By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Race car driver Matt Hirschman won his fourth Turkey Derby XLVI on Saturday at Wall Stadium in Wall, New Jersey. This was his first win since the 2016 event.
Hirschman also won in 2012 and 2013. He completed the 100 lap race in an hour and 27 minutes.
Hirschman won the $5,000 prize for winning the race.
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Those in attendance saw a wild ending. There was a wreck near the finish.
The promoter decided to end the race like that instead of doing a restart. Those in attendance were chanting for a restart.
He beat Zack Alspach, who finished second. Alspach was 1.865 seconds behind the winner.
Eddie McCarthy was the third place finisher. He was nearly three seconds off of the leader when he finished the race.
Andrew Krause and Jason Treat rounded out the Top 5.
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Five-time Turkey Derby winner — the only five-time winner in the history of the event — Jimmy Blewett finished 13th. Tyler Truex, the cousin of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr., finished ninth.
Truex Jr. is a former Turkey Derby winner, as he won the race in 1999. Martin Truex Sr. also won the race in 1989.
Since Hirschman began to win this particular event in 2012, only four other drivers have won. That includes Eric Mauriello, Ryan Preece, Blewett, and Dave Sapienza.
Mauriello won the event in 2014. Preece won the event in 2015.
Following a Hirschman win in 2016, Blewett won in 2017. After that, Sapienza won in 2018.
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