The only thing I am more passionate about than my family and the great state of NJ, is auto racing. I was a regular at Wall Stadium in Belmar as a child. My father would pile us in the stationwagon along with any other kids from the neighborhood who wanted to go and head off to the track most Saturday nights in the summer. Like any other kid I loved the noise, the brightly painted cars, and the crashes. As I grew older I began to appreciate the skill of the drivers, I was hooked.
I became a volunteer crewmember on a street stock and eventually went on to be a crewman on a Nascar Modified on the Tour. All this started at Wall Stadium. I now have a son of my own who has been to Wall twice in his short three years.
Sadly the track's future is in doubt. The land it sits on is for sale and it doesn't have a promoter in place for the 2011 season. Check out an article I wrote for Yahoo for a possible solution NJ's Nascar Sons Need To Help Wall Stadium
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