Ray Evernham to Make Last
Modified Appearance at Wall Stadium
He began his multifaceted and nationally
successful career at Wall Stadium, won his Modern Stock race and
driving title here, ran his first Modified stock car race on the
third mile oval and won the first ever Modified race on the new
pavement on Opening Night 1991. Now Ray Evernham, who went on to
become a championship NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief and later to
become a Sprint Cup team owner, will return to Wall Stadium this
Saturday (October 24), to run his last ever Modified stock car
race in the “Tommy Comerford Memorial.”
“I spoke with Ray by telephone this morning (October 17) and
that was a real thrill,” promoter Jim Morton said. “Ray is
really excited about returning to Wall Stadium to race in his
last Modified event. We chatted about all his racing successes
here at Wall and he is really looking forward to returning to
the place where he got his career started.”
Evernham, a seven-time Wall Stadium Modified winner and the 1977
Modern Stock champion, will have top flight equipment at his
command as he will be at the wheel of the Blewett Motorsports
No. 1 tour type Modified.
The “Tommy Comerford Memorial” will feature two 66-lap main
events for tour type Modified stock cars offering each winner a
cool $6,600 payday. A total purse of $40,000 is up for grabs at
present and that could climb as the event approaches. At
present, over 30 tour type Modified entries have been received.
Also on the day’s agenda will be twin main events for the
Calabreeze Pools Sportsman cars, the Street Stocks and the
Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stocks. The I.N.E.X. Legend
Cars are slated for a 25-lap main event.
Morton recently released the busy schedule for October 24. Pit
area gates will open at 9:30 a.m. and practice will begin at
10:30 a.m. and run until 1:30 p.m. The grandstands will open at
11:00 a.m. to the general public, while fans that purchased
during the September 26 presale will have the opportunity to
enter the grandstands at 10:30 a.m.
The first events on the agenda will be the three rain postponed
races from September 26. Those events, 25-lappers for the
Sportsman and Street Stocks and a 20-lapper for the Factory
Stocks, will begin promptly at 1:45 p.m. Next up, at
approximately 2:30 p.m., will be qualifying for the day’s
originally scheduled events.
Then, at 3:45 p.m., the first of a pair of tour type Modified
66-lap features will be contested before the Legend Cars,
Sportsman and Street Stock racers return in 25-lap features. The
tour type Modifieds will then run their second 66-lapper of the
day before the Factory Stocks wrap up the action in a 20-lapper.
Morton also said that competitors planning to compete in October
24 “Tommy Comerford Memorial” events are eligible to participate
in a paid practice session on Friday, October 23, starting at
3:00 p.m. Morton said that the practice session will continue
into the evening so that competitors can get ample testing time.
Wall Stadium is located on Route 34 in Wall Township, N.J., just
one mile north of Garden State Parkway exit 98 and Interstate
195 exit 35B. The speedway office is open from 10:00 a.m. until
4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information and Modified entry
forms are available by calling 732-681-6400 and at
www.wallspeedway.com.
Source: Jeff Gravatt/Wall
Stadium
PR
Posted: October
17, 2009
