Boston Louie Memorial

The Boston Louie Memorial race is held in honor of one of the most accomplished midget & sprint car owners, Hall of Famer Louie Seymour, who passed away in September of 1996. The race is 29 laps in length in honor of Seymour’s car number. It has become the premiere race on the Northeastern Midget Association schedule every year.

It debuted at Seekonk Speedway during the 1997 season and was held there until 2001. From 2002-2004 it was held at the Waterford Speedbowl as part of their annual Nostalgia Weekend event. The Boston Louie returned to Seekonk in 2005, first as part of the Open Wheel Wednesday event (2005-2019) and since 2021 as a stand alone event.

Randy Cabral has won a record 4 Boston Louie Memorial races. Jeff Abold is a 3-time winner which he did in consecutive seasons (2009-2011). Avery Stoehr is also a 3-time winner (2019, 2022, 2023). Joey Payne, Ben Seitz and Doug Coby have all won twice.

In 2008, the NEMA Lites were added to the event, also running a 29 lap race. Lites were increased to 33 laps in 2017 in honor of the late sprint car driver Dave Steele, then increased again in 2019 to a 50 lap race.

P.J. Stergios won 3 straight NEMA Lite races (2013-2015) and a record 4 times overall. Jake Trainor (2021, 2023) is the only other driver to win Boston Louie Lite race more than once.

BOSTON LOUIE MEMORIAL WINNERS

DATE	LAPS	NEMA MIDGETS	LAPS	NEMA LITE	TRACK
1997	29	RUSS STOEHR		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
1998	29	DREW FORNORO		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
1999	29	BOBBY SEYMOUR		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2000	29	RANDY CABRAL		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2001	29	JEFF HORN		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2002	29	BOBBY SANTOS III		n/a	Waterford Speedbowl
2003	29	JOEY PAYNE		n/a	Waterford Speedbowl
2004	29	BEN SEITZ		n/a	Waterford Speedbowl
2005	29	JOEY PAYNE		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2006	29	NOKIE FORNORO		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2007	29	BEN SEITZ		n/a	Seekonk Speedway
2008	29	RANDY CABRAL	29	SHAUN GOSSELIN	Seekonk Speedway
2009	29	JEFF ABOLD	29	ANTHONY MARVUGLIO	Seekonk Speedway
2010	29	JEFF ABOLD	29	ANTHONY NOCELLA	Seekonk Speedway
2011	29	JEFF ABOLD	29	DAVID MONIZ	Seekonk Speedway
2012		no race held		rained out
2013	29	DOUG COBY	29	P.J. STERGIOS	Seekonk Speedway
2014	29	RANDY CABRAL	29	P.J. STERGIOS	Seekonk Speedway
2015	29	TODD BERTRAND	29	P.J. STERGIOS	Seekonk Speedway
2016	29	DOUG COBY	29	JIM CHAMBERS	Seekonk Speedway
2017	29	JOHN ZYCH JR	33	DYLAN DUHAIME	Seekonk Speedway
2018	29	RANDY CABRAL	33	DAN CUGINI	Seekonk Speedway
2019	29	AVERY STOEHR	50	RYAN LOCKE	Seekonk Speedway
2020		no race held		global pandemic
2021	29	PAUL SCALLY	50	JAKE TRAINOR	Seekonk Speedway
2022	29	AVERY STOEHR	50	P.J. STERGIOS	Seekonk Speedway
2023	29	AVERY STOEHR	50	JAKE TRAINOR	Seekonk Speedway
2024	29	AVERY STOEHR	50	CHASE LOCKE	Seekonk Speedway