SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Following a mid-race side-by-side battle with sister Erica, Bobby Santos III moved into the lead and went on to win the 900th feature in Northeastern Midget Ass’n history Saturday at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway.
Santos came from the eighth-starting spot to grab his fourth victory of the season and put his father, Bob, Jr., into the owner’s point lead by 13 markers.
“It was fun racing Erica,” said Bobby. “I think my car was a little better than hers. Her car (Breault No. 44) got a little tight on her. I was on the outside, and I finally got by her.”
Bobby had checked out when the final yellow set up a green-white-checkered finish. Joey Payne, Jr., who took second with seven laps left, wound up six car lengths behind at the checkered flag. Jeff Abold, Adam Cantor and Erica Santos completed the top five.
“Honestly, with what we were doing I didn’t think a lot about it being NEMA’s 900th race,” said Bobby following his 12th-career win. “We were petty busy with my car and Erica’s car. Now, it’s pretty neat. Any NEMA win means a lot, so this is special.”
Matt Bettencourt bested Anthony Marvuglio in the accompanying NEMA Lites feature. 
The finish:
Bobby Santos III, Joey Payne, Jr., Jeff Abold, Adam Cantor, Erica Santos, Jeremy Frankoski, Greg Stoehr, Aaron Wall, Nokie Fornoro, Barry Kittredge, Doug Cleveland, Howie Bumpus, John Zych, Jr., Abby Martino, Matt O’Brien, Lee Bundy, Jeff Horn, William Wall, Paul Luggelle, Brian Cleveland, Randy Cabral, Shawn Torrey, Mike Keeler, Paul Scally.