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MANMILLER TAKES FIRST COALCRACKER
WIN
Killian Makes Coalcracker 25 First Career
Victory
2010 Big Diamond Track Champion, Doug Manmiller completed
the 2012 Coalcracker weekend with his win in the Coalcracker '72, commemorating
the 40th year of competition at the Big Diamond Speedway. The three Coalcracker
events were won by drivers making their first stops in Big Diamond's Victory
Lane this season as Ray Woodall, Jr. won the Coalcracker 50 for the USS Achey
Sportsman, Kyle Killian won the first race of his career in the Coalcracker 25
for Wooden Keg Tavern Roadrunners and Doug Manmiller piloted the Josh Biever
owned #46 for the win in the Coalcracker '72.
In spite of intermittent rain showers, track manangement,
race teams and fans perservered to complete the final show of the 2012 racing
season at the Big Diamond Speedway.
Oddly enough, Manmiller passed his Friday night ride and car
owner, Shawn Fitzpatrick for the lead on lap nineteen. Fitzpatrick drew the
pole for the start of the 72 lap event and quickly put his Schaeffer's Harley
Davidson T102 out in front of Rick Laubach at the start of the event. When
Laubach pushed out of the groove on lap thirteen, Manmiller slid into second. A
lap nineteen restart had Manmiller restarting on the outside of Fitzpatrick as
Manmiller moved out in front to take the lead.
A multi car incident on the homestretch drew the red flag on
the restart following the mandatory fuel stop at the half way point. After
landing on his roof, Ray Swinehart was able to drive to the pits but the cars of
Kevin Albert, Billy Pauch, Jr. and Gary Hager were towed from the scene with
race ending damage.
Laubach moved into second when Fitzpatrick slid high on
lap thirty eight as Craig VonDohren moved into third after starting in the last
row on the original start. Billy Pauch Sr. and Jeff Strunk raced in the top
five
As the laps counted down, VonDohren and Strunk passed
Laubach to take over second and third. VonDohren hunted down Manmiller and
pulled along side of the leader on several occasions but was not able to pull
ahead to take the lead. Each time, Manmiller rolled the Biever #46 off the top
to move out in front.
Strunk had several looks to the inside of VonDohren but he,
too, was unable to move ahead. In the closing laps, the battle was for the
fourth spot and Duane Howard and Laubach dueled for that position.
With the checkered flag waving, Manmiller took the first big
race win of his career ahead of VonDohren, Strunk, Howard and Laubach.
Manmiller and Jeremy Becker were the winners of the three
lap Cash Dashes for the Station House 358 Modified and Wooden Keg Tavern
Roadrunners, sponsored by American Racing Tires.
Kyle Killian took the lead in the Coalcracker 25 on lap
seven but relinquished the lead to Marc Berzowski on lap thirteen. Killian
moved back out in front with a pass by Berzowski on lap seventeen and went on to
claim his first ever win. Berzowski finished second followed by Kevin Olenick,
Elvin Brennan IV and Jeremy Becker.
Coalcracker '72 Finish
1) Doug Manmiller 2) Craig Von Dohren 3) Jeff Strunk 4) Duane
Howard 5) Neil Williams 6) Meme Desantis 7) Shawn Fitzpatrick 8) Dan Hineline 9)
Neil Huber 10) Keith Hoffman 11) Andy Burkhart 12) Danny Nicholas 13) Billy
Pauch Sr. 14) Billy Pauch Jr. 15) Gary Hager 16) Kevin Albert Jr. 17) Ray
Swinehart 18) Jimmy Horton 19) Ricky Yetter 20) Jared Umberhauer 21) Craig
Whitmoyer 22) Dale Hartz 23) Mike Mammana 24) Colt Harris 25) Ryan Godown DQ)
Rick Laubach
DNQ) Scott Albert, Heath Metzger, John Willman, Jim Bobbitt Jr.,
Mike Diehl, Tommy Sheetz Jr., Dan Waisempacher, Brad Arnold, Ron Haring Jr.,
Bill Gensler, Danny Hieber, Josh Hertzog, Richie Pratt Jr.
Coalcracker 25 Roadrunner Feature
1) Kyle Killian ($300) 2) Marc Berzowski 3) Kevin Olenick 4)
Elvin Brennan III 5) Jeremy Becker 6) Jared Siegfried 7) Chuck Eckert 8) Glenn
Rowan 9) Jim Kost 10) Shon Elk 11) Jesse Krasnitsky 12) Charlene Lisowski 13) TJ
Fitzpatrick
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