WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Open wheel racer Davey Hamilton Jr. will return to supermodified racing, driving the Muldoon Motorsports No. 50 in Saturday night’s Jersey Jet 50 at Wall Stadium Speedway.
The event, a highlight of the 350 SMAC Supermodified Series tour, offers a generous $5,000 to the winner and $1,000 to start.
Hamilton’s last collaboration with Muldoon Motorsports dates back to 2016, when he drove a big-block supermodified at Oswego Speedway. Since then, he has persistently sought another opportunity to race a supermodified, but various obligations and timing issues stood in the way.
“A couple of hours ago, I got a call from Mike Muldoon, offering me the chance to drive again this weekend,” Hamilton said Wednesday evening. “Mike’s program is absolutely top-notch. I don’t know the supermodified world as well as my Dad does, but it’s really in my interest to connect with teams in the Northeast again now that I’m promoting events, and this is a great way to do that. I would love to get back up to the Oswego area to drive a car again too.”
Despite his extensive open-wheel experience, particularly with winged sprint cars, Hamilton acknowledged that driving a 350 supermodified will be a new challenge.
“I’ve only driven non-winged supermodified cars, so this will be a totally different discipline for me,” Hamilton noted. “Mike builds great stuff, and their whole program helped me get up to speed quickly last time I worked with them. I was super excited to get the call and glad I had a free weekend to be able to put this deal together.”
Hamilton’s anticipation for a return to supermodified racing has been building, especially
after a recent outing at Lorain Raceway Park last year, where he ran a sprint car event in
conjunction with the Supermodified Triple Crown Nationals.
“It made me want to get back in a supermodified,” Hamilton said. “Everyone talks to me about my Dad’s stories and his time in a super, and last year at Vegas, seeing him get back in a supermodified again at the Showdown, I realized just how thrilling it really is and hope this leads to more opportunities and events in the Northeast.”