Brother One-Two Finishes Not Unique in NEMA
Brockton, MA — Russ Stoehr’s win over Greg in last Saturday’s Shane Hammond Memorial at Waterford Speedbowl marked the 20th time in Northeastern Midget Association history brothers have finished one-two.
The Stoehrs take the sibling rivalry to Monadnock Speedway Saturday night, July 31st. Greg, who has won three of the last six races there, rates among the favorites.
Point leader Randy Cabral, Jeff and Mike Horn, Adam Cantor, Jim Miller and Erica Santos are contenders in the extra-distance feature.
Cabral, Todd Bertrand, Bethany Viets and Eddie LeClerc head the entries for the NEMA Lites feature.
Waterford was the first one-two brother finish since the 1999 Boston Louie at Seekonk, Bobby Seymour the winner over Mike. The Seymours did it on nine occasions, Bobby prevailing five times.
NEMA’s most successful brother combination Drew and Nokie Fornoro were one-two eight times, each winning four.
Russ’ win at Waterford evened things up, Greg coming from deep in the field to win at the 1993 Thompson World Series.
Father and son have been one-two twice. Johnny Coy Jr. beat son Joey at Thompson in 1978 and Russ Stoehr bested father Paul at Star Speedway in 1990.
Sources: NEMA PR