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WALL, N.J. ~ Carsten DiGiantomasso fought off several challenges before taking the win in the 40 Modified stock car feature race at Wall Stadium Speedway Saturday night. The 2024 opening night victory came before a large but chilly crowd.
At the first green flag the Jackson resident wrestled with Tyler Ferris of Freehold in side-by-side fashion before moving to the front in the outside lane on lap three. Soon Jackson’s Steven Reed advanced to second and challenged DiGiantomasso as Holmdel’s Andrew Krause advanced to third.
A lap 14 restart saw Reed nose into the lead momentarily before DiGiantomasso used the outside lane to regain the top spot. Lap 27 saw the worst incident of the race as the No. 14 of Jackson’s Blake Barney dropped moisture on the backstretch. As Barney spun into turn three Kyle Scisco of Jackson hit the slick mess, climbed the third turn rail and completely exited the track landing on all four wheels outside of the third turn barrier. He was not injured.
From that point on DiGiantomasso was forced to contend with the challenges of Howell’s Jimmy Blewett before racing to win. Blewett, who hitched a ride in Adam LaCicero’s No. 27 after his car suffered mechanical wors, was second, while Krause, defending champion Derek Hopkinson of Milltown and Jake Nelke of Manahawkin wrapped up the top five. Early contender Reed slowed late in the race and finished tenth.
“We wrecked this car real bad in Florida in February and my guys had to do a ton of work to get it here tonight,” DiGiantomasso said after the race. “Thanks to my dad, my mom and my crew were were able to get the job done.”
After Howell’s Shanon Mongeau and Johnny Carpenter battled for the lead through most of the Street Stock 25-lapper, they tangled during the closing moments of the race allowing Logan Fraser of Toms River and defending champ Bryan O’Shea of Neptune City to slip past. Then, during the final lap O’Shea was able to sneek into the top spot for the win. Fraser, Carpenter, Mongeau and Manchester’s Scott Riggleman completed the top five.
In his first time at the wheel for a new race team Ricky Collins of Willow Grove, Pa. raced to victory in the Sportsman 25 lap race. Howell’s Kevin Davison was a constant challenger while Brick’s Robert Sutphin was a close third. Defending champ Chris Silvestri of Hazlet and Christian LaCicero of Lavallette were fourth and fifth.
After taking last season off due to work obligations, Wall’s TJ Graves returned to action to win the Fast 4 25-lapper over Mike Lavery of Orangeburg, NY. Chuck MacDonald from Connecticut, Kevin Carr and Alonzo Morales wrapped up the top five.
Brick’s Brian Gardella fought off the constant challenges of his nephew, Nate Divone of Howell, to win his first Legend Cars feature race since 2020. Justin Teresak, Mike Sinagra and Peter Bruno were third through fifth.
Jeff Kott won the season opening 25-lapper for the touring ATQMRA Midgets. Tyler Wagner, Buddy Sload, Steve Craig and Chris Coleman were second through fifth.
The 2024 Wall Stadium Speedway season continues this Saturday night, April 27, with the Modifieds, Sportsman, Factory Stocks, Fast 4’s and the Limited Late Models all in action. Qualifying is at 5:00 p.m. with main events starting at 7:00 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 wallstadiumspeedway.com. 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. CATRSTEN DIGIANTOMASSO, JACKSON, 2. Jimmy Blewett, 3. Andrew Krause, 4. Derek Hopkinson, 5. Jake Nelke, 6. Tyler Ferris, 7. Shaun Carrig, 8. James Pritchard, 9. Teddy Cranmer, 10. Steven Reed, 11. Tommy Catabnzaro, 12. Blake Barney, 13. Kyle Scisco, 14. Tyler Truex
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps 1. BRYAN O’SHEA, NEPTUNE CITY, 2 Logan Fraser, 3. Johnny Carpenter, 4. Shanon Mongeau, 5. Scott Riggleman, 6. Ryan Bilello, 7. Rob Anderton, 8. Jared Okerson, 9, Bob Anderton, 10. Nick Catone, 11. Tom Rajkowski, 12. Matt Badessa, 13. Nick Bilello, 14. Kristen O’Shea, 15. Kyle Anderton, 16. Nancy Riggleman, 17. Kevin Kennedy
SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. RICKY COLLINS, WILLOW GROVE, PA., 2. Kevin Davison, 3. Robert Sutphin, 4. Chris Silvestri, 5. Christian LaCicero, 6. Jonathan Laureigh, 7. Brianna Page, 8. Danny Doyle, 9. Eric Lane, 10. Quinn Trimmer, 11. Billy Both, 12. Zach lenardo, 13. Todd Dige, 14 Kenny Reaves, 15. Sean Vuksanic
FAST 4 FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. TJ GRAVES, WALL, 2. Mike Lavery, 3. Chuck MacDonald, 4. Kevin Carr, 5. Alonzo Morales, 6. Stephen LaCicero, 7. Joseph Pressey, 8. Bill Schwarz, 9. Jerry Stanzione, 10. Kevin Maher, 11. Greg Viel, 12. Tiffany Anderton Zacher
LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. BRYAN GARDELLA, BRICK, 2. Nate Divone, 3. Justin Teresak, 4. Mike Sinagra, 5. Peter Bruno, 6. Cody Critelli, 7. Chris Gall, 8. Joe Cinco, 9. Ryan MacConnell, 10. Justin Emmons, 11. Eugene Drew
TQ MIDGET FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. JEFF KOTT, 2. Tyler Wagner, 3. Buddy Sload, 4. Steve Craig, 5. Chris Coleman, 6. Zach Burd, 7. Josh Patterson, 8. Brianna Page, 9. Kyle Teraska, 10. Mike Glaser, 11. Tyler Ferris, 12. Mark Yoder
