Zych, Stergios, Win Wild NEMA Races, Shannon Makes it Three Straight in Lates In a crazy night at Riverside Speedway, the NEMA Midgets had an up and down night. The NEMA Lites were in town with the big boys, and had a great show in the works, running their Ford Focus, Ecotec, and Quad 4 motors around the track with lap times in the low 12 second range. On lap 10, everything began to unravel. Ryan Bigelow went off the track in turn one, and as the caution came out, Avery Stoehr and Scott Bigelow connected on the backstretch, sending Bigelow careening end over end into turn three. By the time the dust cleared, the red flag was thrown, and EMT’s were on the scene. Both drivers were taken to the hospital, but were alert and responsive. When the dust cleared and the race went back under green, PJ Stergios had driven his Union Square Management automobile to the win on the outside groove. “K-Man” Kevin Hutchens would motor to second, and Danny Cugini drove to a third place finish. The full NEMA midgets also had a spectacular night. Anthony “Bug” Marvuglio was certainly the car to beat, posting an unofficial lap time earlier in the night of 10.9 seconds. Marvuglio attempted to put Todd Bertrand a lap down on lap 17, when the two made contact coming out of turn two, sending Marvuglio hard into the backstretch wall. Marvuglio would take a trip in the ambulance as well, but under his own power. When the race went back to green, point leader John Zych JR, inherited the lead and would motor on to the win. Atkinson, NH’s Jim Chambers would pick up the second spot, and Randy Cabral nabbed third. Riverside Speedway sends best wishes to the NEMA competitors involved in the incidents on Saturday. Luke Shannon made it three in a row in the North Country Ford Late Model division. Shannon started on the tail end of the field, and after multiple incidents, found him on the outside of Corey Mason on a lap 37 restart, who was looking to pick up his second triple crown of the season. Corey Mason would hold on to finish second, with his brother Bryan Mason completing the podium. Randy Potter and Steve Patnaude rounded out the top five. The Town and Country Inn and Resort Street Stocks saw another first time winner pick up the checkers. Jared Plumley took the lead early, and ran strong enough to fend off point leader Jamie Heath. This was Plumley’s first career Street Stock win. Heath would settle for second, and “Stormin” Keith Normand took third after returning to racing action. Youngster Anthony LaCoss and Dana Graham rounded out the top five. The DK-N-Sons Pure Stocks saw Jay Bennett pick up another feature win. Bennett went three wide at the beginning of the race to jump into the battle for the lead with point leader James Record. Record would find the podium and take second, with two-time feature winner Nick Miller finishing third. Dave Glidden and Richie Veilleux finished fourth and fifth respectively. Sierra Moulton took a hard hit in the Ouellette Trucking Angels as her Chevy Cavalier slapped the front stretch wall midway through the feature event. When the dust cleared, Tina Leveille engaged in a battle with Jenna Randall. Leveille would avenge her roll-over from last week to pick up the checkered flag. Randall would settle for second, and Jaime Carbone would complete the podium. Point leader Vanessa Brown and Nicole Ouellette completed the top five. Matthew Kopp picked up another win in the Marshall Insurance Agency Daredevils division. Kopp fended off Dylan “The Dragon” Laleme, who would finish second for the third week in a row. Anthony Benoit and Zack Savage finished third and fourth respectively. Caaden Markwell bested 20 other competitors to win the Kid’s Coloring Contest. The Ouellette Trucking Angels women were the guest judges, and had a hard decision to make, but picked Caaden’s “Rainbow Race Car” as the top drawing. Next week, on Saturday August 24th, 100 laps are on schedule for the North Country Ford Late Models. All divisions will be on hand, including “Team Challenge Night”. The top five in the Late Models, Limited Late Models, Streets, Angels, and Pure Stocks will all be thrown into a hat, and one from each division will make 5 random teams for a chance at $250 and plaques for each of the drivers. Riverside Speedway is located at 78 Craggy Road, just off Brown Road, in Groveton, NH. For more information contact Dan Fournier at dfournier31@yahoo.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 06:00:27 +0000