KRAUSE BREAKS WHITE CAR JINX WITH WALL MODIFIED WIN
WALL ~ After suffering through several misfortunes over the past two seasons with a new car with a white and orange color scheme, driving champion Andrew Krause broke what he called the white car's “jinx” by winning the 40 Modified stock car feature race at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night. It was his first win of the young 2024 campaign.
Krause wrestled with Manahawkin's Jake Nelke early in the test before charging to the front. With just a few cautions slowing the event, Krause then kept Jackson's Blake Barney and defending champion Derek Hopkinson of Milltown in his rear view mirror. Bryan O'Shea of Neptune City drove Krause's team car to a fourth place finish while Tyler Truex of Mayetta was fifth.
Shanon Mongeau of Island Heights charged through the pack and raced into the lead with an outside lane pass just past halfway to win the companion 25 lapper for the Factory Stocks, Early leader Ryan Bilello of Howell was the runner-up. Jared Okerson, Scott Riggleman and Bob Anderton were third through fifth.
Mike Alcaro of Milford took the lead on lap four and raced on to win the Legend Cars 25 lapper over Ryan Kulthau of Howell. Bryan Gardella, Nate Divone and Justin Emmons wrapped up the top five.
Mike Lavery of Orangeburg, NY fought off Wall's TJ Graves amd Alonzo Morales to win the Fast 4 25-lapper, while Ray Minieri won the Limited Late Model 25-lap race over Brian Doyle, Mike Tillett, James Moorman and Pat Brown.
The 2024 Wall Stadium Speedway season continues this Saturday night, June 15, with the Modifieds, Sportsman, Factory Stocks and Legend Cars all in action. Qualifying is at 5:00 p.m. with main events starting at 7:00 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. Visit wallstadiumspeedway.com. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.
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RACE RESULTS
MODIFIED FEATURE - 40 Laps - 1. ANDREW KRAUSE, HOLMDEL, 2. Blake Barney, 3. Derek Hopkinson, 4. Bryan O'Shea, 5. Tyler Truex, 6. Tommy Martino, Jr., 7. James Pritchard, 8. Adam LaCicero, 9. Shaun Carrig, 10. Tommy Catanzaro, 11. Vinnie Marone, 12. Eddie McCarthy, 13. Jake Nelke, 14. Tyler Ferris, 15. Teddy Cranmer
FATORY STOCK FEATURE - 25 LAPS - 1. SHANON MONGEAU, ISLAND HEIGHTS, 2. Ryan Bilello, 3. Jared Okerson, 4. Scott Riggleman, 5. Bob Anderton, 6. Gary Burton, 7. Nick Bilello, 8. Kyle Anderton, 9. Kevin Kennedy, 10. Nancy Riggleman, 11. Matt Badessa, 12. Logan Fraser, 13. Rob Anderton, 14. AJ Jadacki, 15. Nick Cattone
LEGEND CARS FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. MIKE ALCARO, MILFORD, 2. Ryan Kulthau, 3. Bryan Gardella, 4. Nate Divone, 5. Justin Emmons, 6. Justin Teresak, 7. Joe Przybylinski, Jr., 8. Chris Gall, 9. Ryan MacConnell, 10. Michael Sinagra, 11. Jeff Stephens
FAST 4 FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. MIKE LAVERY, ORANGEBURG, NY, 2. TJ Graves, 3. Alonzo Morales, 4. Greg Viel, 5. Joseph Pressey, 6. Kevin Maher, Jr.
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. RAY MINIERI, MILLER PLACE, NY, 2. Brian Doyle, 3. Mike Tillett, 4. James Moorman, 5. Pat Brown
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