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.
2002–2004 location change The 2002–2004 Boston Louie Memorial races were all held at the Waterford Speedbowl, not Seekonk Speedway. 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. The Boston Louie Memorial would later return to Seekonk Speedway in 2005, and has stayed at Seekonk from then on.
Race winners Year Name 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
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