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NEMA Looks Back at Seekonk – YankeeRacer.com

NEMA Looks Back at Seekonk

By admin July 8, 2010 NEMA, Seekonk

Stepped in Midget history, Seekonk Speedway hosted the first Northeastern Midget event on May 30, 1953. Fred Meeker, in Fred Kernan’s #17, won over Al Pillion.

A “Ford Club,” NEMA shared the agenda with the established and Offenhauer dominated ARDC. Meeker also won the ARDC feature in the same car, establishing an independent role that NEMA continues to hold.

The NEMA-Seekonk relationship, of course, remains strong. The ‘Cement Palace” has hosted over 75 races since that inaugural visit.

Meeker and Kernan were a powerful force in the 1950s, winning in ARDC, MARC and NASCAR as well as NEMA.

Sources: Pete Zanardi/NEMA PR