GENERAL RACING NEWS 2011
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OCTOBER 10, 2011 ..... NEMA’s Season Ends At World Series ..... Per usual, the Northeastern Midget Association point battle goes to the final race, Thompson’s World Series. Thompson, the fastest venue on the NEMA docket, has been the ultimate test for the midgets for decades.
Thompson has been hosting Midgets since 1940. NEMA has been a mainstay since 1960.
Randy Cabral takes a 38 point bulge on Greg Stoehr into the 25 lap feature. Russ Stoehr sits 44 back in third place. With eight different winners, the most competitive NEMA campaign in several years comes to an end at Thompson.
Mike Horn (Horn 93x) will be looking to repeat his July 7 victory. Horn and Cabral, Thompson’s all-time NEMA winner with nine, staged an epic battle. Cabral and the Bertrand team will be looking for a second straight and fifth overall World Series win.
The Stoehr brothers are familiar with the Thompson asphalt as well. Russ (Dumo’s Desire), who clinched the title at last year’s World Series, has three Thompson wins. Greg, who’ll most likely be driving Jim Miller’s 3m, has one.
“Thompson Midget winners is one of most impressive lists in all of racing,” says NEMA President Mike Scrivani Jr. “All the greats are there.” Scrivani has tasted victory at Thompson with several drivers including Dave Humphrey, Nokie Fornoro and Gene Bergin.
With lap time often in the high seventeen/low eighteens, experience is a powerful weapon at Thompson. In addition to Cabral and the Stoehr boys, Keith Botelho (Stoehr 25), Lou Cicconi (Cicconi 75), Jeff Horn (Horn A1), Ben Seitz (Cantor 7ny), BJ MacDonald (MacDonald 49) and Joey Payne (Breault 44) are all Thompson tested.
Other contenders are John Zych (Zych 9), Barry Kittredge (Kittredge 8), Chris Leonard (Leonard 22) and Todd Bertrand (Bertrand 39).
Thompson Speedway
NEMA Winners
No. Driver First Last
9 
Randy Cabral2001 2008
Randy Cabral2001 20086 Johnny Mann1972 1978
Johnny Mann1972 19785 Drew Fornoro1985 2003
Drew Fornoro1985 20035 Nokie Fornoro 1982 2009
Nokie Fornoro 1982 20094 Johnny Coy Sr. 1969 1981
Johnny Coy Sr. 1969 19814 Armond Holley 1976 1977
Armond Holley 1976 19773 Bob Cicconi 1978 1987
Bob Cicconi 1978 19873 Ben Seitz 2005 2007
Ben Seitz 2005 2007 3 Russ Stoehr 1994 2002
Russ Stoehr 1994 20022 Mark Buonomo 2001 2004
Mark Buonomo 2001 20042 Dave Humphrey 1970 1971
Dave Humphrey 1970 19712 Russ Klar 1969 1972
Russ Klar 1969 19722 Hank Rogers 1980
Hank Rogers 19802 Bobby White 1979 1979
Bobby White 1979 1979One-time Thompson winners: Gene Bergin (1969), Lennie Boyd (1979), Kyle Carpenter (2002), Joey Coy (1992), Johnny Coy Jr. (1981), Ryan Dolan (2002), Leigh Earnshaw (1979), Ronnie Evans (1970), Mike Favulli (1989), George Ferguson Jr. (1978), Walt Gale (1968), Mike Horn (2011),George Monsen (1978), Joey Payne Jr. (2000), Bobby Santos III (2003), Dutch Schaefer (1960), Greg Stoehr (1993), Butch Walsh (1986), Hank Williams (1960).
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