MARTINO TAKES CAREER FIRST WALL MODIFIED WIN
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Tommy Martino, Jr. raced to victory in the non-stop 40 lap main event for Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night. The win was the career first for the Farmingdale resident.
Martino jumped to the lead at the outset with Brick's Eddie McCarthy charging into second and Howell's Jimmy Blewett taking up third. That trio led the test through the first seven laps as Holmdel's Andrew Krause advanced through the pack and into fourth.
As the non-stop laps ticked off, Martino and McCarthy spent most of their time tussling for the lead while Blewett and Krause wrestled for third. Traffic came into play on lap 23 when the top two had to slice through lapped cars, after a tense moment both were able to race through and continue.
At the checker flag if was Martino, McCarthy, Blewett and Krause as Carsten DiGiantomasso of Jackson was fifth.
“We finally did it,” Martino said of his career first win. “I have to thank my father for this! He started building motors for racers here and I fell in love with the place. Eddie (McCarthy) was fast tonight. If kept hearing on the radio that he was one car back or two cars back. He kept me on my toes!”
Taking the top spot in the closing laps of the Factory Stock contest, Johnny Carpenter of Howell raced to his first win of the season takig the checker flag after 25-laps. Howell's Brian Osborn, Manchester's Scott Riggleman and early leader Matt Badessa of Cranford were the top four while defending champ Bryan O'Shea of Neptune City was fifth.
Neil Rutt III of Colts Neck grabbed his first win of the season in the Sportsman stock car 25 lap race, wrestling the lead from early front runner and eventual runner-up Tyler Truex of Egg Harbor Township. Howell's Kevin Davison, Michael Carr of Pt. Pleasant Beach and Jackson' Jarret DiGiantomasso wrapped up the top five.
Mike Lavery of Orangeburg, NY led the entire non-stop 50 lap distance to win the Fast 4 stock car main event. Sean Vuksanic of Wall, Ryan Maher of Neptune and Burlington's Alonzo Morales, all of whom challenged for the lead, wrapped up the to four and Chuck McDonald of Groton, Ct. was fifth.
Former champ Howie Conk of Freehold won the 25 lap race for the Limited Late Models while Kyle Taraska of Woodbridge won the 30 lap J.J. Lane Memorial for the touring ATQMRA Three Quarter Midgets.
Wall Stadium Speedway will be dark on Saturday, July 2, for the Independence holiday weekend. The 2022 Saturday night regular season continues on Saturday (July 9) evening with the NASCAR Modified Tour in the spotlight.
Saturday night racing action then continues through early October with schedule details at wallspeedwayracing.com.
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 hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.
MODIFIED FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. TOMMY MARTINO, JR., FARMINGDALE, 2. Eddie McCarthy, 3. Jimmy Blewett, 4. Andrew Krause, 5. Carsten DiGiantomasso, 6. Dom Fattaruso, 7. Blake Barney, 8. Tyler Truex, 9. Kyle Scisco, 10. Joey Merlino, 11. Jake Nelke, 12. Steven Reed, 13. Eric Lane, 14. Mike Brennan, 15. Derek Hopkinson, DQ Tom Catanzaro (tire bank)
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 25 LAPS – 1. JOHNNY CARPENTER, HOWELL, 2. Brian Osborn, 3. Scott Riggleman, 4. Matt Badessa, 5. Bryan O'Shea, 6. Robert Stack, 7. Nick Kilmer, 8. Rob Anderton, 9. Elliot Wohl, 10. Tom Rajkowski, 11. AJ Jadacki, 12. Billy Both, 13. Gary Burton, 14. Steve Mangano, 15. Marty VanDruten, 16. Chris Webber, 17. Gregg Moench, 18. Neil Rutt III
SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. NEIL RUTT III, COLTS NECK, 2. Tyler Truex, 3. Kevin Davison, 4. Michael Carr, 5. Jarret DiGiantomasso, 6. Jimmy Stanger, 7. Teddy Cranmer, 8. Ryan Fisher, 9. Tyler Ferris, 10. Bryan O'Shea, 11. Rob Anderton, 12. Jimmy Wolcott, DQ Chris Silvestri, (tire bank), DQ Kenny Reaves, (tire bank)
FAST 4 FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MIKE LAVERY, ORANGEBURG, NY, 2. Sean Vuksanic, 3. Ryan Maher, 4. Alonzo Morales, 5. Chuck McDonald, 6. Alex Graetz, 7. Ryan Bilello, 8. Logan Fraser, 9. Scott Riggleman, 10. Greg Veil, 11. Billy Pross
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE – 25 Laps - 1. HOWIE CONK, FREEHOLD, 2. Rob Ormsbee, 3. Ray Minieri, 4. Geoff Handel
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