Laubach, Hitlzer and Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway.

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Minersville, PA August 7, 2015

The fans packed the track Friday night, enjoying the free grandstand entry for the third annual FANdemonium event. Jake and Jasmine Smulley opened up the main gates for free and offered the fans a great night of racing featuring the Lias Tire 358 Modifies, Savage 61 Roadrunners and the Excel 600 Modifieds. They even brought the fans down on the track prior to the start of the Modified Feature event and gave the fans to meet the drivers and see the cars and wish their favorites good luck.

The Lias Tire 358 Modified division met with the fans prior to the start of their feature event, the drivers all participated and parked their cars on the front stretch and took the time to talk to all of the fans that packed the track to see them race. The drivers then strapped themselves into their cars and prepared for their 25 lap feature event. Shawn Fitzpatrick and Kevin Beach would pace the field around the track and bring them to the green flag. Fitzpatrick would take over the top spot with Beach following closely behind along with Andy Burkhart and Jared Umbenhauer. A few early cautions on lap 3 and 4 kept the field bunched together and once the green flag flew again, it was Fitzpatrick still holding off the hard charging teams behind him. Laubach would begin his challenge for the top spot on lap 6 and he had his sights set on getting by Fitzpatrick. A restart on lap 9 put the two racers side by side and Fitzpatrick would get credited for leading the next lap, but on lap 11 it would be all Rick Laubach. The battle was on for the runner up spot between Umbenhauer and Fitzpatrick. Umbenhauer would prevail but then would feel pressure from Billy Pauch Jr. The field would work its way through the tail end of the pack, lapping several cars along the way. Laubach would win the feature event, followed by Jared Umbenhauer, Billy Pauch Jr., Duane Howard and Shawn Fitzpatrick. The heats were won by Scott Albert, Rick Laubach and Shawn Fitzpatrick. The GME Hard Charger for the feature event would be Billy Pauch Jr. for going from 11th to 3rd for a gain of 8 spots.

The Excel 600 Modifieds had another great turn out for their night of racing at Big Diamond Speedway. Nathan Brinker and Jonathan Josko would bring the field to the green for the start of their 20 lap feature event. Brinker would take over the top spot with Aaron Bowes challenging him for the lead. Last time out Richie Hitzler was the feature winner and he was busy working his way to the front from his 9th place starting spot. Lap 10 Hitzler was able to get around Brinker and would do his best to try to pull away from the front of the pack, but Jonathan Josko was staying right with the leader hoping for his chance to get around him. The drivers would battle it out, but in the end it would be Richie Hitzler going back to Victory Lane followed by Jonathan Josko, Aaron Bowes, Barry Breidegan and Nathan Brinker. The heats were won by Richie Hitzler, Josh Pepe and Logan Diehl.

The Savage 61 Roadrunners would be brought to the green flag by Kyle Wingle and Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. Fitzpatrick would take over the top spot followed by Jesse Krasnitsky. Chris Holland was on the move, workings way to the front and by the 7th lap he was up to second place and challenging for the lead. Holland and Fitpatrick would battle it out but soon Andy Fayash III wanted in on the action and it because a three way battle for the top spot. The trio would battle it out for the final 8 laps, swapping spots back and forth and putting on a great display of racing for the fans to see. The fans were cheering on their favorite drivers and in the end it would be Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. visiting Victory Lane, followed by Andy Fayash III, Chris Holland, Terry Kramer Jr. and Elvin Brennan. The heats were won by Kyle Wingle and Andy Fayash III. The Red White and Blue Autos Hard Luck award went to Fred Everly who had some struggles through out the evening and was unable to finish the feature event.

Coming events:

Friday, AUGUST 14

PRELUDE TO THE COALCRACKER Modified 30. $4,000 to win, $400 to take the green. The Sportsman and Roadrunners will also be in action. There will be no street stocks on this event. The rain date is Friday August 21. This will be an open event for the Modifies, anyone who comes will be able to draw for their heat and feature starting position. General Admission to the grandstand area will be $22, seniors are $20, children 12 and under and active military with id are free

Friday, AUGUST 21
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.

Friday, AUGUST 28
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).

Friday, SEPTEMBER 4
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.

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 6
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!

Monday, SEPTEMBER 7
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.

Full Results:

Lias Tire 358 Modified Feature Results – 1. Rick Laubach 2. Jared Umbenhauer 3. Billy Pauch Jr. 4. Duane Howard 5. Shawn Fitzpatrick 6. Kevin Beach Jr. 7. John Willman 8. Kyle Follweiler 9. Andy Burkhart 10. Scott Albert 11. Kyle Borror 12. Steve Searock 13. Colt Harris 14. Bobby Gunther Walsh 15. Heath Metzger 16. Mario Dinatale 17. Paul Moyer 18. Jay Aten 19. Ray Swinehart 20. Tim Fitzpatrick 21. Meme DeSantis DNS – Justin Grim

Savage 61 Roadrunners Feature Results – 1. Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. 2. Andy Fayash 3. Chris Holland 4. Terry Kramer 5. Elvin Brennan 6. TJ Fitzpatrick 7. Kris Ney 8. Jeremy Becker 9. Bruce Ditzler 10. Tim Spesak 11. Jesse Krasnitsky 12. Joe Kavanaugh 13. Dave Long Jr. 14. Jon Schlauch 15. Chris Natale 16. Andrew Buchinski 17. Devin Trexler 18. Shon Elk 19. Jim Kost 20. Steve Smulley 21. Kyle Wingle DNS – Fred Everly

Xcel 600 Modifieds Feature Results – 1. Richie Hitzler 2. Jonathan Josko 3. Aaron Bowes 4. Barry Breidegan 5. Nathan Brinker 6. Josh Pepe 7. Jonathan Pepe 8. Tim VanHorn Jr. 9. Charles Bowers 10. Josh Bewley 11. DJ Hunt 12. Kory Inglin 13. Chris Eckert 14. Dakota Barlet 15. Dylan McCrone 16. Kyle Inglin 17. Bryan Care 18. Shawna Schibilla 19. Wyatt Harrar 20. Vincent Varano 21. Logan Diehl 22. Jamie Hess 23. Billy Koch

Lias Tire 358 Modifieds Points as of 8/7/15

1 15 BILLY PAUCH JR 3778
2 126 DUANE HOWARD 3671
3 91 RICK LAUBACH 3459
4 24 JOHN WILLMAN 3116
5 17x KEVIN BEACH JR 3022
6 33 RAY SWINEHART 2797
7 357 MEME DESANTIS 2768
8 30 COLT HARRIS 2754
9 T102 SHAWN FITZPATRICK 2752
10 19 JARED UMBENHAUER 2691
11 10$ SCOTT ALBERT 2575
12 85K KYLE FOLLWEILER 2501
13 16 ANDY BURKHART 2454
14 61 JUSTIN GRIM 2439
15 81 HEATH METZGER 2235
16 26 CRAIG VONDOHREN 2077
17 1 BOBBY GUNTHER WALSH 1506
18 1M PAUL MOYER 1491
19 62 JOE MOONEY 1349
20 0 MARIO DINATALE 1286
21 14W RYAN WATT 950
22 57R KENT REINERT 930
23 96 JIMMY BOBBITT JR 874
24 88 JEFF STRUNK 702
25 88x DAVE DISSINGER 558

Savage 61 Roadrunner points as of 8/7/15

1 126 JIM KOST 5222
2 992 TERRY KRAMER JR 5138
3 17R TIM FITZPATRICK JR. 5099
4 8C CHRIS HOLLAND 5084
5 10X SHON ELK 4624
6 357 TJ FITZPATRICK 4569
7 157 ANDY FAYASH III 4338
8 555 ELVIN BRENNAN 4312
9 K2 JESSE KRASNITSKY 4177
10 18C CHRIS NATALE 3931
11 54 KRIS NEY 3696
12 181 DEVIN TREXLER 3676
13 21 JOE KAVANAUGH 3103
14 40 JON SCHLAUCH 2987
15 97 JEREMY BECKER 2736
16 7 BRUCE DITZLER 2443
17 LT27 DAVE LONG JR 2028
18 14 KERMIT JACOBY 1353
19 11K KYLE WINGLE 1219
20 13 BRIAN BUCHINSKI 1019
21 1c Chris Reichert 626
22 18 TIM SPESAK 601
23 105 JOEY BRENNAN 565
24 114 TJ KENNEDY 537
25 4D DAN SHANER 317

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