{"id":29487,"date":"2026-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=29487"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T23:03:43","slug":"eddie-mccarthy-wins-garden-state-classic-125-at-wall-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2026\/06\/eddie-mccarthy-wins-garden-state-classic-125-at-wall-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie McCarthy Wins Garden State Classic 125 at Wall Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eddie McCarthy claimed a major victory at the 66th running of the Garden State Classic 125, taking home the top prize in the NASCAR Modified feature event held Saturday night at Wall Stadium in New Jersey. McCarthy drove the No. 20 and secured the win, earning $5,000 plus bonus awards for his performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The race featured intense competition among the Modified drivers as McCarthy battled for position against Jimmy Blewett, who finished second. The action was tight throughout the event, with several incidents involving former GSC champs Steven Reed and Derek Hopkinson adding drama to the closing laps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the main feature, other classes saw strong performances. In the Natural Design Co. INEX Legend Cars 30-lapper event, Mike Alcaro took the win, while Anthony Marsh also secured a top-five finish. The O\u2019Shea\u2019s Auto Repair Factory Stock division also delivered competitive results, with John Carpenter taking the lead in the 25-lapper contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The night was packed with action across multiple divisions, including the ATQMRA TQ Midgets and the Natural Design Co. Legend Cars, showcasing the depth of talent competing at Wall Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/racedayct.com\/2026\/06\/eddie-mccarthy-mints-victory-in-66th-annual-garden-state-classic-125-at-wall-stadium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RaceDayCT<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie McCarthy claimed a major victory at the 66th running of the Garden State Classic 125, taking home the top prize in the NASCAR Modified feature event held Saturday night at Wall Stadium in New Jersey. McCarthy drove the No. 20 and secured the win, earning $5,000 plus bonus awards for his performance. The race [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[171,86],"tags":[514,513,515,481,516],"class_list":["post-29487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar-whelen-modified-series","category-race-results","tag-eddie-mccarthy","tag-garden-state-classic-125","tag-jimmy-blewett","tag-nascar-modified","tag-wall-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29488,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29487\/revisions\/29488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}