MINERSVILLE, PA –
After a rainout on June 5, Big Diamond Speedway offered up a second date
for the Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super Series (STSS) Fueled
By Sunoco ‘Anthracite Assault’ combination North-South event.
However, Mother Nature did not agree.
A forecast for intensifying showers
throughout the evening hours has prompted Big Diamond and STSS
management to make the early call and cancel the event for Monday, July
16. The show will return to Big Diamond in 2019.
“Every forecast I have looked at
calls for rain later today and tonight,” Big Diamond owner Jake Smulley
said. “There is too much risk of the event not going on as planned.”
On June 5, all race teams and fans
were in attendance when storms moved over at 7 p.m. STSS organizer
Brett Deyo didn’t want a repeat.
“We already had racers and fans here
from all over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic the first time and they
spent money in fuel and tolls,” he said. “We definitely don’t want to do
that again.”
T.P. Trailers NASCAR Modified Feature (30 Laps): 1. Doug
Manmiller, 2. Ryan Grim, 3. Duane Howard, 4. Brett Gilmore, 5. Jeff
Strunk, 6. Mike Gular, 7. John Willman, 8. Craig Von Dohren, 9. Ray
Swinehart, 10. Clay Butler, 11. Danny Erb, 12. Brett Kressley, 13. Kevin
Hirthler, 14. Justin Grim, 15. Frank Cozze, 16. Joe Fanelli, 17. Chris
Esposito, 18. Chris Gambler, 19. Eric Biehn, 20. Briggs Danner, 21.
Bobby Trapper Jr., 22. Mark Kratz, 23. Jordan Henn, 24. Jared
Umbenhauer, 25. Kenny Gilmore, 26. Timmy Buckwalter, 27. Brian Hirthler,
28. Ron Kline. DNQ: Dan Waisempacher, Carroll Hine III, Ron Myers, Ron
Seltmann Jr., Skyler Sheriff, Ryan Lilick, Steve Swinehart, Bob Trapper
and Bobby Gunther Walsh.
NASCAR Sportsman Feature (25 Laps): 1. Mike Lisowski, 2. Mark
Kemmerer, 3. Brad Grim, 4. Lex Shive, 5. Louden Reimert, 6. Joe Funk
III, 7. Craig Whitmoyer, 8. Kenny Bock, 9. Dylan Swinehart, 10. Brad
Brightbill, 11. Brad Arnold, 12. B.J. Joly, 13. Andrew Kreis, 14. Kurt
Bettler, 15. Sean Weiss, 16. Jesse Landis, 17. Derrick smith, 18. Andy
Clemmer, 19. Jack Butler, 20. Jim Housworth, 21. Kyle Lilick, 22. Mike
Mammana, 23. Steve Young, 24. Nicho Flammer.
NASCAR Late Model Feature (20 Laps): 1. Steve Wilson, 2. Sean
Merkel, 3. Kyle Merkel, 4. Drew Weisser, 5. Steve Todorow, 6. Chuck
Schutz, 7. Cory Merkel, 8. Bryon Sipe, 9. Lou Egrie, 10. Jordan Knepp,
11. George Irwin, 12. Todd Ravel, 13. Terry Snyder, 14. Dallas
Breidenbach, 15. Wayne Pfeil, 16. Danny Snyder, 17. Patrick Robinson.
