about points. "This season were coming to the races with the intent of
winning the feature," says Bertrand.
the season.
Nonetheless, the respective defending champions hold the point leads as the
Northeastern Midget Association returns to Lee USA Speedway Friday night.
They will, in fact, be looking to make it two straight at the New Hampshire
oval.
The NEMA Lites will be part of the Lee agenda as well.
With a first and second two weekends ago, Bertrand has edged back atop the
owner standings with a 26-point edge on Mike Jarret.
Veteran Nokie Fornoro would like nothing better than to put Jarret back in
front.
There have been six winners in 10 races. Cabral has four and Fornoro two
while Adam Cantor, Jeff Abold, Russ Stoehr and Greg Stoehr have one apiece.
Drew Fornoro is NEMA's all-time win leader at Lee with six. Among active
drivers, Jeff Horn has three, Russ Stoehr and Nokie Fornoro two and Randy
Cabral one
NEMA NUGGETS: Mike Ordway Jr. will be in the Bertrand Lites car at Lee.Randy
Cabral has moved past Bobby Seymour on the all-time win list. Cabral's 25
victories puts him seventh behind Drew Fornoro, Dave Humphrey, Nokie
Fornoro, Billy Eldridge and Johnny Mann.NEMA's top two sibling combinations
– Drew and Nokie Fornoro and Russ and Greg Stoehr – were big parts of the
Marilyn's Passion Race. Bobby and Mike Seymour – they rank third – were also
on hand. Other sibling combos on the all-time NEMA list include Bobby III
and Erica Santos, Bob and Lou Cicconi and Joey and Johnny Coy Jr.The
Stergois brothers – Jake and P.J. each own two NEMA Lites wins this year.
Anthony Nocella, who drives a Seymour car, is the win leader with three.
Anthony Marvuglio and William Wall have also won.Marvuglio is in excellent
company. He took the Bertrand 74 out at Twin State and joined a group that
includes Jeff Horn, Cole Carter and Ted Christopher who have driven the car
this season.Since 1999, Cabral is "Mr. October" with six wins in the tenth
month including four of the last six. NEMA has October shows at Twin State,
Seekonk, Thompson and Lee.
POINT STANDINGS:
Owners: 1. Tim Bertrand (74) 1177, 2. Mike Jarrett (4) 1151, 3. Cantor
Racing (7ny) 974, 4. Gene Angelillo (45) 916, 5. Greg Stoehr (26b) 893,
6.Power Point Racing (99) 745), 7. John Zych Sr; (9) 663, 8.Ed Breault
(44) 662; 9.Jim Miller (3m) 662, 10.Paul Scally (30) 618.
Divers: 1. Randy Cabral 1171; 2. Nokie Fornoro 1071; 3. Adam Cantor 974;
4. Greg Stoehr 893; 5. Russ Stoehr 886; 6. Chris DeRitis 745; 7. Erica
Santos 697; 8. John Zych Jr. 663; 9. Paul Scally 618; 10. Lee Bundy, 599.