This Day in NEMA History...
August 15th
1971...Jerry Wall (Wall 5) make it four straight with a victory at Star. Starting 11th in the 22-car field, Wall and the revolutionary “Yellow Jacket” bested Ray Roberts (Seagraves 11), Roger Bailey (Fahey 3) and Johnny Mann (Scrivani 1). The streak started at Airborne (Aug.7), and included wins at Devils Bowl (Aug. 8) and Oxford Plains (Aug. 14). |
August 16th
2003...Starting outside the front row, only one restart slowed Kyle Carpenter’s romp in a 25-lapper at Oxford Plains. Randy Cabral (Cabral 36), Erica Santos (Seymour 8), Joey Payne (Angelillo 45) and Sean Caisse (Caisse 10c) were second through fifth. |
August 17th
1996 ...“Liquid Lou” Cicconi, in a family car, left little doubt winning the ARDC/NEMA co-sanctioned race at Oswego. NEMA regulars filled the next four spots Russ Stoehr (Beane 26), Mark Buonomo (Buonomo 76), Drew Fornoro (Angelillo 45) and Joey Coy (Kibbe 94). |
August 18th
1963... Joe Csiki (Csiki 22) set a new record that has been equaled only once since. Csiki won his sixth straight feature in Montreal, beating Len Thrall and Ray Roberts. Powered by a Falcon engine, Csiki started the streak at Oxford Plains (July 4) and added wins at Waterford (July 13), Thunder Road (July 14), Norwood (July 17) and Quebec Modern (July 27) before adding number six. It was his ninth win in 10 races - a second to Bill Randall (Sheehan 4) interrupting the streak - and it was all part of a dominating campaign that saw Csiki win 11 of 17 races. |
August 19th
1995...Proving himself a master in traffic Mike Seymour (Tapply 8) won a 50-lapper at Seekonk. Jeff Horn (Hayes 47), Joey Coy (Kibbe 14), Babe Shaw (Shaw 107) and Bobby Seymour (Seymour 4) filled out the top five. Mike Seymour would go on to earn the Owner's Championship for Bill and Nickie Tapply for the second consecutive year. |
August 20th
1972...Johnny Mann (Stropoli 66) had to overcome a late challenge from Jerry Wall (Wall 5) before claiming a 30- lap win at Utica-Rome Speedway. Ronnie Evans (Daniel 10) was third, Dave Humphrey (McCarthy 47 fourth) and Bob Hart (Czyzewski 2) fifth. |
Left: Johnny Mann in the Strapoli 66 at Westboro.
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