Billy Pauch Jr. won the 30 lap Opening Night at the Big Diamond Speedway on Friday. This was Billy's first win of the season. Billy's last win came on Aug 25, 2017, twenty starts ago. For the 30 year old Pauch it was their fifteenth win putting him fifth on the Big Diamond Speedway win list since 2006. Finishing 0.5480 seconds behind in second was Ryan Godown. This was Ryan's fouth Top 5 of the season, first at Big Diamond Speedway this year, and first Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Craig VonDohren, their third top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Jeff Strunk, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Duane Howard, their second top 5 of the year. Ryan Watt, Rick Laubach, Kevin Beach Jr., Erick Rudolph, and Gary Hager rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksBig Diamond Speedway top 10's since 2006: Ryan Godown - 75 Weekly starts since 2006: Bobby Trapper Jr. - 100 Consecutive top 5's at Big Diamond Speedway: Billy Pauch Jr. - 5 Consecutive Weekly top 5's: Billy Pauch Jr. - 6 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Ryan Watt - 15