STEVEN REED WINS NASCAR MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP, JIMMY BLEWETT WINS HALLOWEEN HAVOC 100 AT WALL STADIUM SATURDAY

WALL, NJ ~ Jimmy Blewett of Howell topped his second main event of the year by winning the Halloween Havoc 100 race at Wall Stadium on Saturday night. While Blewett won the final battle, Jackson’s Steven Reed won the season-long war by earning the NASCAR Modified championship with a fifth place finish in the NASCAR Local Racing Series presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. It was Reed’s fourth Modified crown at the third mile paved oval.

Mayetta’s Tyler Truex jumped to the lead of the Van Wickle Auto Supply/NAPA sponsored event, with Jimmy Blewett quickly taking over second. Truex and Blewett wrestled for the first ten laps before Blewett powered to the lead with Howell’s Blake Barney, the point leader going into the final regular season test, charging into second.

Barney then chased Blewett knowing that a top finish would secure the crown. Barney’s title winning dream then evaporated on lap 46 when is car slowed and spun with a sour motor. A bent push rod knocked Barney from the event on the race’s only caution.

The final 54 laps went off without a hitch as James Blewett of Howell advanced to second and chased his father to the finish line. Jackson’s Kyle Scisco earned the Hard Charger award while finishing third and Truex finished fourth. Reed’s fifth place finish secured the driving title.

“We’ve worked real hard on this car this season and it really came together tonight,” Blewett said. “Rob Ormsbee, Billy Cole, Jeff Lane and I got together, worked hard and it really turned out well. It was also a lot of fun winning with my son right behind me.”

Reed was thrilled with his fourth crown.

“All four titles are special to me and this team,” Reed said. “I’m happy for my mom and dad, our sponsors and everyone who helps. I feel bad for Blake having trouble like that in the last race. I know the feeling. It has happened to me before.”

Matthew Kovacs of Forked River jumped to the lead on lap two with an outside lane pass and then raced on to his career first NASCAR Sportsman main event. Meanwhile, the race within the race for the division’s driving title saw contenders Kevin Davison of Howell, Billy Both of Rahway and Zach Lenardo of Edison wrestling in a tight pack most of the way.

After 30 laps Kovacs was chased across the finishing line by runner up Steve Whitt of Forked River and Davison who clinched his sixth title. Lenardo, Howell’s Ryan Kuhlthau and Both wrapped up the top six.

Nick Bilello of Howell fought off runner-up Jared Okerson of Freehold to win his career second main event in the Factory Stock 30 lap feature race. Chris Lane and Elliot Wohl were in the thick of the battle before finishing third and fourth. On the strength of five wins and a fifth place finish in the regular season finale, Howell’s Johnny Carpenter won the Factory Stock title.

Doug Ashford of Jackson left no doubt in the battle for the 4 Cylinder Stock driving crown as he raced to the 30-lap victory to nail down his first driving title. Ashford took the lead near halfway and then fought off Billy Pross to the finish. Kevin Carr, TJ Graves and Cory Carr were third through fifth.

Like Ashford, Mile Alcaro of Newton won his Legend Cars title convincingly by winning the night’s 30 lap main event. Lars Wilson, Thomas Schwarz, Chevy Rommeney and Justin Emmons Jr. completed the top five.

Tyler Truex won the 30 lap TQ Midget main event over fellow Modified racer Blake Barney. Joey Payne and Tyler Wagner were third and fourth while Kyle Taraska celebrated his newly claimed title by finishing fifth.

Wall Stadium will return to action with the annual two day Turkey Derby on Friday and Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. More information will be released as the event draws closer.

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. Visit wall-stadium.com for info and updates. The speedway hotline number is 732-681-6400 and email address is wallstadiuminfo@gmail.com.

NASCAR SPORTSMAN

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 17K-Matthew Kovacs[2]; 2. 0-Steve Whitt[3]; 3. 48-Kevin Davison[7]; 4. 51-Zach Lenardo[6]; 5. 51K-Ryan Kuhlthau[8]; 6. 18-Billy Both[5]; 7. 74-Chris Silvestri[1]; 8. 83-Logan Fraser[19]; 9. 46-Vinny Delaney[9]; 10. 27-Christian LaCicero[12]; 11. 11-Ryan Bilello[10]; 12. 77-Quinn Trimmer[4]; 13. 88-Kenny Reaves[15]; 14. 30-Branden Sullivan[16]; 15. 77A-Avery Arthofer[13]; 16. 71-Peyton Arthofer[11]; 17. 81-Chris Gall[17]; 18. (DNF) 17T-Joey Torchia[18]; 19. (DNF) 17-Sean Vuksanic[14]

Qualifying 1: 1. 77-Quinn Trimmer, 13.418[16]; 2. 18-Billy Both, 13.432[8]; 3. 48-Kevin Davison, 13.450[7]; 4. 0-Steve Whitt, 13.475[11]; 5. 51-Zach Lenardo, 13.585[2]; 6. 17K-Matthew Kovacs, 13.592[6]; 7. 74-Chris Silvestri, 13.600[15]; 8. 51K-Ryan Kuhlthau, 13.618[12]; 9. 46-Vinny Delaney, 13.683[1]; 10. 11-Ryan Bilello, 13.733[3]; 11. 71-Peyton Arthofer, 13.796[4]; 12. 27-Christian LaCicero, 13.798[10]; 13. 81-Chris Gall, 13.827[17]; 14. 17T-Joey Torchia, 13.919[18]; 15. 77A-Avery Arthofer, 13.927[5]; 16. 17-Sean Vuksanic, 13.953[14]; 17. 88-Kenny Reaves, 13.960[9]; 18. 83-Logan Fraser, 13.965[19]; 19. (DNS) 30-Branden Sullivan, 13.966

Practice: 1. 18-Billy Both, 13.297[8]; 2. 51-Zach Lenardo, 13.318[1]; 3. 48-Kevin Davison, 13.335[7]; 4. 51K-Ryan Kuhlthau, 13.403[12]; 5. 0-Steve Whitt, 13.419[11]; 6. 71-Peyton Arthofer, 13.441[3]; 7. 27-Christian LaCicero, 13.484[10]; 8. 74-Chris Silvestri, 13.495[15]; 9. 11-Ryan Bilello, 13.520[2]; 10. 77-Quinn Trimmer, 13.576[16]; 11. 83-Logan Fraser, 13.582[19]; 12. 77A-Avery Arthofer, 13.583[4]; 13. 30-Branden Sullivan, 13.628[13]; 14. 17K-Matthew Kovacs, 13.644[6]; 15. 88-Kenny Reaves, 13.697[9]; 16. 17T-Joey Torchia, 13.973[18]; 17. (DNS) 46-Vinny Delaney; 18. (DNS) 17-Sean Vuksanic; 19. (DNS) 81-Chris Gall

NASCAR FACTORY STOCKS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 5B-Nick Bilello[6]; 2. 44-Jared Okerson[5]; 3. 88-Chris Lane[8]; 4. 17-Elliott Wohl[12]; 5. 82-John Carpenter[9]; 6. 09-Scott Riggleman[7]; 7. 15O-Brian Osborn[16]; 8. 28-Bob Anderton[4]; 9. 15-Cody Critelli[14]; 10. 72-Joseph Helberg JR[15]; 11. 11-Ryan Bilello[11]; 12. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[2]; 13. 31-James Hall IV[3]; 14. 25-Kristin OShea[18]; 15. 89-Nancy Riggleman[19]; 16. 77-Rob Anderton[1]; 17. (DNF) 18-Patrick Force[10]; 18. (DNF) 4-Alex Rogers[13]; 19. (DNF) 49-Jared Okerson II[17]; 20. (DNS) 06-Doug Bates

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Jared Okerson[1]; 2. 88-Chris Lane[6]; 3. 82-John Carpenter[4]; 4. 18-Patrick Force[3]; 5. 4-Alex Rogers[5]; 6. 15O-Brian Osborn[7]; 7. 25-Kristin OShea[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Rob Anderton[3]; 2. 5B-Nick Bilello[6]; 3. 09-Scott Riggleman[4]; 4. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins[1]; 5. 15-Cody Critelli[2]; 6. 49-Jared Okerson II[7]; 7. (DNS) 90-Brian Desarno

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Bob Anderton[1]; 2. 17-Elliott Wohl[2]; 3. 31-James Hall IV[4]; 4. 11-Ryan Bilello[5]; 5. 72-Joseph Helberg JR[3]; 6. 89-Nancy Riggleman[6]

Practice: 1. 82-John Carpenter, 15.608[10]; 2. 77-Rob Anderton, 15.770[8]; 3. 28-Bob Anderton, 15.840[3]; 4. 27H-Kaitlyn Hankins, 15.851[2]; 5. 88-Chris Lane, 15.927[16]; 6. 18-Patrick Force, 15.970[7]; 7. 31-James Hall IV, 16.000[15]; 8. 09-Scott Riggleman, 16.031[11]; 9. 72-Joseph Helberg JR, 16.078[12]; 10. 90-Brian Desarno, 16.096[14]; 11. 15-Cody Critelli, 16.103[5]; 12. 25-Kristin OShea, 16.460[4]; 13. (DNS) 44-Jared Okerson; 14. (DNS) 06-Doug Bates; 15. (DNS) 17-Elliott Wohl; 16. (DNS) 4-Alex Rogers; 17. (DNS) 5B-Nick Bilello; 18. (DNS) 11-Ryan Bilello; 19. (DNS) 15O-Brian Osborn; 20. (DNS) 49-Jared Okerson II; 21. (DNS) 89-Nancy Riggleman

4 CYLINDER STOCKS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 20-Doug Ashford[5]; 2. 5-William Pross[9]; 3. 24T-Kevin Carr[8]; 4. 9NJ-TJ Graves[6]; 5. 18T-Cory Carr[10]; 6. 58-Luke Zappulla[11]; 7. 21-Joe Pressey[13]; 8. 01-Jason Lane[4]; 9. 11-Darianne McLaren[3]; 10. 10-Ian Ashford[7]; 11. 5M-Kevin Maher Jr[2]; 12. 82-Jalena Carpenter[12]; 13. 52-Christopher Hankins[14]; 14. (DNF) 27-Stephen Forgus IV[1]; 15. (DNF) 88-Steven Reaves[15]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Doug Ashford[1]; 2. 10-Ian Ashford[3]; 3. 24T-Kevin Carr[2]; 4. 5-William Pross[7]; 5. 01-Jason Lane[5]; 6. 58-Luke Zappulla[4]; 7. 21-Joe Pressey[6]; 8. 88-Steven Reaves[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Darianne McLaren[3]; 2. 27-Stephen Forgus IV[1]; 3. 5M-Kevin Maher Jr[7]; 4. 9NJ-TJ Graves[4]; 5. 18T-Cory Carr[5]; 6. 82-Jalena Carpenter[2]; 7. (DNF) 52-Christopher Hankins[6]; 8. (DNS) 9KFK-Kevin Kennedy

Practice: 1. 20-Doug Ashford, 15.956[1]; 2. 5-William Pross, 16.108[13]; 3. 10-Ian Ashford, 16.158[5]; 4. 24T-Kevin Carr, 16.188[3]; 5. 11-Darianne McLaren, 16.365[6]; 6. 27-Stephen Forgus IV, 16.396[2]; 7. 5M-Kevin Maher Jr, 16.470[14]; 8. 01-Jason Lane, 16.689[9]; 9. 18T-Cory Carr, 16.701[10]; 10. 58-Luke Zappulla, 16.758[7]; 11. 52-Christopher Hankins, 16.801[12]; 12. 21-Joe Pressey, 17.196[11]; 13. 82-Jalena Carpenter, 17.573[4]; 14. (DNS) 9NJ-TJ Graves; 15. (DNS) 88-Steven Reaves; 16. (DNS) 9KFK-Kevin Kennedy

TQ MIDGETS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 22-Tyler Truex[2]; 2. 12-Blake Barney[3]; 3. 23-Joey Payne[1]; 4. 19-Tyler Wagner[13]; 5. 1B-Kyle Taraska[5]; 6. 67-Ryan Tidman[4]; 7. 55-Steve Craig[6]; 8. 60-Lexi Przybylinski[10]; 9. 19M-Jim Tomaino[12]; 10. 94-Bruce Leote[11]; 11. 26-William Force[8]; 12. 67X-Jason Hentrich[9]; 13. 99X-Jeff Kot[7]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Tyler Truex[3]; 2. 12-Blake Barney[4]; 3. 23-Joey Payne[1]; 4. 55-Steve Craig[2]; 5. 67-Ryan Tidman[5]; 6. 94-Bruce Leote[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1B-Kyle Taraska[1]; 2. 99X-Jeff Kot[2]; 3. 67X-Jason Hentrich[5]; 4. 26-William Force[4]; 5. 60-Lexi Przybylinski[3]; 6. 19M-Jim Tomaino; 7. 19-Tyler Wagner[6]

Practice: 1. 1B-Kyle Taraska, 13.262[9]; 2. 22-Tyler Truex, 13.266[12]; 3. 12-Blake Barney, 13.379[1]; 4. 23-Joey Payne, 13.394[7]; 5. 55-Steve Craig, 13.626[2]; 6. 67-Ryan Tidman, 13.781[10]; 7. 99X-Jeff Kot, 13.809[5]; 8. 67X-Jason Hentrich, 13.925[4]; 9. 19M-Jim Tomaino, 13.990[11]; 10. 60-Lexi Przybylinski, 14.268[8]; 11. 26-William Force, 14.667[3]; 12. 94-Bruce Leote, 14.897[6]; 13. 19-Tyler Wagner, 19.736[13]

NASCAR MODFIED

A Feature 1 (100 Laps): 1. 24-Jimmy Blewett[3]; 2. 76-James Blewett[4]; 3. 31-Kyle Scisco[10]; 4. 56-Tyler Truex[1]; 5. 55-Steven Reed[8]; 6. 7-Tyler Ferris[7]; 7. 27-Bryan O’Shea[2]; 8. 99-Chas Okerson[13]; 9. 27K-Andrew Krause[14]; 10. 17-Derek Hopkinson[9]; 11. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso[15]; 12. 74-Jonathan Laureigh[19]; 13. 27L-Adam LaCicero[16]; 14. 54-Shaun Carrig[20]; 15. 49-Dakota Kessler[17]; 16. (DNF) 59-Teddy Cranmer[18]; 17. (DNF) 20-Eddie McCarthy[11]; 18. (DNF) 14-Blake Barney[5]; 19. (DNF) 26-Dom Fattaruso[12]; 20. (DNF) 24L-Chris Lane[21]; 21. (DNF) 44-Joey Merlino[6]

Qualifying 1: 1. 76-James Blewett, 12.463[12]; 2. 31-Kyle Scisco, 12.494[4]; 3. 27-Bryan O’Shea, 12.552[6]; 4. 24-Jimmy Blewett, 12.656[11]; 5. 14-Blake Barney, 12.661[21]; 6. 17-Derek Hopkinson, 12.679[19]; 7. 7-Tyler Ferris, 12.690[14]; 8. 44-Joey Merlino, 12.691[13]; 9. 56-Tyler Truex, 12.701[3]; 10. 55-Steven Reed, 12.703[16]; 11. 20-Eddie McCarthy, 12.744[18]; 12. 26-Dom Fattaruso, 12.830[2]; 13. 99-Chas Okerson, 12.838[7]; 14. 27K-Andrew Krause, 12.841[1]; 15. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso, 12.843[9]; 16. 27L-Adam LaCicero, 12.844[5]; 17. 49-Dakota Kessler, 12.917[10]; 18. 59-Teddy Cranmer, 12.930[15]; 19. 74-Jonathan Laureigh, 13.048[8]; 20. 54-Shaun Carrig, 13.165[17]; 21. 24L-Chris Lane, 13.361[20]

Practice: 1. 76-James Blewett, 12.644[2]; 2. 24-Jimmy Blewett, 12.718[3]; 3. 14-Blake Barney, 12.731[1]; 4. 7-Tyler Ferris, 12.733[8]; 5. 31-Kyle Scisco, 12.758[20]; 6. 20-Eddie McCarthy, 12.807[15]; 7. 27L-Adam LaCicero, 12.845[12]; 8. 59-Teddy Cranmer, 12.889[5]; 9. 55-Steven Reed, 12.898[19]; 10. 56-Tyler Truex, 12.996[21]; 11. 27-Bryan O’Shea, 13.084[18]; 12. 27K-Andrew Krause, 13.091[11]; 13. 99-Chas Okerson, 13.114[17]; 14. 38-Jarret DiGiantomasso, 13.135[6]; 15. 49-Dakota Kessler, 13.242[10]; 16. 74-Jonathan Laureigh, 13.630[14]; 17. 26-Dom Fattaruso, 14.224[7]; 18. (DNS) 54-Shaun Carrig; 19. (DNS) 17-Derek Hopkinson; 20. (DNS) 24L-Chris Lane; 21. (DNS) 44-Joey Merlino

LEGEND CARS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 8-Michael Alcaro[8]; 2. 34-Lars Wilson[5]; 3. 1-Thomas Schwarz[7]; 4. 11-Chevy Rommeney[6]; 5. 28-Justin Emmons Jr[3]; 6. 24-Tyler Pappas[1]; 7. 16-Chris Gall[2]; 8. 6-AJ Wright[4]; 9. 82-Rob Furmato[9]; 10. 11C-Cody Conrad[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Michael Alcaro[3]; 2. 24-Tyler Pappas[2]; 3. 16-Chris Gall[1]; 4. 6-AJ Wright[4]; 5. 82-Rob Furmato[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Lars Wilson[1]; 2. 11-Chevy Rommeney[3]; 3. 28-Justin Emmons Jr[2]; 4. 1-Thomas Schwarz[4]; 5. 11C-Cody Conrad[5]

Practice: 1. 34-Lars Wilson, 14.397[2]; 2. 8-Michael Alcaro, 14.424[5]; 3. 11-Chevy Rommeney, 14.498[6]; 4. 1-Thomas Schwarz, 14.663[8]; 5. 6-AJ Wright, 14.826[7]; 6. 82-Rob Furmato, 15.613[9]; 7. 11C-Cody Conrad, 16.032[10]; 8. (DNS) 16-Chris Gall; 9. (DNS) 24-Tyler Pappas; 10. (DNS) 28-Justin Emmons Jr