Wall Stadium / End of an Era II ?

Wall Stadium / End of an Era II ?

GREAT NEWS !!!!

(1/3/2011)

Area Auto Racing News (http://www.aarn.com/areaautoracingnews.html) is reporting that Wall Stadium WILL RE-OPEN IN 2011 !!!

Wall Stadium to be back in action in 2011. Check out this week's edition of AARN. ...

(Photo Credit: Jim Smith)

WALL STADIUM will return to action this season as Cliff Krause (middle) takes over the lease of the famous track.

(Photo Credit: JIM SMITH.)

(12/30/10)

Courteousy of Long Island Jam.com

(http://www.longislandjam.com/):

LI NEED FOR SPEED - A LOOK BACK AT THE 2010 SEASON
LI NEED FOR SPEED

This week on LI Need For Speed, Kevin Bacik and Ricky Miller present a look back at the 2010 season from Riverhead Raceway and Wall Stadium. LI Need For Speed airs on Woodbury Cablevision Channel 115, Thursdays at 9 p.m. For more information call Kevin Bacik at 631-592-2995 or e-mail him at KvBac1@aol.com.

(11/30/10)

This is NOT good news for the future of Wall Stadium :

http://www.pruzack.com/p/87/21039286

Courteousy of The Chrome Horn.com (http://www.thechromehorn.com/):

PAVEMENT NOTES: TURKEY DERBY XXXVII by Walter Stubbs WALTER STUBBS

For all of you who thought I moved, got put in jail, or as Lenny Sammons commented on Saturday, “ I was ready to ask Earl for your date of birth to look for your obituary,” I will only say that I’m back. After taking a year off due to too many things to recall in this space, this past weekend gave me an opportunity to watch a race live for the first time in over a year. What better place to re acquaint yourself than to go back to the place where it all started for me over 40 years ago when my folks dragged me to the stands between the fourth turn and the flag stand while I watched the Hoffman’s, Hearne’s, Kremer’s, and Siscone’s do battle every Saturday Night. Some added incentive was the fact that the track had once again closed in early September....Full Story

(11/29/10)

Courteousy of Wall Stadium !

(http://www.wallspeedway.com/) :

BLEWETT IS TURKEY DERBY XXXVII WINNER;
PRATT, HIRCHMAN & THIBEAULT TURKEY DERBY DAY2 WINNERS

HIRCHMAN SETS FAST TIME FOR WALL/SK MODIFIEDS;
PRATT, MONGEAU, HARTENSVELD, MAURIELLO & GAMBUTI
TURKEY DERBY DAY1 WINNERS

(11/28/10)

Courteousy of The Chrome Horn.com (http://www.thechromehorn.com/):

JIMMY BLEWETT WINS TOUR MODIFIED FEATURE AT TURKEY DERBY XXXVII THECHROMEHORN.com

On a very cold day, fans packed Wall Township Speedway for Turkey Derby XXXVII. With the modifieds starting their feature after the sun set, the temperature dropped rapidly. Although the front pack has some tight racing for the feature, the last 10 laps had all fans on their feet as #76 Jimmy Blewett fended off #60 Matt Hirschman to win the Tour Mod 150. Following closely behind were #08 Tommy Farrell III, #54 Shaun Carrig and #95m John Markovic. In the Wall/SK Modified race, #50 Matt Hirschman grabbed the 100 lapper. #16 Anthony Sesley, #99 Chas Okerson, #57 Keith Rocco and #3 Jeff Malave rounded out the top 5....LIVE Replay with Denise DuPont Photo Gallery by Reid & Richie Grodski Photo Gallery by Fran Lawlor Photo Gallery by Jim DuPont

(11/27/10)

Wall Stadium is where I wasyesterday,and again today.

Wall Stadium was GREAT ! Wall Stadium was COLD ! Wall Stadium was CHAOTIC !

Wall Stadium had a HUGE CROWD !

Wall Stadium leaves one HUGE QUESTION MARK re. 2011 .Will there be racing action there in 2011 ?

Stay tuned

Wall Stadium 2010 Turkey Derby 37 website link : http://www.turkey-derby.com/

(11/21/10)

A low,and a high point today

Courteousy of The Asbury Park Press (http://www.app.com/sports):

Turkey Derby could be end or beginning for Wall Stadium

HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF WALL !!!

Courteousy of Area Auto Racing News (http://www.aarn.com/areaautoracingnews/aarnfrontpage.html):

Len Sammons' Focus on Speed

http://www.aarn.com/AA_PDF/aa-aarncolumn11-16.pdf

(11/20/10)

Latest Turkey Derby 38 Information Here !

Turkey Derby.com :

http://www.turkey-derby.com/

Courteousy of The Chrome Horn.com (http://www.thechromehorn.com/):

Next LIVE Event
November 27 - Turkey Derby XXXVII

(10/23/10)

Courteousy of The Asbury Park Press.com (http://www.app.com/sports) (Thanks Jeff Gravatt !) :

http://www.app.com/article/20101022/NEWS/10220367/Turkey-Derby-tradition-survives-at-Wall-Stadium

(10/20/10 )

Courteousy of The Asbury Park Press.com (http://www.app.com/sports ) :

NJ to unveil new NASCAR license Plates

(10/1/10)

Wall Stadium 2010 Turkey Derby 37 website link : http://www.turkey-derby.com/

(9/25/10)

Courteousy of Wall Stadium

(http://www.wallspeedway.com):

LET'S GO RACING! TURKEY DERBY 37 NOVEMBER 26 & 27

November 26 & 27, 2010
TURKEY DERBY XXXVII

SCHEDULE WILL BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY

***Sunday Series schedule posted separately***

(9/24/10)

WALL STADIUM TURKEY DERBY 2010 IS ON !

I expect more specific details real soon !

Track link --- http://www.wallspeedway.com/

(9/17/10)

The reports of the annual "Turkey Derby" are getting stronger ! Along with racing in 2011 !

Details are still to be worked out. But an "official announcement IS EXPECTED ,very soon.

I'm guessing. Within the next 2 weeks. Possibly much,much sooner.

Joe

(9/11/10)

Some light in the dark tunnel ?

The kids will be racing @ "Little Wall" tomorrow (http://www.gardenstateqmrc.com/):

The Garden State Quarter Midget Racing Club

will be racing on Sunday, September 12, 2010

Please come out and support your local racers!

Points Race # 6 and the 9/11 Memorial Racing will take place

Admission is FREE!

Refreshments available at the track

Please check our hotline 609-242-8880

or our website

www.gardenstateqmrc.com

for any updates....including any changes due to weather

Thank you for your support! Please keep it positive!!

This is

FOR THE KIDS!!!!

Your support is greatly appreciated. Your presence at the track is welcome!!

AND !!!

Turkey Derby 2010 is still possible. Nothing definite on that. But the talk.on a message board that I participate in, is increasing.

Plus,I have one particular source, that is reliable.

(9/6/10)

A message from me sent today, to the owners of Wall Stadium :

To: Tim@unitedcraneofnewjersey.com

Cc:
"http" info@jfcson.com

To : Tim Shinn , Joseph Sanzari,J.Fletcher Creamer, and Fred Archer

I can understand your desire not to "run Wall Stadium".

But what I take issue with is this.

Couldn't you forgo that for just a few more weeks ?

The proper,and honorable decision would've been to take over running the track,temporarily. Just long enough to let the drivers,teams,and the kids of the Garden State Quarter Midget Racing Club finish their season.

While doing this you could still have dealt with leasing the track,or selling it to another track owner/operator,for 2011,and beyond.

What you did ,while it was a business decision. Lacks honor. I find that digusting.

Sincerely,

Joseph L. Fekete

287 Duck Pond Lane

Brick,

NJ

08723

Website owner :

Jersey Joe's Racin' News-n-Views

http://www.josfor919.com/joesnascarnews/

(9/4/10)

Courteousy of The Asbury Park Press

(http://www.app.com/ ) :

WALL: Wall stock-car track closes as manager's lease expires

(9/3/10)

Asbury Park Press article link :

Courteousy of Jim Morton / Track Promoter / Wall Stadium (http://www.wallspeedway.com/ ) :

RACING CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM JIM MORTON:

I am very sorry to have to release this message, but I have depleted all my resources, and it is a flat out matter of money.

I opened the race track back up after it was closed by the property owners in 2008. I opened it knowing I was financially way over my head, but I knew if it did not open for the 2008 calendar year that the race track would be closed permanently, as it operates under a non use variance in the town, and if it went an entire year without running the variance would expire.

With all this said, I was able to lease the track from the owners for Turkey Derby, upon it's success I was able to lease the track for 2009, and again in 2010.

2009 was a lose, but close enough that I thought I could be profitable for 2010 as I had many verbal commitments for advertising and sponsorships. Unfortunately, the economy continued to spiral downward and people were not able to keep those commitments.

For what the amount of the lease is, it is impossible to run the race track on attendance alone. I went to the property owners to try to renegotiate my lease, as I could not meet the original lease agreement, there answer to my request was no. My request was not only the money, but the the time when the payments were due, I therefore had no choice but to shut down and vacate the property at the owners demand.

I truly pray that someone will come forward who has the means to keep our beloved Wall Stadium alive. I want to thank all my employees, racers, and fans who supported the track. I don't want to get into a long drawn out thank you to every single person who was involved, though everyone is deserving of that, but I want to say thank you to Bob Fox who was the maintenance man who kept the place glued together, and my pal Mench, no one will really how how much you really did around there, and last but not least, Susan Simpson for your unwavering support of the racers, the fans and myself, and my business, your hours of endless dedication to the success of Wall Stadium, it would not have lasted as long as it did without you, I can't thank you enough.

Please understand I want nothing but success for this racetrack. I know there are some talks currently going on for the continuation of the track, I pray that they become reality, remember never say never, and never give up, thanks again for all your support, we had 2 more years than we thought we would have when it was closed down in 2008.

May God Bless You All,
Jim Morton

{ Personal note . Jim's message ends with a glimmer of hope. But it is only a glimmer. And while I will do what I can,to fight for the track . I am not,at this time, trusting to hope.

Born on date 11/14/08

Now for the reason for creating this site

This site was created by me because of frustations with other internet service providers, and is for the use of anyone who's interested in anything about NASCAR.

However,over time I hope to add other auto racing news,from other auto racing series / venues ,in the hopes of having something here for everyone to enjoy.

Now for a little bit about me ,

I'm Joe,from New Jersey. I've lived in the Garden State for most of my life. It's also where I've been fighting,to get a major NASCAR track built somewhere in the NYC/NJ area for many years now.

I am also "foot soldier" / bill collector for the electric company.So I do work days. Therefore the best time to check for any updates is after 8 pm,on weeknights. But just about any time on weekends !!!

My favorite current driver : KASEY KAHNE

I'm also a fan of :Martin Truex Jr. ( Hey ! He's a "Jersey Guy" !!! I was rooting for him since I first saw him racing .and winning,as a 17 year old,in the modified division at Wall Stadium ( now known as Wall Speedway ) !!!

My favorite all time driver : "Awesome Bill From Dawsonville" ... BILL ELLIOTT !!!

Needless to say .My favorite car owner is fellow "Jersey Guy"...Ray Evernham

My favorite NASCAR Track : Dover

My favorite local tracks : Wall Speedway (paved),and New Egypt Speedway (dirt)

My favorite actors/actresses : Tom Hanks, John Wayne,Kiefer Sutherland ,Catherine Zeta-Jones,Rene Zellweiger

My Favorite movies : Star Wars ( all 6 of them),

Lord of the Rings (ALL OF THEM),

Gone With the Wind,

Fort Apache,

She Wore A Yellow Ribbon,

The Longest Day,

Saving Private Ryan.

Zorro (especially the Antonio Banderas ones !)

Batman ( the ones with Michael Keaton,and Christian Bale ! The rest of them...blech ! Sorry Adam West ! I used to like the old "campy" BATMAN tv shows. But then I grew up !)

Favorite TV shows :

MASH !!!

Cheers,

Seinfeld,

Bones

House

V

24 !!! (Always,and forever !!!)

Fringe !!!

Law and Order : SVU

Favorite new shows for 2011 / 2012

Terra Nova

Touch

ALCATRAZ

Person of Interest

Favorite all time master sleuth :

Sherlock Holmes !

(as portrayed by Jeremy Brett !)

Favorite Comedy Routine :

"Who's on First ? "

Needless to say my favorite comedy team is ....

Abbott & Costello !!!

My other interests other than NASCAR :

My family

The New York Yankees ( I was BORN a Yankee fan !!!)

The New York Giants

The New Jersey Nets

The New York Knicks

The Hawthorne Caballeros "all age" & Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps

The Golden Knights Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps

The Bayonne Bridgemen Alumni Drun & Bugle Corps

The Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps (formerly of Garfield NJ.Now they currently are based in Allentown,Pa.)

Do I give you the impression that I also love Drum & Bugle Corps? I could go on with the many corps that I really enjoy !

I was a snare drummer in high school !

I truly hope that you enjoy visiting my site. I also hope that you will come back often,and that you tell your friends & family about it.

P.S.

As I type this ( Nov.25,2006). My current 1/24 scale NASCAR diecast car collection is @ 175 + cars !!!

Personal note from me. ( AKA Site disclaimer...or something like that ! )

If you see something here that you would like to use on your website / newsletter / whatever. Please feel free to do so.

HOWEVER !!!

I do ask that you give credit where credit is due ( as I do here). Please indicate something (somewhere / somehow ),that you got it from this website.

Thank You,

Joe

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