Godown, Holland, Fulper and Bossinger earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway.

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Godown, Holland, Fulper and Bossinger earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway.

Minersville, PA August 14, 2015

The 358 Lais Tire Modified drivers were ready to tune their cars for the big Jack Rich Inc. Coal Cracker 72 that is coming up in a few weeks at Big Diamond Speedway and were joined by the USS Achey Sportsman, Savage 61 Roadrunners and the Slifko Fabrications Street Stocks.  The fans were ready to see some of the “invaders”  that came out to the track for the $4,000 to win 30 lap feature event for the Lias Tire 358 Modifieds.

The  Lias Tire 358 Modified division had an open draw night, so everything was a level playing field for all of the drivers in attendance.  The top 12 qualifiers redrew for their feature starting spots and that put Joe Mooney and Ryan Godown on the pole for the main event.  Godown would take over the lead at the start and everyone else played chase the leader down trying to catch him.  Jeff Strunk would be in second place and have his hands full with track regulars Rick Laubach and Billy Pauch Jr. Doug Manmiller was back in 5th doing all he could to keep the battle going between these 4 drivers for the runner up spot.  Laubach would take over the runner up spot from Strunk on the 9th lap, but the drivers were still chasing down Godown as he began to pull away from the field.  Strunk was back in 3rd holding off the charges of Doug Manmiller, Ryan Watt and Billy Pauch Jr.  The caution flew with 5 laps to go when debris from a car was seen on the track and the field was regrouped for the last time.  The top bunch would battle it out, but it would be Ryan Godown taking the win, followed by Jeff Strunk, Rick Laubach, Doug Manmiller and Craig VonhDohren. The heats were won by Jeff Strunk, Ryan Godown and Billy Pauch Jr. and the Consi was won by Scott Albert.  The GME Hard Charger for the feature event would be Dale Hartz for going from 26th to 13th for a gain of 13 spots.

The USS Achey Sportsman were back in action on Friday night.  Tim Fitzpatrick and Daryl Dissinger would have the luck of the draw and score the front row starting spots. After a few rough starts, it would Daryl Dissnger that would take over the lead followed  by Fitzpatrick, Jr. Fulper, Doug Hendricks and Charles Fayash.  Fitzpatrick would take over the top spot on the second lap and would have his hands full battling with Fulper who was doing all he could to find the best line around the track and on lap 8 he was able to take over the lead.  Mike Mammana had worked his way up to the runner up spot and would battle Fulper as the laps ticked down.  The two would battle to the checker flag, but it would be JR Fulper going to Victory Lane, followed by Mike Mammana, Tim Fitzpatrick, Doug Hendricks and Charles Fayash. The heats were won by Charles Fayash and Doug Hendricks. The GME Hard Charger award would go to Mike Mammana for going from 11th place to 2nd for a gain of 9 positions.  The Kim’s Kreations Hard Luck award would go to Todd Huffman after he had issues on the start of the race and was unable to complete a lap of the event.

The Savage 61 Roadrunners would have a rough feature, as they started lated in the program than they normally do and had to fine tune their cars for the right setup. After a rocky start, Chris Holland was able to take over the lead after starting in the 4th position.  He would have to hold off the hard charges of Terry Kramer Jr. who was in second place and was feeling the pressure from Tim Fitzpatrick Jr who was in third place.  On lap 14, Holland was showing the way when the caution flew and the division was at their time limit.  The next caution would end the race if it came out before the full 20 laps were run.  Lap 18 the caution flew when Tim Fitzpatrick Jr had mechanical issues that left his car sitting on the speedway between turns 1 and 2.  Holland would be the winner followed by Terry Kramer Jr, Elvin  Brennan, Devin Trexler and Jesse Krasnitsky.  The heats were won by Jesse Krasnitsky and Devin Trexler.  The Red White and Blue Autos Hard Luck award went to Kris Ney who had some struggles through out the evening and was unable to finish the feature event.

The Slifko Fabrications Street Stock were back in action Friday evening and  it was Jeremy Becker and Mike Radocha who drew the front row starting positions.  Becker would jump out into the lead and would begin to pull away but by lap 9, Rich Bossinger was up to 2nd place and putting the pressure on Becker for the top spot.  Bossinger would be the leader at the half way point and from their pull away from the field.  Becker would finish in the runner up spot, followed by Bobby Kupp, Jasen Geesamen and Mike Radocha. The heat was won by Jeremy Becker.

Coming events:

Savage 61 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Night. Modifieds. Sportsman. Roadrunners.

Street Stocks. Pro Shine Auto Detailing Roadrunner Challenge Races. Prelude to the Coalcracker RAIN DATE.

Modifieds (Final points event). Sportsman Andy Fayash Memorial 30, $1,570 to win, $157 to take the green. Roadrunners. Street Stocks. Kim’s Kreations Powder Puff (all classes).

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 Prelude to the Coal Cracker Feature Results – 1. Ryan Godown 2. Jeff Strunk 3. Rick Laubach 4. Doug Manmiller 5. Craig VonDohren 6. Billy Pauch Jr. 7. Ryan Watt 8. Duane Howard 9. Tim Buckwalter 10. Danny Bouc 11. Kyle Borror 12. Ryan Grim 13. Dale Hartz 14. Scott Albert 15. Shawn Fitzpatrick 16. Bobby Gunther Walsh 17. Jared Umbenhauer 18. Andy Burkhart 19. Joe Mooney 20. Kevin Beach Jr. 21. Frank Cozze 22. Kyle Follweiler 23. John Willman 24. Meme DeSantis 25. Ray Swinehart 26. Colt Harris  DNQ – Dan Hineline, Justin Grim, Chris Gambler, Heath Metzger, Paul Moyer, Jay Aten, Mario Dinatale and Kent Reinhart

USS Achey Sportsman Feature Results  – 1. JR Fulper 2. Mike Mammana 3. Tim Fitzpatrick 4. Doug Hendricks 5. Charles Fayash 6. Daryl Dissinger 7. Chris Lilick 8. Craig Whitmoyer 9. Shawn Light 10. Steve Searock 11. Wayne Witmer 12. Mike Glass 13. Mike Lisowski 14. Billy Moyer Jr. 15. Glenn Rowan 16. Ed Mirochoko 17. Chad Putalavage 18. Kevin Brady 19. Richard Emel 20. Matt Clay 21. Rob Light 22. Todd Huffman 23. Josh Hertzog

Savage 61 Roadrunners Feature Results – 1. Chris Holland 2. Terry Kramer Jr. 3. Elvin Brennan 4. Devin Trexler 5. Jesse Krasnitsky 6. TJ Fitzpatrick 7. Tim Spesak 8. TJ Kennedy 9. Joe Kavanaugh 10. Fred Everly 11. Dave Long Jr. 12. Tim Fitzpatrick Jr.  13. Shon Elk 14. Bruce Ditzler 15. Jon Schlauch 16. Steve Smulley 17. Kris Ney 18. Andrew Buchinski 19. Chris Natale 20. Jim Kost   DNS –  Andy Fayash

Slifko Fabrications Street Stock Feature Results – 1. Rich Bossinger 2. Jeremy Becker 3. Bobby Kupp 4. Jasen Geesaman 5. Mike Radocha 6. Jim Sommer DNS – Chris Derr

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