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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Although he led the majority of the Modified stock car 40-lap main event at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night, Blake Barney had to fight every lap of the contest to earn the victory. It was the third division win for the Jackson resident.
In the early going Barney’s challenges came from Toms River’s Derek Hopkinson with the duo racing side-by-side most of the time. When Hopkinson was instructed to go to the rear of the field when officials felt he had jumped a few restarts, Holmdel’s Andrew Krause and Jackson’s Kyle Scisco were there to be constant challengers. As several cautions forced many restarts in the contest, Barney was was racing side-by-side with contenders more often than not.
A final restart late in the event set up a run to the checker flag between Barney and Krause. On the final lap Krause charged into the outside lane and raced side-by-side with Barney taking the win by the length of his front bumper. Krause and Scisco were second and third, while Howell’s Eric Lane and Tyler Truex of Little Egg Harbor wrapped up the official top five. On the track, Brick’s Dom Fattaruso crossed the line fourth but, after a post race inspection, officials said a tire bank issue forced his disqualification.
“That was an amazing race,” Barney said. “Especially at the end with Andrew (Krause). I didn’t even got to the outside because I didn’t think he would go up there! I trust him on the track as a clean driver, but his car is always fast and he always wants to win!”
Nick Catone of Brick raced into the lead early and held his ground to win his second career Factory Stock 40 lap main event. Constant challenger AJ Jadacki of Freehold was second, Beachwood’s Elliot Wohl was third, Howell’s Brian Osborn was fourth and Kevin Flores of Brick was fifth.
Alex McCollum won the 25-lap main event for the Legend Cars fighting off challenges from second place Quinn Trimmer and third finisher Tanner Jones. Brian Gardella and Jeff Stevens were fourth and fifth.
Defending champ Alonzo Morales of Burlington topped the 25-lapper for the Fast 4 cars over the fast closing Ryan Bilello of Brick. Ryan Maher, Logan Fraser and Greg Veil were third through fifth.
Freehold’s Howie Conk was the winner of the Limited Late Model feature race while Kyle Taraska was tops with the visiting TQ Midgets.
The 2022 Saturday night regular season continues this Saturday (May 28) evening with the Sportsman cars, Factory Stocks, Fast 4 cars and Legend Cars in action. Demolition Derby action is also on the card with grandstands opening at 4:00 p.m., qualifying at 5:00 p.m. and main events at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday night racing action to continue through early October with schedule details at wallspeedwayracing.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 hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.
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RACE RESULTS
MODIFIED FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. BLAKE BARNEY, JACKSON, 2. Andrew Krause, 3. Kyle Scisco, 4. Eric lane, 5. Tyler Truex, 6. Ricky Collins, 7. Eddie McCarthy, 8. Shaun Carrig, 9. Jake Nelke, 10. Marc Rogers, 11. Jarret DiGiantomasso, 12. Tom Catanzaro, 13. Derek Hopkinson, 14. Carsten DiGiantomasso, 15. Tommy Martino, Jr. 16. Adam LaCicero, 17Steven Reed, DQ Dom Fattaruso
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. NICK CATONE, BRICK, 2. AJ Jadacki, 3. Elliot Wohl, 4. Brian Osborn, 5. Kevin Flores, 6. Bryan O’Shea, 7. Robert Stack, 8. Scott Riggleman, 9. Doug Ashford, 10. Gary Burton, 11. Nick Kilmer, 12. Gregg Moench, 13. Richie Byrne, 14. Rob Anderton, 15. Chris Webber, 16. Billy Both, 17. Matt Badessa, 18. Nancy Riggleman, 19. Steve Mangano, 20. Johnny Carpenter, 21. Tom Rajkowski, 22. Theresa Collins
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. ALEX MCCOLLUM, 2. Quinn Trimmer, 3. Tanner Jones, 4. Brian Gardella, 5. Jeff Stevens, 6. Steve Woytysiak, 7. Justin Emmons, 8. Matt Verlangieri, 9. Roger Nickerson, 10. Peter Bruno, 11. Mike Alcaro, 12. Lianne Sharry
4 CYLINDER STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. ALONZO MORALES, 2. Ryan Bilello, 3. Ryan Maher, 4. Logan Fraser, 5. Greg Veil, 6. Bill Schwarz, 7. Travis Schwarz, 8. Kayleigh Sharry
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. HOWIE CONCK, 2. Daryn Miller, 3. Mike Tillett, 4. Geoff Handle, 5. Greg Gastelu
