Trainor Sweeps Waterford Finale for NEMA & Lites Championship; Cabral NEMA Champion

By admin October 19, 2021 NEMA, NEMA Lites, New London-Waterford

One of the Northeast’s most promising up & coming young talents, Jake Trainor, topped off a dream season, winning the NEMA Lites Championship, and taking down both the NEMA and Lites victories at the New-London Waterford Speedbowl this past Saturday evening. Randy Cabral finished 4^th in the NEMA feature, good enough for him to capture his 8^th championship, and the 10^th overall for Bertrand Motorsports.

In the NEMA feature, Trainor jumped out into the lead from the outside pole. Once in command, it was all Trainor, as Ben Seitz chased him in the early portion of the feature, but had nothing for him. Further back, eighth starter Randy Cabral was moving through the pack, but only had enough speed to muster up a 4^th place finish, good enough to capture his 8^th championship, as he now sits 1 championship back from the all-time championship leader, Drew Fornoro.

Trainor went on to dominate the remainder of the NEMA feature, and was followed by Avery Stoehr, Seitz, Randy Cabral, Todd Bertrand, Joey Payne, Paul Scally, Doug Cleveland, Matt O’Brien and Joey Bailey.

In the Lites feature, Trainor blasted from mid pack to take the lead in only four laps. Once at the front of the field, he began to rip off laps as fast as the lites have seen in years at the Speedbowl, in the 13.9/14.0 range. Behind him, youngster Mike Pernesiglio was having his best run of the season, running consistent laps in second. As the race progressed, Randy Cabral would overtake Pernesiglio, but Pernesiglio would hold on for his first podium of the season. Trainor dominated the feature, and swept the night en route to victory. Cabral was second followed by Pernesiglio, Richie Coy, Joey Bailey, Kyle Valeri, Jeff Champagne, Avery Stoehr, Jacob Perry, and Braden Eagen.

*Pos.*	#	*Driver*	*Hometown*	*Owner*
1	8	*Jake Trainor*	*Medway, MA*	*Mike Trainor*
2	39	*Avery Stoehr*	*Assonet, MA*	*Bertrand Motorsports*
3	17	*Ben Seitz*	*Pocassett, MA***	*Bertrand Motorsports*
4	74	*Randy Cabral*	*Kingston, MA*	*Bertrand Motorsports*
5	47	*Todd Bertrand*	*Danielson, CT*	*Bertrand Motorsports*
6	45	*Joey Payne*	*Fairlawn, NJ*	*Dave Shore*
7	30	*Paul Scally*	*Raynham, MA*	*Paul Scally*
8	87	*Doug Cleveland*	*Sudbury, MA*	*Doug Cleveland*
9	16	*Matt O’Brien*	*Wilmington, MA*	*Matt O’Brien*
10	20	*Joe Bailey*	*Monroe, NJ*	*Bertrand Motorsports*
11	A1	*Mike Horn*	*Ashland, MA*	*Jeff Horn*
12	46	*Kenny Johnson*	–	–
*DNS*	99	*Jim Santa Maria*	*Burlington, CT*	*Jim Santa Maria*

NEMA LITES – NLWS FINALE – 10/16/21

*Pos.*	#	*Driver*	*Hometown*	*Owner*
1	29	*Jake Trainor*	*Medway, MA*	*Matt Seymour*
2	35	*Randy Cabral*	*Kingston, MA*	*Glen Cabral*
3	28	*Mike Pernisiglio*	*Ronkonkoma, NY*	*Pete Pernisiglio Sr.*
4	19	*Richie Coy*	*Haskell, NJ*	*Richie Coy*
5	21	*Joe Bailey*	*Monroe, NJ*	*Mike Scrivani*
6	17	*Kyle Valeri*	*Monument Beach, MA*	*Peter Valeri*
7	11	*Jeff Champagne*	–	*Bill Stergios*
8	10	*Avery Stoehr*	*Assonet, MA*	*Jackie Parker*
9	26	*Jacob Perry*	–	*Randy Cabral*
10	59	*Brayden Egan*	*Ashford, CT*	*Eric Egan*
11	3	*Christopher Vose*	*Gloversville, NY*	*Christopher Vose*
12	08	*Ethan Dion*	*Oakdale, CT*	*Stephen Dion*
13	94	*Tiana Kibbe*	*Fairfield, CT*	*Curt Kibbe*
14	53	*Dylan Coutu*	*Hopeville, CT*	*Ron Coutu*
*DNS*	30	*Paul Scally*	*Raynham, MA*	*Paul Scally*
*DNS*	44	*Joey Payne*	*Fairlawn, NJ*	*Dave Shore*
*DNS*	97	*Jim Santa Maria*	*Burlington, CT*	*Jim Santa Maria*
*DNS*	5	*Kevin Merryfield*	*Rochester, NH*	*Kevin Merryfield*

Sources: Tim Bertrand/NEMA PR