Craig VonDohren won the 25 lap Season Opener Thaw Brawl at the Big Diamond Speedway on Friday. This was Craig's first win of the season. Craig's last win came on Sep 17, 2022, seven starts ago. For the 59 year old VonDohren it was their seventy-first win putting him first on the Big Diamond Speedway win list since 1997. Finishing 0.7130 seconds behind in second was Alex Yankowski. This was Alex's second Top 5 of the season, first at Big Diamond Speedway this year, and first Weekly Top 5 of the season. Finishing third was Louden Reimert, their third top 5 of the year. Finishing fourth was Jeff Strunk, their first top 5 of the year. Finishing fifth was Eddie Strada III, their first top 5 of the year. Ryan Watt, Rick Laubach, Mike Gular, Doug Manmiller, and Duane Howard rounded out the top 10.
Significant Milestones and StreaksConsecutive top 10's at Big Diamond Speedway: Duane Howard - 10 Consecutive Weekly top 10's: Jeff Strunk - 14