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Photos by
John DaDalt |
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Heat 1 >> |
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Heat 2 >> |
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NEMA MIDGETS - SEEKONK
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7/15/23 |
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Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
39 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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2 |
01 |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
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3 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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4 |
49 |
Dylan Rock |
Enfield, NH |
Dan Rock |
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5 |
47w |
Kody Swanson |
Kingsburg, CA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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6 |
74 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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7 |
9 |
John Zych Jr. |
Mendon, MA |
John Zych
Sr. |
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8 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Matt O'Brien |
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9 |
47b |
Sammy Swindell |
Germantown, TN |
Bertrand Motorsports |
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10 |
93 |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Mike Horn |
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11 |
87 |
Doug Cleveland |
Sudbury, MA |
Doug Cleveland |
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12 |
A1 |
Derek Robbie |
Bellingham, MA |
Mike Horn |
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13 |
50 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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14 |
83 |
Ryan Tidman |
Southhampton, PA |
Ryan Tidman |
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Heat 1 >>
47b, 9, 01, 93, 48, A1, 50 |
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Heat 2 >>
30, 74, 87, 16, 47w, 83, 39 |
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Heat 3 >> |
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NEMA LITES -
SEEKONK
- 7/15/23 |
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Pos.
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#
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Driver |
Hometown
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Owner |
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1 |
4s |
Jake Trainor |
Medway, MA |
Bobby
Seymour |
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2 |
35 |
Randy Cabral |
Kingston, MA |
Glen
Cabral |
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3 |
1 |
Chase Locke |
Chester, NH |
Matt
Seymour |
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4 |
17 |
Kyle Valeri |
Monument Beach, MA |
Peter Valeri |
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5 |
47 |
Jacob Perry |
Stonington, CT |
Randy
Cabral |
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6 |
21 |
Joe Bailey |
Monroe, NJ |
Mike
Scrivani |
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7 |
48 |
Todd Bertrand |
Danielson, CT |
Todd
Bertrand |
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8 |
20 |
Alby Ovitt |
St. Johnsbury, VT |
Jackie
Parker |
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9 |
24 |
Ryan Macartney |
Pawling, NY |
Nick Poe |
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10 |
16 |
Dan Cugini |
Marshfield, MA |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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11 |
29 |
Ken Schrader |
Concord, NC |
Matt
Seymour |
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12 |
5 |
JT Bierman |
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13 |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
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14 |
87jr |
Bradly Alum |
Taylorsville, NC |
Bob
Courtwright |
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15 |
59 |
Brayden Egan |
Ashford, CT |
Eric Egan |
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16 |
8 |
Ethan Dion |
Oakdale, CT |
Stephen
Dion |
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17 |
99 |
Kyle Ferrucci |
Woodbury, CT |
Robert
Ferrucci |
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18 |
23 |
Jeremy Utley |
Carver, MA |
Jeremy Utley |
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19 |
94 |
Tiana Kibbe |
Fairfield, CT |
Curt Kibbe |
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20 |
4 |
PJ Stergios |
Candia, NH |
Matt
Seymour |
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21 |
61 |
Ryan Locke |
Chester, NH |
Dennis
O/Brien |
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22 |
55 |
Drew Eldridge |
No. Chelmsford, MA |
Drew
Eldridge |
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23 |
44 |
Trent Goodrow |
Carver, MA |
William
Keller |
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24 |
3 |
Christopher Vose |
Gloversville, NY |
Christopher Vose |
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25 |
28 |
Mike Pernesiglio |
Ronkonkoma, NY |
Pete Pernesiglio
Sr. |
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26 |
10 |
Avery Stoehr |
Assonet, MA |
Jackie
Parker |
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27 |
9L |
Chris Lamb |
Colfax, NC |
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28 |
26 |
Ryan Tidman |
Southhampton, PA |
Ryan Tidman |
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29 |
9 |
Ben Mikitarian |
Northborough, MA |
John
Mikitarian |
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Heat 1 >>
20, 94, 44, 47, 21, 10, 30, 16, 99, 26 |
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Heat 2 >>
4s, 48, 59, 17, 1, 61, 87, 28, 23, 55
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Heat 3 >>
29, 35, 4, 24, 5, 9L, 8, 3, 9 |
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Nocella Paving
Shea Concrete
Bentleys Saloon
Hoosier Tire
Associate Sponsors
Eight Ball Properties
Nantucket Properties
South Metro Sports Complex
Falconi Energy
Tony Stewart
Parker Brothers Racing
Southern Country Customs
Skip Hulgren
John Chambers Racing
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Fast Time - Randy Cabral - $100
From
Bertrand Motorsports
Heat Race Winners - $100
Sammy Swindell - Paul Scally
First Car Out -
Ryan Tidman - $100
From Freddy Cleveland
Hard Charger Award - Jake Trainor - $250
From
John Chambers Racing - Sydney, Ohio
Top
Father/Son Award - Dylan & Dan Rock - $100
In
Memory of Jim O'Brien
Hard Luck
Award - Mike
Pernisiglio - $100
From Shane Hammond Believe
Foundation
Leader at Lap 29 - Avery Stoehr -
$ 250
From Bently's Saloon |
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Fast Time - Paul Scally - $100
Fram
Jones Racing Products/Wrenches
Heat Race
Winners - $100
Albie Ovitt - Jake Trainor - Ken
Schrader
Hard Charger
- Jake Trainor - $250
From Skip Hultgren
In Memory of Mike Streicher
Mechanic of the Race - Glen Cabral - $250
From Skip Hultgren
Honoring Engine Builder Denny
McNutt
First Car Out
- Ben Mikitarian - $100
From Freddy Cleveland
Win Heat Race & Feature
- Tony Stewart Bonus
Jake Trainor - $500
Top Father/Son Award - Randy & Glen Cabral -
$100
In Memory of Jim O'Brien
Hard Luck
Award - Chris Vose - $100
From Shane Hammond Believe
Foundation
Leader at Lap 29 - Randy Cabral -
$ 250
From Bently's Saloon
High Miler
Awards - $100 ea
#87 Brady
Allum - Taylorsville, NC
#5 Chris
Lamb - Colfax, NC
#24 Nick Poe -
Centerville, OH
In Memory of
Steve "The Bopper" Stapp |
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Stoehr &
Trainor take the 27th Annual
Boston Louie Seymour
Memorial
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For the past 27 years, the race held in honor of the
Massachusetts based car owner - "Boston Louie" Seymour, who
campaigned his winning midgets, sprints and Silver Crown
cars across America, has brought together the very best in
open wheel Midget racing. This past Saturday, July 15th at
Seekonk Speedway was no different, as Avery Stoehr fought
off the NEMA field to take down the Boston Louie Memorial
victory for the second year in a row and Jake Trainor took
down the LITES portion.
NEMA's announcer, Pete
Falconi welcomed Alan Bestwick, Jack Arute and Kevin Boucher
to the announcers booth. As well as many video shout outs
leading up to and on the day of the Boston Louie from
drivers Rusty Wallace, Ryan Preece, and Santino Ferrucci.
The Legacy of Boston Louie lives on through the continue
support and sponsorships of Mike Nocella from Nocella
Paving, Bently's Saloon, Hoosier Tire, Eddie from Shea
Concrete, and many others.
In the NEMA LITES, Ken
Schrader, former NASCAR Cup Series regular and current SRX
driver, climbed into Seymour Racing's The Spirit of Boston
#29. As well as in the NEMA portion of the night, Kody
Swanson, 7x USAC Silver Crown Champion, and Sammy Swindell,
3x WoO Champion and 5x Chili Bowl winner, climbed into the
Bertrand Motorsports #47W and #47B, respectively.
The stars and cars of the NEMA LITES division and fellow
drivers from the Eastern Midget Association were introduced
and lined up to salute their fans for the famous four-wide
parade lap.
In a strong field of 29 cars, the
drivers realigned in their starting positions as PJ Stergios
in the Matt Seymour Racing #4 led the field to green flag
racing for 50 fast laps. Stergios took the lead going into
turn one, as Chris Lamb in the #9L, Jacob Perry in the #47,
and Joey Bailey in the Scrivani Racing #21 went three wide
down the backstretch.
On lap 2, Stergios maintained
his lead over, Perry, while Randy Cabral in the #35 raced
his way to 3rd from his 7th place starting position,
followed by Bailey and Chase Locke in the Seymour Racing #1.
Over the next few laps, the top 5 began to spread
out, as a race between positions 6-9 began to occur between
Lamb, JT Bierman #5, Jake Trainor in the Seymour Racing #4S,
and Avery Stoehr in the Parker Brothers' Racing #10.
On lap 10, Stergios continued his lead followed by
Cabral and Perry. But going down the backstretch, the
leaders started to encounter lapped traffic, Cabral was able
to capitalize and take over the first position.
By
lap 20, Cabral had extended his lead to a couple of car
lengths over Stergios, Perry, Trainor, and Locke.
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few laps later, on lap 23, Stergios closed the gap between
him and Cabral. Trainor, who started in the twelfth place
starting position, took over the 3rd position from Perry.
On lap 26, the caution flag was flown and the
drivers realigned for a double file restart, Cabral led the
field to the green. As a side by side battle for first
occurred between Cabral and Stergios for nearly 4 laps until
Cabral was able to pull away from Stergios.
On lap
32, Cabral was able to extend his lead, as a race for second
occurred between Trainor and Stergios, but going into turn
three, Trainor was able to take the low line from Stergios
to take over the 2nd position.
With 10 laps
remaining, Cabral and Trainor skillfully navigated through
lapped traffic as Trainor was now on the back bumper of
Cabral. On lap 41, going down the front stretch, Trainor
drove to the inside of Cabral to take over the first
position.
A late race caution on lap 45, brought the
cars back together for a double file line up. Trainor led
the field back to the green and continued his lead as Locke
got a good run going into turn one and battled for second
with Cabral, but Cabral drove around the outside going into
turn two to remain in the second position.
In the
following laps, working his way up from his tenth place
starting position, Kyle Valeri in the Valeri Motorsports #17
and Perry began to battle for the 4th position. While on lap
48, going into turn one, Valeri took the low line from Perry
to take over 4th.
As the checkered flags flew,
Trainor went on to win the Boston Louie Seymour Memorial,
followed by Cabral, and Locke to round out the top 3.
In a race in victory lane, Trainor commented on his win,
"I had to work for that, that was 50 laps wide open, but
this year has been awesome, I can't thank everyone enough
that makes this all possible, and it is that much more
special to get the win on Boston's night."
To round
out the top 10 were strong finishes by: Trainor #4S, Cabral
#35, Locke #1, Valeri #17, Perry #47, Bailey #21, Todd
Bertrand #48, Alby Ovitt #20, Ryan Macartney #24, and Dan
Cuigni #16.
In the NEMA feature of the evening, the
field aligned in their double file starting positions as
Mike Horn in the #93 led the field to the green flag for 29
fast laps around Seekonk Speedway.
Horn took the
early lead over Kody Swanson in the #47W and Matt O'Brien in
the Jim O'Brien & Son's Engineering #16.
On lap 3,
Horn continued to lead the field, while starting from his
5th place starting position, Avery Stoehr in the Bertrand
Motorsports #39, took the 2nd position over Swanson going
down the backstretch followed by Dylan Rock in the #49. In a
battle for the 4-6th positions, Paul Scally in the #30,
O'Brien, and Jake Trainor in the #01 went three wide coming
out of turn 4.
While on lap 5, Stoehr closed the gap
and was on the back bumper of first place Horn. While going
into turn one Scally took the low line to take the third
position from Swanson.
On the following lap, going
down the backstretch, Stoehr moved down a groove to take the
first position away from Horn.
On lap 8, Stoehr
extended his lead and a battle for 2nd occurred between
Scally and Horn, but going into turn one, Scally chose the
low line to take the 2nd position from Horn.
On lap
14, in a battle for 4th, Trainor and Swanson raced side by
side, but going into turn one, Trainor was able to take the
low groove and drive away from Swanson to take over 4th. By
the close of the lap, Trainor was on the move and took the
low line in turn three to take the 3rd position from Horn.
On lap 15, Stoehr started to encounter lapped
traffic but was able to maintain his lead over 2nd place
Scally followed by Trainor.
A few laps later on lap
20, a battle for the 4th position grew between Horn,
Swanson, and Dylan Rock in the #49. But going into turn one,
Rock was able to take over 4th.
With less than four
laps remaining in the 29 lap feature, Stoehr continued his
lead, but a battle began as Trainor had closed the gap
between him and 2nd place, Scally. Ultimately, on lap 27,
Trainor took over the second position.
As the
checkered flags flew for the mighty NEMA midgets, for the
second year in a row, Stoehr went on to win the Boston Louie
Memorial with just under a 2 second lead over Trainor and
Scally.
In a race in victory lane, Stoehr commented
on his win, "I have been fortunate enough to win a few of
these races and the drivers always get a disproportionate
amount of the credit... I was upside down in turn two today
and my crew is the reason why I am standing here today. I am
just very thankful for each and every person"
To
round out the top 10 were strong finishes by: Stoehr #39,
Trainor #01, Scally #30, Rock #49, Swanson #47W, Randy
Cabral #74, John Zych Jr #9, Matt O'Brien #16, Sammy
Swindell #47B, and Mike Horn #93.
Both NEMA Midgets
and LITES are back in action on Saturday, July 29th, at the
New London Waterford Speedbowl for the Angelillo Memorial.
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