Without Racers, The Sponsorship Support Goes Too !
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Without Racers, The Sponsorship Support Goes Too !
Wall Stadium goes silent once again....
I rarely ever go there but I am sure for those that do, this just has to feel like a part of them has gone away.
The track has been there for 60 years and has now closed once again...
I recall the owners were trying to get a year round income on this property with the idea of using their parking lot for a Drive-In Theater and other possible activities that would support the track, but the township turned them down...
Another sad day in racing.....
http://www.app.com/article/20100903/...e=nletter-news
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I rarely ever go there but I am sure for those that do, this just has to feel like a part of them has gone away.
The track has been there for 60 years and has now closed once again...
I recall the owners were trying to get a year round income on this property with the idea of using their parking lot for a Drive-In Theater and other possible activities that would support the track, but the township turned them down...
Another sad day in racing.....
http://www.app.com/article/20100903/...e=nletter-news
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It is a shame. In my younger years, I spent a lot of Saturdays at Wall, initially in the grandstands, and eventually in the pits. A spectacular little local track. As I got older, I worked on a couple of the cars that ran there, even hot lapped a few in practice.
I really feel bad for the racers. After a hard day's work, they spend hours in the garage year round, just to get their cars ready to run. Many don't have 2 dimes to rub together...but somehow find a way to race due to their love of the sport. I REALLY feel bad for those guys. They're really left out in the cold.
Hope they can figure out a way to get the track operating again.
I really feel bad for the racers. After a hard day's work, they spend hours in the garage year round, just to get their cars ready to run. Many don't have 2 dimes to rub together...but somehow find a way to race due to their love of the sport. I REALLY feel bad for those guys. They're really left out in the cold.
Hope they can figure out a way to get the track operating again.
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I watched this video this morning, and this thread made me think of it. I bet he had these guys in mind when he wrote it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nltlj...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nltlj...layer_embedded
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I forgot, I had fired off a few shots as I flew over the track after the Point Pleasant Beach Race last season:
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I watched this video this morning, and this thread made me think of it. I bet he had these guys in mind when he wrote it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nltlj...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nltlj...layer_embedded
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How it looks in 2010, 6 years later....
The Stone Pony still stands and a new foundation up the street replaced the old foundation for a future high rise which too now sits in ruins as the work has stopped some time ago...
The Stone Pony still stands and a new foundation up the street replaced the old foundation for a future high rise which too now sits in ruins as the work has stopped some time ago...
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I worked 9 years for John Scher who put on the shows at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, The Capitol Theatre in Passaic,NJ to name a few. If I had the money I would restore It and have shows there again.
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[QUOTE=McGary911;3200181]It is a shame. In my younger years, I spent a lot of Saturdays at Wall, initially in the grandstands, and eventually in the pits. A spectacular little local track. As I got older, I worked on a couple of the cars that ran there, even hot lapped a few in practice.
What year,car I crewed for Jeff Wolcott 26 sportsman.Was friends with Ray Evernham when he ran the 12 bauma farms Modified.
What year,car I crewed for Jeff Wolcott 26 sportsman.Was friends with Ray Evernham when he ran the 12 bauma farms Modified.
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Guess I did most of that from around '84-91 or so. Was on the crew for Doug Sutphin's sportsman, which eventually became the Modified Affordable Division. Doug ran a blue #9. Some might remember Doug because he was Bruce Springsteen's road manager, and he couldn't spend a day in the pits without being hit up for some tkts. A bit later they ran a black Ford powered #9 with a very cool Pontiac coupe body. Steve Rogers (sr) was driving the car at that point, I think. Also did work on Ted Walter's cars over the years.
......seems like a million years ago.
It is a shame. In my younger years, I spent a lot of Saturdays at Wall, initially in the grandstands, and eventually in the pits. A spectacular little local track. As I got older, I worked on a couple of the cars that ran there, even hot lapped a few in practice.
What year,car I crewed for Jeff Wolcott 26 sportsman.Was friends with Ray Evernham when he ran the 12 bauma farms Modified.
What year,car I crewed for Jeff Wolcott 26 sportsman.Was friends with Ray Evernham when he ran the 12 bauma farms Modified.
......seems like a million years ago.