Bright wins ARDC feature at Big Diamond.
Apacked house was treated to a night of outstanding racing on Friday at Big Diamond Speedway on Red White and Blue Autos night with the return of the Twin 20s for the CJ’s Tire & Automotive Services 358 modifieds.
Craig VonDohren won the opening 20lap feature with a last-lap pass for the win while point leader Ryan Godown led all 20 laps in the non-stop nightcap feature.
Other winners on Friday included Steve Gromis (Savage 61 roadrunners) and Ricky Weaver (Enduro Dash).
This coming Friday, Aug. 5, the speedway will present a four-division show of 358 modifieds, U.S.S. Achey sportsman, roadrunners and the No Sweat Service Group street stocks on the No Sweat Service Group night.
The gates open at 5:30 with warm-ups at 7:45 and racing at 8:15. General admission is $15 while kids 12-and-under and active military with a valid ID are free.
In the opening 20-lap feature, VonDohren would move into a three-car battle for third on lap eight as Brett Kressely took the lead from John Willman on lap four.
Just past the halfway mark, VonDohren moved into second and then began to encounter lapped traffic as he chased down the leader Kressely.
On the final lap, VonDohren throw the slider again on Kressely and Kressely was able to maintain the lead momentarily as VonDohren raced back to be side-by-side with Kressely for the lead heading into Turn 3. VonDohren was able to wrestle the lead away for good as the two drivers raced through the final two corners.
“I thought I saw the white flag but I guess it was the move-over flag with about four to go and I pulled a slider on Brett and I thought that I blew it and then I realized that it wasn’t the last lap,” VonDohren said.
“We got caught back up it was nip-andtuck tonight. You just hope to be in the right lane at the right time.”
Willman would come home third followed by Kevin Beach, Jr., and Rick Laubach to round out the top five.
Sixth through 10th were Godown, Jeff Strunk, Duane Howard, Gary Hager and Ryan Watt.
Heats for the 358 modifieds were won by Willman, Laubach and Beach, Jr. The con-
solation event was won by Mike Lisowski.
In the second Twin 20-lap feature, Godown took the lead from the drop of the green flag and then held off a hard-charging Laubach at the line for the win.
The non-stop 20-lap feature took just six minutes, 29 seconds to run.
Laubach would close in on Godown on lap 15 and then the two touched momentarily at the start-finish line on lap 18.