The much anticipated Iron Mike Memorial was met Saturday afternoon by partly cloudy skies, and 0% chance of rain for most of the afternoon and evening.  Unfortunately, surprise showers deemed mother nature the winner of the NEMA feature, while Anthony Nocella took down the NEMA Lite portion of the Iron Mike Memorial.

In the Lites feature, Nocella started in the 5th spot by virtue of some early line up shuffling, and quickly went to work on the field.  Driving the Frank Manafort FMR Racing #76, he quickly worked his way into the lead in the early stages of the race.  By the halfway point, Nocella had the field in command, while further back, Jim Chambers was holding strong in the runner up spot, and both Randy Cabral & PJ Stergios were slicing their way through the field.  At the finish, that’s the way they would run with Nocella taking down the victory, followed by Chambers, Cabral, Stergios, Danny Cugini, Andy Barrows, Paul Bigelow, Scott Bigelow, Anthony Payne and Megan Cugini.

“The car was just great tonight,” said Nocella, a soft spoken gentleman, of few words.  “The crew put a great car under me, and we were able to get to the front quickly,” he said.

In NEMA action earlier in the day, Randy Cabral paced the field with a blistering 11.71 time during practice, the fastest to date by a midget at Monadnock.  2013 champion John Zych was closely in pursuit with a 11.86.  In heat race action, Joey Payne won the first heat in the Bertrand 74 over Avery Stoehr, and in the second heat, Seth Carlson took down the victory, while Cabral charged from last to second.

NEMA officials are currently discussing a reschedule date for the Iron Mike NEMA feature with the management from Monadnock.  A date shall be posted once a conclusion is reached.

NEMA picks back up its schedule on July 1 with the Boston Louie Memorial at Seekonk Speedway, slated to be broadcast by Speed Sport/MAV TV.

1	76	Anthony Nocella	Woburn, MA	Frank Manafort
2	21w	Jim Chambers	Atkinson, NH	Jim Chambers
3	35	Randy Cabral	Plymouth, MA	Glen Cabral
4	11	PJ Stergois	Candia, NH	PJ Stergios
5	51	Danny CuginI	Marshfield, MA	D.  Cugini
6	46x	Andy Barrows	New Ipswich, NH	Andy Barrows
7	31	Paul Bigelow	Kensington, CT	Paul Bigelow
8	32	Scott Bigelow	E. Hampton, CT	Scott Bigelow
9	21	Anthony Payne	Fairlawn, NJ	Jennifer Scrivani
10	41	Megan CuginI	Marshfield, MA	Glen Cugini
11	03	Dennis Potter	New Boston, NH	Dennis Potter
12	2	Jim Cataldo	Sterling, MA	Jim Cataldo
13 DN	29d	Jeremy DeCourcey	–	Jeremy DeCourcey
14 DNS	95	Jeff Shechler	–

Source::NEMA PR/Tim Bertrand