Big Diamond Raceway – May 16, 2010

ANOTHER REICHERT WINS BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY 6/8 CYLINDER ENDURO

(Track Press Release by Gary Lileck) Forestville, PA – May 16, 2010 – Chris Reichert of Orwigsburg won Sunday’s 100-lap 6/8 Cylinder (Big Car) Enduro race at the Big Diamond Raceway. Chris defeated his brother Mike Reichert, who was victorious in the season’s first race back on April 18.

May 16, 2010 Video Highlights

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6/8 Cylinder Enduro Highlights

In Sunday’s Dan Drobnick Welding (Schuylkill Haven) Enduro Series events, Steve Stump of Oley captured his first career 4 Cylinder 100-lap win and Shirley Clark of Pine Grove likewise posted her first ever triumph in the 40-lap Ladies Race.

C. Reichert finished fourth in the season opener and aligned from the 20th starting position in Sunday’s 6/8 Cylinder contest. After a thrilling three-wide battle, C. Reichert powered into the runner-up spot on lap 39 behind race leader Brad Krause. The front duo of Krause and C. Reichert remained fairly close throughout the next numerous laps. Suddenly, on lap 77, Krause’s car suffered a broken axle heading out of the second corner and he relinquished the top spot to C. Reichert.

M. Reichert trailed his brother during the contest’s closing moments. Mike pulled alongside of Chris in turn one of lap 80, but remained in second. Mike gained ground through the turns, while Chris showed strength on the straightaways. With five laps remaining, C. Reichert opened his advantage by about three car lengths.

With three laps to go, Terry Kennedy’s #16 lost a wheel betwen turns three and four, which sent his machine rolling over several times. Kennedy’s car was heavily damaged, however, the driver escaped uninjured. This set up a two-lap dash between the Reichert brothers. C. Reichert wasted no time in remaining up front and grabbed his third career Enduro win over current points leader M. Reichert (New Ringgold).

Kerry Fritz (Cressona) started 17th and staged a good battle with veteran endurance competitor Phil Levering (Parkerford). Fritz finished third and Levering took fourth. Second year racer Chuck Long (Kempton) started 12th and captured a career best finish of fifth.

The 4-Cylinder Enduro found seven different drivers taking a shot at the race lead. Defending track champion Kevin Holland made his first start of the season, started 26th and grabbed the race lead on lap 33. He exchanged the spot with the very impressive rookie S. Stump and reclaimed the position on lap 38.

Kevin’s son Chris Holland became the new race leader on lap 67 after a classic battle. Stump moved past K. Holland on lap 79 and chased down the race leader. Stump made his victory bid on lap 97 and survived a scare with a lapped car out of turn four. Stump, in his VW Jetta #4 captured a thrilling victory over Pine Grove based racers C. Holland, K. Holland, and Brad Killian, who each finished on the lead lap. Tony Wetzel (Fleetwood) drove the 3G Racing Team entry to a fifth place effort.

Incidentally, C. Holland set a new 4-cylinder enduro track record during the second half of the 100-lap contest. His runner-up effort combined with an April 18 victory allows him to remain up front in the point standings.

Karen Chase led the opening seven laps of the Ladies Race until Shirley Clark took command. Clark turned in a dominant performance and won the event by a full straightaway. April 18 winner, Shannon Karpulk (Pottsville) was the only other car finishing on the lead lap for the second spot. Chase (Bernville) beat defending champion Jody Brensinger (Orwigsburg) for a third place finish. Jaclyn Bankes (Oneida) survived after three separate turn four spins to finish fifth.

T102/House Doctors are presenting the annual Pack The House Night this Friday May 21. Gates open at 5:00PM, hot laps begin at 7:15PM, and qualifying takes place at 7:45PM. Adult general admission is just $8 for a three division show of 358 Modifieds (qualifying plus 25-lap feature), Sportsman (qualifying plus 20-lap feature), and Wooden Keg Tavern Roadrunners (Qualifying plus 20-lap feature).

As an added bonus for the fans, Bobby Gerhart Jr. of Lebanon PA will be on hand to sign autographs. His car, the #5 Lucas Oil Spnsored machine, will be on display in the grandstand area. Bobby raced Modifieds at BDR in the late/70s/80s, before becoming a star on the ARCA circuit. He is a six-time ARCA 200 winner at the Daytona International Speedway, including the 2010 event held this past February. He plans to give free tickets to the upcoming Pocono ARCA 200 for June 5 while in attendance this Friday night.

BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY COMPLETE RESULTS – SUNDAY MAY 16, 2010

6/8 CYLINDER ENDURO (100-LAPS): 1) 1c-Chris Reichert, 2) 63-Mike Reichert, 3) 01-Kerry Fritz, 4) 39-Phil Levering, 5) 27-Chuck Long, 6) 992-Terry Kramer Jr., 7) 777-Mike Naftzinger, 8) 310-Bill Stockert, 9) 11J-Bill Wingle Jr., 10) 349-Adam Dietzel, 11) 7-Mike Fiskaldo, 12) 3-Jamie Naftzinger, 13) 17R-Tim Fitzpatrick Jr., 14) 11K-Kyle Wingle, 15) 16-Terry Kennedy, 16) 111-Jeremy Krauss, 17) 51-Brad Krause, 18) 49-Chuck Dietzel, 19) 37-Shannon Weidler, 20) 70-Sammy Detweiler, 21) TENx-Shon Elk, 22) 54-Mike Benulis, 23) 47-Kevin Berger, 24) 84-Ralph Bankes III, 25) 703-Ricky Wilson, 26) 69M-Marty Purcell, 27) 95-Scott Lord, 28) 007-Mike Allar, 29) 29-Rob Pyle. LAP LEADERS: S. Elk (1-12), B. Krause (13-77), C. Reichert (78-100).

4 CYLINDER ENDURO (100-LAPS): 1) 4-Steve Stump, 2) 8c-Chris Holland, 3) 16z-Kevin Holland, 4) 11K-Brad Killian, 5) 27x-Tony Wetzel, 6) 44-Kevan Schaeffer, 7) 85-Wayne Krauss, 8) 15-Earl Eichert Sr., 9) 88-Tylor Swingle, 10) 14K-Keith Staller, 11) 14-Tyler Stump, 12) 13z-Adam Zimmerman, 13) 56-Jake Brensinger, 14) 16-Bill McGrane, 15) 90x-Joel Matter, 16) 91-Earl Eichert Jr., 17) 384x-Jason Purcell, 18) 15K-Jesse Kimmel, 19) 4K-Kyle Killian, 20) 42-Brent Adams, 21) K1-Joe Kowalchick Jr., 22) 49-Clay Wollyung, 23) 58-Tom Kemmerer, 24) 94B-Scott Barry, 25) 41-Curt Breinich, 26) 35-Lance Hoch, 27) 38-Corey Collier, 28) 17K-Russ Killian. LAP LEADERS: K. Schaeffer (1), B. Adams (2-5), Kyle Killian (6-8), Brad Killian (9-29), S. Stump (30-32), K. Holland (33-36), S. Stump (37), K. Holland (38-66), C. Holland (67-83). S. Stump (84), C. Holland (85-96), S. Stump (97-100).

LADIES RACE (40-LAPS): 1) 8c-Shirley Clark, 2) 992-Shannon Karpulk, 3) 88-Karen Chase, 4) 23-Jody Brensinger, 5) 84-Jaclyn Bankes, 6) 824-Eva Wilson, 7) L39-Linsey Rummel, 8) 66-Pam Holland, 9) 16-Billie McGrane, 10) 2-Amanda Hickey.