LEE, N.H. — Driving the family No. 98, Bobby Santos III powered past Jeremy Frankoski heading into lap nine and went on to a convincing Northeastern Midget Ass’n victory Friday night at Lee USA Speedway.
The final 17 laps were run under the green flag and Santos took full advantage. He was a quarter-lap in front of point-leader Randy Cabral at the checkered flag.  Joey Payne, Jr. was third.
Starting seventh, Santos used a lap-three restart to move from fourth to second. He was on Frankoski’s tail when the second yellow showed five laps later. The restart was negated three times by spins. The fourth time Santos beat Frankoski into the turn and immediately began opening up a gap.
“I just got a good run on the outside,” he said after his ninth-career NEMA triumph. “It’s the place to pass here, if you can get the car up there and make it work.” 
Adam Cantor and Frankoski filled the top five.
The finish:
Bobby Santos III, Randy Cabral, Joey Payne, Jr., Adam Cantor, Jeremy Frankoski, Erica Santos, Jeff Abold, Greg Stoehr, Nokie Fornoro, John Zych, Jr., Barry Kittredge, Aaron Wall, Doug Cleveland, Neil Blatt, Matt O’Brien, Lee Bundy, Mike Luggelle, Mark Irving, Abby Martino, Chris Leonard, Kevin Park.