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Seekonk, MA - Lou Cicconi Jr. “knew right from
the start” he had the winning car. “You want to pass when it’s the
least punishing to the race car,” he explained.
Starting seventh, “Liquid Lou” drove the Seymour #4 under Randy
Cabral ( Bertrand 4) in traffic on lap 11 and won the Northeastern
Midget Association’s 25-lap feature at Seekonk Speedway’s Open Wheel
Wednesday.
Running consistent 11.3s, Cicconi dominated the final laps,
finishing a quarter lap ahead of point leader Cabral. Early leader
Mike Horn (Horn 93) was third with Adam Cantor (Cantor 7ny) and Russ
Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) following.”
Cicconi took second from Horn in the backstretch on lap seven. He
quickly closed on Cabral who had taken the lead from Horn with seven
gone.
“I didn’t pass Randy right away,” said Cicconi who was “waiting for
the traffic.”
“I wanted to go inside the lapped car,” said Cabral, “put it down
low. I went outside but the car came up and trapped me. Lou slipped
under me.” Pointing out “my car got better at the end but I let him
get too far out in front,” Cabral was not totally unhappy with the
second spot.
Horn, who settled into a steady run in third place, continues to
“pay my dues.” He enjoyed a battle with Chris deRitis, the latter
dropping out with mechanical woes. “I guess it’s one spot at a
time,” said the second generation racer.
NEMA NUGGETS – Despite a brief yellow on lap 13, Cicconi
needed only 7 minutes and 36 seconds to cover the 25 laps. His best
lap was a 13.303…He had an “awesome” car on a track “I really
love.”… It was Cicconi’s fourth Seekonk win and his seventh overall
NEMA triumph…
RESULTStor, 1. Lou Cicconi Jr, 2. Randy Cabral, 3. Mike Horn, 4.
Adam Cantor, 5. Russ Stoehr, 6. Greg Stoehr, 7. Jeff Abold, 8. Jeff
Horn, 9. Jim Millere, 10. Anthony Marvuglio, 11. Erica Santos, 12,
Russ Wood Jr., 13. Joey Payne Jr., 14. Lee Bundy, 15. Paul Scally,
16. Chris Perley, 17. Matt O’Brien, 18. Brian Cleveland, 19. Chris
deRitis, 20. Andy Nocella, 21. Todd Bertrand. |
