Despite
the fact that an all-star field of Modified stock
car drivers from as far south as North Carolina and
as far north as upper New England converged on Wall
Stadium Speedway over the weekend, Eric Mauriello
and Jimmy Blewett, both of Howell, were big winners
in Modified stock car championship races during the
41st running of the season ending Turkey Derby.
In Saturday’s Tour Type Modified 150-lap race
Mauriello stayed in contention most of the way while
Dave Sapienza of Riverhead, N.Y. led the 26 car
field in the early going. Danny Bohn of Mooresville,
N.C. was finally able to take over the lead with 90
laps complete with Mauriello running close behind.
The duo then raced in tight formation until lap 125
when Mauriello was able to slip into the lead.
Les Hinckley of Windsor Locks, Ct. soon slipped into
second and chased after the leader before Blewett
powered into third with a handful of laps remaining.
The trio was tight at the finish line with Matawan’s
Anthony Sesely fourth and Doug Coby Milford, Ct.
fifth.
“This is a big win for us,” Mauriello said. “I have
to thank Dick and Robert Barney, the crew and all of
our sponsors. We set up a game plan for the race and
stuck to it. It obviously worked!”
In the Downs Ford Modified 100-lapper, also run on
Saturday, Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa. lead
the 26-car field in the early going and fought off
several competitors including Zane Zeiner of Bath,
Pa. When Hirschman and Zeiner touched in the first
turn on lap 89 Hirschman spun with Zeiner taking
over the lead with Blewett moving up to second.
Zeiner and Blewett then touched on the backstretch
moments later with Zeiner tagging the third turn
rail and Blewett taking over the lead. Blewett then
raced on to the win over Jonathan Mandato of Toms
River with Shanon Mongeau, Hirschman and Michael
Gervais, Jr. wrapping up the top five.
“I think that Zane thought he had cleared me on the
backstretch so he moved up and clipped me,” Blewett
said. “It happens. We are going real fast and the
difference is just a matter of inches. As you see a
lot of talent comes here for Turkey Derby so I’m
proud of the success we’ve had here over the years.
In other Saturday action Rob Ormsbee of Wall grabbed
a wire-to-wire victory in the 50-lapper for the
Limited Late Model racers over Marc Rogers and
two-time track champion Brian Doyle. Matt Janish was
the winner of the TQ Midget 25-lapper over Buddy
Sloed and Joey Payne. Ricky Ross of Pennsylvania won
Saturday’s 50-lapper for Dirt Modified cars.
Turkey Derby started on Friday with four main events
on the schedule. Newly crowned Sportsman champ Kevin
Davison took tock honors in his 50-lapper Over
Holmdel’s Andrew Krause and Kenny Van Wickle of
Manasquan. Rob McCormack won the Factory Stock
40-lapper over Union’s Joey Helberg and Joe Mongeau.
Richie Davidowitz won the 30-lap Legend Cars race
over Kyle Dealaman and Brad Van Houten and Brien
Crosby of Wall was tops in the 4 Cylinder Stock
feature race.
The 41st Turkey Derby concluded on Sunday with Joe
Mongeau taking the Factory Stock win over Friday
winner McCormack and Rich Mongeau. Crosby won
Sunday’s 4 Cylinder Stock main event over Jay Lane
and Ronnie Mullen. Nick Ladyga won Sunday’s Legend
Cars feature over Devin O’Connell and Joe Osborne
while Cassandra Denis won the Ladies’ Race.
Speedway officials are now busy preparing for the
2015 season with a schedule of events to be
announced soon. April practice dates are anticipated
with the season opener to follow.
The speedway 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, while
CKMotorsports@aol.com is the track’s email address.
More information is also available at
www.wallspeedwayracing.com.
TOUR TYPE MODIFIED
FEATURE – 150 Laps – 1. ERIC MAURIELLO, HOWELL,
2. Les Hinckley, 3. Jimmy Blewett, 4. Anthony
Sesely, 5. Doug Coby, 6. Shaun Carrig, 7. Andrew
Krause, 8. Ryan Preece, 9. John Beatty, 10. Danny
Bohn, 11. Tim Solomito, 12. Shawna Ingraham, 13.
Justin Gumley, 14. Ron Silk, 15. Jamie Tomaino, 16.
John Markovic, 17. Woody Pitkat, 18. Jason Treat,
19. Kyle Ellwood, 20. Tim Arre, 21. Dave Sapienza,
22. Matt Hirschman, 23. Anthony Nocella, 24. Andy
Jankowiak, 25. Zane Zeiner, 26. Billy Pauch, Jr.
DOWNS FORD MODIFIED FEATURE – 100 Laps – 1. JIMMY BLEWETT, HOWELL,
2. Jonathan Mandato, 3. Shanon Mongeau, 4. Matt
Hirschman, 5. Michael Gervais, 6. Jason Treat, 7.
Chas Okerson, 8. Mauriello, 9. Krause, 10. Chris
Reynolds, 11. Dennis Perry, 12. Zeiner, 13. Steven
Reed, 14. Ken Matlach, 15. Ingraham, 16. Jeremy
Mayfield, 17. Derek Hopkinson, 18. Zack Alspach, 19.
Earl Paules, 20. Adam LaCicero, 21. Chad Churilla,
22. Jason Hearne, 23. Ron Frees, 24. Richie Cooper,
25. Trevor Alspach, 26. Anthony Sesely
DIRT MODIFIED FEATURE – 50 Laps – RICKY ROSS, 2. Jack Ely, Jr., 3.
Joey Payne, 4. Mark Levy, 5. Andrew Krause, 6. David
Gorbatuk, 7. Aleisa Geisler, 8. Bill Briggs, 9. Jay
Kosch, 10. Mike Wahl, 11. Scott Hulmes, 12. Rick
Yetter, 13. Jim Martin.
LIMITED LATE MODEL – 50 Laps – 1. ROB ORMSBEE, WALL, 2. Marc
Rogers, 3. Brian Dyloe, 4. Corey Osland, 5. Howie
Conk, 6. John Vullo, 7. James White, 8. Eric Zeh, 9.
Dave Roys, 10. Michelle Moorman, 11. Ray Minieri,
12. Nick Shaw, 13. Brandon Stowell, 14. Mike Musce,
15. Glen Conk, 16. Greg Immerman, 17. Bill Frisbee,
18. Steve Rogers, 19. Ronnie Mullen, 20. Joe
Mancuso, 21. John Parker, DQ. Mike Tillett, Gary
Noe, Wayne Coury
SPORTSMAN – 50 Laps – 1. KEVIN DAVISON, HOWELL, 2. Andrew Krause,
3. Kenny Van Wickle, 4. Larry Thompson, 5. Joe King,
6. Robbie Walton, 7. Chris Lane, 8. Marc Nappi, 9.
Eric Lane, 10. Jason Caruso, 11. Joe Cocca, 12. Mike
Haggenbottom, 13. Dom Fattaruso, 14. Jonathan
Laureigh, 15. Matt Langbein, 16. Steve Kopcak, 17.
Rob Silver
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE (FRIDAY) – 40 Laps – 1.
ROB MCCORMICK, 2. Joey Helberg, 3. Joe Mongeau, 4.
Ronnie Mullen, 5. Neil Rutt, 6. Steve West, 7.
Tiffany Olejnik, 8. Terry Cain, 9. Rob Haberstick,
10. Joe Stongvila, 11. Whitey Miller, 12. Marty Van
Druten, 13. Tim O’Shea, 14. Scott Maher, 15. Dan
Birdsall, 16. Andrew Krause, 17. John Bowers, 18,
Jerry Koenig, 19. Dan Birdsall, 20. Josh Matthews,
21. Brian Doyle, 22. Scott Riggleman, 23. AJ Jadacki,
24. Lee Allen, 25. Terry Stiles, 26. Eddie
Mistretta, 27. Chris Felber, 28. Matt Guadago
FACTORY STOCK FEATURE (SUNDAY) – 1. JOE MONGEAU, 2.
McCormick, 3. Rick Mongeau, 4. Olejnik, 5. Mullen,
6. Rutt, 7. Bowers, 8. Helberg, 9. Allen, 10. Darren
Cox, 11. Mike Montano, 12. Tom Chillsczyn, 13.
Guadago, 14. Cain, 15. Koenig, 16. Miller, 17. Danny
Bruer, 18. Matthews, 19. O’Shea, 20. Dan
Springfield, 21. Maher, 22, Mistretta, 23. Riggleman,
24. Brian Brown, 25. West, 26. Van Druten
LEGEND CARS FEATURE (FRIDAY) – 30 Laps – 1. RICH
DAVIDOWITZ, 2. Kyle Dealaman, 3. Brad Van Houten, 4.
Robert French, 5. Devin O’Connell, 6. Nick Ladyga,
7. Joe Osborne, 8. Art Pederson, 9. Kevin Nowak, 10.
Matt Maring, 11. Greg Harris, 12. Mitchell Dowd, 13.
Kyle Dealaman, 14. Lou Keraitis, 15. Josh Indig, 16.
Chris Gall, 17. Joe Sendotto, 18. John O’Sullivan,
19. Nick Van Wickle, 20. John Beatty, 21. Justin
Strumpf, 22. Casey Robicheau, 23. Austin Langenstein,
24. Eugen Drew, 25. Matt Kurzjewski, 26. Lawbed
Johnson
LEGEND CARS FEATURE (SUNDAY) – 40 Laps – 1. NICK
LADYGA, 2. O’Connell, 3. Osborne, 4. Beatty, 5.
Brian Spencer, 6. Strumpf, 7. Marring, 8. Nowak, 9.
Harris, 10. Dowd, 11. Dealaman, 12. Davidowitz, 13.
Ketaitis, 14. Robicheau, 15. Gall, 16. Nick Van
Wickle, 17. O’Sullivan, 18. James Van Wickle, 19.
Roger Nickerson, 20. Vincent Delaney
4 CYLINDER STOCK (FRIDAY) – 1. BRIEN CROSBY, WALL,
2, Jordan Hadley, 3. Alonzo Morales, 4. Tommy
Lamonia, 5. Mitch Bombard, 6. Mike Wahl, 7. Jeff
Ackerman, 8. John Carpenter, 9. Ray Herman, 10. Rob
Willis, 11. TJ Graves, 12. Ron Lane, 13. Zack Haspel,
14. Ron Becker, 15. Corey Stockert, 16. Darren
Burdge, 17. Christain LaCicero, 18. Joe King, 19.
Jay Lane
4 CYLINDER STOCK (SUNDAY) – 1. BRIEN CROSBY,
WALL, 2. Jay Lane, 3. Mullen, 4. Wahl, 5. Bombard,
6. Ackerman, 7. Becker, 8. Robbie Dunn, 9. Haspel,
10. Mike Lavery, 11. Morales, 12. Jay Conrad, 13.
Jessica Dunn, 14. Graves, 15. Burdge, 16. Walt
McIntyre, 17. Ron Lane, 18. Willis, 19. Herman, 20.
Tom Graves, 21. Walt McIntyre, 22. Todd Dige, 23.
Mike Dunn, 24. Rich Massaro |