NEMA’S Headliner ‘The Louie’ Looms

August 18, Brockton, MA--- Three former winners including defending champion Jeff Abold will be among the entries for Northeastern Midget Association’s 14^th annual Boston Louie Memorial Saturday night, Aug. 28 at Seekonk Speedway.

The event memorializes the memory of the legendary car owner Boston Louie Seymour. Hosted by the Seymour family, headed by matriarch “Miss Ellie,” the 29-lap feature has become the most coveted prize in New England Midget racing.

In addition to Abold, Russ Stoehr, who won the first “Louie” in 1997, and Randy Cabral are the other former winners. Two-time defending NEMA champion Cabral, who prevailed in 2000 and 2008, hopes to become the first three-time “Louie” winner.

The NEMA Lites are on the agenda as well. Anthony Marvuglio’s Lites win was one of 2009’s emotional highlights.

Emotion has always been part of “The Louie” starting with the number 29. It belonged to Louie Seymour, “the man who towed a million miles” out of Marlboro, MA to success on USAC’s Sprint Car and Silver Crown circuits.

It was at the 2000 Louie that Cabral, in a family car older than himself, won his first-ever NEMA race. Two years later, at the Waterford Speedbowl,  a then 16-year old Bobby Santos, part of  a Scrivani/Seymour effort, grabbed his first Midget checkered.

Abold was the first to put the #29 into Victory Lane but it is hardly the first “Louie” success for the Seymour family. It got no better than 1999 when Louie’s boys Bobby and Mike finished one-two at Seekonk.

While Abold hopes to become the first back-to-back winner and Cabral the first three-time winner, Stoehr eyes a spot on the two-time list with Cabral, Joey Payne and Ben Seitz.  Stoehr, who won with Bruce Beane in ’97, hopes to give the Angelillo team its fourth Louie.

There are a number of drivers looking to join a Louie win list that includes Drew and Nokie Fornoro and Jeff Horn.  That group includes  last season’s DAV winner Adam Cantor, Greg Stoehr, Jim Miller, Waterford Wings & Wheels winner Chris deRitis, Erica Santos, Mike Horn, Aaron Wall and John Zych Jr.

Lite contenders include Cabral, Anthony Nocella, Russ Wood Jr., Eddie LeClerc Jr., Bethany Viets, Paul Luggelle and Jim Santa Maria.

Boston Louie Results:

1997:  1. Russ Stoehr (Beane 26),  2. Nokie Fornoro, 3. Mike Seymour, 4. Drew Fornoro, 5. Babe Shaw

1998:  1. Drew Fornoro (Angelillo 45), 2. Bobby Seymour, 3. Mark Buonomo, 4. Russ Stoehr, 5. Ed Breault

1999:  1 Bobby Seymour (Seymour 9), 2. Mike Seymour, 3. Drew Fornoro, 4. Russ Stoehr, 5. Rudy Boetticher

2000:  1. Randy Cabral (Cabral 35), 2. Nokie Fornoro, 3. Joey Payne, 4. Jeff Horn, 5. Ryan King 

2001:  1. Jeff Horn (Shaw 1s), 2. Russ Stoehr, 3. Drew Fornoro, 4. Mark Buonomo, 5. Kevin Weeks

2002:  1. Bobby Santos (Scravani 9), 2. Tim Bertrand, 3. Randy Cabral, 4. Howie Bumpus, 5. Russ Stoehr

2003  1  Joey Payne (Angelillo 45), 2.  Ben Seitz, 3. Sean Caisse, 4. Tim Heath, 5. Glen Cabral

2004  1. Ben Seitz (Valeri 17), 2. Joey Payne, 3. Randy Cabral, 4. Bobby Santos, 5. Mark Buonomo

2005: 1.  Joey Payne (Angelillo 45), 2. Jeff Horn, 3. Ben Seitz, 4. Chris Perley, 5. Erin  Crocker

2006:  1. Nokie Fornoro ( Jarret 4), 2. Joey Payne, 3. Bobby Santos III, 4.Jeff Horn, 5. Randy Cabral

2007: 1. Ben Seitz (Valeri 17), 2. Joey Payne, 3. Nokie Fornoro, 4. Adam Cantor, 5. Shane Hammond

2008  1. Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47), 2. Jeff Abold, 3. Bobby Santos, 4.Jeremy  Frankowski, 5. Joey Payne 

2009: 1. Jeff Abold (Seymour 29), 2. Cole Carter, 3. Nokie Fornoro, 4. William Wall, 5. Randy Cabral.

LIVE BROADCAST AT THE WATERFORD SPEEDBOWL FOR THE NEMA MIDGETS AND ISMA SUPERMODIFIEDS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010

August 13, Boston, MA--- The action picks up on Saturday, August 14, 2010 when the winged wonders, the NEMA Midgets and the ISMA Supermodifieds, hosts the 3rd annual Wings ‘n Wheels event at the Waterford Speedbowl.

Peter Falconi will be calling the NEMA Midgets and ISMA Supermodified announcer Bobby G will be calling the racing action from flag to flag, as well as, providing post race victory lane celebrations.  KC & Brian Hanaford will be producing the LIVE broadcasting and commentary of this event from their Boston studios.

Todd Bertrand has picked the right track to make his Northeastern Midget Association debut. Todd, a vital part of the NEMA Lites over the past three years, will be stepping into the family #39 Saturday at Waterford Speedbowl’s Wings and Wheels.

A NEMA Lites winner at Waterford in 2008, Bertrand has posted two podiums in ‘Bowl action this summer. He will be part of a busy pit that includes the #47 of two-time defending champion Randy Cabral and the #75 of Chris deRitis.

Anthony Nocella, a frequent winner in the Lites, will be making his second NEMA start in the Seymour car as well.

Vernon, CT’s Robbie Summers will be looking for a possible second straight ISMA win when he pulls into Waterford Speedbowl on Saturday. Summers, driving his Jeff Holbrook-owned 35 supermodified, cruised to a relatively unchallenged victory at Delaware Speedway in Ontario, Canada last weekend. It was the second career ISMA win for the popular driver who has had success at the “Bowl” in the past in the modified ranks. Over his 20+ year racing career, Robbie was the 2005 Waterford SK champ, won the 2006 Stafford Xtreme ISMA show and the 2008 Spring Sizzler SK event. He is in his fourth year of supermodified competition, formerly driving for the Howie Lane team.

Summers faces some stiff competition for a second straight win from some formidable opponents in the ISMA ranks. Among them is Lou Cicconi of Aston, PA won the first ISMA event at Waterford in May 2005. He followed that win up with August wins in 2008 and 2009.

Second on the all-Time ISMA win list and current runner-up in ISMA points is Pelham, NH’s Russ Wood, a multi-time ISMA champion, and driver of the Holbrook 29. He has one ISMA win to his credit this season.

Chris Perley, the Rowley Rocket, isi the only other multiple winner at the Bowl with wins in May 2007 and 2008. Perley, who has cut back on his racing schedule in 2010 due to his Perley Marina business, will certainly be a contender for at least a  podium finish Saturday, if not a third win. Fremont, NH’s Mike Ordway Sr., driving the Vic Miller 1 full time this season, has two wins to his credit, also coming off a Canadian victory last Friday, and sits fourth in the current ISMA point standings.

Current ISMA point leader Mike Lichty of Innerkip, Ontario, won his first career ISMA victory at Waterford in May and has been on a roll of late, finishing with two top three finishes at Delaware Speedway last weekend.  He’s had a very consistent season, finishing all eight events in the top five including the one feature win.

The only other two drivers who have won in Waterford competition since the inaugural event are Justin Belfiore and Dave Shullick Jr., who will both be looking to pick up a second win at the Bowl. Shullick has one win this season which came at Sandusky Speedway in late July.

Others in the top ten in current points looking for a possible victory are New Englanders Ben Seitz, of NEMA midget fame, Jeff Locke, Dan Lane, and Dave Duggan. It all happens at Wings and Wheels at Waterford Speedbowl, Saturday.

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