The Boston Louie Memorial is a NEMA Light and Midget race held annually at Seekonk Speedway's Open Wheel Wednesday. The event headlines as two races, both 29 laps long in memorial of Louie's chosen car number as an owner. "Boston" Louie Seymour died on September 13, 1996.[1]

Boston Louie Memorial
Northeastern Midget Association
VenueSeekonk Speedway (1997-2001, 2005-Present)
Waterford Speedbowl (2002-2004)
LocationSeekonk, Massachusetts, United States (1997-2001, 2005-Present)
Waterford, Connecticut, United States (2002-2004)
First race1997 (1997)
Distance10 mi (16 km)
Laps29
Most wins (driver)Randy Cabral (3)
Jeff Abold (3)
PJ Stergios (3)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length.333 mi (0.536 km)
Turns4

2002-2004 location change

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The 2002-2004 Boston Louie Memorial races were all held at the Waterford Speedbowl, not Seekonk Speedway.[1] This happened after the 2001 racing season for NEMA, when the series was determining its schedule. Seekonk Speedway had just finished its racing season, and was in the process of shutting down the track for the Winter months. Seekonk officials generally decide their schedules the year of the racing season, not at the close of the season. When NEMA contacted Seekonk officials to get an early commitment for a 2002 race date, the Seekonk officials did not want to confirm a date yet, due to the racing season still months away for them. Despite open communications, NEMA eventually moved the race to Waterford. NEMA and Seekonk officials still wanted to give a race date due to the history NEMA has with Seekonk, but Seekonk officials felt that they needed addition sponsorship for the race, along with the sponsorship NEMA would be bringing for the race.[2][3] The Boston Louie Memorial would later return to Seekonk Speedway in 2005, and has stayed at Seekonk from then on.[4]

Race winners

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Year Name M/L Track
1997 Russ Stoehr Midget Seekonk Speedway
1998 Drew Fornoro
1999 Bobby Seymour
2000 Randy Cabral
2001 Jeff Horn
2002 Bobby Santos Waterford Speedbowl
2003 Joey Payne
2004 Ben Seitz
2005 Joey Payne Seekonk Speedway
2006 Nokie Fornoro
2007 Ben Seitz
2008 Shaun Gosselin Light
2008 Randy Cabral Midget
2009 Anthony Marvuglio Light
2009 Jeff Abold Midget
2010 Anthony Nocella Light
2010 Jeff Abold Midget
2011 David Moniz Light
2011 Jeff Abold Midget
2012 Canceled due to weather
2013 PJ Stergios Light
2013 Doug Coby Midget
2014 PJ Stergios Light
2014 Randy Cabral Midget
2015 PJ Stergios Light
2015 Todd Bertrand Midget
2016 Jim Chambers Light
2016 Doug Coby Midget
2017 Dylan Duhaime Light
2017 John Zych Midget
2018 Dan Cugini Light
2018 Randy Cabral Midget
2019 Ryan Locke Light
2019 Avery Stoehr Midget
2020 Not ran due to COVID-19
Sources[1][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Boston Louie Seymour Memorial Webpage". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ Ring, Thomas. "RING: NEMA makes tracks". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ Courchesne, Shawn. "A Louie Phenomenon". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ ""Boston Louie" Memorial Classic Returning To Seekonk in '05". Northeastern Midget Association. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Official NEMA Results 2002-2019". Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 NEMA Schedule". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 9 November 2020.