{"id":27463,"date":"2020-10-20T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=27463"},"modified":"2020-10-20T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:16:00","slug":"cabral-stergios-take-nema-rifchin-memorial-prize-at-claremont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2020\/10\/cabral-stergios-take-nema-rifchin-memorial-prize-at-claremont\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabral, Stergios Take NEMA\/Rifchin Memorial Prize at Claremont"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cabral, Stergios Take NEMA\/Rifchin Memorial Prize at Claremont               <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEMA returned to the Claremont Motorsports Park for the first time in five years this past Saturday.  Randy Cabral pulled off a \u201chail mary\u201d pass with seven laps remaining in the NEMA feature, passing Todd Bertrand and leader Mike Horn to take down his third win of the season.  In the Lites feature, PJ Stergios passed leader Jim Santa Maria with five laps remaining to take down the victory.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race celebrated Marvin Rifchin, who was a long time supporter of NEMA. Marvin\u2019s contributions to the industry have been nationally recognized. In 1999, he was inducted into the NEAR Hall of Fame. In 2003, he was inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame. Throughout the 60\u2032s, 70\u2032s, 80\u2032s, and into the 90\u2032s, Marvin\u2019s tires helped deliver countless NEMA victories and championships with guys like Russ Stoehr, Bill Eldridge, Al Pillion, Dave Humphrey, Lee Smith, Joey Coy, and Drew Fornoro just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In the NEMA feature, pole sitter Mike Horn jumped out into the lead from the start.  Horn set a torrid pace at the front, while further back veteran Doug Cleveland and Todd Bertrand followed.  Bertrand would make a pass on Cleveland for second on lap eight, and begin to set his sights on Horn.  Cleveland, having an excellent season, held off seven time champion Randy Cabral, until Cabral made a pass on lap ten and moved into the third spot.  Cabral would begin to close the gap on Bertrand and Horn as the laps wound down.  With seven laps to go, Bertrand looked high on Horn, and Cabral saw the opening, passing both cars, into the grass and over the rumble strips.  Contact with Horn got both cars sideways, but both emerged unscathed.  Cabral would go on to take down the victory over Horn, Jake Trainor, Sammy Swindell, Doug Cleveland, Paul Scally, Matt Obrien, Joe Bailey and Richie Coy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt bad that Mike and I had some contact,\u201d said Cabral.  \u201cI got a huge run off of four, and saw the hole and went for it,\u201d he said.  \u201cIt feels great to win for Marvin and NEMA\u2019s return to Claremont.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood hard racing,\u201d said Horn.  \u201cThis is a short track and there\u2019s going to be some contact, I had a lot of fun racing with Randy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Lites feature, it was again Jim Santa Maria at the front.  Santa Maria has led the majority of the laps in the last three NEMA lites events, but came up a little short this past Saturday.  He jumped out into the lead from the front of the pack, and looked to be distancing himself from the field in the early stages.  Behind him, Richie Coy was making a run as was Joe Bailey in the Scrivani 21.  As the laps wound down, PJ Stergios had worked his way into third.  He passed Coy for second, and then began running down leader Santa Maria.  Stergios would look to the bottom and then to the top, eventually passing Santa Maria into turn two with five laps left in the books.  Bailey would pass Coy for third, and that\u2019s the way they would end up.  Stergios took down the victory, followed by Santa Maria, Bailey, Coy, Avery Stoehr, Chase Locke, Kyle Valeri, Drew Eldridge, Matt Seavy, and Tiana Kibbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEMA concludes its season at the Waterford Speedbowl this coming weekened, where championships will be decided.  Todd Bertrand holds a slim margin over teammate Randy Cabral entering the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEMA MIDGETS – CLAREMONT – 10\/17<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Pos.<\/strong><\/em><\/td>#<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Driver<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Hometown<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Owner<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/em><\/strong><\/td>74<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Randy Cabral<\/td>Kingston, MA<\/td>Bertrand Motorsports<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/em><\/strong><\/td>48<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Todd Bertrand<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Danielson, CT<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Bertrand Motorsports<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/em><\/strong><\/td>A1<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Mike Horn<\/td>Ashland, MA<\/td>Jeff Horn<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/em><\/strong><\/td>8<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Jake Trainor<\/td>Medway, MA<\/td>Mike Trainor<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/em><\/strong><\/td>47<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Sammy Swindell<\/td>Germantown, TN<\/td>Bertrand Motorsports<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
6<\/em><\/strong><\/td>87<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Doug Cleveland<\/td>Sudbury, MA<\/td>Doug Cleveland<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/strong><\/em><\/td>30<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Paul Scally<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Raynham, MA<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Paul Scally<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/strong><\/em><\/td>16<\/td>Matt O’Brien<\/td>Wilmington, MA<\/td>Matt O’Brien<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/em><\/strong><\/td>21<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Joe Bailey<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Monroe, NJ<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Mike Scrivani<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/em><\/strong><\/td>19<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Richie Coy<\/td>Haskell, NJ<\/td>Richie Coy<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/strong><\/em><\/td>97<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Jim Santa Maria<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Burlington, Ct<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Jim Santa Maria<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/strong><\/em><\/td>7<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Alan Chambers<\/td>Atkinson, NH<\/td>Mike Chambers<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/em><\/strong><\/td>39<\/strong><\/em><\/td>Avery Stoehr<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Assonet, MA<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Bertrand Motorsports<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/em><\/strong><\/td>17<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Kyle Valeri<\/td>Monument Beach, MA<\/td> Peter Valeri<\/td><\/tr>
DNS<\/strong><\/td>17<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Ben Seitz<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Bourne, MA<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Bertrand Motorsports<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Heat 1: 48, 87, A1, 8,7,47<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Heat 2: 74, 39, 30, 16, 17<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
NEMA LITES  – CLAREMONT – 10\/17<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Pos.<\/strong><\/em>#<\/strong><\/em>Driver<\/strong><\/em> Hometown<\/strong><\/em>Owner<\/strong><\/em>1<\/em><\/strong>11<\/em><\/strong>PJ Stergios<\/em><\/strong>Candia, NH<\/em><\/strong>Bill Stergios<\/em><\/strong>2<\/em><\/strong>97<\/em><\/strong>Jim Santa Maria<\/em><\/strong>Burlington, Ct<\/em><\/strong>Jim Santa Maria<\/strong><\/em>3<\/strong><\/em>21<\/em><\/strong>Joe Bailey<\/em><\/strong>Monroe, NJ<\/em><\/strong>Mike Scrivani<\/em><\/strong>4<\/em><\/strong>19<\/em><\/strong>Richie CoyHaskell, NJRichie Coy5<\/em><\/strong>35<\/strong><\/em>Avery Stoehr<\/em><\/strong>Assonet, MA<\/em><\/strong>Glen Cabral<\/strong><\/em>6<\/em><\/strong>88<\/em><\/strong>Chase Locke<\/em><\/strong>Chester, NH<\/em><\/strong>Jeff Locke<\/strong><\/em>7<\/em><\/strong>17<\/em><\/strong>Kyle ValeriMonument Beach, MA Peter Valeri8<\/strong><\/em>55<\/em><\/strong>Drew Eldridge<\/em><\/strong>No. Chelmsford, MA<\/em><\/strong>Drew Eldridge<\/em><\/strong>9<\/em><\/strong>16 <\/em><\/strong>Matt SeavyPittsfied.NHChristopher Butterweck 10<\/strong><\/em>94Tiana KibbeFairfield, CTCurt Kibbe11<\/strong><\/em>00<\/em><\/strong>Bradley Osgood- – –Bradley Osgood<\/strong><\/em>Heat 1: 21, 17, 35, 16, 94, 55<\/em><\/strong>Heat 2: 11, 19, 97, 88, 00<\/strong><\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cabral, Stergios Take NEMA\/Rifchin Memorial Prize at Claremont                NEMA returned to the Claremont Motorsports Park for the first time in five years this past Saturday.  Randy Cabral pulled off a \u201chail mary\u201d pass with seven laps remaining in the NEMA feature, passing Todd Bertrand and leader Mike Horn to take down his third win of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claremont","category-new-hampshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27464,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27463\/revisions\/27464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}