(Kristen Cocca Photography)
(#76 Team celebrates in victory lane: Sean Case Photo)
Staff Report | Monday, July 25th, 2022
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- Brice’s NAPA Auto Supply, the official auto shop of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA, fueled by VP Racing Fuels, will be sponsoring this Saturday’s race at Wall Stadium Speedway.
All teams that enter the race will be given various products, sponsored by Brice’s Auto Supply, helping teams maintain their 750cc TQ Midgets as the series begins the second half of the racing season.
Another strong car count is expected led by championship points leader Kyle Taraska (#22 Personal Comfort). Taraska carried a lot of momentum into the summer break by winning the prestigious JJ Lane Memorial on June 25th. Taraska looks to hold off Buddy Sload (#36, Spitfire Chassis), the 2015 ATQMRA Champion, who is a favorite to win every week.
(#22 Kyle Taraska and #36 Buddy Sload battle for position- Sean Case Photo)
Through five points paying events and six feature races (twin-20s for cumulative points on 6/4/22), Sload has earned three feature victories compared to Taraska’s two. The other feature win this season was earned by defending ATQMRA Champion Joey Bailey (#1B Boyd Chassis) in the series’ return to Evergreen Raceway this past May.
(#5z Zack Burd, RYNO Rookie of the Year Points Leader- Sean Case Photo)
Zack Burd (#5z Burlington Chevrolet) will enter Wall Stadium with the RYNO Rookie of the Year points lead; a position he has held throughout the first half of the season. Burd continues to excel and work on his craft behind a TQ Midget, even traveling to Evergreen Raceway during the summer break to compete with the wingless East Coast TQ Midgets.
Burd will look to hold off a crop of RYNO Rookie contenders. These contenders include Rich Barlow, Chris Pelcher and Mike Turton.
Barlow, the up and coming racer out of Beachwood, NJ, has been competing for top-10s on a consistent basis. Pelcher, who makes the long-trek from Pittsburgh, PA each weekend, is also knocking on the door to earn top-10 finishes alongside East Windsor, NJ’s Mike Turton.
Speaking of knocking on the door, Brianna Page (#76 Stavola, A&A Truck Parts) is inching ever closer to his first career feature ATQMRA victory. Page continues to run top-5 pace as the 2021 RYNO Rookie of the Year, looks to add to the prestigious history of the ATQMRA in 2022.
(#76 Brianna Page leads a strong field of cars- Sean Case Photo)
Jeff Kot (#95 Behrents Performance Warehouse) has already earned the “tough luck” award of the year. Two on-track incidents caused by none of his doing have greatly impacted his championship campaign in a negative way. Nonetheless, Kot’s #95 team has consistently shown a lot of speed and will be a contender this weekend.
Brick, NJ’s favorite father-son duo Cole and “The Rocket” Ronnie Mullen are also expected to be in attendance. Ronnie enters Wall Stadium this weekend after making the long-trek to Lancaster, PA and earned a top-10 finish with The Mighty TQ Midgets this past Saturday. Both Ronnie and Cole will continue to look to carry their momentum at NAPA Night this weekend.
(#33 Ferris vs #39 Mullen- Sean Case Photo)
Tyler Ferris (#33 Hamer Heating and Cooling) will be looking to run double duty on Saturday for Brien Hamer, in both his TQ Midget and Sportsman Modified. Ferris is another exciting young talent searching for his first career feature win in both divisions.
(Zack Bealer to make his ATQMRA debut this Saturday for MJ12 Motorsports- Sean Case Photo)
Michael Murray’s MJ12 Motorsports team will be back in action with a new invader. Zach Bealer, a veteran race driver that has driven several different forms of race cars during his driving career. Bealer has seen action steering 305 PASS MASS Sprint Cars, 600 Wingless and Winged Micro Sprints, Speedway Entertainment Speedstrs, and ATQMRA TQ Midgets on the Indoor Racing Series. In 2021 Bealer scored a PASS MASS sanctioned winged 305 Feature event win at the famed Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Speedway. (Courtesy of Tom Wenner Media Group).
(#51J Matt Janisch returned to racing action on June 25th at Wall Stadium- Tommy Lane Photo)
Alan Mollot will be fielding two cars in the same race for the second time this season. Matt Janisch will pilot the #51J Yuhas Chassis while The Jerzy Jet Joey Payne will be back in action in Mollot’s #51 Lindblad Badger. Both teams are expected to be extremely competitive at Wall Stadium as always.
Veterans Steve Craig (#55 Craig Bulk Carriers) and Mark Yoder (#75 Ames Construction) will look to contend for their first victories of the season as well. Yoder currently sits 4th in the championship standings.
(The Class of the 3rd Annual JJ Lane Memorial on 6/25/22 sporting NAPA Auto Parts Hats courtesy of Brice's Auto Supply- Sean Case Photo)
The star studded lists of entrants for NAPA Night presented by Brice’s Auto Supply tentatively include:
1. #09 Rich Barlow, Beachwood, NJ
2. #5z Zack Burd, Maple Shade, NJ
3. #12 Zack Bealer, Lehighton, PA
4. #22 Kyle Taraska, Woodbridge, NJ
5. #33 Tyler Ferris, Hackettstown, NJ
6. #36 Buddy Sload, Glennmore, PA
7. #39 Ronnie Mullen, Brick, NJ
8. #44P Chris Pelcher, Pittsburgh, PA
9. #51 Joey Payne, Brick, NJ
10. #51J Matt Janisch, Nazareth, PA
11. #73 Cole Mullen, Brick, NJ
12. #75 Mark Yoder, Ephrata, PA
13. #76 Brianna Page, Brick, NJ
14. #95, Jeff Kot, Doylestown, PA
15. #723 Mike Turton, East Windsor, NJ
*Entry list subject to change
The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels returns to action this Saturday, July 30th at Wall Stadium Speedway, the official “Home Track” of the ATQMRA.
Staff Report | Monday, June 20th, 2022
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels is preparing for the 3rd Annual JJ Lane Memorial race, taking place this upcoming weekend on Saturday, June 25th, 2022.
JJ Lane, a long-time photographer at Wall Stadium added to his family’s legacy in racing photography particularly within the ATQMRA. The annual memorial race was established to pay homage to JJ and those we have lost within our racing community.
While JJ Lane remains as the namesake for this annual event, the ATQMRA will also recognize the legacy’s of Bob Menschner, Bud Sload and Bob Emmons. All of who have made a tremendous impact on the ATQMRA.
Adding to the prestige of this race, the JJ Lane Memorial will now feature a “Turkey Derby” style qualifying format.
The exciting group qualifying format that ATQMRA fans have become accustomed to each November, will set the field once again on June 25th.
The Bud Sload Fast Time Award will be earned by the fastest qualifier in time trials in the early evening. The Bob Emmons Up & Comer Award will be earned by the highest finishing driver who has never won an ATQMRA feature prior to June 25th, 2022.
Both awards will be respective $100 bonuses, courtesy of Paul Dodorico Racing.
There will be $50 bonuses paid out to the 8th and 10th place finishers as well, in honor of Bob Menschner.
The stars of the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels will be signing autographs on the concourse during the evening’s intermission period. This is a great opportunity for fans to say hello and receive a signed hero card from their favorite drivers.
Buddy Sload enters the event leading ATQMRA Championship Standings. Sload is also the 2X defending winner of the JJ Lane Memorial. Zack Burd continues to lead the RYNO Rookie of the Year championship standings.
For ticketing information, visit wallspeedwayracing.com.
3rd Annual JJ Lane Memorial Qualifying Format
1. Groups are set in reverse order from practice speeds (fastest cars in last group). Each group will receive 4 green laps to set their quick time.
2. Top 2 qualifiers are guaranteed to start in the first 3 rows after redraw.
3. Redraw procedures based on car count:
• 13 Cars or less (top 8)
• 14-18 cars (top 10)
• 19 cars or more (top 12)
*The Feature Race will be 30 laps*
3rd Annual JJ Lane Memorial Preliminary Entry List
1. #09 Rich Barlow
2. #1B Joey Bailey
3. #2 Mike Glaser
4. #5z Zack Burd
5. #22 Kyle Taraska
6. #33 Tyler Ferris
7. #36 Buddy Sload
8. #39 Ronnie Mullen
9. #44P Chris Pelcher
10. #51J Matt Janisch
11. #55 Paul Dodorico
12. #55C Steve Craig
13. #73 Cole Mullen
14. #75 Mark Yoder
15. #76 Brianna Page
16. #91 Bobby Watkins
17. #95 Jeff Kot
18. #723 Mike Turton
(Photo: Sean Case, ATQMRA)
Staff Report | Tuesday, May 31st, 2022
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ- The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic ATQMRA fueled by VP Racing Fuels will race under a Twin 20 Lap Feature format for this weekend’s Garden State Classic at Wall Stadium Speedway.
For the first time since 2017, the ATQMRA will run two feature events in the same evening. The organization’s previous twin feature event also occurred at Wall Stadium Speedway.
While Hoosier Racing Tire continues to make progress on batch orders dating back to last year’s supply shortages, the ATQMRA has elected to take advantage of a unique opportunity to fairly police and reduce the amount of tires used over the course of multiple racing events.
“The Twin 20 format is an initiative to not only manage our temporary tire shortage, but to reduce travel costs for our teams considering our current state of inflation,” states ATQMRA Vice President and competitor Kyle Taraska.
“This wouldn’t be possible without the great collaboration between our Board of Directors and the Krause Family (Wall Stadium Speedway). We are all excited to see how this format goes and will assess the results in the weeks following.”
Teams will be required to run the same set of tires for both features on Saturday, June 4th. With two features being run on the same day, the ATQMRA’s originally scheduled June 11th weekend at Wall Stadium Speedway has been cancelled.
With no heat races being run this weekend, a pill draw will set the field for eligible drivers (based on owners points) for the first feature. The winner of the first feature will pick a pill from the on-track victory lane announcing the amount of inverted cars for the second feature.
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