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#29 IN THE
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#1 IN YOUR HEART |
SATURDAY, JULY 15th, 2023 |
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Stoehr &
Trainor take the 27th Annual
Boston Louie Seymour
Memorial |
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.
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FULL 2023 STORY & PHOTOS
HERE |
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2023
NEMA LITES WINNER:
JAKE TRAINOR #4S |
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2023 NEMA MIDGETS WINNER:
AVERY STOEHR #39 |
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FULL 2023 RESULTS & PHOTOS
HERE |
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Dave Steele |
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On March 25, 2017, the most accomplished pavement open wheel
racer in America , Dave Steele of Tampa Fl. passed away at
Desoto Speedway in Bradenton while attempting to win his 100th
sprint car race in the state of Florida.
When the Nema midgets roll into Seekonk Speedway on June 26
2019, for the 23rd Annual Boston Louie Memorial, NEMA will
honor Steele by extending the customary 29 lap race to 33 laps
(Steele's number) for the Nema Lites portion of the event.
As a car owner, I had the opportunity to compete against Dave in
the Silver Crown series for so many years. I also had the unique
chance to race with him on one occasion at the Stafford Motor
Speedway in 2006 when he drove our car.
On that day, I realized just how special and talented he was. In
our forty plus years of racing in the silver crown series ,
there has never been one individual with such a combination of
driving skills, mechanical ability, chassis knowledge and an
uncanny eye for preparing the sharpest looking, state of the
art, open wheel race cars.
Thank You
Bobby Seymour |
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"The Louie" - A Showcase of Talent |
A brief overview of Boston Louie history
follows.
1997 – The championship-bound Russ Stoehr and
Bruce Beane won the first Boston Louie, besting
legend Nokie Fornoro, the latter driving for the
Scally family.
1998 – Another championship bound team, Drew
Fornoro and Gene Angelillo prevailed besting
Bobby Seymour. It was the first of three Louie
victories for Angelillo.
1999 – A perfect night for Louie Seymour’s boys,
Bobby, in the Scrivani #9, besting Mike in the
Tapply #8.
2000 – Driving a car older than he was – the
family #35 – Randy Cabral collected his
first-ever NEMA checkered (he now has 33) with a
convincing win over Nokie Fornoro.
2001 – Driving Babe Shaw’s 1s, Jeff Horn started
eighth, had the lead by lap two and beat Russ
Stoehr by a comfortable margin.
2002 – Moving to Waterford Speedbowl, 16-year
old Bobby Santos III, driving a Seymour/Scrivani
maintained car, scored his first “big” win. The
winning pass – going under Tim Bertrand in turns
three and four – came with 13 laps remaining.
2003 – Win number one for Payne and two for
Angelillo came after Randy Cabral’s car was
judged “too wide.”
2004 – Ben Seitz (Valeri 17) chased down Payne,
took the lead with nine left and then survived a
late restart challenge. Seitz and Valeri went on
to the championships.
2005 – Back at Seekonk, Joey Payne took
advantage of a lap 23 caution to pass Jeff Horn
and become the first two-time winner. It was the
third Louie for Angelillo.
2006 – It was Nokie’s turn and he wired it in
the Jarret #4, finishing far ahead of Payne.
2007 – Seitz joined the two win club. Although
he led every lap, Seitz had to beat back
challenges from both Nokie Fornoro and Payne in
the closing laps.
2008 – The Cabral/Bertrand team, with a motor
borrowed from the Santos team, started eighth,
had the lead by lap three and won by less than a
car length over a very young Jeff Abold in a
Seymour car. Bobby Santos III was third. Shaun
Gosselin was the first “Louie” Lites winner.
2009 – The first of three straight wins for the
Abold/Seymour team. After posting a blistering
10.859 in time trials, Abold came from the 16th
starting spot and passed Cole Carter, driving
for Bertrand, on lap 18. Anthony Marvuglio, in
the Cabral 35, scored an emotional Lites win.
2010 – Starting 14th, Abold needed only 10 laps
to grab the lead and then beat back a late
challenge from Cabral. It was a sweep for the
Seymours, Anthony Nocella winning the Lites
event.
2011 – Setting fast time for the third straight
year, Abold needed 19 laps to grab the lead and
again beat back Cabral threats in the closing
laps. David Moniz ruled the Lites feature.
2012 – Race
cancelled due to weather
2013 –
Doug Coby, in only his
third Northeastern Midget Association ride,
added the Boston Louie Memorial. The National
NASCAR Whelen Modified champion got by Bertrand
Racing teammate Randy Cabral with four laps
remaining in the 29-lap event.
2014 - Randy
Cabral over Todd Bertrand in the Midgets.
PJ Stergios takes his second win in the Lites.
Speed Sport
Magazine covers the show for MAV TV.
2015 - Todd
Bertrand beats teammate Randy Cabral. In the
Lites, PJ Stergios scores his third in a row
Boston Louie win.
2016 - Doug
Coby invades & captures Midget
race; Jim
Chambers conquers Lites.
2017 - John
Zych takes his first Boston Louie win; Dylan
Duhaime and Jim Chambers stage a last lap LITES
battle.
2018 - Randy Cabral becomes the
first four-time winner of the Boston Louie; Dan
Cugini takes the Lites race.
2019 -
Avery Stoehr scored the NEMA Midgets victory for
the "biggest win of my career." Young Ryan Locke
took the LITES win.
2021 - Paul Scally celebrated
his NEMA Midgets victory as
the "my biggest win." Jake Trainor
took the Boston Louie #29 to the checkers in the
50 lap LITES feature.
2022
- PJ Stergios scored the LITES win the Seymour
#4. Avery Stoehr was the NEMA Midgets winner in
the Bertrand #39.
2023 - Jake Trainor the LITES win the Seymour
#4s. Avery Stoehr was the NEMA Midgets
two-in-a-row winner in
the Bertrand #39. |
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Boston Louie Results - 1997 to 2023 |
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
2008 LITES: 1. Shaun Gosselin
(Gosselin #26), 2. Nicholas Ribbe, 3. Jesse State,
4. PR Stergios, 5. Anthony Marvuglio.
2009: 1. Jeff Abold (Seymour #29),
2. Cole Carter, 3. Nokie Fornoro,
4. William Wall, 5. Randy Cabral.
2009 LITES: 1. Anthony Marvuglio
(Cabral #35), 2. Shaun Gosselin, 3. Stephanie Doty,
4. Joe
Mikitarian, 5. Jake Smith.
2010: 1. Jeff Abold (Seymour #4),
2. Randy Cabral, 3. Russ Stoehr,
4. Chris deRitis, 5. Aaron Wall.
2010 LITES: 1. Anthony Nocella
(Seymour #29), 2. Andy Barrows, 3. Randy Cabral,
4. Eddie LeClerc Jr., 5. Russ Wood Jr.
2011: 1. Jeff Abold (Seymour #4),
2. Randy Cabral, 3. Greg Stoehr,
4. Anthony Nocella, 5. Barry Kittredge.
2011 LITES: 1. David Moniz (Moniz
#18), 2. Seth Carlson, 3. Anthony Nocella,
4. Jim Santa Maria, 5. Carl Medeiros Jr.
2012: Cancelled Due to Weather
2013: 1. Doug Colby (Bertrand #74),
2. Randy Cabral, 3. John Zych Jr.,
4. Ian Cumens, 5. Todd Bertrand
2013 LITES: 1. PJ Stergios
(Stergios #11), 2. Andy Barrows, 3. Anthony Nocella,
4. Ian Cumens, 5. Avery Stoehr
2014: 1. Randy Cabral (Bertrand #47),
2. Todd Bertrand, 3. Avery Stoehr
4. Paul Scally, 5. Seth Carlson
2014 LITES: 1. PJ Stergios
(Stergios #11), 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Jake Smith,
4. Adam Pierson, 5. Ryan Krachun
2015: 1. Toddd Bertrand (Bertrand
#39), 2. Randy Cabral, 3. John Zych Jr.,
4. Avery Stoehr, 5.
Jeff Abold
2015 LITES: 1. PJ Stergios
(Stergios #11), 2. Dylan Duhaime, 3. Ryan Bigelow,
4. Anthony
Payne, 5. Jim Chambers
2016: 1. Doug Coby (Bertrand #74),
2. Randy Cabral, 3. Jeff Abold,
4. Jim Chambers, 5. Seth Carlson
2016 LITES: 1. Jim Chambers (Chambers
#12), 2. Kyle Hamilton, 3. Matt Swanson,
4. Randy Cabral, 5. PJ Stergios
2017: 1. John Zych Jr. (Zych #9),
2. Avery Stoehr, 3. Doug Coby,
4. Anthony Nocella, 5. Randy Cabral
2017 LITES: 1. Dylan Duhaime
(Cataldo
#5), 2. Jim Chambers, 3. Chad Labastie,
4. Ryan Locke, 5. Ryan Bigelow
2018: 1. Randy Cabral (Bertrand
#74), 2. Todd Bertrand, 3. Avery Stoehr,
4. Paul Scally, 5. Jim Chambers
2018 LITES: 1. Dan Cugini (Cugini
#51), 2. Calvin Carroll, 3. Seth Carlson,
4. Jim Chambers, 5. Matt Swanson
2019: 1. Avery Stoehr (Bertrand
#39), 2. John Zych Jr., 3. Randy Cabral,
4. Todd Bertrand, 5. Doug Coby
2019 LITES: 1. Ryan Locke (Locke
#38), 2. Jake Trainor, 3. Anthony Marvuglio,
4. Ken Schrader, 5. Randy Cabral
2020: Cancelled Due to Covid 19
2021: 1. Paul Scally (Scally
#30), 2. Randy Cabral, 3. Avery Stoehr,
4. Chase Dowling, 5. Alan Chambers
2021 LITES: 1. Jake Trainor
(Seymour
#29), 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Joe Bailey,
4. PJ Stergios, 5. Richie Coy
2022: 1. Avery Stoehr (Bertrand
#39), 2. Randy Cabral, 3. Jim Chambers
4. Matt O'Brien, 5. Nathan Byrd
2022 LITES: 1. PJ Stergios
(Seymour
#4), 2. Randy Cabral, 3. Todd Bertrand,
4. Ben Mikitarian, 5. Dan Cigini
2023: 1. Avery Stoehr (Bertrand
#39), 2. Jale Trainor, 3. Paul Scally
4. Dylan Rock, 5. Kody Swanson
2023 LITES: 1. Jake Trainor
(Seymour
#4s), 2. Randy Cabral, 3. Chase Locke,
4. Kyle Valeri, 5. Jacob Perry |
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