Lee, NH – The NEMA Midgets made their only 2011 appearance at Lee USA
\nSpeedway on Friday night, with veteran Greg Stoehr taking down the feature
\nwin. Stoehr spent the early part of his racing career campaigning a Late
\nModel at Lee, which made the win doubly sweet.<\/p>\n
Stoehr took the lead on lap two, and was never seriously challenged on the
\nway to his first feature event win of the 2011 season. Jeremy Frankoski,
\nJeff Abold, defending NEMA champ and Greg’s brother Russ Stoehr, and Anthony
\nNocella wrapped up the top five spots.
\n
\nRuss Wood, Jr. of nearby Pelham put on an impressive show in the NEMA Lites
\nportion of the program, coming from deep in the field to collect the
\ncheckers and take home the win, the second time the second-generation driver
\nhas scored a victory at Lee.<\/p>\n
Jake Stergios nearly stole the show when he took the lead away from Wood on
\na late-race restart, but another quick yellow flag turned the lead back to
\nWood, who went on to post the win over Stergios, Anthony Marvuglio, Andy
\nBarrows, and Jim Santa Maria.<\/p>\n
In the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Small Block Supermodifieds, it was
\ndefending champion Tommy Tombarello, Jr. showing the fast way around the
\n3\/8th’s mile oval, outrunning the field for his second feature win of the
\n2011 campaign.<\/p>\n
Ben Tinker put in another solid run to checker second, with two-time 2011
\nwinners “Super Dave” Sanborn and Butch Valley, Jr. coming across the stripe
\nin third and fourth. Fifth went to points leader Wayne Helliwell, Jr.,
\nfollowed by Matt Riley, Matt Seavey, Sparky MacIver, Mike Ordway, Jr., and
\nJohnny Burke.<\/p>\n
With the annual Stratham Fair scheduled for this weekend, July 21-24, Bobby
\nMelvin couldn’t have picked a better time to put his main sponsor’s name in
\nvictory lane, which he did in the Prime Storage sponsored Late Model
\nSportsman feature event.<\/p>\n
Tony Kawejsza wasted little time getting out front at the drop of the green
\nflag, taking the lead from Josh Ball on lap two in the LMS main. Kawejsza
\nshowed the way until lap 26, when tangle sent Kawejsza to the pits, Ron
\nBolduc to the rear, and Jimmy Renfrew to the lead.<\/p>\n
Melvin was outside pole on the ensuing restart, and he eventually prevailed
\nin the four-lap shootout that brought them to the checkers. Renfrew scored
\nrunner-up, with Ryan Green, Michele Fushpanski, Brian Grantz, Timmy Johnson,
\nMike Mitchell, Ball, Ryan Gath, and Bolduc the rest of the top ten.<\/p>\n
With the David’s Race cars and Components Hobby Stocks taking the night off,
\nPicnic Table Factory Ironman competition closed out the weekly division
\naction, with Kyle Roy nailing down the feature win once again.<\/p>\n
Early leader Troy Washburn had to settle for a second place finish, with
\nKale Billings, Jake Rheaume, and Justin Dawalga rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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