Thank you to Shawn McAndrews for posting his Wall images below, and to Kevin for posting a few from Larry Jendras Jr.  Very much appreciated!

Fitting in with the Wall Wednesday concept, here's something that I though some on the board would find interesting, provided by Scott Ely (statistics from his mom Ruth.):

Thanks for posting my Mom's Wall Novice 50 lapper results from 1965.  I found this article that she clipped out of either the trenton Times or the Trentonian, also from 1965.  I believe this was Augie's last modified win, which came in Pappy Smith's # `07 coupe.  Scott Ely  

Just found what I believe is my Mom's summary of Wall's modified 100 lapper which I believe occurred on the same night as the 50 lap novice feature posted above. Scott Ely

  

Don Stives won in a sportsman. And cool to Ted Alt's name in the novice class a year before I was born. 

Very interesting post , looking at the names of some of the heros of my youth and their results and Time Trial times 

Can anyone compare the times from this 1965 result sheet to today ?  How much different ?

Thank you very much for posting 

This year Wall qualification time Matt Hirschman 11.89

that s 3 second faster

Did your mother work at the track?  Very interesting stuff.. There's got to be more of it!

She did not.  Although she could have considering how much she loved racing.  I think she would have made a great weekly writer for AARN. Mom (and usually me) went to Wall with the Moscheras (Augie and wife Virginia) just about every Saturday back then.  Scott Ely    

Thanks for the breakdown !  That is amazing to me -how good the cars of 1965 were !!  

  Its taken almost 60 years to get that -3.100 improvement 

  The cars have gotten faster as the rate of .5 ( 1/2 sec.) per decade  !!  

  I can only imagine the amount of money spent looking for that .5  of a second . 

Actually, it came down slowly thru the 70's, with better cars, tires, and engines, to a 13.3 Jim Hendrickson Turkey Derby track record in 1974. It than dropped to 12.0 by Tony Siscone in the mid 80's. It has really leveled off since then.  The only difference between the mid 80's and say 2020, is a dozen guys can run around the 12.0-12.2 area, where back than, only a couple could. Turkey Derby times were always faster due to the cooler weather.   Turkey Derby was always a challenge, you would go out early morning practice, cold temperatures, and after you got good tire heat, you could run three tenths faster than you could all year. It was a challenge you looked forward to all year.  It was kind of bragging rights if you were the fastest.

Wall, like most tracks, would slow down three to four tenths in the summer due to the heavy air on the engines and the heat of the tires (too hot).  

Wall Modifieds from 10/22/2023  Time Trials Season Finale from Race Monitor  -https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/7972893

#9 Tommy Martino Jr   Modified
Best Lap    Best Time    Diff    Gap    
4    00:12.400

Feature finish 10/22/2023
@ Wall Stadium
10/21/2023 - 10/22/2023


Modified Feature
1    #20 Eddie McCarthy   Modified
Best Lap    Best Time    Diff    Gap    
17    00:12.684

@ Wall Stadium
10/21/2023 - 10/22/2023


Sportsman Feature
1    #48 Chaz Okerson   Sportsman
Best Lap    Best Time    Diff    Gap    
17    00:13.244