The Northeastern Midget Ass’n will celebrate its 56th season with at least one date at three of the club’s charter members. The 16-race 2008 schedule will feature a possible 18 dates and kicks off April 5-6 at Thompson Speedway’s Icebreaker.
Seekonk Speedway and Waterford Speedbowl, each set for four races in 2008, hosted the first two events in NEMA history in 1953. Stafford, which welcomes NEMA back for its open cockpit show in July, was also on the 1953 schedule.
Thompson Int’l Speedway and Monadnock each have three dates. Both have long NEMA histories as well.
NEMA’s headline event, the “Boston Louie” is Aug. 9 at Seekonk. The traditional season ending “triple crown” is also intact — the Speedbowl’s Finale Oct. 4-5, Seekonk’s DAV on Oct. 11-12 and Thompson’s World Series on Oct. 18-19.
The schedule:
April 6, Thompson Int’l Speedway, Thompson, Conn.; April 13,Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, Conn.; May 4 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Mass.; May 10, Waterford Speedbowl; May 24, Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, N.H.; June 2, Lee USA Speedway, Lee, N.H.; July 3, Thompson Int’l Speedway; July 8, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, Conn.; July 16, Seekonk  Speedway; July 26, Monadnock Speedway; Aug. 2, Waterford Speedbowl; Aug. 9, Seekonk Speedway; Aug. 30, Monadnock; Speedway, Winchester, N.H.; Sept. 13, Lee USA Speedway; Sept. 20-21, Beech Ridge Speedway,  Scarborough, Maine; Oct. 4-5, Waterford Speedbowl; Oct. 11-12, Seekonk Speedway; Oct. 18-19, Thompson Int’l Speedway.