ANTHONY SESELY (MODIFIED) AND ZACK ALSPACH (LEGEND CARS)

WIN 40 LAPPERS AT WALL STADIUM SATURDAY

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Anthony Sesely of Matawan and Zack Alspach of Willingboro have a lot in common. Both up and coming Able Ford Subaru Racing Series drivers started their racing careers at a young age. Both have impressively climbed the ladder of success at Wall Stadium this season. On Saturday night, both added another common item to their racing resumes as each won his division’s 40-lap main event and posted their first ever feature race win at the third mile paved oval.

In the Red Bank Sleep Shoppe Modified 40-lapper, Sesely rocketed his black No. 77 to the front at the outset and never looked back. He did peak in his mirror from time to time, however, and saw that it was full of Little Falls’ Shaun Carrig who hounded him all the way to the finish. Eventual third place finisher Chas Okerson of Freehold was also in the thick of the race for the win most of the way. Tim Arre of Toms River and Farmingdale’s Billy Cole were fourth and fifth.

“They say that pole shots are easy,” Sesely said in reference to his pole starting position. “But this one wasn’t. That was the toughest 40-laps I’ve ever driven. I have to say that Shaun Carrig is a total gentleman on the track. He ran me as tough as you can for 40 straight laps, but he drove me clean on each of them.”

Like Sesely, Alspach started from the pole and paced the field every lap of the way. Also like Sesely, Alspach was hounded every lap by one of the best in the business, Steve Stull of Hamilton. Added to Stull’s pressure was the fact that Alspach led every lap of the previous week’s main event only to loose it due to a lapped car on the final circuit. Alspach didn’t let that happen again as he paced Stull, Brick’s Bryan Gardella, Mike Stull of Trenton and Derek Hopkinson of Toms River at the finish.

Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck took the lead of the Calabreeze Pools Sportsman main event from Bernie Bailey of Sayreville on the eighth lap and went on to win his second straight 25-lapper in a row. Jackson’s Jason Treat, Christian LaCicero of Lavallette, Toms River’s Charlie Kremer III and Matt Przemielewski of Toms River wrapped up the top five after Bailey and Brick’s Robert Sutphin crashed into the turn two rail while battling for second on the last lap.

Gregg Miranda of Hazlet wrestled the lead away from former champ Dave Jennings of Howell on the 15 circuit and went on to win the 25-lap main event for the Street Stock racers. Carl Thomas of Tinton Falls slipped past Jennings for second, while Mike Kennedy of Pt. Pleasant and Beachwood’s Bill Vanderveen completed the top five.

Brick’s Paul Hartwig, Jr. grabbed his career first win in the 20-lap Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stock feature race after grabbing the lead on the fourth lap. Jameburg’s Whitey Miller, Mike Bilello of Neptune, Union’s Joey Helberg and Richard Petey of Hackettstown were second through fifth.

Wall Stadium races back into action this Saturday night, August 8, with the tour type open competition Modifieds scheduled to compete in “Twin 50” lap main events. The Sportsman cars, Street Stocks, Legend Cars and Factory Stocks will also compete in regular distance action.

The day will start at high noon when competitor gates open, while a two hour paid practice session will begin at 1:00 p.m. The day’s regularly scheduled practice will run from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., while spectator seating opens at 4:00 p.m. Qualifying for all divisions begins at 6:00 p.m. with main event racing starting at 7:30 p.m.

Wall Stadium presents professional motorsports events every Saturday night through Labor Day. Most Sunday afternoons feature the “Small Car Series” on the fifth mile paved “inner oval.” Legend Cars, Bandoleros, TQ Midgets, Open Karts, Champ Karts, Microstocks and World Formulas are on the card. For more information on the Sunday Series visit http://wtssundayseries.synthasite.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 office is open from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and all day Saturday during events. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400, while more information is also available at www.wallspeedway.com.

MODIFIED FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. ANTHONY SESELY, MATAWAN, 2. Shaun Carrig, 3. Chas Okerson, 4. Tim Arre, 5. Billy Cole, 6. Scott Riggleman, 7. Chris Hamilton, 8. Chris lane, 9. Tom Cottrell, 10. Stu Paer, 11. Rob Williams, 12. Adam LaCicero, 13. David Reinhardt, 14. Dave Cranmer, 15. Rob Schultz, 16. Mike Brennan, 17. Steven Reed

LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. ZACK ALSPACH, WILLINGBORO, 2. Mark Tischler, 3. Bryan Gardella, 4. Steve Stull, 5. Derek Hopkinson, 6. Robert French, 7. Mike Fulton, 8. Brian Spencer, 9. Malcolm Campbell, 10. Bobby Baltera, 11. Trevor Alspach, 12. Mark Bartlett, 13. Justin Alicchio, 14. Mike Stull, 15. Francis Cottrell, 16. Beth MacFarlane, 17. Rich Alspach

SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25 Laps – KEVIN EYRES, COLTS NECK, 2. Jason Treat, 3. Christian LaCicero, 4. Charlie Kremer, 5. Matt Przemielewski, 6. Scott Ferris, 7. Dan Roslin, 8. Randy MacConnell, 9. Allan Camp, 10. Bruce Roslin, 11. Robert Sutphin, 12. Bernie Bailey, 13. Tommy Kearns, 14. Danielle Rondeau, 15. Andrew Krause, 16. Kevin Davison, 17. Rich DeSarno, 18. Joey King, 19. Rich Bruno, 20. David Green, 21. Joe Schmutz, 22. Frank Marino

STREET STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. GREGG MIRANDA, HAZLET, 2. Carl Thomas, 3. Dave Jennings, 4. Mike Kennedy, 5. Bill Vanderveen, 6. Howie Conk, 7. Mike Tillett, 8. Scott Kurzwell, 9. Elliott Wohl

FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 20 Laps – 1. PAUL HARTWIG, JR., BRICK, 2. Whitey Miller, 3. Mile Bilello, 4. Joey Helberg, 5. Richard Petey, 6. Roy Farfel, 7. Ricky Williams, 8. Dan Birdsall, 9. Chris Felber, 10. Steve Lynch, 11. Todd Pilla, 12. Troy Gant, 13. Kevin Bird, 14. Jon Meyer