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Looks like there WILL be racing at Wall in 2011. Look for an article in Area Auto Racing News.

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Excellent!

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Hearing a well known modified driver will take the role as race director.....

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The old girl has nine lives! Great news!

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Wall Stadium has racing operator signed for 2011
"Full schedule" of races planned

By BONNIE DELANEY • STAFF WRITER • January 4, 2011




WALL — Start your engines! Wall Stadium will reopen this spring with race car owner and entrepreneur Clifford Krause at the helm.

Krause, a 58-year-old Holmdel resident whose 20-year-old son, Andrew, has raced for the past two years in Wall's Sportsman division, Tuesday signed a one-year lease — from Jan. 15, 2011, to Jan. 15, 2012, with a yearly option to renew — with the five owners of the track.

He said he formed a company, CK Motorsports LLC, to conduct weekly Saturday night stock car races at the track, as well as to hold special events.

"We'll have a full schedule with 20 to 24 races, and so far, Formula Drift will be a part of that," said Krause, the owner of Supreme Manufacturing in East Brunswick, a business that started 36 years ago when he got the idea to mix, package and distribute whiskey sour mix.

Today, that business has 46 employees and manufactures between 17,000 and 22,000 gallons of beverage concentrates and whiskey sour mix daily.

Krause said that modified racer Jamie Tomaino, 54, of Howell will be director of operations at the track and his wife, Diane, will help run the front office along with longtime track employees.

"She was born and raised with racing as she was growing up in Pennsylvania," he added.

With the exception of the Turkey Derby races in November, the track has been closed since August when former track promoter Jim Morton and the owners of the 60-year-old stock car track failed to reach a new lease agreement.

The track reopened for the Turkey Derby, which was held under the sponsorship of Don Ling, John Blewett Sr. and their families.

In a statement on the track's website about the closure at the end of the summer, Morton said he had depleted his resources, and the closure was a "flat out matter of money."

Shinn made it clear then that he and the other owners had no plans to run the stadium themselves as they did for a six-year period.

Krause said that Ling was instrumental in helping make the lease agreement a reality.

And although the track is currently on the market for $18 million, Krause said he is hopeful that he will be able to operate it for many years to come.

If there was a buyer at that price, Krause said he would be allowed to make an offer to purchase it first.

"I have no ambition to make money off of the track. I just want to keep it going for the racing community," he said.