FAST EDDIE MCCARTHY WINS 66TH GARDEN STATE CLASSIC FOR NASCAR MODFIEDS AT WALL STADIUM

WALL, NJ ~ Eddie McCarthy of Brick scored the biggest victory of his career by winning the 66^th running of the Garden State Classic in the NASCAR Local Racing Series presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts on Saturday night at Wall Stadium. McCarthy earned a first place prize of $5000 plus bonus awards by winning the prestigious event.

    Wall's Tyler Ferris was first the initial laps of the contest as McCarthy wrestled Howell's Jimmy Blewett for second in the early going. After powering into second McCarthy went after the leader and took command with an inside lane pass on lap 17. Soon Blewett and Jackson's Kyle Scisco advanced to second and third.

    With the event going caution free through the first 79 laps McCarthy flexed the muscle of his No. 20 often stretching an advantage. The closing laps saw four yellow flags for incidents that involved former GSC champs Steven Reed of Jackson, Derek Hopkinson of Milltown and others. The final portion of the event went off without trouble as McCarthy and Blewett were the top two followed by Carsten DiGiantomasso, Reed and Scisco.

    “I'm happy for my father about this big win,” McCarthy said. “My dad lives for this car and spends all week trying to make it faster. Bill Cole and my father are always thinking of way to make it faster and it works!”

    Former champion Mike Alcaro of West Milford won the companion 30 lapper for the Legend cars, the first of three events that make up the Triple Crown Summer Slam for the popular division. Alcaro powered from fourth to the lead on lap six and never looked back. Anthony Marsh, early leader Timmy Solomito, Chevy Rommeney and Jayden Glennerster completed the top five.

    Howell's Johnny Carpenter won his second Factory Stock 25 lapper of the season late in the contest after starting seventh. Elliott Wohl, Rob Anderton, Jared Okerson and Brian Osborn were second through fifth.

    Howell's Blake Barney was impressive in winning the 25 lap main event for the touring ATMRA TQ Midgets. Kyle Taraska, Joey Payne, Jeff Kot and Geoffrey Sutton completed the top five.

.    Wall Stadium will return to action this Saturday night June 20. The NASCAR Modifieds, Sportsman cars, Legend Cars and 4 Cylinders will be in the spotlight. Qualifying is at 6:00 p.m. with main events starting at 7:30 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 wall-stadium.com for info and updates. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is wallstadiuminfo@gmail.com.

FACTORY STOCKS

Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 82-John Carpenter[7]; 2. 17-Elliott Wohl[1]; 3. 77-Rob Anderton[9]; 4. 44-Jared Okerson[15]; 5. 15-Brian Osborn[18]; 6. 88-Chris Lane[8]; 7. 09-Scott Riggleman[2]; 8. 4-Alex Rogers[6]; 9. 31-James Hall IV[10]; 10. 28-Bob Anderton[4]; 11. 51-Ryan Maher[19]; 12. 83-Logan Fraser[12]; 13. 5B-Nick Bilello[13]; 14. 13-Steve Davis[16]; 15. 43-Lakota Ade[17]; 16. 18-Patrick Force[5]; 17. 25-Kristin OShea[11]; 18. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[20]; 19. 89-Nancy Riggleman[21]; 20. 4M-Stephen Michel[3]; 21. 49-Jared Okerson II[14]

Heat 1: 1. 51-Ryan Maher[1]; 2. 4-Alex Rogers[3]; 3. 4M-Stephen Michel[2]; 4. 77-Rob Anderton[4]; 5. 83-Logan Fraser[6]; 6. 44-Jared Okerson[7]; 7. 43-Lakota Ade[5]

Heat 2: 1. 82-John Carpenter[1]; 2. 88-Chris Lane[2]; 3. 18-Patrick Force[4]; 4. 31-James Hall IV[5]; 5. 5B-Nick Bilello[6]; 6. 13-Steve Davis[3]; 7. 89-Nancy Riggleman[7]

Heat 3: 1. 28-Bob Anderton[1]; 2. 09-Scott Riggleman[5]; 3. 17-Elliott Wohl[6]; 4. 25-Kristin OShea[3]; 5. 49-Jared Okerson II[4]; 6. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[7]; 7. (DNS) 15-Brian Osborn

TQ MIDGETS

Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 12-Blake Barney[2]; 2. 1B-Kyle Taraska[1]; 3. 23-Joey Payne[3]; 4. 99X-Jeff Kot[4]; 5. 51M-Geoffrey Sutton[5]; 6. 14-Anthony Payne[6]; 7. 55-Steve Craig[7]; 8. 19M-Jim Tomaino[8]; 9. (DNS) 9C-Sean Case; 10. (DNS) 26-William Force; 11. (DNS) 7-Tyler Ferris; 12. (DNS) 04-Mark Lawshe Jr; 13. (DNS) 2-Michael Glaser

Hot Laps: 1. 1B-Kyle Taraska, 13.151[12]; 2. 12-Blake Barney, 13.332[1]; 3. 23-Joey Payne, 13.474[10]; 4. 99X-Jeff Kot, 13.511[7]; 5. 51M-Geoffrey Sutton, 13.534[11]; 6. 14-Anthony Payne, 13.568[9]; 7. 55-Steve Craig, 13.589[3]; 8. 19M-Jim Tomaino, 14.862[13]; 9. (DNS) 26-William Force, 14.862; 10. (DNS) 2-Michael Glaser, 14.862; 11. (DNS) 04-Mark Lawshe Jr, 14.862; 12. (DNS) 7-Tyler Ferris, 14.862; 13. (DNS) 9C-Sean Case, 14.862

NASCAR MODIFIED

Feature 1 (125 Laps): 1. 20-Eddie McCarthy[3]; 2. 24-Jimmy Blewett[2]; 3. 33-Carsten DiGiantomasso[7]; 4. 55-Steven Reed[13]; 5. 31-Kyle Scisco[6]; 6. 14-Blake Barney[16]; 7. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso[8]; 8. 00-Jake Nelke[9]; 9. 76-James Blewett[4]; 10. 54-Shaun Carrig[20]; 11. 69-Tyler Truex[5]; 12. 49-Dakota Kessler[17]; 13. 27L-Adam LaCicero[12]; 14. 59-Teddy Cranmer[18]; 15. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[15]; 16. 7-Tyler Ferris[1]; 17. 17-Derek Hopkinson[10]; 18. 44-Joey Merlino[14]; 19. 27-Bryan O'Shea[11]; 20. 51-Ryan Kuhlthau[21]; 21. 73-Paul Hartwig Jr[19]; 22. (DNS) 27K-Andrew Krause

Qualifying 1: 1. 31-Kyle Scisco, 12.567[8]; 2. 24-Jimmy Blewett, 12.580[16]; 3. 17-Derek Hopkinson, 12.585[22]; 4. 20-Eddie McCarthy, 12.609[12]; 5. 76-James Blewett, 12.615[3]; 6. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso, 12.656[9]; 7. 33-Carsten DiGiantomasso, 12.662[18]; 8. 69-Tyler Truex, 12.666[14]; 9. 7-Tyler Ferris, 12.679[5]; 10. 00-Jake Nelke, 12.697[7]; 11. 27-Bryan O'Shea, 12.700[17]; 12. 27L-Adam LaCicero, 12.732[4]; 13. 55-Steven Reed, 12.755[6]; 14. 44-Joey Merlino, 12.809[10]; 15. 74-Jonathan Laureigh, 12.811[21]; 16. 27K-Andrew Krause, 12.816[19]; 17. 14-Blake Barney, 12.819[11]; 18. 49-Dakota Kessler, 12.850[2]; 19. 59-Teddy Cranmer, 12.854[15]; 20. 73-Paul Hartwig Jr, 12.936[20]; 21. 54-Shaun Carrig, 12.951[13]; 22. 51-Ryan Kuhlthau, 13.114[1]

LEGEND CARS

Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 8-Michael Alcaro[4]; 2. 33-; 6. 51-Jeff Farruggia Jr[3]; 7. 53-Kevin Nowak[7]; 8. 2-Jack Gerzabek[1]; 9. 22-Tyler Pappas[11]; 10. 14NJ-Tanner Jones[6]; 11. 30-Charlie Hodge[15]; 12. 4NJ-Jeff Stephens[12]; 13. 78-Mark Tischler[13]; 14. 1H-Nicholas Hodge[20]; 15. 1-Thomas Schwarz[14]; 16. 16-Chris Gall[17]; 17. 61-AJ Wright[18]; 18. (DNF) 28-Justin Emmons Jr[9]; 19. (DNF) 34-Lars Wilson[16]; 20. (DNF) 75R-Dan Haskell[19]; 21. (DNS) 11C-Cody Conrad

Hot Laps 1: 1. 14NJ-Tanner Jones, 14.309[8]; 2. 33-Anthony Marsh, 14.368; 3. 8-Michael Alcaro, 14.381[10]; 4. 51-Jeff Farruggia Jr, 14.422[2]; 5. 5-Timmy Solomito, 14.435; 6. 2-Jack Gerzabek, 14.463; 7. 53-Kevin Nowak, 14.596[4]; 8. 14-Jayden Glennerster, 14.620[6]; 9. 28-Justin Emmons Jr, 14.642[5]; 10. 11-Chevy Rommeney, 14.693; 11. 22-Tyler Pappas, 14.759; 12. 4NJ-Jeff Stephens, 14.850[7]; 13. 78-Mark Tischler, 14.881; 14. 1H-Nicholas Hodge, 14.882[11]; 15. 1-Thomas Schwarz, 14.912[9]; 16. 30-Charlie Hodge, 14.948[1]; 17. 34-Lars Wilson, 14.965; 18. 16-Chris Gall, 15.005[3]; 19. 61-AJ Wright, 15.264; 20. 75R-Dan Haskell, 15.932