Blewett and Sesely Pocket
Big Cash in Comerford Memorial
Jimmy Blewett of Howell and Anthony Sesely
of Matawan each pocketed an unprecedented $6,600 for winning
66-lap tour type Modified feature races during the “Tommy
Comerford Memorial” Sunday afternoon at Wall Stadium. Riches
were also spread through each 24-car field as a total purse of
$40,000 was offered.
In the opening 66-lapper, Les Hinckley of Windsor Locks, Conn.
and Tommy Farrell of Neptune wrestled for the lead early
swapping the top spot on restarts while Blewett ducked into the
pit area several times for adjustments on his No. 66 Comerford
tribute car. Tim Arre of Toms River and Danny Bohn of
Huntersville, N.C. also got into the lead battle later on as
Blewett marched to the front.
The turning point in the race came with just 12 laps to go when
Hinckley and Bohn pushed high in turn two while battling for the
lead and Blewett dove low to take the lead and eventual win.
Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa. also raced through the hole
to grab second, while Keith Rocco of Wallingford, Conn.,
Hinckley and Ray Evernham of Huntersville, N.C. wrapped up the
top five.
In the second tour Modified 66-lapper, Sesely and Justin Gumley
of Colts Neck fought for the lead in the early going. Soon Earl
Paules of Palmerton, Pa. took his turn at the front before
Sesely took command for good. Hirschman had a great day as he
raced to his second straight runner-up finish, while Rocco
grabbed his second straight third place run. Gumley and Paules
wrapped up the top five.
In support division action Kevin Davison of Howell was the class
of the field in Calabreeze Pools Sportsman division action as he
swept a pair of 25-lappers. In the first race, rain postponed
from September 26, Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck nailed down the
2009 driving title by finishing second, while Mike Smith of
Wall, Andrew Krause of East Brunswick and Randy MacConnell of
Toms River were third through fifth. In the second race, Smith
chased Davison across the finish line, with Matt Przemielewski
Toms River, Ken Green of Farmingdale and Tom Kearns of Howell
wrapping up the top five.
Jon Meyer of Toms River also had a great day sweeping a pair of
20-lappers for the Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stocks.
In the first race, Howell’s Elliott Wohl actually crossed the
finish line first, but when his car failed a post race
inspection the win went to Meyer. Flemington’s Tom Fratesi was
the runner-up, with Bryan Flanagan of Hazlet, Steve Lynch of
Aberdeen and Tim Flanagan of Hazlet third through fifth. Former
champ Rob Longo of Wall was the runner-up in the second race,
while Roy Farfel of Wall, Union’s Joey Helberg and Joe Constandi
of Flemington were third through fifth.
Carl Thomas of Tinton Falls nailed down the 2009 Street Stock
championship by winning the rain postponed 25-lap feature. Ralph
Gargiulo of Allenwood was second, with Jackson’s Howie Conk
third. Conk came back to win the nightcap over Thomas and
Beachwood’s Bill Vanderveen.
Zach Alspach of Willingboro made a trip back from New Mexico,
where he attends college, worthwhile by winning the 25-lapper
for the Legend Cars. Brian Spencer, Derek Hopkinson of Toms
River, Kenny Van Wickle and Bobby Baltera completed the top
five.
The next event on the Wall Stadium schedule is set for this
Sunday (Nov. 8) when a $5 Family Fun Day is on the agenda. The
events, which feature Enduro, Legend Cars and 4C SuperModified
racing, were started earlier this season to the overwhelming
approval of budget minded auto racing fans. Tickets for fans age
13 and up are just $5, while those age 12 and under are admitted
free. Action is slated to start at 2:00 p.m.
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 is available at
www.wallspeedway.com.
The Sunday (Nov. 1) $5 Family Fun Day set
for this weekend has been canceled. The events, which feature
Enduro, Legend Cars and 4C SuperModified racing, will not be
made up, although another event is scheduled for Sunday (Nov.
29) of Turkey Derby weekend.
This weekend will still feature action at the speedway as the
Sunday Small Car Series will headline on both Saturday and
Sunday with their edition of the Turkey Derby. For more
information visit
http://wtssundayseries.synthasite.com.
1ST MODIFIED FEATURE – 66 Laps – 1 JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL, 2.
Matt Hirschman, 3. Keith Rocco, 4. Les Hinckley, 5. Ray Evernham,
6. Earl Paules, 7. Justin Gumley, 8. Anthony Sesely, 9. Rich
Kuiken, 10. Danny Bohn, 11. Tony Ferrante, 12. Tommy Farrell,
13. Danny Sammons, 14. Tim Arre, 15. Ken Woolley, Jr., 16.
Steven Reed, 17. Pete Brittain, 18. Jim Willis, 19. John
Markovic, 20. Rusty Smith, 21. Andy Walko, 22. Kevin Flockhart,
23. Billy Weichert, 24. Jimmy Zacharias
2ND MODIFIED FEATURE – 66 Laps – 1. ANTHONY SESELY, MATAWAN, 2.
Hirschman, 3. Rocco, 4. Gumley, 5. Paules, 6. Flockhart, 7.
Ferrante, 8. Farrell, 9. Woolley, 10. Arre, 11. Sammons, 12.
Willis, 13. Evernham, 14. Zacharias, 15. Brittain, 16. Smith,
17. Bohn, 18. Markovic, 19. Hinckley, 20. Blewett, 21. Reed, 22.
Kuiken, 23. Walko, 24. Ken Darch
1ST SPORTSMAN FEATURE – (rain postponed) – 25 Laps – 1. KEVIN
DAVISON, HOWELL, 2. Kevin Eyres, 3. Mike Smith, 4. Andrew
Krause, 5. Randy MacConnell, 6. Robert Sutphin, 7. Christian
LaCicero, 8. Joe King, 9. Brien Hamer, 10. Rob Gaiser, 11. Allan
Camp, 12. Rich Bruno, 13. Matt Przemielewski, 14. Phil Fortuna,
15. Rich DeSarno, 16. Dan Curtis
2ND SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. KEVIN DAVISON, HOWELL, 2.
Smith, 3. Przemielewski, 4. Ken Green, 5. Tom Kearns, 6.
MacConnell, 7. Harry Schaefer, 8. Krause, 9. Fortuna, 10. Hamer,
11. King, 12. Camp, 13. Chris Hamilton, 14. Rich DeSarno, 15.
LaCicero, 16. Eyres, 17. Sutphin, 18. Gaiser, 19. Curtis
1ST FACTORY STOCK – (rain postponed) – 20 Laps – 1. JON MEYER,
TOMS RIVER, 2. Tom Fratesi, 3. Bryan Flanagan, 4. Steve Lynch,
5. Tim Flanagan, 6. John Bowers, 7. Ricky Siddons, 8. Mike
Bilello, 9. Phil Adelphia, 10. Ricky Williams, 11. Mike Colon,
12. Paul Hartwig, 13. Joe Ciallella, 14. Tim O’Shea, 15. Rob
Longo
2ND FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 1. JON MEYER, TOMS RIVER, 2. Longo,
3. Roy Farfel, 4. Joey Helberg, 5. Joe Constandi, 6. Bilello, 7.
O’Shea, 8. Tom Mikolajczyk, 9. Whitey Miller, 10. Siddons, 11.
Bowers, 12. Scott Riggleman, 13. Colon, 14. Chris Felber, 15.
Adelphia, 16. Lynch, 17. Dan Birdsall, 18. Ciallella, 19.
Hartwig, 20. Fratesi, 21. Elliott Wohl, 22. Felber, 23. Troy
Gant, Vinnie Green
1ST STREET STOCK FEATURE – (rain postponed) – 25 Laps – 1. CARL
THOMAS, TINTON FALLS, 2. Ralph Gargiulo, 3. Howie Conk, 4. Gregg
Miranda, 5. Nick Shaw, 6. Dave Jennings, 7. Michelle Moarmann,
8. Bill Vanderveen, 9. Jim Downey, 10. Scott Kurzwell, 11.
Damian Newell, 12. Mike Tillett, 13. Mike Kennedy, 14. Tim
LaBreque, 15. Joe Nappi
2ND STREET STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. HOWIE CONK, JACKSON, 2.
Thomas, 3. Vanderveen, 4. Gargiulo, 5. Kennedy, 6. Jerry
Stanzione, 7. Shaw, 8. Downey, 9. Jennings, 10. Newell, 11.
LaBreque, 12. Nappi, 13. Moarmann, 14. Stu Paer, 15. Mitch Brudy,
16. Joe Torchia, 17. Tillett, 18. Dom Scala, 19. Miranda, 20.
Kurzwell
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. ZACH ALSPACH, WILLINGBORO, 2.
Brian Spencer, 3. Derek Hopkinson, 4. Kenny Van Wickle, 5. Bobby
Baltera, 6. Malcolm Campbell, 7. John Hugate, 8. Ron Poley, 9.
Justin Alicchio, 10. Tom Burdge, 11. Dennis Macri, 12. Rich
Alspach
Source: Jeff Gravatt/Wall
Stadium
PR
Posted: October
25, 2009
