cumens began the final bid.
He passed Cugini for second with 13 left and at the finish was .341 of a second behind Bigelow. He had a race-best 14.199 (95.077 mph) lap.
Cugini (Cugini 51) was third followed by Kenny Johnson (Johnson 46) and Logan Rayvals (Rayvals 94). Lites rookie Anthony Payne turned in his best effort of the season, finishing sixth in the Scrivani 21.
The race did not pay points. The point battle resumes Saturday night at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, NH.
RESULTS: 1. Scott Bigelow, 2. Ian Cumens, 3. Danny Cugini, 4. Kenny Johnson, 5. Logan Rayvals, 6. Anthony Payne, 7. DJ Moniz, 8. Meg Cugini, 9. Richie Morocco, 10. Ryan Bigelow, 11. Kevin Park, 12. Avery Stoehr, 13. Carl Mederios, 14. Paul Bigelow.
Sources: Pete Zanardi/NEMA Lites PR