Story By: BIG DIAMOND SPEEDWAY – MINERSVILLE, PA – With only two weeks left in the 2024 season at Big Diamond Speedway, this Friday night will see the stars and cars of the United Racing Club sprints make their one and only visit to the Skuykill County dirt oval as part of Red White and Blue Autos night.
Joining the URC Sprints will be the Quandel Concrete Modifieds, the Red White and Blue Autos Roadrunners and the East Coast Legend Series.
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The Capital Renegade Custom Coaches and Trailers URC Sprints have a long history at Big Diamond Speedway having competed 32 times throughout the years. Due to Mother Nature the URC has only staged four races so far in 2024 with race wins going to Josh Weller (2 wins), Reese Nowotarski and Tyler Ross. Josh Weller is the current points leader, leading Reese Nowotarski by 29 points. The URC Sprints always put on a great show when they visit Big Diamond Speedway and Friday night should be no exception.
Brett Kressley cemented himself as the driver to beat in the Quandel Concrete Modifieds as he raced to his third win of 2024 last Friday night in the $10,000 to win Prelude to the Coalcracker. With second place in points Louden Reimert having his troubles, Kressley has put a stranglehold on the race for the 2024 Quandel Concrete title opening a 208 points advantage over Reimert with only two weeks remaining in the season.
Quandel Concrete Modified Points Standings: 1. Brett Kressley 2043 2. Louden Reimert 1835 3. Logan Watt 1751 4. Duane Howard 1740 5. Jeff Strunk 1439 6. Ryan Watt 1410 7. Mike Lisowski 1394 8. Rick Laubach 1218 9. Brandon Edgar 1158 10. Matt Yoder 1138
Last Friday night saw Alex Schoffstall extend his lead in career wins in the Red White and Blue Autos Roadrunner division when he raced unchallenged to the win to right the ship for the No. 77 who has had some troubles recently. With his win Schoffstall thrust himself into the mix for the 2024 championship. Andrew Fayash III is the current leader by only 10 points over Kris Ney with Schoffstall sitting third only 78 points behind the leader.
Red White and Blue Autos Roadrunner Points Standings: 1. Andrew Fayash III 2598 2. Kris Ney 2588 3. Alex Schoffstall 2520 4. Chuck Fayash 2465 5. Mike Reichert 2263 6. Jim Kost 2087 7. Terry Kramer 1984 8. Jarod Bassininsky 1940 9. TJ Fitzpatrick 1634 10. CJ Ferguson 1565
The East Coast Legends will round out the racing card on Friday night.
The Uss Achey, Inc 602 Crate Sportsman and the Big Creek Concrete Rookie 602 Crate Sportsman will have the week off and will return on Friday, August 30th as part of Championship night.
Uss Achey, Inc. 602 Crate Sportsman Points Standings: 1. Jordan Henn 2076 2. Kevin Olenick 1925 3. Jax Yohn 1827 4. Colin Cox 1696 5. Matt Martino 1619 6. Brennan Chapman 1341 7. Xavier Sprague 1251 8. John McGeoy 1188 9. Troy Conrad 1148 10. Logan Starr 1110
Coming up on August 30th and September 1st will be the Coalcracker weekend featuring Dave Kamp Memorial as part of Championship night on Friday, August 30th capped off with the annual running of the Jack Rich, Inc. Coalcracker 72 on Sunday, September 1st featuring the $15,000 to win for the modifieds.
Warmups will get underway Friday at 7:15 PM with racing to follow.
Pit gates will open Friday night at 5:00 PM with the Grandstand gate opening at 5:30 PM. Pit admission is $35 for those with a Big Diamond License. Non-licensed Pit admission is $45. General admission for this Friday is $25, Kids under 16 are free.