Pennink and Blewett Win
Turkey Derby Modified Features
Rowan Pennink of Huntingdon Station, Pa.
and Jimmy Blewett of Howell split 100-lap main events for
Modified stock cars during Turkey Derby stock car racing at Wall
Stadium Saturday. The northeast season finale program was
witnessed by one of the largest gatherings in recent memory.
In the tour type Modified race, Matt Hirschman of Northampton,
Pa. led the first 39 laps before Pennink took the lead with a
pass in the outside lane. Pennink then paced the 26-car field
through lap 83 when Blewett took the top spot. Pennink stayed on
Blewett’s rear bumper for the following laps, but Blewett’s good
fortunes were running out as his No. 66 started to spray oil.
Soon Blewett was sent to the pit area because of the problem and
Pennink regained the lead.
Pennink’s final ten laps were not easy, however, as Pete
Brittain of Oakhurst hounded him to the finish. Howell’s Jamie
Tomaino, Jon McKennedy and Anthony Sesely of Matawan wrapped up
the top five.
“Jimmy (Blewett) was running real strong until the end when he
had that oil problem. Then Pete (Brittain) ran me real hard but
clean to the very end,” Pennink said. “This is great. The car
was great and this is a race that I really wanted to win.”
In the companion 100-lapper for the speedway’s weekly Red Bank
Sleep Shoppe Modified division, Blewett was at the top of his
game as he jumped to the early lead. Blewett paced the 24-car
field until he pitted for new tires on lap 53. That handed the
lead to Brittain who paced the pack until he stopped for new
tires on lap 69. Sesely then took command, but Blewett was soon
on his bumper before making the winning pass with just 24 laps
remaining.
At the checker flag it was Blewett, Sesely, Pennink, Chas
Okerson of Freehold and Toms River’s Tim Arre.
“After the disappointment in the first feature, this wins feels
pretty good,” Blewett said. “We ran a Dodge motor here all
season and won a lot of races with it. Now we have a Chevy in
there and it runs just as strong.”
In Saturday’s support division action, Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck
crossed the finish line first in the Sportsman 30-lapper, but
when officials decided that the late-race battle for the lead
got a little too heated, Kevin Davison of Howell was awarded the
win. Mike Smith of Spring Lake Heights was second and Eyres was
placed third. Long Island’s Dan Turbush hitched a ride in his
son’s car and drove away with the Street Stock 30-lap main event
win over Gregg Miranda of Hazlet and Jon Meyer of Toms River.
Paul Lotier, Jr. won the 25-lapper for the A.T.Q.M.R.A. Midgets
for a second straight year over Tim Buchwalter and Robin
Johnson. Alison Cumens’ fifth place finish was enough to make
her the first female driving champion in the history of the open
cockpit club.
During Friday’s day one of Turkey Derby, New Hampshire’s Wayne
Helliwell raced to victory in the 50-lap Late Model Stock car
feature race over Mike Coll and Michael Bologna. North
Carolina’s Daniel Hemric also made a long trip worthwhile as he
won Friday’s 25-lapper for the Legend Cars over Zach Alspach and
Roger Coss. Vern McLaughlin won a battle for the win with team
mate Richard Petey in Friday’s 30-lapper for the Factory Stocks.
Tim O’Shea was third.
The next event on the Wall Stadium schedule is set for this
Saturday, December 5, as the speedway host’s the annual
“Automotive Swap- Meet.” Gates open at 7:30 a.m. and buyers are
welcome free of charge, while vendors will pay a nominal fee.
For more information call 732-681-3776.
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 Turkey Derby
entry forms are available by calling 732-681-6400 and at
www.wallspeedway.com.
TOUR TYPE MODIFIED – 100 Laps – 1. ROWAN
PENNINK, HUNTINGDON STATION, PA., 2. Pete Brittain, 3. Jamie
Tomaino, 4. Jon McKennedy, 5. Anthony Sesely, 6. Steven Reed, 7.
Danny Sammons, 8. Matt Hirschman, 9. Tim Arre, 10. Kevin
Flockhart, 11. Earl Paules, 12. Doug Coby, 13. Ted Christopher,
14. Tommy Farrell, 15. Jimmy Zacharias, 16. Eric Goodale, 17.
Billy Weichert, 18. Jimmy Blewett, 19. Les Hinckley, 20. Donny
Lia, 21. Ed Brunnhoelzl, 22. Marc Rogers, 23. Justin Gumley, 24.
Woody Pitkat, 25. Ken Woolley, 26. Tony Ferrante
RED BANK SLEEP SHOPPE MODIFIED – 100 Laps – 1. JIMMY BLEWETT,
HOWELL, 2. Sesely, 3. Pennink, 4. Chas Okerson, 5. Arre, 6. Zane
Zeiner, 7. Brittain, 8. Mark Bakaj, 9. Farrell, 10. Bob
Boardwick, 11. Ron Frees, 12. Marc Nappi, 13. Nicole Morgillo,
14. Robert Geibel, 15. Billy Cole, 16. David Reinhardt, 17. Adam
LaCicero, 18. Shaun Carrig, 19. Reed, 20. Rob Schultz, 21. Chris
Lane, 22. Chris Hamilton, 23. Goodale, 24. Patrick Emerling
CALABREEZE POOLS SPORTSMAN – 30 Laps – 1. KEVIN DAVISON, HOWELL,
2. Mike Smith, 3. Kevin Eyres, 4. Robert Sutphin, 5. Andrew
Krause, 6. Christian LaCicero, 7. Tommy Kearns, 8. David
Calabreeze, 9. Joey King, 10. Matt Przemielewski, 11. Randy
MacConnell, 12. Jared Okerson, 13. Amanda Sesely, 14. Ryan
Flores, 15. Phil Janda, 16. Rob Gaiser, 17. Hamilton, 18.
Michael Gervais, 19. Rich DeSarno
STREET STOCKS – 30 Laps – 1. DAN TURBUSH, LONG ISLAND, N.Y.; 2.
Gregg Miranda, 3. John Meyer, 4. Bill Vanderveen, 5. Howie Conk,
6. Ray Minieri, 7. Brian Doyle, 8. Mike Tillett, 9. Nick Shaw,
10. Rich DiMarco, 11. Jerry Stanzione, 12. Joe Torchia, 13. Jim
Yamelski, 14. Robert Fink, 15. Dominick Casola, 16. Kurt Brechka,
17. Charlie DiGiantamasso, 18. Michelle Moamann, 19. Vinnie
Green, 20. Anthony Grimaldi, 21. Carl Thomas, 22. Nick Gargiulo,
23. Tim LaBreque, 24. Ralph Gargiulo, 25. Tony Hillard, 26.
Brian Brown
TQ MIDGETS – 25 Laps – 1. PAUL LOTIER, 2. Tim Buchwalter, 3.
Robin Johnson, 4. Frank Fischer, 5. Alison Cumens, 6. Donnie
Adams, 7. Austin Fels, 8. Russ Bailey, 9. Tim Behmer, 10. Mike
Isles, 11. Josh Darlyrimple, 12. Ian Cumens, 13. Matt Roselli,
14. Mike Janish, 15. Sam Westcott, 16. Jeff Kot, 17. Shaun
Carrig, 18. Chris DeRitis, 19. Kyle Gardner, 20. Bobby Watkins,
21. Matt Prichert, 22. Andy Gamble, 23. Joey Payne, 24. Gary
Betsey, 25. Mike Tidaback
LATE MODEL STOCK CARS – 50 Laps – 1. WAYNE HELLIWELL, 2. Mike
Coil, 3. Michael Bologna, 4. Dave MacOmbee, 5. Roger Oxee, 6.
Greg Kleila, 7. Mike Sweeney, 8. Elliott Wohl, 9. Artie
Pedersen, 10. Jimmy Blewett, 11. Travis Fisher, 12. Pete
Ericksen, 13. Michael Mortimer, 14. Zane Zeiner, 15. Lorin
Arthofer, 16. Rob Ormsbee, 17. Ken Matlach
LEGEND CARS – 25 Laps – 1. DANIEL HEMRIC, 2. Zach Alspach, 3.
Roger Coss, 4. Ryan Flores, 5. John Beatty, 6. Michael
Occhipinti, 7. Derek Hopkinson, 8. Trevor Alspach, 9. Kevin
Nowak, 10. Joey Mattis, 11. John Feehan, 12. Max Zachem, 13.
Matt Maring, 14. Justin Grim, 15. Joe Fesco, 16. Mike Alcaro,
17. Karl Heisler, 18. Greg Rittenhouse, 19. Michael Gerevaise,
20. Mike Dobrosky, 21. Bob Pomeroy, 22. Mark Tischler, 23. Casey
Robicheau, 24. Kenny Van Wickle, 25. Joe Graf, 26. Robert
French, 27. Malcolm Campbell, 28. Justin Alicchio, 29. Tom
Sherman
FLANAGAN RETAIL DEVELOPMENT FACTORY STOCKS – 30 Laps – 1. VERN
MCLAUGHLIN, 2. Richard Petey, 3. Tim O’Shea, 4. Joe Constandi,
5. J.R. Helberg, 6. Tim Flanagan, 7. Dan Birdsall, 8. Roy
Farfel, 9. Michael Caprio, 10. Steve Weber, 11. Paul Hartwig,
12. Whitey Miller, 13. Tom Fratesi, 14. Tom Mikolajczyk, 15.
Todd Pilla, 16. Felix Ciattarelli, 17. Mike Bilello, 18. Jim
Downey, 19. Bob Anderton, 20. Mike Colon, 21. Jason Bundy, 22.
Rick Siddons, 23. Ned Collbaugh, 24. Donald Oliver, 25. Stu
Paer, 26. Joe Ciallella, 27. John Gasko, 28. Bryan Flanagan, 29.
Michael Short, 30. Antony Bell
Source: Jeff Gravatt/Wall
Stadium PR
Posted: November
30, 2009
