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08-08-2010, 10:52 AM
FARRELL SWEEPS WALL TOURING MODIFIED TWIN 25’S SATURDAY

It appears that only an injury can keep Modified stock car driver Tommy Farrell from victory lane at Wall Stadium!

The Neptune resident grabbed a couple of main event wins earlier this season before taking top honors in the mid-July Garden State Classic. After that victory Farrell sat out a couple of races to recuperate from fractured ribs suffered in a non-racing accident.

Farrell not only returned to action on Saturday night but also returned to his winning ways as he swept both 25-lap main events presented for the Touring Modified stock cars.

A young fan made Farrell’s job relatively easy in the first race by picking a front row starting slot for Farrell in a blind draw. Farrell then led Howell’s Jamie Tomaino in the early going before Pete Brittain of Allentown took over second and went after the leader. Still, Farrell had the needed power to hold off Brittain and Tomaino, while Danny Sammons of Trenton and Rich Kuiken, Jr. of Tuckerton completed the top five.

Tomaino won a first lap battle with Sammons to lead early in the second 25-lapper, but Farrell was flying and quickly advanced to the leader’s rear bumper. Soon this duo was racing side-by-side before Farrell dove to the inside lane to take the lead. Farrell then fought off Tomaino the rest of the way while Brittain crossed the finish line third. Sammons and Chatham’s Bill Weichert were fourth and fifth.

“I have to say that the young fan made my job easy in the first race with his pick,” Farrell said. “In the second race I knew I had to try to grab the lead quickly because Jamie (Tomaino) was so fast and the other guys were coming up on me fast. I dove in low on him a little harder than I wanted to when I got the lead.”

Toms River High School student David Calabrese grabbed the lead early and raced on to his career first victory in the companion 25-lap Sportsman feature race. Kevin Davison and Chris Lane, both of Howell, Holmdel’s Andrew Krause and Kyle Reinhardt of Neptune City completed the top five.

Ray Minieri of Bay Shore, N.Y. was the first driver to the finish line in the 25-lapper for the Street Stocks, but when his No. 1 failed a post-race inspection Howie Conk of Jackson was awarded the win. Conk held off Bill Vanderveen of Beachwood, Keansburg’s Jerry Stanzione, Dave Jennings of Toms River and Hazlet’s Gregg Miranda.

Jim Downey of Cliffwood Beach jumped to the lead early and then raced to his first ever Flanagan Retail Development Factory Stock win. Shannon Mongeau of Brick raced through the pack to be on Downey’s bumper in the closing laps, while Tim O’Shea of Neptune, Jamesburg’s Whitey Miller and Wall’s Roy Farfel were third through fifth.

Willingboro’s Zack Alspach won his second Legend Cars 25-lapper for the year, beating his point leading brother Trevor to the finish line. Brian Spencer of Edison, Luke Marzano and Bridgewater’s Mike Fulton completed the top five.

Wall Stadium’s upcoming weekend starts off on Friday evening (August 13) as the track presents its monthly “Friday Night Cruise Night.” The gathering, which is free of charge for all, features custom, antique and muscle cars on display in a car show setting in the paved pit area, music and the opportunity for the car owners to take a cruise around the famous high banked oval. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. and the gathering continues until dark.

Stock car action then continues at Wall Stadium this Saturday night, August 14, with five divisions of stock car racing. The Supreme Manufacturing Modifieds will return to battle in the 76 lap “John Blewett III Memorial.” The Sportsman cars, Street Stocks and the Legend Cars will race in 25-lappers and the Factory Stocks will battle in a 20-lap feature.

Pit gates will open at 12:30 p.m. on August 14, with a paid practice session set from 1:30 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. The regular practice session will be up at 4:00 p.m., while grandstand seating will also open at 4:00 p.m. Qualifying is set for 6:30 p.m. and main event action is set for 7:30 p.m. This Saturday night “summer schedule” will be in effect through Labor Day weekend.

On Sunday, August 15, the fifth mile paved “inner oval” returns to action with the 2010 “Sunday Series” featuring Go Karts, wingless Midgets, Legend Cars and Micro Stocks starting at noon. For more information call 732-681-6400 or visit http://www.wallsundayseries.com.

Wall Stadium presents professional motorsports events on most Saturdays and Sundays during the summer months. 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 more information is also available at www.wallspeedway.com (http://www.wallspeedway.com).


WALL STADIUM 8/7/2010 RESULTS

1ST MODIFIED FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. TOMMY FARRELL, NEPTUNE, 2. Pete Brittain, 3. Jamie Tomaino, 4. Danny Sammons, 5. Rich Kuiken, 6. Bill Weichert, 7. Jason Treat, 8. Billy Cole, 9. Harry Reed, 10. Robert Geibel, 11. John McCormack, 12. Allen Camp, 13. Charlie Kremer, 14. Robert Sutphin, 15. Bobby Richards, 16. Chas Okerson, 17. Kevin Davison

2ND MODIFIED FEATURE – 20 Laps – 1. TOMMY FARRELL, NEPTUNE, 2. Tomaino, 3. Brittain, 4. Sammons, 5. Weichert, 6. Treat, 7. Geibel, 8. McCormack, 9. Kremer, 10. Cole, 11. Okerson, 12. Reed, 13. Sutphin, 14. Davison, 15. Camp, 16. Kuiken

SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. DAVID CALABRESE, TOMS RIVER, 2. Kevin Davison, 3. Chris Lane, 4. Andrew Krause, 5. Kyle Reinhardt, 6. Robert Sutphin, 7. Kevin Eyres, 8. Adam Gordon, 9. Charlie Kremer, 10. Eric Mauriello, 11. Allan Camp, 12. Joe Schmutz, 13. Danielle Rondeau, 14. Ryan Cottrell

STREET STOCK FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. HOWIE CONK, JACKSON, 2. Bill Vanderveen, 3. Jerry Stanzione, 4. Dave Jennings, 5. Gregg Miranda, 6. Mitch Brudy, 7. Mike Tillett, 8. Joe Torchia, 9. Bryan Worth, 10. Jack Sayegh, 11. Mike Kennedy, 12. Michelle Moorman

FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 20 Laps – 1. JIM DOWNEY, CLIFFWOOD BEACH, 2. Shannon Mongeau, 3. Tim O’Shea, 4. Whitey Miller, 5. Roy Farfel, 6. Robby Walton, 7. Rick Siddons, 8. Rob Longo, 9. Jason Bundy, 10. John Gasko, 11. Pat Gripaldi, 12. Ed Bischoff, 13. Marty Van Druten, 14. Joe Strongvila, 15. Steve Lynch

LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps – 1. ZACK ALSPACH, WILINGBORO, 2. Trevor Alspach, 3. Brian Spencer, 4. Luke Marzano, 5. Mike Fulton, 6. Ron Poley, 7. Steve West, 8. Beth MacFarlane

Jeff Gravatt