14th Annual
Saturday, August 28th
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Abold, Nocella Dominate At “The Louie” |
Seekonk, MA – Jeff Abold became the first back-to-back
Boston Louie Memorial winner Saturday night, dominating
the 14th running of the Northeastern Midget
Association’s headliner at Seekonk Speedway.
Coming from the 14th starting spot after setting fast
time (11.071), Abold (Bobby Seymour #4) needed only 10
laps to take the lead from Anthony Marvuglio. Only a
late restart and brief challenge from point leader Randy
Cabral slowed the run.
It was a complete sweep
for the sponsoring Seymour family, Anthony Nocella (Matt
Seymour #29) coming from ninth to win the NEMA Lites
feature. Nocella also withstood a late restart threat
before besting Andy Barrows (Barrows #81) and Randy
Cabral (Scally #4).
Both features went 29 laps
honoring the memory of Boston Louie Seymour.
Russ
Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire #45), Chris deRitis
(Cicconi/deRitis #75) and Aaron Wall (Wall #55)
completed the top five behind Abold and Cabral.
“I didn’t expect to get to the front that quickly,” said
Abold. He took third from Cabral on lap six, second from
deRitis on eight and first from Marvuglio, the only
other leader on 10. “I saw those guys in front of me and
I knew I had a good car,” he said.
Abold, 21,
easily thwarted a lap 19 restart challenge from deRitis
before the Cabral single-file restart threat with 26
gone. “I was a little concerned but I knew how I had to
drive it,” said Abold.
Cabral made it interesting
but Abold quickly established a seven car length
advantage. It was a strong run for Cabral, who started
11th, had third by lap six and grabbed second from
deRitis on lap 21.
Stoehr, who continues to run
second in points, passed deRitis on the final restart.
DeRitis, Jim Miller and Anthony Marvuglio were the heat
winners.
Nocella survived three cautions before
taking the lead from Lanson Fornoro down the backstretch
on lap seven. “Once I got in front and could run my own
line it felt great,” said the 17-year old. He had a
half-track lead when the last yellow fell.
“I was
a little nervous about the final restart,” said Nocella.
“I mean I was leading the thing.”
Barrows, second
since lap 14, was more concerned. “I was content with
second at that point,” he said. “Now I had Randy Cabral
to contend with.”
Eddie LeClerc Jr. (LeClerc #14)
and Russ Wood Jr. (Wood #51) were fourth and fifth.
Fornoro, who grabbed the pole after a second lap
crash eliminated the front row, was the only other
leader. He wound up seventh.
Jim Santamaria and
Jesse State captured Lites heats.
NEMA MIDGETS TIME TRIALS
(top 10): 1. Jeff Abold (11.071), 2. Greg Stoehr
(11.263), 3. Wall (11.271), 4. Cabral (11.400), 5. Horn
(11.407), 6. Russ Stoehr (11.421), 7. Leonard (11.425),
8. deRitis (11.435), 9. MacDonald (11.520), 10. Cantor
(11.526).
 Abold
was “absolutely” thrilled at being the first to win two
straight “Louie” races. It was also his second straight
fast time, besting last year by four tenths.
It
was the largest field in the history of the race.
Great
runs by Anthony Marvuglio in the feature and Lanson
Fornoro in the Lites race were noteworthy. |
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Randy Cabral. Miss Ellie Seymour, Jeff Abold, & Russ
Stoehr |
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NEMA Feature - Seekonk - Sat., August 28th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
4 |
Jeff Abold |
Pennellville,
NY |
Bobby Seymour |
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2 |
47 |
Randy Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Tim Bertrand |
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3 |
45 |
Russ Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Dumo's Desire
Racing |
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4 |
75 |
Chris deRitis |
Philadelphia, PA |
Ciconni/deRitis |
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5 |
55 |
Aaron Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Wall Motorsports LLC |
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6 |
93x |
Mike Horn |
Ashland, MA |
Jeff Horn |
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7 |
26b |
Greg Stoehr |
Bridgewater, MA |
Greg Stoehr |
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8 |
22 |
Chris Leonard |
Pelham, NH |
Dave Leonard |
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9 |
35 |
Anthony Marvuglio |
Halifax, MA |
Glen Cabral |
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10 |
25 |
Keith Botelho |
Attleboro, MA |
Russ Stoehr |
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11 |
3m |
Jim Miller |
Weymouth, MA |
Jim Miller |
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12 |
29 |
Dave Gruel |
Syracuse, NY |
Bobby Seymour |
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13 |
16 |
Matt O'Brien |
Wilmington, MA |
Jim O'Brien |
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14 |
78 |
Brian Cleveland |
Billerica, MA |
Linda Cleveland |
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15 |
2 |
Lee Bundy |
Kennebunkport,
ME |
Lee Bundy |
16
DNF |
49 |
B.J. MacDonald |
Pippersville,
PA |
B.J. MacDonald |
17
DNF |
8 |
Barry Kittredge
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Marlboro, MA
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Barry Kittredge |
18
DNF |
30 |
Paul Scally |
Raynham, MA |
Paul Scally |
19
DNF |
50 |
Lanson
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Pete
Pernisiglio,Sr |
20
DNF |
7ny |
Adam Cantor |
Dix Hills, NY |
Cantor Racing |
21
DNF |
44 |
Bobby Santos |
Franklin, MA |
Ed Breault |
22
DNF |
9 |
John Zych, Jr. |
Liverpool, NY |
John Zych, Sr. |
23
DNS |
88 |
Britt Anderson |
Mooresville, NC |
Andy Anderson |
24
DNS |
39 |
Todd Bertrand |
Suffield, CT |
Tim Bertrand |
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Andy Barrows, Anthony Nocella, & Randy Cabral |
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Lites Feature - Seekonk - Sat., August 28th |
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Pos. |
# |
Driver |
Hometown |
Owner |
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1 |
29 |
Anthony
Nocella |
Woburn, MA |
Matt Seymour |
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2 |
81 |
Andy Barrows |
New Ipswich, NH |
Bobby Seymour |
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3 |
4 |
Randy
Cabral |
Plymouth, MA |
Paul Scally |
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4 |
12 |
Eddie LeClerc
Jr. |
Taunton, MA |
Eddie LeClerc Sr. |
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5 |
51 |
Russ Wood Jr. |
Pelham, MA |
Russ Wood |
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6 |
18j |
Jesse State |
New Hyde Park,
NY |
Jim State |
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7 |
00 |
Lanson
Fornoro |
Stroudsburg, PA |
Paul Luggelle |
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99 |
Jim Santa
Maria |
Burlington, CT |
Susan Santa Maria |
| 9 |
31 |
Paul Bigelow |
Berlin, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
| 10 |
13 |
Ryan Bigelow |
E. Hampton, CT |
Randy Bigelow |
11
DNF |
1 |
Bethany Viets |
Manchester, CT |
Charles Gunther |
12
DNF |
50 |
Carl Medeiros, Jr. |
Westport, MA |
Carl Medeiros |
13
DNF |
18d |
David
Moniz |
Fairhaven, MA |
David Moniz |
14
DNF |
47 |
Ryan Tidman |
Levittown, PA |
Glen Cabral |
15
DNF |
28 |
Paul Luggelle |
Holbrook, MA |
Paul Luggelle |
16
DNF |
23 |
William Wall |
Shrewsbury, MA |
Bobby Seymour |
17
DNF |
52
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Kevin Park |
Foxboro,
MA |
Kevin Park |
18
DNF |
36 |
Eric Cabral |
Manhchester, NH |
Glen Cabral |
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DNS |
93
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Jake Smith
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Stroudsburg, PA |
Ted Smith |
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Thanks to Stu Murray!
for the Boston Louie Winners Trophies |
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Thanks to the Boston Louie Sponsors! |
NEMA FEATURE
Motorcars
International - Bridgewater, MA
Risque Racing / Chris
de Ritis - Philadelphia, PA
LITES FEATURE
R. J. Harrington Trucking -
No. Billerica, MA
Oval Track Pars & Services -
Findlay, OH
NEMA HEATS
Crown
Collision Centers - Pawtucket, RI
KTron Inc. -
Marlboro, MA
Dora Naves & Assos. Real Estate -
Marlboro, MA
Bertrand Motorsports - Sturbridge, MA
LITES HEATS
Woody's Auto
Repair & Towing - Pelham, NH
Parker Sanitary Pumping
- Wrenthem, MA |
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Format for the 2010 Boston Louie
> 3 Heats & a 15
Invert < |
3-4 Warm ups (2-3 warmups early in the day - time
dependent)
Time trials will be taking place during the last warm
up.
No more than 6 cars on the track at a time
for time trials.
Time trial lineups will be
based upon transponder times (the fastest time for each
car) from the initial set of warmups. The fastest 6 cars
will run together, the next six, and so on.
Time
trial results will be based upon the fastest single lap
for each car.
2
or 3 heats will be run (depending on car count) and the
heat race invert will be determined after time trials.
The typical invert over the last two years has been
somewhere between 20 and the total number of cars
present, - meaning that the 20th fastest car on a #20
invert would start on the pole in the first heat.
Either 4, 5 or 6 cars (dependent on 2 or 3 heats)
will qualify out of each heat.
There
will be a feature invert and it will be between 6 and
15. The feature invert is based upon TIME TRAIL TIMES.
If, for example, a #12 invert, the fastest out
of the qualified cars would start 12th, the second
fastest 11th, the third fastest 10th, and so on.
The 13th – 15th fastest, although
they may have qualified through their heat, would start
13th – 15th, heads up.
If, for example, a #15 invert, the fastest out of the
qualified cars would
start
15th, the second fastest 14th, the third fastest 13th,
and so on. |
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Seekonk Hosting NEMA’s “Louie” |
Brockton, MA – A slim 22
points separate leader Randy Cabral and Russ Stoehr as
the Northeastern Midget Association makes ready for the
coveted Boston Louie Memorial Saturday night at Seekonk
Speedway.
The battle includes car owners Tim Bertrand and
the Dumo’s Desire team. Cabral and Stoehr are both
“Louie” winners, Cabral looking to become the first to
collect three triumphs.
Jeff Abold, slated to drive the Seymour #4, will
be the “defending champ” in the 14th running of the
29-lap event. “The Louie,” which honors the memory of
heralded owner Boston Louie Seymour, is NEMA’s most
coveted trophy.
Chris deRitis, off a first-ever NEMA win at
Waterford two week back, set atop a battle for the third
spot in the points battle. Only 62 points separate
deRitis and fifth place Adam Cantor with Russ Stoehr in
fourth.
Abold moves into the Seymour 4 that Lou Cicconi
drove to a convincing win earlier this season at
Seekonk. In Seymour equipment, the second generation has
been first or second in four of the last seven NEMA
visits to Seekonk.
The Seymour family has seven wins in the last 17
Seekonk races, winning twice with Mark Buonomo and Bobby
Santos III in addition to Abold and Cicconi.
Jim Miller, William Wall and Erica Santos are
other contenders.
A large field is expected for the 29-lap NEMA
Lites test as well. Anthony Nocella carries the Seymour
hopes in the Lites race. Other contenders include
Cabral, Eddie LeClerc, Russ Wood Jr., James Santa Maria,
Joey Chick, Paul Luggelle and Bethany Viets. |
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| NEMA’S Headliner ‘The
Louie’ Looms |
Brockton, MA – Three former
winners including defending champion Jeff Abold will be
among the entries for Northeastern Midget Association’s
14th annual Boston Louie Memorial Saturday night, Aug.
28 at Seekonk Speedway.
The event memorializes
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 on August 24, 2004, 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
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