Billy Pauch Jr wins the Modified Points Championship, Laubach, Hendricks, Fayash, Bossinger, Glass and Daughtery earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway.

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Billy Pauch Jr wins the Modified Points Championship, Laubach, Hendricks, Fayash, Bossinger, Glass and Daughtery earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway.

Minersville, PA August 28, 2015

Billy Pauch Jr had all the right moves and held off Duane Howard to earn the 2015 Lias Tire 358 Modifieds points championship.  Rick Laubach needed to win the race, but have Duane Howard and Pauch be unable to finish in order for him to be the champion, while Laubach was able to bring home the Victory, Pauch finished 4th and Howard 6th.  Pauch would win the championship by only 42 points over Howard who was the runner up, followed by Laubach, John Willman and Kevin Beach. The feature field started with Meme DeSantis and Shawn Fitzptarick on the front row. Fitzpatrick would lead the first 12 laps, then it would be all Laubach for the balance of the event.  Jared Umbenhauer had a great run going, challenging with Fitzpatrick for the lead until lap 12 when something broke and he was unable to finish the feature event.  Kevin Beach, who has been running very strong this season, challenged for the top spot, and maneuvered his way through lapped traffic and was able to hold on for the runner up spot at the checkered flag, followed by Fitzpatrick for third, Billy Pauch Jr and John Willman.  The heats were won by John Willman and Meme DeSantis.  The GME Hard Charger for the feature event would be Mario Dinatale for going from 20th to 13th for a gain of 7 spots.

The USS Achey Sportsman started their feature by having the missing man formation in honor and memory of Andy Fayash Jr.  Kris Lilick would be the early race leader and have his hands full with Doug Hendricks, who was charging hard to take over the top spot.  Behind them the battle for being in the top 5 heated up as Craig Whitmoyer, Mike Mammana and Brett Kressley all were trading positions back and forth and then Brad Brightbill joined in on the mix to try to work his way into one of the top finishing spots.  On the restart on lap 24, Hendricks saw his opportunity and passed Lilick for the lead, and brought along Brett Kressley with him into the runner up spot.  The pair would battle it out, but it would be Hendricks taking home the win followed by Kressley Craig Whitmoyer, Brad Brightbill and Mike Lisowski. The heats were won by Tim Fitzpatrick, Rob Light and Brrett Kressley.  The consi was won by Daryl Dissinger. The GME Hard Charger award would go to Brad Brightbill for going from 14th place to 4th for a gain of 10 positions.  The Kim’s Kreations Hard Luck award would go to Matt Clay.

The Savage 61 Roadrunners had a rough night in their feature event, so many of them wanted to bring home the win and with the points battle winding down, track position is a top priority for all of the drivers.  TJ Fitzpatrick would lead the race early on and have a battle back and forth with Shon Elk, who was looking for his first win of the season.  Elk pulled ahead on the 12th lap and was running strong, but several caution periods kept the teams close together, making it a great battle for the fans.   Andy Fayash worked his way past Elk on lap 17 and then a green and checker finish set up for a one lap drag event that had everyone juggling their positions at the line.  It was a literally a side by side finish between Elk and Fayash, but at the line, Fayash was just a hair ahead of Elk and would go to Victory Lane.  Elk would finish second followed by TJ Fitzpatrick, Terry Kramer and Jim Kost.  Chris Holland would finish in 6th and it is notable to say that these cars literally finished in one small grouping and made it a great shootout for the fans to watch. The heats were won by Jim Kost and Andy Fayash.  The Red White and Blue Autos Hard Luck award went to Fred Everly, who’s car was the cause of a red flag when it had flames coming out from underneath the front of the car.

The Slifko Fabrications Street Stock were back in action Friday evening and  it was Jeremy Becker and Jim Somers Jr. who drew the front row starting positions.  Becker would jump out into the lead and would begin to pull away but by lap 7, Rich Bossinger would take over the top spot.  Bossinger would be able to hold off the challenges of  Jeremy Becker to win for the second week in a row.  Becker would finish in the runner up spot followed by Jeff Haag, Jim Somers and Leroy Long. The heat was won by Jeremy Becker.

The ladies finished up the evening in the annual Kim’s Kreations Powder Puff event.  First up was the ladies in the Sportsman and Modifieds, Kim Glass was the dominating force in the race and would win the event over Jamie Clay and Lori Mrochko.  In the Street Stock and Roadrunner class, the ladies were battling it out and Pam Holland had the early lead, but at the end, it was Bridget Dougherty that would take home the win, followed by Pam Holland and Patti Fayash.  Tracy Speak finished 5th in the event.  The 4th place finisher was competing in the 40 car of Jon Slauch, but unfortunately they did not list their name, but we still would like to give them credit for their run.  All of the ladies put on a great show!

Coming up this Friday evening is the Coalcracker 40 for the Sportsman division.  It will also be the final points event for the Roadrunners, Sportsman and Street Stock Divisions.  The Modified drivers will be having their annual non winners race, any driver who has not won a feature event this year is able to enter and if they are the winner, they receive a starting spot in the final race of the year, the Jack Rich Inc. Coalcracer Memorial 72 lap feature event, which pays $10,000 to win.

SPORTSMAN COALCRACKER 40. $1,200 to win, $120 to take the green. Roadrunners. Street Stocks. Modified Non-Winners Race. Final points for Sportsman, Roadrunners, Street Stocks.

Jack Rich Inc. MODIFIED COALCRACKER MEMORIAL 72. $10,000 to win, $1,000 for 10th, $500 to take the green.Roadrunners. 600 Modifieds. GREAT Firework Display!

Jack Rich Inc. COALCRACKER 72 RAIN DATE @ 7:00 pm.

ACTIVE military members receive FREE admission into every race, but all Veterans of our military who have military ID, will receive a FREE meal ticket at each race.  Veterans will need an official military ID to receive their meal ticket, which is good for one hot dog, one slice of pizza AND one drink. The Veteran Meal Ticket will be given to them when they purchase their admission tickets as long as proper ID is provided.

Gates Open at 5:45 PM with Warm ups starting at 7:45 and racing getting underway at 8:15.

For more information, please visit the tracks Facebook Fan Page at www.facebook.com/bigdiamondspeedway or on the web at www.bigdspeedway.com.  Live time scoring is now available on Fridayevenings through the Race Monitor application that is available for both the IOS and Android operating systems.

Lias Tire 358 Modified Feature Results – 1. Rick Laubach 2. Kevin Beach Jr. 3. Shawn Fitzpatrick 4. Billy Pauch Jr. 5. John Willman 6. Duane Howard 7. Ray Swinehart 8. Meme DeSantis 9. Rusty Smith 10. Bobby Gunther Walsh 11. Scott Albert 12. Heath Metzger 13. Mario Dinatale 14. Jay Aten 15. Paul Moyer 16. Andy Burkhart 17. Jared Umbenhauer 18. Colt Harris 19. Kyle Follweiler DNS – Justin Grim

USS Achey Sportsman Feature Results  – 1. Doug Hendricks 2. Brett Kressley 3. Craig Whitmoyer 4. Brad Brightbill 5. Mike Lisowski 6. Kris Lilick 7. Mike Mammana 8. Mike Glass 9. Tim Fitzpatrik 10. Brandon Grasso 11. Matt Stangle 12. Shawn Light 13. Rob Light 14. Daryl Dissinger 15. Brad Szulewski 16. Wayne Witmer 17. Glenn Rowan 18. AJ Gerhart 19. Charles Fayash 20. Billy Moyer Jr. 21. Ed Mrochoko 22. Brian Houseknecht 23. Todd Huffman 24. JR Fulper  DNQ – Josh Hertzog, Matt Clay, Steve Searock, Kevin Brady, Brad Szulewski and Rich Emmel

Savage 61 Roadrunners Feature Results – 1. Andy Fayash 2. Shon Elk 3. TJ Fitzpatrick 4. Terry Kramer  5. Jim Kost 6. Chris Holland 7. Tim Fitzpatrick 8. Jesse Krasnitsky 9. Bruce Ditzler 10. Chris Natale 11. Mike Kostura 12. Devin Trexler 13. Kris Ney 14. Shawn Mullhall 15. Andrew Buchinski 16. Jon Slauch 17. TJ Kennedy 18. Fred Everly DNS – Tim Spesak

Slifko Fabrications Street Stock Feature Results – 1. Rich Bossinger 2. Jeremy Becker 3. Jeff Haag 4. Jim Somers 5. Leroy Long 6. Bobby Kupp 7. Matt Wilson 8. Dave Kemp 9. Sam Jensen 10. Noah Jensen 11. Butch Heist DNS – Mike Radocha

Lias Tire 358 Modified Final Standings

Position Modified Drivers Total
1 15 BILLY PAUCH JR 4420
2 126 DUANE HOWARD 4378
3 91 RICK LAUBACH 4196
4 24 JOHN WILLMAN 3761
5 17x KEVIN BEACH JR 3717
6 T102 SHAWN FITZPATRICK 3477
7 33 RAY SWINEHART 3358
8 30 COLT HARRIS 3349
9 357 MEME DESANTIS 3288
10 19 JARED UMBENHAUER 3247
11 10$ SCOTT ALBERT 3197
12 16 ANDY BURKHART 2993
13 85K KYLE FOLLWEILER 2889
14 81 HEATH METZGER 2753
15 61 JUSTIN GRIM 2722
16 26/11 CRAIG VONDOHREN 2227
17 1 BOBBY GUNTHER WALSH 2061
18 1M PAUL MOYER 1732
19 62 JOE MOONEY 1640
20 00 MARIO DINATALE 1617
21 57R KENT REINERT 1181
22 14W RYAN WATT 1100
23 96 JIMMY BOBBITT JR 874
24 88 JEFF STRUNK 852
25 b4 KYLE BORROR 793
26 R2 RUSTY SMITH 665
27 96A Jay Aten 611
28 88x DAVE DISSINGER 558
29 78 NEAL HUBER 531
30 187 STEVE YOUNG 494
31 2 MIKE GULAR 488
32 F15 DALE HARTZ 486
33 26 STEVE SEAROCK IV 453
34 901/727 RYAN GODOWN 403
35 15X DAN HINELINE 388
36 32 DANNY BOUC 343
37 27 ANDREW KRAUSE 284
38 87 ERIC BIEHN 273
39 19 FRANK COZZE 225
40 0 DOUG MANMILLER 225
41 917 Jarred Miller 183
42 47 Bob Sarkisian 170
43 21r ERICK RUDOLPH 150
44 JIMMY REPPERT 150
45 21 RANDY CHRYSLER 150
46 77 Chris Gambler 150
47 22 Tim Buckwalter 150
48 26G Ryan Grim 150
49 85 Ron Haring 134
50 7w SHAWN WARD 116
51 80 PATRICK GOLD 115
52 102 Tim Fitzpatrick 115
53 4 MIKE BUTLER 85
54 66 STEWART FRIESEN 75
55 27j DANNY JOHNSON 75
56 TYLER SIRI 75

USS Achey Sportsman Points as of 8/28/15

Sportsman Points Total
1 80 DOUG HENDRICKS 3978
2 T102 TIM FITZPATRICK 3911
3 15 MIKE LISOWSKI 3811
4 71 MIKE MAMMANA 3722
5 64 WAYNE WITMER 3607
6 19 SHAWN LIGHT 3247
7 5x DARYL DISSINGER 3095
8 00 GLENN ROWAN 2705
9 2 MIKE GLASS 2686
10 17 BILLY MOYER JR 2593
11 22 CHARLES FAYASH 2364
12 19k BRETT KRESSLEY 2249
13 67 JR FULPER 2134
14 21 MATT CLAY 1937
15 6c CHAD PUTALAVAGE 1903
16 88m CHARLES WEBBER 1869
17 91 ROB LIGHT 1845
18 7 KRIS LILICK 1785
19 4 AJ GERHART 1770
20 21x ED MROCHKO 1552
21 99 CRAIG WHITMOYER 1509
22 7H TODD HUFFMAN 1339
23 5 JACK BUTLER 1128
24 1 PAUL KLINE 870
25 11j BILLY WINGLE JR 833
26 26 STEVE SEAROCK 707
27 56 JOSH HERTZOG 699
28 oink KEVIN BRADY 669
29 343 JEREMY HERTZOG 633
30 31 HARRY LANDIS 516
31 4 BOBBY BUTLER 486

Savage 61 Roadrunner Point Standings as of 8/28/15

RoadRunner Driver Total
1 992 TERRY KRAMER JR 5969
2 8C CHRIS HOLLAND 5940
3 126 JIM KOST 5846
4 17R TIM FITZPATRICK JR. 5684
5 357 TJ FITZPATRICK 5382
6 10X SHON ELK 5255
7 157 ANDY FAYASH III 4965
8 555 ELVIN BRENNAN 4900
9 K2 JESSE KRASNITSKY 4865
10 18C CHRIS NATALE 4495
11 181 DEVIN TREXLER 4428
12 54 KRIS NEY 4245
13 40 JON SCHLAUCH 3505
14 21 JOE KAVANAUGH 3330
15 07 BRUCE DITZLER 2845
16 97 JEREMY BECKER 2736
17 LT27 DAVE LONG JR 2230
18 11K KYLE WINGLE 1373
19 14 KERMIT JACOBY 1353
20 18 TIM SPESAK 1089
21 13 BRIAN BUCHINSKI 1019
22 114 TJ KENNEDY 914
23 88m Andrew Buchinski 769
24 39 FRED EVERLY 706
25 1c Chris Reichert 626
26 105 JOEY BRENNAN 565
27 97S Steve Smulley 457
28 4D DAN SHANER 317
29 157c Chuck Fayash 305
30 1 JARED SEIGFRIED 272
31 555 Mike Kostura 204
32 97s Shawn Mulhall 173
33 99K BILL KILLIAN 150

Slifko Fabrications Street Stock Points Standings as of 8/28/15

Street Stocks Total
1 71K RICH BOSSINGER 3564
2 97 JEREMY BECKER 3306
3 81 JASON GEESAMAN 2931
4 23JR JIM SOMERS 2801
5 18 CHRIS DERR 2743
6 454 MICHAEL RADOCHA 2554
7 9K DAVE KEMP 1900
8 181 BUTCH HEIST 1679
9 TYLER STUMP 1241
10 17 BOBBY KUPP 1196
11 MARC BERSOWSKI 1015
12 76 SAM JENSEN 948
13 545 JIMMY COMBS 775
14 RICK BIXLER 769
15 6 NOAH JENSEN 749
16 83 MATT WILSON 711
17 29 JEFF HAAG 584
18 JON SCHREFFLER 265
19 8 Leroy Long 262
20 TOM DAWSON 225
21 37 MARK HUTCHISON 225
22 JON JENSEN 217
23 MATT WAMPLE 206

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