REED AND HIRSCHMAN ARE WALL TURKEY DERBY PAVED MOD WINNERS

WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. ~ Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa. and Jackson's Steven Reed were big winners Saturday taking pavement Modified stock car wins in the 49^th annual Turkey Derby classic at Wall Stadium Speedway. Hirschman's Tour Mofieid 150 lap victory earned him $10,000, while Reed's Wall Modified 100 lap triumph was worth $6,000

In the Tour Modified race Hirschman, Jimmy Blewett, Timmy Solomito and Andrew Krause were in contention most of the way. Blewett pitted for tires near halfway and then began to climb through the field, while Hirschman and the others pitted late in the contest. With less than 18 laps remaining Hirschman tracked down then leader Blewett before making the winning pass on the inside lane on lap 138.

Solomito, Krause, Blewett and Dave Sapienza wrapped up the top five.

Reed was the leader for much of the Wall Mod 100 before Jackson's Blake Barney slipped into the lead on lap 79. Reed then shadowed Barney the rest of the way before slipping into the lead for the win in the final turn. Hirschman and Krause were also able to get by the fourth place finishing Barney while Blewett crossed the finish line fifth.

In Dirt Modified action Dillon Steuer survived a race long battle with runner-up Krause for the 50-lap win. In the Sportsman 50-lapper, Carsten DiGiantomasso of Jackson beat drving champion Kevin Davison of Howell to the finish.

Rahway's Billy Both led from start to finish to win the Factory Stock 40-lapper over Howell's Johnny Carpenter. In Fast 4 Stock action, 2022 champion Sean Vuksanic of Wall wrapped up a great season with a 40-lap win.

Alex McCollum and Joey Braun were victorious to twin Legend Cars races, while Howie Conk ended his season undefeated in the Limited Late Model main event. Ryan Tidman was the winner in TQ Midget action.

Sunday's third day of Turkey Derby action was rained out.

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 hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is ckmotorsports@aol.com.

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RACE RESULTS

TOUR MODIFIED FEATURE – 150 Laps – 1. MATT HIRSCHMAN, NORTHAMPTON, PA., 2. Timy Solomito, 3. Andrew Krause, 4. Jimmy Blewett, 5. Dave Sapienza, 6. Stephen Kopcik, 7. Danny Bohn, 8. Ron Frees, 9. Max Zachem, 10. Jonathan Mandato, 11. Allen Pederson, 12. Matt Swanson, 13. Jacob Perry, 14. Anthony Sesely, 15. Craig Lutz, 16. Eddie McCarthy, 17. Blake Barney, 18. Joey Merlino, 19. Mike Brennan, 20. Tyler Truex, 21. Tom Martino, Jr., 22. Dillon Steuer, 23. John Beatty

WALL MODIFIED FEATURE – 100 Laps – 1. STEVEN REED, JACKSON, 2. Hirschman, 3. Krause, 4. Barney, 5. Blewett, 6. McCarthy, 7. Truex, 8. Sesely, 9. Shanon Mongeau, 10. Martino, 11. Ricky Collins, 12. Carsten DiGiantomasso, 13. James Pritchard, Jr., 14. Jake Nelke, 15. Adam LaCicero, 16. Marc Rogers, 17. Joe Mongeau, 18. Derek Hopkinson, 19. Shaun Carrig, 20. Kyle Scisco, 21. Vinnie Marone

DIRT MODIFIED FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. DILLON STEUER, 2. Krause, 3. Dakota Kessler, 4. Roger Labreche, 5. Jack Ely 6. Jeff Parker, 7. Mike Baldwin, 8. Rob Schultz, 9. Corey Edleman, 10. Dom Antonelli, 11. Chris Grbac, 12. Mickey Kessler, 13. Joe Nappi, 14. John Larson

SPORTSMAN FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. CARSTEN DIGIANTOMASSO, JACKSON, 2. Kevin Davison, 3. Eddie McCarthy, 4. Tyler Truex, 5. Blake Barney, 6. Eric Lane, 7. Ryan Fisher, 8. Jonathan Laureigh, 9. Kenny Reaves, 10. Chris Silvestri, 11. Jarret DiGiantomasso, 12. Jeff Loesch, 13. Bryan O'Shea, 14. Larry Thompson, 15. Ray Fattaruso, 16. Neil Rutt III, 17. Christian LaCicero, 18. Buddy Miller, 19. Jimmy Stanger, 20. Tyler Ferris, 21. Dave Bailey, 22. Jimmy Blewett, 23. Jaden Brown

FACTORY STOCK FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. BILLY BOTH, RAHWAY, 2. Johnny Carpenter, 3. Joey Helberg, 4. Shanon Mongeau, 5. Elliot Wohl, 6. Bryan O'Shea, 7. Robert Stack, 8. Kevin Flores, 9. Scott Riggleman, 10. Bob Anderton, 11. Matt Badessa, 12. Gary Burton, 13. Ryan Bilello, 14. Spider Ensinger, Jr., 15. Glenn Osborn, 16. Nick Catone, 17. Jeff Carpenter, 18. AJ Jadacki, 19. Dean Gilchrist, 20. Kristin O'Shea, 21. Joe Colley, 22. Ryan Flores

FAST 4 FEATURE – 40 Laps – 1. SEAN VUKSANIC, WALL, 2. CJ Zucowski, 3. Alex Graetz, 4. Alonzo Morales, 5. Joe Warren, 6. Ryan Warren, 7. Greg Viel, 8. Chris Palamer, 9. Malcolm Campbell, 10. Logan Fraser, 11. Bill Schwarz, 12. Tim Jones, 13. Billy Pross, 14. Brian Osborn, 15. Doug Maher, 16. Tyler Schmeltzle, 17. Cody Clayton, 18. Chuck McDonald, DQ Andrew Farnham

LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 30 Laps – 1. ALEX MCCOLLUM, 2. Luke LaBrun, 3. Tanner Jones, 4. Jacob Burns, 5. Noah Korner, 6 George Tomko, 7. Mike Alcaro, 8. Nick Morabito, 9. Derek Gluchaki, 10. Kevin Nowak, 11. Richie Davidowitz, 12. Joey Braun, 13. Quinn Trimmer, 14. Nate Divone, 15. Tom Everson, 16. Zach Martinez, 17. Jesse Hilger, 18. Dan Yaros, 19. Dylan Flynn, 20. Cody Critelli, 21. Charlie Hodge, 22. Justin Emmons, 23. Trenton Goodrow, 24. Eugene Drew

LEGEND CARS FEATURE – 25 Laps - 1. JOEY BRAUN, Davidowitz, 3. McCollum, 4. Gluchaki, 5. Alcaro, 6. Nowak, 7. Korner, 8. Trimmer, 9. Jones, 10. Everson, 11. Morabito, 12. Hilger, 13. Burns, 14. Tomassi, 15. Hodge, 16. Goodrow, 17. Divone, 18. Flynn, 19. Yaros, 20. LaBrun, 21. Tomko, 22. Martinez, 23. Justin Teresak, 24. Jeff Stephens, 25. Lexi Przybylinski

LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE – 50 Laps – 1. HOWIE CONK, JACKSON, 2. Gerry Goridano, 3. Daryn Miller, 4. Ray Minieri, 5. Mark Hudson, 6. Brian Doyle, 7. Pat Brown, 8. Mike Tillett, 9. Richie Carmen, 10. John Cialleila, DQ Brandon Turbush

$10,000 to win and only 23 Tour Type Mods?

Do I have that correct?

There are not too many $10k to win pavement Mod races. What gives?

I have been told that they have to get ready for florida to which i say bull----. wall has been running the derby a hell of alot longer then florida.  oh by the way, your fans are in the northeast not in the south.

the best of the best would come to this race but not the new tour guys silk, coby use to.

to the guys who came from the bottom of my heart i say thank you. to the rest its always your call but a reason would be nice thats all any body is asking.  its not cheap i know one tour team spent 7000.00 to race thats hotels and food not to forget tires, fuel,and pit passes.

sorry for venting i just want the top dogs to come to my track like old days. 

Guess the "Top Dogs"  in the series are afraid of running second to Hirschman.

Turkey Derby will never live up to the past. Attended many TD's back when multiple tracks ran full modifieds on a weekly basis and many invaders would show up at TD.

 Cool highlight video by Jim Murdoch from last weekend. 

 https://www.facebook.com/bigjimsvideos/videos/2410306552473709

 

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