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Midget Blades Silver Stick regional champs Lincoln Midget AE Blades scored a come-from-behind 3-2 win to take the Silver Stick Regional in Pelham Dec. 3-4. Team members (Back Row) Manager Tom Honsberger, ass’t coach Paul Guerreiro, head coach JD Pachereva, Matthew Memme, James Ross, Chris MacCarl, Evan Turnbull, Curtis Guerreiro, Matthew Hayne, Cristian Bate, Owen Olds, Dylan DiFabio, Max Mosquite, Wyatt Cheberinoff, Anthony Izzo, Thomas Davis, Cole Rendall and Assistant Trainer Joe Olds. Missing was Trainer and Strength & Conditioning Coach Ruel Mosquite. Front, Blair Pachereva and Aidan McDonald. For full details, turn to Page 13.
Grist hopes third time a charm for Pro Mazda series Grimsby native plans to keep 2015 momentum rolling into springboard year By Mike Williscraft NewsNow He’s been the Mazda Pro Series Rookie if the year. He finished up the second half of the 2015 season with an eye-catching six poles, which came with three wins and four podiums. Now Grimsby native Garett Grist looks ahead to the coming 2016 with keen expectation and a plan to win it all. “We want to do next year what we had a chance to do this year despite a slow start,” said Grist, who noted he would return to Juncos Racing again. “I left Andretti Autosport for Juncos, a smaller outfit based in Indianapolis and its been great. The guys did a great job with
the car. We had a lot of pace all year. I’m looking forward to a great year.”
While winning the Pro Mazda driving championship is his goal, he noted it was within his
Garett Grist interviewed after his win at Laguna Seca to wrap up his Pro Mazda circuit 2016 season. IMS Production - Photo
grasp this year if not for a disappointing ruling at the series stop in Lexington, Kentucky. “I qualified first but they said I jumped the start so instead of the pole, I had to start 20th,” recalled Grist, who noted his car was the fastest all that week, posting the fastest lap consistently, and he ended up improving to a seventh place finish. “If I had not been placed back I would have won the championship this year, so I still have something to prove next year.” His sights have been set high and who could blame him when he had five of the last seven poles of the season, qualifying second in the other two races.
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