NEMA Heads Back to Seekonk
Brockton, MA — The Showdown of Champions and a budding point battle share center stage Wednesday as the Northeastern Midget Association returns to Seekonk Speedway’s Open Wheel Wednesday. Rain washed out the race a week ago.
NEMA shares the busy agenda with a 100-lap Modified event.
Less than 30 points separate defending two-time champion Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47) and Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45) atop the points. Stoehr comes to Seekonk off a victory in the Hammond Memorial at Waterford last Saturday.
The Challenge puts a collection of stars including trio of Seekonk stalwarts – Vinny Annarummo, Fred Astle Jr. and Rick Martin – into a 25-lap battle in NEMA Lite cars. The field also includes NASCAR Modified Champions Mike Stefanik and Ted Christopher and a quartet of open wheel giants – Russ Wood Sr., Chris Perley, Joey Payne Jr. and Lou Cicconi Jr.
Practice speeds (flirting with 10 seconds) before the rain a week ago gave every indication a classic Showdown battle looms. “You can expect some excitement in this one,” says NEMA President Mike Scrivani Jr. “Those boys were going at it pretty good. Every one of them is an old hand when it comes to getting around Seekonk.”
One of NEMA’s “Coming Home” venues, close racing and tight finishes are commonplace for Midget at the “Cement Palace. Both Cabral, who has six Seekonk wins, and Stoehr, five, are more than familiar with one of area’s premier momentum tracks.
Greg Stoehr, Chris deRitis, Jeff and Mike Horn, Erica Santos, Adam Cantor and Jim Miller are also among the contenders.
Sources: Pete Zanardi/NEMA PR