Kressley wins the Sporstman Coalcracker 40, Hendricks, Holland, Bossinger are the Champions Haag, Fitzpatrick and Walsh earn victories Friday Evening at Big Diamond Speedway

Minersville, PA September 4, 2015 

The USS Achey Sportsman  were ready to battle it out for their Coalcracker  40 feature event.  Brad Brightbill and Doug Hendricks would lead the field to the green flag and Brad Brightbill would take over the top spot.  It would not take Brightbill long before he was catching the tail end of the field and began to lap the cars.  Mike Mammana would chase Brightbill as they worked their way through the back of the pack, putting cars a lap down and making sure they did not get caught up with anyone as they passed them.  Patience was the key as the pair weaved in and out while battling hard with each other.  Mammana would see his chance and take the lead on lap 23 and put Brightbill back to the runner up spot.  Mammana would work his way through the back of the pack putting more cars down a lap.  The caution would fly again on lap 36 when JR Fulper would spin and come to rest in turn one.  The field would be reset and it would be brought back to the green by Mammana and Brett Kressley.  The two talented drivers would battle it out, but Kressley would take over the lead on lap 37 and pull away from the field.  Mammana was left to battle with Brad Brightbill.  When the checkers came out it was Kressley winning the race followed by Mike Mammana, Brad Brightbill, Doug Hendricks and Wayne Witmer.  Doug Hendricks would earn the 2015 USS Achey Sportsman Championship. The heats were won by Wayne Witmer, Charles Fayash and Tim Fitzpatrick.  The GME Hard Charger award would go to Brett Kressley for going from 14th place to 1st for a gain of 13 positions.

 

The Savage 61 Roadrunners were set to have a heated battle both in their feature and in their points battle.  Tim Fitzpatrick and Chris Holland would lead the field to the green after they redrew for their starting positions.  Fitzpatrick would take the lead and begin to put some space between him and and Devin Trexler.  The caution would fly on the 7th lap and Fitzpatrick and Trexler would lead the field back to the green, Fitzpatrick would lead but Chris Holland would move up to the runner up position.  Andy Fayash was doing all he could to get the win, and moved him self up into position to battle Holland for the runner up spot and took it over on lap 15.  Fitzpatrick would take the win followed by Fayash, Holland, Jim Kost and Shon Elk.  The points championship would go to Chris Holland after he was able to finish in 3rd place.  The heats were won by Chris Holland and Devin Trexler. 

 

The Slifko Fabrications Street Stock had a great race Friday night for their final point race.  Rich Bossinger would take home the championship, despite being able to finish the feature event, but that did not stop all the other drivers from battling it out to the end for the final win of the year.  Jasen Geesasman would be the early race leader but he felt the pressure from Noah Jensen for the first 5 laps until Jeff Haag passed Jensen for the runner up spot.  Haag ad Geesaman would restart side by side on lap 8 and on as lap 9 went up in lights, it would be Haag taking over the top spot.   Behind Haag, Geesamen and Jensen would battle it out, which Jensen taking over the runner up spot on lap 16.  Haag and Jensen would battle it out, but on lap 19, Jensen went high and gave up the runner up spot and Haag would be the first across the finish line and take home the win.  Jasen Geesaman would finish in the runner up spot followed by Bobby Kupp, Matt Wilson and Devin Trexler.  Becker would finish in the runner up spot followed by Jeff Haag, Jim Somers and Leroy Long. The heat was won by Rich Bossinger.

 

The Lias Tire 358 Modified drivers had their annual non winners race, which is open to any driver who has not won a feature event this year, and the prize on the line was a starting spot in the final race of the year, the Jack Rich Inc. Coalcracker Memorial 72 lap feature event, which pays $10,000 to win.  The drivers lined up for their 20 lap feature event and Shawn Fitzpatrick and Paul Moyer led the field to the green.  Fitzpatrick would have the early lead, but after the caution came out, he pulled off the track with mechanical issues.  That left Bobby Gunther Walsh and Paul Moyer on the front row.  The pair would battle it out in a great race, but Bobby would be just a little stronger and come home with the win and the guaranteed starting spot for Sunday’s big show.  Moyer would finish in the runner up spot followed by Mario Dinatale and Shawn Fitzpatrick.  These drivers had a great opportunity to tune their cars to get them ready for Sunday’s Running of the Jack Rich Inc. Coalcracker Memorial 72 lap feature event.  

Be sure to come out Tomorrow evening for the final event of the year.  One Modified driver will be taking home $10,000.  The Roadrunners will also taking to the track as well as the Excel 600 Modifieds and there will be a great fireworks show for the fans to enjoy.  

Coming events:

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.

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Full Results:

Lias Tire 358 Modified Non Winner Feature Results - 1.Bobby Gunther Walsh 2. Paul Moyer 3. Mario Dinatale 4. Shawn Fitzpatrick

USS Achey Sportsman Feature Results  - 1. Brett Kressley 2. Mike Mammana 3. Brad Brightbill 4. Doug Hendricks 5. Wayne Witmer 6. Craig Whitmoyer 7. Kris Lilick 8. Charles Fayash 9. Tim Fitzpatrick 10. Mike Glass 11. Steve Searock 12. Daryl Dissinger 13. Ray Woodall Jr. 14. Glenn Rowan 15. Ed Mrochko 16. JR Fulper 17. Steve Desmelyk 18. Billy Wingle Jr. 19. Matt Clay 20. Josh Hertzog 21. Brad Szulewski 22. Kevin Beach Jr. 23. Rob Light 24. Richard Emel DNQ- Billy Moyer, Mike Lisowski, Jeremy Hertzog and Shawn Light

Savage 61 Roadrunners Feature Results - 1. Tim Fitzpatrick 2. Andy Fayash 3. Chris Holland 4. Jim Kost 5. Shon Elk 6. Kris Ney 7. Terry Kramer 8. TJ Kennedy 9. Devin Trexler 10. Jon Schlauch 11. Shawn Mulhall 12. Dave Long Jr. 13. Andrew Buchinski 14. Kevin Holland 15. Tim Spesak 16. Kyle Wingle 17. Chris Reichert  DNS -  Mark Antonelli

Slifko Fabrications Street Stock Feature Results - 1. Jeff Haag 2. Jasen Geesaman 3. Bobby Kupp 4. Matt Wilson 5. Devin Trexler 6. Noah Jensen 7. Sam Jensen 8. Chris Derr 9. Jeremy Becker 10. Jim Somers 11. Rich Bossinger

Savage 61 Roadrunner Final points

Final RoadRunner Driver Total
1 8C CHRIS HOLLAND 6230
2 992 TERRY KRAMER JR 6218
3 126 JIM KOST 6116
4 17R TIM FITZPATRICK JR. 5991
5 10X SHON ELK 5521
6 357 TJ FITZPATRICK 5382
7 157 ANDY FAYASH III 5264
8 555 ELVIN BRENNAN 4900
9 K2 JESSE KRASNITSKY 4865
10 181 DEVIN TREXLER 4658
11 54 KRIS NEY 4503
12 18C CHRIS NATALE 4280
13 40 JON SCHLAUCH 3722
14 21 JOE KAVANAUGH 3330
15 7 BRUCE DITZLER 2845
16 97 JEREMY BECKER 2736
17 LT27 DAVE LONG JR 2423
18 11K KYLE WINGLE 1528
19 14 KERMIT JACOBY 1353
20 18 TIM SPESAK 1253
21 114 TJ KENNEDY 1150
22 13 BRIAN BUCHINSKI 1019
23 88m Andrew Buchinski 952
24 1c Chris Reichert 766
25 39 FRED EVERLY 706
26 105 JOEY BRENNAN 565
27 97S Steve Smulley 457
28 18c Kevin Holland 390
29 97s Shawn Mulhall 377
30 4D DAN SHANER 317
31 157c Chuck Fayash 305
32 1 JARED SEIGFRIED 272
33 555 Mike Kostura 204
34 99K BILL KILLIAN 150

USS Achey Sportsman Final Points

Final Sportsman Points Total
1 80 DOUG HENDRICKS 4256
2 T102 TIM FITZPATRICK 4141
3 71 MIKE MAMMANA 4021
4 64 WAYNE WITMER 3877
5 15 MIKE LISOWSKI 3821
6 x5 DARYL DISSINGER 3293
7 19 SHAWN LIGHT 3257
8 2 MIKE GLASS 2905
9 0 GLENN ROWAN 2875
10 22 CHARLES FAYASH 2604
11 17 BILLY MOYER JR 2603
12 19k BRETT KRESSLEY 2555
13 67 JR FULPER 2291
14 21 MATT CLAY 2067
15 7 KRIS LILICK 2032
16 91 ROB LIGHT 1942
17 6c CHAD PUTALAVAGE 1903
18 88m CHARLES WEBBER 1869
19 4 AJ GERHART 1770
20 99 CRAIG WHITMOYER 1766
21 21x ED MROCHKO 1719
22 7H TODD HUFFMAN 1339
23 5 JACK BUTLER 1128
24 11j BILLY WINGLE JR 968
25 26 STEVE SEAROCK 917
26 1 PAUL KLINE 870
27 56 JOSH HERTZOG 819
28 oink KEVIN BRADY 679
29 71XL/29 BRAD BRIGHTBILL 671
30 343 JEREMY HERTZOG 643
31 11 Richard Emel 550
32 31 HARRY LANDIS 516
33 81/2/26 STEVE DESMELYK 508
34 4 BOBBY BUTLER 486
35 6s MATT STANGLE 371
36 723 CARL BITTENBENDER 351
37 72 RAY WOODALL JR 300
38 14z Brad Szulewski 266
39 32 Brandon Grasso 218
40 25 PAUL HOUSEKNECHT 172
41 28 Jeff Bubori 137
42 97 Brian Bernheisel 120
43 72H JIM HOUSEWORTH 116
44 29 JEFF SEACHRIST 101
45 25 Brian Houseknecht 97
46 17x Kevin Beach Jr 95
47 99B BRANDON WHITMOYER 75
48 97 JUSTIN RIEGEL 10
49 13 Rob Riegel 10

Slifko Fabrications Street Stocks Final Points

Final Street Stocks Points
1 71K RICH BOSSINGER 3774
2 97 JEREMY BECKER 3531
3 81 JASON GEESAMAN 3229
4 23JR JIM SOMERS 3017
5 18 CHRIS DERR 2982
6 454 MICHAEL RADOCHA 2554
7 181 BUTCH HEIST 1941
8 9K DAVE KEMP 1900
9 17 BOBBY KUPP 1477
10 TYLER STUMP 1241
11 76 SAM JENSEN 1189
12 MARC BERSOWSKI 1015
13 6 NOAH JENSEN 1006
14 83 MATT WILSON 984
15 29 JEFF HAAG 888
16 545 JIMMY COMBS 775
17 RICK BIXLER 769
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