NEWS FROM BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY

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NEWS FROM BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY
EVENT ORGANIZER: Jake Smulley
MEDIA CONTACT: Tim Long @ 484-256-5149
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VON DOHREN 3 FOR 3 IN $3,000 EVENTS, UMBENHAUER WINS 3rd OF YEAR IN SPORTSMAN, BERZOWSKI GRABS 4th WIN IN ROADRUNNERS, LORD & PEPE WIN 305 AND 600 MAINS

MINERSVILLE, PA - JUNE 1st, 2013

The pits were bursting at the seams on Friday, as a staggering 138 cars signed in to do battle at Big Diamond Speedway on a hot and steamy evening.

First on the agenda were the ZY Pyrotechnics 358 Modifieds. Current point leader Craig Von Dohren continued the torrid start to his 2013 campaign, winning his 3rd feature event of the season. Ironically, all three victories have been in extra distance, 30 lap, $3,000 to win events.

Craig Whitmoyer bolted into the lead at the start of the event from his pole starting spot, followed closely by Kevin Smith from spot number three. The first half of the event saw Whitmoyer and Smith exchange the top spot several times, all while 9th starting Von Dohren meticulously worked his way to the front. One lap after the halfway signal was given to the field, Von Dohren made his move past Smith and into the top spot. Behind Von Dohren, Meme Desantis and Doug Manmiller all of a sudden made their presence known, and began an epic battle with Tim Buckwalter for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions. These three drivers were definitely the show over the last half of the race, while Von Dohren checked out to his 3rd win of the season. Desantis was able to come home 2nd, with Manmiller, Buckwalter, and 25th starting Billy Pauch Jr. rounding out the top five. Jeff Strunk, Kevin Smith, Craig Whitmoyer, Andy Burkhart, and Kevin Albert Jr. completed the top ten. Heat races were won by Dan Hineline, whose car failed to fire at the start of the feature, Desantis, and Von Dohren.

In the Sportsman 20 lap main event, Doug Hendricks led from his pole starting spot, followed closely by Billy Moyer Jr. These two drivers ran neck and neck the first few laps, each holding the lead at numerous times. Right before the midway point of the event, Kevin Beach Jr. bolted into the lead coming off of turn two, followed closely by Jared Umbenhauer. Beach continued to lead until a caution on lap 14. During this caution, Beach dashed into the pit area, victim of a flat tire due to contact with another car earlier in the event. This handed the lead over to Umbenhauer, who never faltered over the final six laps and went on to score his third victory of the season at Big Diamond Speedway. Billy Moyer Jr. continued the great start to his season by coming home second, followed by Hendricks, Mike Lisowski, and Corey Renninger. Wayne Witmer, Ray Woodall Jr., Colt Harris, Robin Schultz, and Tim Fitzpatrick rounded out the top ten. Heat races were won by Umbernhauer and Moyer Jr.

Marc Berzowski raced to his forth win of the season in the Roadrunner division, grabbing the lead from Shon Elk near the halfway point of the event and never looking back. Elk held on for his best finish of the season, coming home second, followed by Jim Kost, Tim Spesak, and Chris Holland. Terry Kramer Jr., Kris Ney, new high school graduate Kyle Killian, Joe Kavanaugh, and Tim Fitzpatriack Jr. rounded out the top ten. Heat races were won by Jeremy Becker and Elk.

Joe Lord was able to score the victory in the TSRS 305 20 lap Sprint feature, while Jonathan Pepe was victorious is the 600cc Modified event.

The entire evenings events were sponsored by Ken's Tire Company.

Racing returns to Big Diamond Speedway next Friday, June 7th, with what is sure to be one of the craziest events of the season. The ZY Pyrotechnics 358 Modifieds and USS Achey Sportsman will be on the card with their normal 25 and 20 lap feature events, along with the fan favorite Savage 61 Roadrunners competing in the Crazy 8's - four 8 lap feature events. Each 8 lap feature for the Roadrunners will be a full, points paying event. The first feature will be lined up by normal handicapping procedures. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th feature events will be lined up via an invert number, drawn by the previous feature winner. The invert will be either 2, 4, 6, or 8. The point standing are sure to look a lot different once the night is over. First heat hits the track at 8:15 PM.

The following week on Friday, June 14th, Big Diamond Speedway and event sponsor USS Achey present the first ever Andy Fayash Jr. Memorial race for Sportsman. This race, run in memory of long time Big Diamond competitor Andy Fayash Jr. will be 45 laps in distance, paying $1,570 to win and $157 to take the green. Lap money and other awards valued at more then $1,500 have already been collected for this event, with even more expected by that evening. As of this moment, if one driver were lucky enough to lead every lap, they would go home with more than $2,131 in cash and other awards. Extra cash awards are already in place for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 11th, 15th, and 17th place finishing cars. Also on the card that night are the Modifieds, Roadrunners, and Street Stocks.

Other exciting events coming up soon at Big Diamond Speedway include the PA Sprint Speedweek show for 410 Sprint Cars on Sunday June 30th, the 33rd annual Georgie Stevenson Memorial race for 358 Modifieds on July 5th, and the first ever FANdemonium event on July 12th. FANdemonium is a night where everyone; yes everyone, gets into the grandstands for free. Should be a packed house that night for this wonderful promotional event.

ZY Pyrotechnics Modifieds (30 Laps)

1) Craig Von Dohren 2) Meme Desantis 3) Doug Manmiller 4) Tim Buckwalter 5) Billy Pauch Jr. 6) Jeff Strunk 7) Kevin Smith 8) Craig Whitmoyer 9) Andy Burkhart 10) Kevin Albert Jr. 11) Frank Cozze 12) AJ Desantis 13) Nathan Klinger 14) Ricky Yetter 15) Shawn Fitzpatrick 16) Danny Nichloas 17) Brad Arnold 18) Donny Hartz 19) Bill Gensler 20) Jim Bobbitt Jr. 21) Dale Hartz 22) Ray Swinehart 23) Tommy Sheetz Jr. 24) Blaine Bracelin 25) Ron Haring Jr. DNS) Dan Hineline DNQ)Mike Mamanna, David Ogin

USS Achey Sportsman (20 Laps)

1) Jared Umbenhauer 2) Billy Moyer Jr. 3) Doug Hendricks 4) Mike Lisowski 5) Corey Renninger 6) Wayne Witmer 7) Ray Woodall Jr. 8) Colt Harris 9) Robin Schultz 10)Tim Fitzpatrick 11) Harry Landis 12) Mike Glass 13) Kevin Brady 14) Brandon Whitmoyer 15) Kevin Beach Jr. 16) Charles Fayash 17) Andrew Fayash III 18) Jared Siegfried 19) AJ Gerhart 20) Chad Putalavage 21) Andrew Cozze 22) Joe Mooney 23) Shawn Light 24) Mark Behm 25) Josh Hertzog

Savage 61 Roadrunners (20 Laps)

1) Marc Berzowski 2) Shon Elk 3) Jim Kost 4) Tim Spesak 5) Chris Holland 6) Terry Kramer Jr. 7) Kris Ney 8) Kyle Killian 9) Joe Kavanaugh 10) Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. 11) Kyle Wingle 12) Bill Wingle Jr. 13) Alan Renninger 14) Devin Trexler 15) Connor Horan 16) Joey Brennan 17) Charles Webber 18) Jon Schlauch 19) TJ Fitzpatrick 20) Dave Miller 21) John Whyne 22) Jeremy Becker 23) Marty Purcell DNS) Dave Long Jr.

600cc Modified Winner - Jonathan Pepe

TSRS 305 Sprint Winner - Joe Lord

Big Dimaond Speedway Point Standings - Updated 6/2/2013

2013 ZY Pyrotechnics
358 Modified Point Standings

1) 1c Craig Von Dohren 1707
2) 4* Jeff Strunk 1602
3) 46 Doug Manmiller 1573
4) 88d Meme Desantis 1531
5) 3a Kevin Albert Jr. 1364
6) 357 Frank Cozze 1328
7) 33 Ray Swinehart 1171
8) 7 Kevin Smith 1147
9) F15 Dale Hartz 1087
10) 27 Brad Arnold 1055
11) 87 Andy Burkhart 1054
12) T102 Shawn Fitzpatrick 1022
13) 5 Ricky Yetter 1019
14) 11 Duane Howard 892
15) 4k Nathan Klinger 887
16) 91 Tim Buckwalter 852
17) 57 Donny Hartz 705
18) 96 Jim Bobbitt Jr. 664
19) 85 Ron Haring Jr. 644
20) 99 Craig Whitmoyer 642
21) 15x Dan Hineline 525
22) 88a AJ Desantis 510
23) 74w John Willman 482
24) 83 Mike Mamanna 459
25) 3 Billy Pauch Jr. 443
26) 47 Gary Wagner 430
27) 39 Danny Nicholas 386
28) 19v Bobby Varin 305
29) 57 Bill Gensler 290
30) 41 Jon Kellner Sr. 286
31) 61 Justin Grim 235
32) 21k Kyle Weiss 230
33) 79 Blaine Bracelin 220
34) X5 Daryl Dissinger 200
35) 1 Keith Hoffman 198
36) 17 Ryan Grim 185
37) 13L Robin Schultz 180
38) 62 Joe Mooney 155
39) 87 Eric Biehn 140
40) 78 Neil Huber 120
41) 30 Tommy Sheetz Jr. 105
42) 24 Scott Miller 105
43) 41m Mike Kellner 90
44) 2 Glenn Strunk 70

2013 USS Achey Sportsman
Point Standings

1) 16d/11 Jared Umbenhauer 1692
2) 17 Billy Moyer Jr. 1653
3) 72 Ray Woodall Jr. 1639
4) 17x Kevin Beach Jr. 1596
5) 2 Mike Glass 1361
6) 15 Mike Lisowski 1337
7) T102 Tim Fitzpatrick 1337
8) 80 Doug Hendricks 1242
9) 64 Wayne Witmer 1226
10) 3 Corey Renninger 1086
11) 13L Robin Schultz 1059
12) 4 AJ Gerhart 1048
13) 22 Charles Fayash 1043
14) 72c Andy Cozze 999
15) 62 Joe Mooney 911
16) 73 Jason James 733
17) 1 Jared Siegfreid 697
18) 81 Heath Metzger 686
19) 99 Brandon Whitmoyer 680
20) 7 Harry Landis 625
21) 91 Shawn Light 588
22) 56 Josh Hertzog 521
23) X5 Daryl Dissinger 475
24) c7 Colt Harris 340
25) Oink Kevin Brady 288
26) 19 Brad Brightbill 276
27) 14 Paul Kline 270
28) 97 Jason Neidlinger 255
29) 134 Mark Behm 205
30) 21k Kirby Sites 205
31) 343 Jeff Hertzog 180
32) 7 Todd Huffman 160
33) X Rob Martin 156
34) 88x Andrew Fayash III 140
35) 42d Chad Putalavage 110
36) 6jr Kirby Schlappich 85
37) 42d Mike Diehl 25

2013 Savage 61 Roadrunners
Point Standings

1) 8c Chris Holland 1857
2) 97 Jeremy Becker 1745
3) 66k Marc Berzowski 1742
4) 126 Jim Kost 1726
5) 992 Terry Kramer Jr. 1695
6) 4k Kyle Killian 1686
7) 10x Shon Elk 1580
8) 54 Kris Ney 1553
9) 181 Devin Trexler 1381
10) 102 TJ Fitzpatrick 1343
11) OO Glenn Rowan 1317
12) 17r Tim Fitzpatrick Jr. 1291
13) 18 Tim Spesak 1262
14) 105 Joey Brennan 1171
15) 66k2 Joe Kavanaugh 1015
16) 77 Andrew Fayash III 1013
17) 11j Billy Wingle Jr. 886
18) 11k Kyle Wingle 880
19) 40 Jon Schlauch 845
20) 27c Charles Webber 720
21) 101 Alan Renninger 685
22) 27B Brian Buchinski 612
23) 98k Chip Kennedy 424
24) 555 Elvin Brennan III 266
25) 13 Jesse Krasnitsky 260
26) 61 Chuck Eckert 230
27) 69m Marty Purcell 215
28) 505 Connor Horan 160
29) 89 John Whyne 125
30) 11 Bill Wingle Sr. 120
31) 1 Dave Miller 110
32) 27 Dave Long Jr. 25