This Day in NEMA History...
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Aug 21st
1982...On his way to the championship, Lee Smith (Smith 72) grabbed the checkered in a 25-lapper at Westboro. Butch Walsh (Bien 35) chased Smith home with Brian Wickens (Wickens 1), Drew Fornoro (Angelillo 45) and Harry Weed (Weed 3) third through fifth. |
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Left: John Evans #14 leads Doug Cleveland #16, Drew Fornoro #45, and eventual feature winner Lee Smith #72 at Westboro in 1982.
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August 22nd
1969...Lou Fray (McCarthy 47) topped a trio of ARDC regulars – Jerry Wall (Reider 4), Tommy Elliott (Fahey 18) and Johnny Coy (Brenn 1) in a co-sanctioned race at Albany-Saratoga Speedway. |
Lou Fray in John McCarthy's Chevy II powered Kurtis in 1969.
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Dutch Schaefer after winning NEMA's very first visit to the Park in 1966.
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August 23rd
1998...Staying in low groove, Keith Botelho (Campanale 54) was the winner in NEMA’s last visit to the now gone Riverside Park. Mike Seymour (Tapply 8), Drew Fornoro (Angelillo 45), Ed Breault (Breault 44) and Russ Stoehr (Stoehr 26b) were second through fifth. Starting with Dutch Schaefer’s win in 1966, NEMA visited “The Park” 15 times. This was the third win for Bothelo in '98, which was enough to earn a spot on the podium for the championship, despite a season ending crash at Oswego a week later. |
From the 1998-99 NEMA Yearbook
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August 24th
2002...16-year old Bobby Santos III (Scrivani 9) took the lead from Tim Bertrand (Bertrand 47) in turns three and four with 13 laps left and went on to win the 29-lap Boston Louie Memorial at Waterford. It was the first “big win” for Santos who has gone on to impress in a variety of equipment on the national level. Bertrand held on for second at Waterford with Randy Cabral (Cabral 35) third. Bertrand and Cabral would soon form one of NEMA’s greatest owner/driver combos. |
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Left: Bobby Santos III gets a lift from Mike Scrivani and Don Delapp in his victory lane celebration.
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August 25th
2012...Starting on the pole, long-time NEMA favorite Jim Miller (Miller 3m) left no doubt about it – he turned a 16.94 lap – winning a 25-lapper at Oswego. It was the fourth career win for Miller, coming 11 years and seven days after win number four at Oxford Plains. Miller, whose first win came at Waterford in 1999, finished in front of Russ Stoehr (Dumo’s Desire 45), Jeff Abold (Seymour 29), Seth Carlson (Feigel 71) and Randy Cabral (Bertrand 47) at Oswego. |
Jim Miller in victory lane poses with his crew cheif, Shawn Torrey.
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August 26th
1979...Bobby White, in his own #63, beat Geoff Bodine (Scrivani 20) at Thompson. Dave Humphrey (McCarthy 47), Johnny Coy (Brenn 57) and Billy Mann (Rogers 61) were third through fifth. It was the second time Bodine, in the Hop Harrington wrenched Badger, finished second in NEMA competition that year, both times to an upright. He was in the midst of extraordinary success in the modifieds. |
Bobby White sits in his VW powered Edmunds with his crew, Ed Duncan, and NEMA president at the time, Chuck Daniel.
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August 27th
2005... Joey Payne (Angelillo 45) won the 29-lap Boston Louie Memorial at Seekonk followed by Jeff Horn (Horn A1), Ben Seitz (Valeri 17) and Chris Perley (Berrio 2). World of Outlaws sensation Eric Crocker drove the Seymour 29 to fifth place. Payne became the first repeat winner of the coveted Boston Louie, while it was the third for car owner Gene Angelillo. |
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Left: In addition to over 20 NEMA wins, Joey Payne -a true grit open-wheel racer, is a multi-time winner in Supers and TQ's.
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