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Photo Wall Stadium Speedway
WALL, NJ ~ Tyler Truex of Mayetta earned the biggest win of his career and the $7,127 first prize Saturday night by coming from behind to win the 127 lap Cliff Krause Memorial at Wall Stadium Saturday night. The evening was an emotional one at the third mile paved oval as the large grandstand crowd remembered the late promoter Cliff Krause along with former racer Jack Duffy and superfan Garry Owen McGuigan who passed away just before the event. The date also marked the 18th anniversary of the passing of Modified racer John Blewett III.
When the green flag waved on the race Jackson’s Steven Reed was the leader as Freehold’s Andrew Krause charged to the front of the field. Krause was in second in just six laps before battling Reed until lap 22 when he took the lead. Meanwhile, Truex, who started 15th, was forced tto drop to the pit area for service early and then began to fight his way to the front.
As the Krause wore on Krause seemed to have things well in hand as he stretched and advantage. That all changed on lap 111 when he dropped from the top with with mechanical trouble. When many of the top runners pitted for a tire change, leader Blake Barney stayed on track while Truex arrived in the top three along with Reed.
Truex then hounded Barney before diving to the inside lane and into the lead with just three laps remaining. Reed slipped into second at the end, with North Carolina’s Carsten DiGiantomasso, Howell’s James Blewett and Barney wrapping up the top five.
“I never thought I’d be here at the end of this race,” Truex said. “The cover came off my brake master cylinder and was dumping brake fluid all over my feet early in the race. We had to go to the pits to fix that and then come from the rear. I am just so glad to win this for my father. He has been having some health battles for a long time.”
Neil Rutt III of Colts Neck won his second straight Sportsman main even in the night’s 27-lapper. Rutt battled several late race challengers before crossing the finish line in front of
Rahway’s Billy Both, Iselin’s Zach Lenardo, Chris Silvestri of Hazlet and Wall’s Sean Vuksanic.
Howell’s Brian Osborn raced into the lead at the half way point and drove on to win the 27 lapper for the Factory Stocks. Johnny Carpenter of Howell, Manchester’s Scott Riggleman, Nick Bilello and James Hall were second through fifth.
Ryan Tidman of Southampton, Pa. won the 27 lap race for the touring TQ Midgets. He raced into the lead early in the non-stop event. Anthony Payne, Tyler Ferris, Jeff Kott and Buddy Sload completed the top five.
Wall Stadium will return to action on Saturday night, August 23. The Modified cars, Sportsman cars, Factory Stocks, Fast 4 cars, Limited Late Models and TQ Midgets will all be 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.
RACE RESULTS
MODIFIED FEATURE – 127 Laps – 1. TYLER TRUEX, MAYETA, 2. Steven Reed, 3. Carsten DiGiantomasso, 4. James Blewett, 5. Blake Barney, 6. Joey Merlino, 7. Jake Nelke, 8. Bryan O’Shea, 9. Anthony Sesely, 10. Jonathan Laureigh, 11. Adam LaCicero, 12. Jarret DiGiantomasso, 13. Kevin Davison, 14. Tommy Martino, Jr., 15. Shaun Carrig, 16. Tyler Ferris, 17. Andrew Krause, 18. Teddy Cranmer, 19. Derek Hopkinson, 20. Eddie McCarthy
SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 27 Laps – 1. NEIL RUTT III, COLTS NECK, 2. Billy Both, 3. Zach Lenardo, 4. Chris Silvestri, 5. Sean Vuksanic, 6. Micah Adams, 7. Chris Laureigh, 8. Quinn Trimmer, 9. Avery Arthofer, 10. Peyton Arthofer, 11. Dave Bailey, 12. Kevin Davison, 13. Jacob Boehm, 14. Steve Whitt, 15. Kenny Reaves, 16. Jacob Kerstetter
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 27 Laps – 1. BRIAN OSBORN, HOWELL, 2. Johnny Carpenter, 3. Scott Riggleman, 4. Nick Bilello, 5. James Hall, 6. Steve Davis, 7. Alex Rogers, 8. Steve Mangano, 9. Nancy Riggleman, 10. Rob Anderton, 11. Logan Fraser, 12. Shanon Mongeau, 13. Kevin Kennedy, 14. Gary Burton
TQ MIDGET FEATURE – 27 Laps – 1. RYAN TIDMAN, SOUTHAMPTON, PA., 2. Anthony Payne, 3. Tyler Ferris, 4. Jeff Kott, 5. Buddy Sload, 6. Blake Barney, 7. Steve Craig, 8. Bruce Leote, 9. Dave DeSalvo, 10. Billy Cole, 11. Chris Coleman
