FF: NE: Abold claims Northeast title

ABOLD EMERGES AS NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS CHAMPION FOLLOWING OCTOBER SEEKONK CANCELATION Jeff Abold of Pennellville, N.Y. is the 2007 USAC Northeast Ford Focus driving champion and his team, Pat Abold Motorsports, is the car entrant ...

ABOLD EMERGES AS NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS CHAMPION FOLLOWING OCTOBER SEEKONK CANCELATION

Jeff Abold of Pennellville, N.Y. is the 2007 USAC Northeast Ford Focus driving champion and his team, Pat Abold Motorsports, is the car entrant champion. Abold emerged as the champion following the cancellation of the originally-scheduled October 6-7 events at Seekonk (Mass.) Speedway.

Abold, who was the runner-up to Ryan Smith in the 2006 series standings, posted five victories, a second and two fourths while notching 11 "top-10s" in 12 starts and finished 27 points ahead of P.J. Stergios in the final standings.

Abold's victories came at Epping, N.H., Chemung, N.Y., Williamson, N.Y., Oswego, N.Y. and Belmar, N.J. Abold's father and car owner Pat is a former participant in USAC's Silver Crown Championship Series.

Trailing Abold in the final series standings were Stergios, of Candia, N.H., Steven Intravaia of Saylorsburg, Pa., Ryan Osborne of Milford, N.J. and Jesse State of New Hyde Park, N.Y.

FINAL USAC NORTHEAST FORD FOCUS MIDGET STANDINGS
1. Jeff Abold 728
2. P.J. Stergios 701
3. Steven Intravaia 643
4. Ryan Osborne 636
5. Jesse State 571
6. Shaun Gosselin 505
7. Sean Carman 442
8. Jon Seaman 427
9. Rick Hart 418
10. Ginny Quinones 397