BLEWETT (MODIFIEDS) AND EYRES (SPORTSMAN)

ARE WALL STADIUM WINNERS SATURDAY (9/5/09)

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Jimmy Blewett of Howell grabbed his fifth win of the year in the Red Bank Sleep Shoppe Modifieds and Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck won his fifth feature of the season in the Calabreeze Pools Sportsman division Saturday night at Wall Stadium. The Able Ford Subaru Racing Series wins were important to both drivers as they occurred on Nick Roslin Memorial Night at the shore speedway.

In the Modified 40-lapper, Chris Hamilton of North Haledon was the leader once the first few laps shook out, with Tim Arre of Toms River and Blewett riding second and third by the time ten laps were completed. Blewett then dove to the inside to take over second on a lap 12 restart and immediately began to harass the leader. This battle finally boiled over 15 laps later as the trio touched in the fourth turn.

As a result, Hamilton went spinning to the apron while Blewett and Arre raced home first and second. Adam LaCicero of Lavallette, Little Falls’ Shaun Carrig and Chas Okerson of Freehold were third through fifth.

“Once I got to second, I tried to get by him (Hamilton) high and low and every time he’d block me,” Blewett said. “I don’t blame him. I would have done the same thing. Then in turn four he slowed up and I couldn’t so he went spinning.”

In the 50-lap Sportsman race, Mike Smith of Wall took advantage of a pole starting spot to lead the first 40-laps. When Smith went spinning in turn two, Matt Przemielewski and Kevin Davison took over the fight for first until they tangled momentarily on lap 45. That handed the lead and eventual win to point leader Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck, while Przemielewski and Davison recovered for second and third. Smith was fourth at the stripe and Brick’s Robert Sutphin was fifth.

“This is a great win for my team, but I was real lucky tonight,” Eyres said. “I was real comfortable riding in the top five and looking at the points. Then things started to happen to the cars in front of me.”

Mark Tischler of Martinsville won his second 25-lap INEX Legend Cars feature of the year leading from start to finish. Robert French of Howell and Roger Coss of Lafayette wrestled for second all the way to the final lap before tangling and handing the runner-up spot to Mike Stull of Trenton. Derek Hopkinson of Toms River, Bobby Baltera of Flemington and Kevin Nowak of Medford, N.Y. were third through fifth.

Jerry Stanzione of Keansburg battled a misfiring engine in the final circuits to win the 25-lap feature for the Street Stocks. Gregg Miranda of Hazlet was a tight second, while Bill Vanderveen of Beachwood, Carl Thomas of Tinton Falls and Ralph Gargiulo of Allenwood completed the top five.

Richard Petey of Hackettstown grabbed his first win of the year in the 20-lapper for the Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stocks. Union’s Joey Helberg, Tom Fratesi of Flemington, Rob Longo of Wall and Jon Meyer of Toms River were second through fifth.

The next racing event on the Wall Stadium schedule is the September 26 regular season finale. It will be “Fan Appreciation Night” and will feature an on track party for the race teams and fans before racing action begins. The Modifieds, Sportsman racers, Street Stocks, Legend Cars and Factory Stocks will all be on the agenda.

Then on October 24 Wall Stadium will present the “Tom Comerford Memorial,” an event that boasts a purse of $40,000 for the tour type Modified stock cars. The season will then wrap up on Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend with the annual running of the Turkey Derby.

Sunday afternoons continue to 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. JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL, 2. Tim Arre, 3. Adam LaCicero, 4. Shaun Carrig, 5. Chas Okerson, 6. Billy Cole, 7. Scott Riggleman, 8. Chris Lane, 9. David Reinhardt, 10. John McCormack, 11. Chris Hamilton, 12. Tom Cottrell, 13. Mike Brennan, 14. Anthony Sesely, 15. Ron Frees

SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. KEVIN EYRES, COLTS NECK, 2. Matt Przemielewski, 3. Kevin Davison, 4. Mike Smith, 5. Robert Sutphin, 6. Andrew Krause, 7. Christian LaCicero, 8. Brian Hammer, 9. Charlie Kremer III, 10. Jared Okerson, 11. Dan Roslin, 12. Joe Schmutz, 13. Danielle Rondeau, 14. Jason Treat, 15. Frank Marino, 16. Rob Gaiser, 17. Tommy Kearns, 18. Joe King, 19. Bernie Bailey, 20. Bruce Roslin

STREET STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. JERRY STANZIONE, KEANSBURG, 2. Gregg Miranda, 3. Bill Vanderveen, 4. Carl Thomas, 5. Ralph Gargiulo, 6. Mike Kennedy, 7. Ray Minieri, 8. Mike Tillett, 9. Jim Downey, 10. Howie Conk, 11. Joe Nappi, 12. Robert Vassiltos, 13. Mitch Brudy, 14. Kenny Green, 15. Elliott Wohl

LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. MART TISCHLER, MARTINSVILLE, 2. Mike Stull, 3. Derek Hopkinson, 4. Bobby Baltera, 5. Kevin Nowak, 6. Johnie Gloor, 7. Kenny Van Wickle, 8. Ron Poley, 9. Robert French, 10. Steve Stull, 11. Justin Alicchio, 12. Rich Alspach, 13. Beth MacFarlane, 14. Malcolm Campbell, 15. Trevor Alspach, 16. Roger Coss, 17. Mike Fulton

FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 20 Laps – 1. RICHARD PETEY, HACKETTSTOWN, 2. Joey Helberg, 3. Tom Fratesi, 4. Rob Longo, 5. Jon Meyer, 6. Mike Bilello, 7. Ricky Williams, 8. Roy Farfel, 9. Whitey Miller, 10. Paul Hartwig, 11. Bryan Flanagan, 12. Todd Pilla, 13. Tim Flanagan, 14. Joe Cooley, 15. Steve Lynch, 16. Dan Birdsall, 17. John Bowers, 18. Tim O’Shea, 19. Mike Colon, 20. John Ciallella, 21. Joe Skalla, 22. Troy Gant