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(WATERFORD, CT.) Randy Cabral won the Northeastern Midget
Association’s Shane Hammond Memorial Lites feature at the Waterford
Speedbowl on Saturday evening.
Coming from deep in the field, Cabral passed early leader Chris
Haskell with 16-laps remaining to capture his first Lites victory of
the season.
The race included a handful of cautions and a red flag period when
Tom Fox spun coming out of the second-turn and was violently
collected by David Moniz. Both drivers were uninjured.
Once in command, Cabral stretched his lead winning the event far
ahead of runner-up Haskell.
“The car was perfect,” stated Cabral in victory lane. “We put four
new tires on tonight for the first time this season. That, along
with the guys getting the set-up just-right, made it easy to drive.
I’m just glad to get my first Lites win this year. This one was
extra-special as Shane was a very-close friend. It just means
so-much, it’s hard to put it into words. I really wanted to win for
Shane and his family.”
Second-place Haskell was not unsatisfied with his finish. “Like
always, Randy just seemed to come out of nowhere. He’s a great racer
and running with him tonight was fun as-always,” he said. “We had a
great car tonight, but Randy’s was a tad-better.”
Rounding-out the top-3 was Todd Bertrand. “I’m happy the car is in
one-piece tonight as there were a lot of close-calls,” stated
Bertrand whose last Lites feature win came at Monadnock in May.
“This was an important race for our series honoring Shane’s memory,
and it’s great to see how many fans came out to watch us tonight.”
Eric LeClerc and Jim SantaMaria completed the top-5.
The NEMA Lites Series next sees action at Winchester, New
Hampshire’s Monadnock Speedway on Saturday July 31.
(NEMA Lites Results): 1. Randy Cabral, 2. Chris Haskell, 3. Todd
Bertrand, 4. Ed LeClerc, 5. Jim SantaMaria, 6. Joey Mucciacciaro, 7.
Andy Barrows, 8. Bethany Viets, 9. Carl Medeiros Jr., 10. Ryan
Bigelow, 11. Kevin Parks, 12. Paul Bigelow, 13. Lanson Fornoro, 14.
Jay Diamond, 15. Paul Luggelle, 16. Tom Fox, 17. David Moniz.
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