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Wall Township, NJ – After graduating high school just a few weeks back, James Blewett was the big winner in the NASCAR Local Racing Series presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts on Saturday night at Wall Stadium. The Howell resident stood in the same winner’s circle that his father, uncle and grandfather have stood in in the past by winning the 40 lap race for the NASCAR Modifieds. It was James’ second career Modified win and his first of the 2026 season.
The young racer jumped to the lead at the outset but fought off several competitors along the way. First Jake Nelke of Manahawkin was in Blewett’s shadow before defending champion Tyler Truex of Mayetta advanced to second and took his shots at the leader. Meanwhile Jackson’s Fourth starting Kyle Scisco was slicing his way to the front before advancing to second on lap 12. From that point on Scisco tried to track down the leader through the non-stop laps before settling for second. Eddie McCarthy of Brick, Jackson’s Steven Reed and Howell’s Jimmy Blewett wrapped up the top five.
“This has been a real good several days,” James Blewett said after the event. “Graduating high school was a big deal and now winning here is really good. I have to thank my mom, dad and sister for all the support. I also have to thank the people who work on this car. They are like my second family.”
The O’Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stocks battled in two main events on Saturday night. The first, a rain postponed 20 lapper from June 6, saw young Nick Bilello of Howell lead wire to wire and grab his first ever win at the stadium. Chris Lane and Kevin Flores were second and third while Johnny Carpenter and former champ Elliot Wohl completed the top five.
In the regularly scheduled Factory Stock 25 lapper veteran Scott Riggleman of Manchester, a four time driving champion, raced to his 37th main event win. Riggleman fought off an onslaught of challenges Carpenter, Patrick Force, Wohl and Lane to wrap up the top five
Mike Alcaro of West Milford raced to victory in the second leg of the 30 lap Triple Crown Summer Slam Series main event for the Natural Design Co. Legend Cars, fighting off Long Island’s Timmy Solomito to the finish. Jack Gerzabek, Thomas Schwarz and Mark Tischler were third through fifth.
Just as his brother did earlier on in the night, Howell’s Ryan Bilello raced to his first ever NASCAR Sportsman win in the class’ 25-lap headliner. Multi-time division champ Kevin Davison was forced to settle for second. Ryan Kuhlthau, Zach Lenardo and Billy Both completed the top five.
The Banner Night competition was won by Kaylee and Brielle Lane, the daughters of Factory Stock driver Chris Lane.
Wall Stadium will return to action this Saturday night July 18 with Hall of Fame Night. Over 40 legendary figures from over the years at Wall Stadium will meet and greet with race fans from 4:30-5:30pm. Some of the names include Tony Siscone, Charlie Kremer III, Eddie Bohn, Lenny Boyd, and more.
The NASCAR Modifieds will be in the spotlight as they compete in the Hall of Fame 100 which will pay $3,000 to win. The Surf Side Collision 4 Cylinder cars, O’ Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stocks and ATQMRA TQ Midgets will also be in action.
Pit gates open at 1pm, grandstands at 3pm with racing beginning at 6pm. Adults (18+) are $30, Seniors (62+) and Military w/ID are $20, Children (7-17) are $15 with kids 6 and under being FREE!
Built on Speed, Fueled by History. Wall Stadium has been the home for Auto Racing at the Jersey Shore since 1950. For more information call 732-681-6400, email wallstaduminfo@gmail.com or visit wall-stadium.com.
NASCAR Modified Feature (40 Laps): 1. 76-James Blewett[1]; 2. 31-Kyle Scisco[4]; 3. 20-Eddie McCarthy[5]; 4. 55-Steven Reed[9]; 5. 24-Jimmy Blewett[10]; 6. 7-Tyler Ferris[7]; 7. 17-Derek Hopkinson[6]; 8. 56-Tyler Truex[2]; 9. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso[8]; 10. 14-Blake Barney[11]; 11. 00-Jake Nelke[3]; 12. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[15]; 13. 73-Paul Hartwig Jr[17]; 14. 49-Dakota Kessler[12]; 15. 59-Teddy Cranmer[14]; 16. 54-Shaun Carrig[16]; 17. 51-Zach Lenardo[19]; 18. 9-Tom Martino Jr[18]; 19. 44-Joey Merlino[13]
NASCAR Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11-Ryan Bilello[1]; 2. 48-Kevin Davison[6]; 3. 51K-Ryan Kuhlthau[3]; 4. 51-Zach Lenardo[4]; 5. 18-Billy Both[5]; 6. 73-Paulie Hartwig III[9]; 7. 74-Chris Silvestri[7]; 8. 66-Neil Rutt III[10]; 9. 17K-Matthew Kovacs[13]; 10. 52-Steve Whitt[12]; 11. 77-Quinn Trimmer[2]; 12. 78-Justin Teresak[14]; 13. 30-Branden Sullivan[11]; 14. 17-Sean Vuksanic[8]
O’Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stock Makeup Feature From 6/6 (20 Laps): 1. 5B-Nick Bilello[1]; 2. 88-Chris Lane[7]; 3. 86-Kevin Flores[10]; 4. 82-John Carpenter[11]; 5. 17-Elliott Wohl[4]; 6. 15-Brian Osborn[5]; 7. 28-Bob Anderton[3]; 8. 09-Scott Riggleman[13]; 9. 44-Jared Okerson[9]; 10. 77-Rob Anderton[2]; 11. 4-Alex Rogers[21]; 12. 18-Patrick Force[8]; 13. 4M-Stephen Michel[18]; 14. 13-Steve Davis[15]; 15. 06-Doug Bates[17]; 16. 31-James Hall IV[19]; 17. 49-Jared Okerson II[14]; 18. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[23]; 19. 83-Logan Fraser[22]; 20. 43-Lakota Ade[16]; 21. 89-Nancy Riggleman[24]; 22. 88X-John Bowers[20]; 23. 15NJ-Cody Critelli[12]; 24. 27-Bryan O’Shea[6]
O’Shea’s Auto Repair Factory Stock (25 Laps): 1. 09-Scott Riggleman[1]; 2. 82-John Carpenter[10]; 3. 18-Patrick Force[9]; 4. 17-Elliott Wohl[7]; 5. 88-Chris Lane[13]; 6. 13-Steve Davis[3]; 7. 15-Brian Osborn[17]; 8. 88X-John Bowers[22]; 9. 28-Bob Anderton[8]; 10. 44-Jared Okerson[19]; 11. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[24]; 12. 86-Kevin Flores[15]; 13. 77-Rob Anderton[2]; 14. 4M-Stephen Michel[21]; 15. 89-Nancy Riggleman[23]; 16. 83-Logan Fraser[6]; 17. 31-James Hall IV[4]; 18. 4-Alex Rogers[14]; 19. (DQ) 27-Bryan O’Shea[16]
DNS: Jared Okerson II, Doug Bates, Lakota Ade, Nick Bilello, Cody Critelli
Natural Design Co. Legend Cars Feature (30 Laps): 1. 8-Michael Alcaro[5]; 2. 66-Timmy Solomito[6]; 3. 2-Jack Gerzabek[4]; 4. 1-Thomas Schwarz[9]; 5. 78-Mark Tischler[11]; 6. 61-AJ Wright[13]; 7. 28-Justin Emmons Jr[7]; 8. 22-Tyler Pappas[10]; 9. 71-Nick Morabito[2]; 10. 16-Chris Gall[16]; 11. 34-Lars Wilson[8]; 12. 4NJ-Jeff Stephens[12]; 13. 30-Charlie Hodge[14]; 14. 53-Kevin Nowak[3]; 15. 14NJ-Tanner Jones[1]; 16. 11-Cody Conrad[17]; 17. (DNS) 01S-Shanon Schwarz
