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Cabral, Stergios Take Hammond Memorial Thompson World Series NEMA Wins

by Lou ModestinoOctober 11, 2021

The Northeastern Midget Association visited the Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for the annual ACT World Series of Racing this past Saturday and Sunday, as 30 winged NEMA warriors filled the pits for the annual Shane Hammond Memorial. Randy Cabral fended off an early race challenge by John Zych and a late race challenge by teammate Ben Seitz to take down the NEMA victory and come one step closer to his eighth championship, and PJ Stergios dominated the Lites portion of the racing card on Sunday.
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Cabral, Bailey Take NEMA Wins at LEE USA’s Oktoberfest

by Lou ModestinoOctober 5, 2021

The Northeastern Midget Association rolled into the Wrenn family’s LEE USA Speedway this past Saturday for the annual Oktoberfest event. A packed racing card highlighted NEMA and the NEMA Lites as the stars of the evening. In the NEMA feature, seven-time champion Randy Cabral came from eighth place to win the division. In the NEMA Lites division, Joey Bailey took down his first ever NEMA Lites victory in a “wreckers to checkers” story, as just over a week prior he found himself in the woods at Star Speedway.

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Legends Day To Honor The Stars Of New England Midget Racing

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 27, 2021

LOUDON, NH: The popular annual Legends Day event will be held on November 7 at the North East Motor Sports Museum (922 Rt 106, Loudon, NH 03307). Headlining the afternoon will be the stars and VIPs of midget racing in New England. As always, Legends Day will be a fun time and will include a free lunch. (more…)

Gravel Gets Lernersville WoO Win

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 27, 2021

The red clay at Lernerville Speedway again was covered by Gravel on Saturday night. (more…)

Gravel Beats Sweet In Championship Chess Match At Lernerville

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 27, 2021

Not one, but two different doors opened this weekend for David Gravel, and he made sure to kick both wide open. (more…)

Scally, Stoehr Take Star Classic, Butch Walsh Memorial NEMA Victories

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 20, 2021

A packed house at Bobby Webber’s Star Speedway greeted a full field of NEMA and NEMA lites this past Saturday, with over 32 cars on hand, one of the club’s best car counts of the year. Paul Scally continued his hot streak, taking the NEMA race in convincing style, and Avery Stoehr avoided attrition in an unusually rough NEMA lites feature.

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USAC Sprint Cars First Appearance At Circle City Raceway

by MikeSeptember 16, 2021

(Indianapolis, Indiana) This Friday, September 17th, Circle City Raceway will debut its first USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race for open wheel fans of Indiana. With just two months left of an incredible season, a great group of drivers will test their skills on the freshly packed Indianapolis dirt.

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Devil’s Bowl Speedway Makes Late-Season Schedule Changes

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 15, 2021

WEST HAVEN, Vt. – Devil’s Bowl Speedway officials have made changes to the final two events of the 2021 dirt track racing season. With adjustments to the events on September 26 and October 2, the championships for three weekly divisions have been extended by one week. (more…)

Zych, Trainor Take Coveted Oswego Classic NEMA Victories

by Lou ModestinoSeptember 7, 2021

This past Saturday, the Northeastern rolled into the Oswego Speedway for the first time in nearly eight years. The wheel-to-wheel action of the midgets did not disappoint, topping speeds of over 135MPH at “The Big O”. John Zych triumphed after and intense battle with Matt O’Brien, and Jake Trainor came through the field to take down the NEMA Lites victory in thrilling fashion with three laps to go in the Feature event.

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Lilick, Hirthler, And Kunsman Win Features At Grandview Speedway Saturday Night

by MikeSeptember 6, 2021

BECHTELSVILLE, PA. Sept. 5, 2021 . . . Ryan Lilick, behind the wheel of the Dennis and Debbie Becker-owned No. 49, avoided all accidents in the caution filled 30-lap 358 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series T.P. Trailers Modified feature on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway to score his first career victory in the division. Prior to switching to the Modified division a few years ago, he had won seven Sportsman features. (more…)