HABLETT AND STUMP SCORE ENDURO VICTORIES AT BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY...By Gary Lileck

Forestville, PA - September 20, 2009 After the apparent race winner fell victim to an illegality in post race tech, Tom Hablett of Schuylkill Haven captured his fourth 6/8 Cylinder 100-lap Enduro win of the season. Tyler Stump of Mertzotwn took the lead late in the running of Sunday's 100-lap 4 Cylinder Enduro, and captured his first career Big Diamond Raceway win. Jody Brensinger of Orwigsburg won the 40-lap 6/8 Cylinder Ladies Race.

Former national demolition derby champion Vince James and four-time career enduro winner Keith Owens were the early race leaders in the 6/8 cylinder race. Shon Elk, who started 21st, enjoyed superior strength on the outside and grabbed the race lead on lap 24. Meanwhile Pat Hires (who started last - 36th) was performing a miraculous charge through the field. Hires, who was making his first ever BDR appearance, throttled into the race lead on lap 40.

Hires led the race's remaining 60 circuits and cruised to the dominant victory, only to be disqualified in the tech shed. Hablett started 19th. He was actually involved in a caution flag period but recovered and worked back into the runner-up spot. Hablett became the race winner after tech, his fourth career enduro triumph.

Jason Brown (Schuylkill Haven) finished a season's best of second, his third top five finish of the year. Veteran racer Phil Levering (Parkerford) drove his Pontiac-39 to a third place effort. Brad Krause (Deer Lake) grabbed his fourth straight top five finish of fourth. Former Roadrunner racer Kerry Fritz (Cressona) ended up fifth in only his second start of the season. Jeremy Krauss (Mertztown) raced from 27th to sixth. Former Slide Stock racer Doug Naftzinger (Auburn) powered from 26th to seventh, and Mike Benulis (New Philadelphia) made the charge from 22nd to eighth. Ralph Bankes III (Oneida) finished ninth and Chuck Long (Kempton), in only his second ever start, rounded out the top ten.

Chuck Dietzel flipped his machine on the final lap of the event. He was uninjured in the accident.

Gary Grim strapped behind the wheel of a different car this week, the 3G racing #127, and led the opening 19 laps of the 4 Cylinder event. A flat tire forced Grim pitside and Paul Noll, who started sixth, took command. Second generation talent Chris Holland started 10th and took the race lead from Noll on lap 29. Later in the contest, Holland's #8c developed mechanical issues, giving the front position back to Noll with 59 laps showing on the board.

Brad Killian (started 30th) made his third career start and passed Noll on lap 85 when Noll's machine began to lose power. Tyler Stump started from fourteenth. With time running out, Stump sailed ahead of Killian on lap 94. Stump, in his second year of BDR activity, won his first career Enduro 100, becoming the fifth different winner in five races. Killian (Pine Grove) settled for the runner-up spot.

Opening day winner Kevin Holland (Pine Grove) advanced from 17th to third and Joel Matter (Tower City) posted a back-to-back top five finish of fourth. Earl Eichert Sr. (Tower City) enjoyed his finest effort of the season in fifth. Former Roadrunner and Sportsman competitor Lance Hoch (Mertztown) finished sixth and Kevan Schaeffer (Orwigsburg) ended up in seventh. Rounding out the top ten were Chuck Miller (Emmaus), Tony Wetzel (Fleetwood), and Adam Hess (Mertztown).

Tanya Schrader led the opening seven circuits of the 40-lap Ladies Race. Jody Brensinger took command on lap 8 until she was overtaken by Jaclyn Bankes on the 17th lap. Brensinger worked back past Bankes on lap 21 and held her off at the finish. Brensinger was victorious over Bankes (Oneida), Schrader (Orwigsburg), Jennifer Bowers, and Karen Chase (Bernville).

The top 15 drivers in 6/8 and 4 cyl classes were paid for their efforts. Spots 9 through 15 were paid courtesy of the bigdiamondfanpage.com Fans of Big Diamond Raceway. Savage 61 Dodge and Dan Drobnick Welding sponsored the evening's festivities.

One Enduro show remains on the the 2009 schedule. A speical non-points show will be held on Saturday October 3.

BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY - COMPLETE RESULTS - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

6/8 CYLINDER ENDURO (100-LAPS): 1) 22-Tom Hablett, 2) 8-Jason Brown, 3) 39-Phil Levering, 4) 51-Brad Krause, 5) 01-Kerry Fritz, 6) 111-Jeremy Krauss, 7) 58-Doug Naftzinger, 8) 54-Mike Benulis, 9) 84-Ralph Bankes III, 10) 27-Chuck Long, 11) 777-Mike Naftzinger, 12) 55-Chip Kennedy, 13) 70-Chuck Detweiler, 14) 349-Adam Dietzel, 15) 11J-Bill Wingle Jr., 16) 703-Rick Wilson, 17) 911-Sammy Detweiler, 18) 3-Jamie Naftzinger, 19) 73-Aaron Bowman, 20) 56-Jack Zeilsdouff Sr., 21) Robert Staller Jr., 22) 992-Terry Kramer Jr., 23) 33-Ketih Owens, 24) 86-Kevin Martin, 25) 10x-Shon Elk, 26) 49-Chuck Dietzel, 27) 8R-Mike Reichert, 28) 23L-Bee Luckenbill, 29) 32-Sal Liberato, 30) 7-Mike Fiskaldo, 31) 22Y-Brian Yelk, 32) 16-Terry Kennedy, 33) 8J-Vince James, 34) 302-Ralph Bankes, 35) 99-John Crosby. DQ: 25-Pat Hires.

4 CYLINDER ENDURO (100-LAPS): 1) 14-Tyler Stump, 2) 11K-Brad Killian, 3) 66-Kevin Holland, 4) 90x-Joel Matter, 5) 15-Earl Eichert Sr., 6) 35-Lance Hoch, 7) 44-Kevan Schaeffer, 8) 00x-Chuck Miller, 9) 27x-Tony Wetzel, 10) 00-Adam Hess, 11) 88-Tylor Swingle, 12) 91-Earl Eichert Jr., 13) 38-Corey Collier, 14) 17K-Russ Killian, 14) 24-Larry Spencer, 16) 71-Ed Michael Jr., 17) 13z-Adam Zimmerman, 18) 95-Scott Lord, 19) 114-Dwayne Kimmel, 20) 8x-Scott Barry, 21) 70-Paul Noll, 22) 58-Tom Kemmerer, 23) 56-Andy Tobash, 24) 41-Curt Breinich, 25) 84x-Butch Schaeffer, 26) 8c-Chris Holland, 27) 16z-Greg Zelinsky, 28) 127-Gary Grim, 29) 5-Steve Wilson, 30) 15K-Jesse Kimmel, 31) 30-Jaxson Detweiler, 32) 14K-Keith Staller, 33) 8-Scott Oswald, 34) 17D-Bob Parker, 35) 17-Scott Peters.

6/8 CYLINDER LADIES RACE (40-LAPS): 1) 23-Jody Brensinger, 2) 84-Jaclyn Bankes, 3) 77-Tanya Schrader, 4) 73-Jennifer Bowers, 5) 88-Karen Chase.