Wall Stadium - Race Results (5/29/2010)

SESELY AND COSS WIN MODIFIED TWIN 35'S
AT WALL STADIUM SATURDAY

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Anthony Sesely of Matawan and Roger Coss of Lafayette each earned an extra reason to enjoy their "Memorial Day" weekend by winning in "Twin 35" lap Modified stock car feature races at Wall Stadium Saturday night. Sesely's win was his second straight and his third of the season, while Coss, a Modified rookie, grabbed his first ever win in the powerful racecar division.

In the first Supreme Manufacturing Modified feature, Sesely jumped to the lead early and never looked back. Brick's Ron Frees, in his first Modified race of the season, ran second for more than half the race before defending champion Chas Okerson of Freehold finally slipped into second. Sesely and Okerson raced on to claim the top two spots, while Frees fought off Freehold's Steven Reed for third. Bob Boardwick of Hazlet was fifth.

"We put new tires on the car for tonight and that really paid off," Sesely said. "A lot of great people make this car go like it does. I am just the lucky guy who gets to drive it."

After finishing sixth in the first race, Coss rocketed to the lead early in the second Modified main event and held off early race assaults from Reed. Later in the contest Coss stretched an advantage as Sesely moved in to challenge Reed for second. Coss was able to hold his advantage to the finish, with Reed fighting off Sesely for second. Okerson was fourth and Boardwick was fifth.

"It took a little time to learn how to pass in these cars," Coss said of his Modified. "These cars are a lot wider than the Legend Cars that I drove last year. Still, I think we all learned pretty quickly."

Charlie Kremer III of Toms River and Kevin Eyres of Colts Neck wrestled side-by-side for several laps in the Sportsman 25-lap feature before Eyres was finally able to power into the lead in the outside lane on the sixth circuit. Eyres then raced on to his second win of the year with Kremer close behind. Howell's Eric Mauriello was third, while Mike Smith of Spring Lake Heights and Lavallette's Christian LaCicero were fourth and fifth.

Derek Hopkinson of Toms River raced into the lead on the third lap and then held his ground to the finish to win his first ever 25-lapper for the INEX Legend Cars. Hopkinson fought off four-time winner Trevor Alspach of Willingboro and defending champion Mark Tischler of Martinsville for the win. Brian Spencer of Edison and Ron Poley of Egg Harbor Township were fourth and fifth.

Bayville's Mike Tillett was the early leader of the Street Stock 25-lap feature, but seventh starting Carl Thomas of Tinton Falls charged through the pack to take the lead on lap 16 and never looked back. Ray Minieri of Bay Shore, N.Y. was the runner-up, while Tillett, Hazlet's Gregg Miranda and Beachwood's Bill Vanderveen completed the top five.

Vern McLaughlin borrowed a car to race and crossed the finish line first in the 20-lap Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stock feature, but when that car failed a post-race inspection. Todd Pilla of Beachwood was awarded his first ever main event win. Union's Joey Helberg was second, while Tom Mikolajczyk of Bayville, Neptune's Tim O'Shea and John Bowers of Point Pleasant were third through fifth.

The stock cars get this coming weekend off as the national "Formula D Drift Championship" comes to the Jersey Shore. Ticket information and schedules are available at www.formulad.com.

Wall Stadium stock cars then roar back into action on Saturday night, June 12, with the Touring Modified stock cars returning to headline a five-division card. While the Modifieds will battle in "Twin 50" lap feature races, the Sportsman racers, the Street Stocks and the Legend Cars will all race in 25-lappers and the Factory Stocks will battle in a 20-lap feature.

On Sunday, June 13, the fifth mile paved "inner oval" returns to action after two weeks off with the 2010 "Sunday Series" featuring Go Karts, wingless Midgets, Legend Cars, Bandoleros and Micro Stocks starting at noon. For more information call 732-681-6400 or visit http://www.wallsundayseries.com.

Wall Stadium presents professional motorsports events on most Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months. The speedway 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, while more information is also available at www.wallspeedway.com.

1ST MODIFIED FEATURE - 35 Laps - 1. ANTHONY SESELY, MATAWAN,
2. Chas Okerson, 3. Ron Frees, 4. Steven Reed, 5. Bob Boardwick, 6. Roger Coss, 7. Shaun Carrig, 8. David Reinhardt, 9. Nick Gargiulo, 10. Amanda Sesely, 11. Harry Schaefer, 12. Tim Arre, 13. Tom Kearns

2ND MODIFIED FEATURE - 35 Laps - 1. ROGER COSS, LAFAYETTE
2. Reed, 3. Anthony Sesely, 4. Okerson, 5. Boardwick, 6. Carrig, 7. Frees, 8. Gargiulo, 9. Reinhardt, 10. Amanda Sesely, 11. Kearns, 12. Arre, 13. Schaefer

SPORTSMAN FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. KEVIN EYRES, COLTS NECK,
2. Charlie Kremer, 3. Eric Mauriello, 4. Mike Smith, 5. Christian LaCicero, 6. Kevin Davison, 7. David Calabreeze, 8. Kyle Reinhardt, 9. Brien Hamer, 10. Joey King, 11. Danielle Rondeau, 12. Andrew Krause, 13. Adam Gordon, 14. Allan Camp

LEGEND CARS FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. DEREK HOPKINSON, TOMS RIVER,
2. Trevor Alspach, 3. Mark Tischler, 4. Brian Spencer, 5. Ron Poley, 6. Robert French, 7. Justin Gumley, 8. Mike Lester, 9. Malcolm Campbell, 10. Joe Mongeau, 11. Bobby Baltera, 12. Zach Alspach, 13. Steve West, 14. Kenny Van Wickle, 15. Jim Davison, 16. Beth MacFarlane, 17. John Feehan

STREET STOCK FEATURE - 25 Laps - 1. CARL THOMAS, TINTON FALLS,
2. Ray Minieri, 3. Mike Tillett, 4. Gregg Miranda, 5. Bill Vanderveen, 6. Jerry Stanzione, 7. Rob Hyer, 8. Anthony Grimaldi, 9. Mike Kennedy, 10. Howie Conk, 11. Mitch Brudy, 12. Joe Torchia, 13. Jack Sayegh, 14. Jon Meyer

FACTORY STOCK FEATURE - 20 Laps - 1. TODD PILLA, BEACHWOOD,
2. Joey Helberg, 3. Tom Mikolajczyk, 4. Tim O'Shea, 5. John Bowers, 6. Chris Felber, 7. Dan Birdsall, 8. Tom Nascone, 9. Whitey Miller, 10. Rob Longo, 11. Troy Gant, 12. Paul Hartwig, 13. Steve Lynch, 14. Roy Farfel, 15. Rick Siddons, 16. John Gasko, DQ Vern McLaughlin