SEEKONK, Mass. — Joey Payne, Jr. won Sunday’s 25-lap Northeastern Midget Ass’n feature at Seekonk Speedway’s D. Anthony Venditti Memorial.
Payne took the lead from Jeremy Frankoski on a lap-20 restart and never relinquished it.
Ben Seitz finished third after rallying to pass Erica Santos with two laps to go. Santos settled for fourth and Greg Stoehr was fifth.
Payne now leads Seitz by a scant six points for the NEMA championship race as the series heads into its final event at Thompson Speedway’s World Series this weekend.
The finish:
Joey Payne, Jr.; Jeremy Frankoski, Ben Seitz, Erica Santos, Greg Stoehr, Ted Christopher, Drew Fornoro, John Zych, Jr., Jeff Horn, Nokie Fornoro, Ryan Preece, Lou Cicconi, Jr., B.J. McDonald, Randy Cabral, Aaron Wall, Barry Kittredge, Rich Gerbe, Doug Cleveland, Paul Scally, Jeff Zuidema, Shane Torrey, Paul Luggelle, Shane Hammond, Mike Horn, Chris Leonard, Cory Cleary.