This Day in NEMA History...
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September 19th
1971...Dave Humphrey (McCarthy 47) led a quartet of veterans at Thompson. Following Humphrey were Len Thrall (Secondo 31), Russ Klar (Nagy 9) and Len Duncan (Ferguson 7), each one in their fourth decade of racing. |
Dave Huphrey in John McCarthy's Chevy II Kurtis. This was the last Championship Dave won in an upright.
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September 20th
2008...Bobby Santos III (Santos 98) was the clear winner as Beech Ridge hosted NEMA’s 900th race. Santos grabbed the lead after a mid-race battle with sister Erica. Joey Payne (Angelillo 45) was second with Jeff Abold (Seymour 29), Adam Cantor (Cantor 7ny) and Erica (Breault 44) following. |
Bobby Santos #98 passes his sister, Erica Santos #44, for the lead at Beech Ridge.
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September 21st
1991...Mike Favulli (Favulli 80) had to beat back challenges from both Nokie and Drew Fornoro before claiming a 25-lap win at Star. Nokie (Vuolo 12) and Drew (Angelillo 45) were second and third ahead of Bobby Seymour (Seymour 4) and Joey Coy (Kibbe 14). |
Mr. President at the time, Mike Favulli, poses in victory lane in 1990.
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September 23rd
1973...With a 25-lap win at Star in the Daniel #10, Rick Hart became the first second-generation NEMA driver to grab a checkered. Hart, who joined his dad Bob on the win list, beat Dave Humphrey (47) and George Monson (Miller 3). There are presently eight second generation winners on the list: Joey and Johnny Coy Jr., Billy Mann, Johnny Evans, Avery and Bethany Stoehr and Mike Horn joining Hart. |
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Left: Rick Hart's last race with the club was at Twin State in 2009 aboard his own NEMA Lite entry. He finished 4th.
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September 24th
1961...Dick Brown put the finishing touches on a second straight championship from himself and for owner Al Monast with a victory in the season finale at Thunder Road. It was the third straight win for Brown. Len Thrall and Joe Csiki joined Brown on the podium. |
NEMA Champion, Dick Brown.
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