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 Brockton,
MA – The beat goes on for the Dumo’s Desire/Marilyn’s Passion team.
The number 45 with Russ Stoehr aboard will be on hand when the
Northeastern Midget Association opens its 59th season March 26-27 at
Waterford Speedbowl’s Budweiser Blastoff Weekend.
“We have decided to run because that’s what he would have wanted,”
said Laura Kibbe of her late father Gene Angelillo who passed away
March 1. “The car is ready.”
Stoehr will join a number of drivers out to end defending champion
Randy Cabral’s opening day win streak at two. It’s three in a row
for Bertrand who won with Lou Cicconi back in ’07.’ The team will
debut a Honda motor at the opener.
Other top contenders include Greg Stoehr, Adam Cantor, who finished
strong last summer, and 2009 Rookie of the Year Chris DeRitis, now
driving for Lou Cicconi. Rookie of the Year candidate Jesse State
will be making his full Midget debut in the Power Point car.
The NEMA Lites, beginning its third season, will also be part of the
busy weekend agenda. NEMA will qualify on Saturday and run its
feature on Sunday. The Lites will do both on Saturday.
“We are, of course, pleased that the 45 will be part of the 2010
season,” said NEMA president Mike Scrivani Jr. “There is no way we
will not miss Gene but the car being with us is great.”
This would have been Angelillo’s 30th consecutive season with NEMA.
The 45 will continue to be maintained in Oxford, CT and the crew –
Joe Fiore, Curt Kibbe, Jackie Giannini, Kurt Kiermont, Scott Law,
Carl Kibbe, Paul Liphardt, Nick Rinaldi and Dave Shore – remains
intact.
NEMA NUGGETS – The earliest opener in NEMA’s history, it is
the fourth time in the past six years the club has lifted the lid at
Waterford…Cabral is actually after a fourth opening day victory
which would tie him with Bill Eldridge and Dutch Schaefer. Drew
Fornoro is the leader with six... |
