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   10/17/2009

RAY EVERNHAM WILL MAKE WALL STADIUM’S OCT. 24
“TOMMY COMERFORD MEMORIAL” HIS LAST EVER MODIFIED RACE

   He began his multifaceted and nationally successful career at Wall Stadium, won his Modern Stock race and driving title here, ran his first Modified stock car race on the third mile oval and won the first ever Modified race on the new pavement on Opening Night 1991. Now Ray Evernham, who went on to become a championship NASCAR Sprint Cup crew chief and later to become a Sprint Cup team owner, will return to Wall Stadium this Saturday (October 24), to run his last ever Modified stock car race in the “Tommy Comerford Memorial.”
   “I spoke with Ray by telephone this morning (October 17) and that was a real thrill,” promoter Jim Morton said. “Ray is really excited about returning to Wall Stadium to race in his last Modified event. We chatted about all his racing successes here at Wall and he is really looking forward to returning to the place where he got his career started.”
   Evernham, a seven-time Wall Stadium Modified winner and the 1977 Modern Stock champion, will have top flight equipment at his command as he will be at the wheel of the Blewett Motorsports No. 1 tour type Modified.
   The “Tommy Comerford Memorial” will feature two 66-lap main events for tour type Modified stock cars offering each winner a cool $6,600 payday. A total purse of $40,000 is up for grabs at present and that could climb as the event approaches. At present, over 30 tour type Modified entries have been received.
   Also on the day’s agenda will be twin main events for the Calabreeze Pools Sportsman cars, the Street Stocks and the Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stocks. The I.N.E.X. Legend Cars are slated for a 25-lap main event.
   Morton recently released the busy schedule for October 24. Pit area gates will open at 9:30 a.m. and practice will begin at 10:30 a.m. and run until 1:30 p.m. The grandstands will open at 11:00 a.m. to the general public, while fans that purchased during the September 26 presale will have the opportunity to enter the grandstands at 10:30 a.m.
   The first events on the agenda will be the three rain postponed races from September 26. Those events, 25-lappers for the Sportsman and Street Stocks and a 20-lapper for the Factory Stocks, will begin promptly at 1:45 p.m. Next up, at approximately 2:30 p.m., will be qualifying for the day’s originally scheduled events.
   Then, at 3:45 p.m., the first of a pair of tour type Modified 66-lap features will be contested before the Legend Cars, Sportsman and Street Stock racers return in 25-lap features. The tour type Modifieds will then run their second 66-lapper of the day before the Factory Stocks wrap up the action in a 20-lapper.
   Morton also said that competitors planning to compete in October 24 “Tommy Comerford Memorial” events are eligible to participate in a paid practice session on Friday, October 23, starting at 3:00 p.m. Morton said that the practice session will continue into the evening so that competitors can get ample testing time.
   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 office is open from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Information and Modified entry forms are available by calling 732-681-6400 and at www.wallspeedway.com.
 

Source: Jeff Gravatt / Wall Stadium
Posted: October 17, 2009

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