Chuck Curley

Pottsville

Staff Writer at Republican Herald

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WV football

Nov 18, 2024 | newsitem.com | Chuck Curley

ORWIGSBURG - Williams Valley's football team only knows it gets tougher from here. "We've just got to keep winning every single week and showing what we can do," Vikings quarterback Brady Shomper, wearing a District 11 Class 2A championship medal, said last Friday night.
New Jersey's Matt Peck wins 602 crate sportsmen's Coal Cracker 25

Sep 3, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE – As he was nearing the flagstand, presumably for the final time, Sunday night at Big Diamond Speedway, Billy Pauch Jr. could not believe he was seeing the yellow flag instead of the checkered one. "I couldn't believe it," the Jack Rich, Inc., Coal Cracker 72 champion said. "I mean, the guy (Danny Creeden) stopped in Turn 2. I get it, but I couldn't get over that one. That set me back.
Oley's Louden Reimert wins Jack Ritch Inc. Coalcracker 72 for second consecutive year

Aug 31, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE – No 358 modified driver has won the Jack Rich, Inc., Coalcracker 72 in consecutive seasons since Oley's Duane Howard in 1998-99. Tonight at Big Diamond Speedway, another Oley driver, Louden Reimert, will have his opportunity. He will have ample momentum after winning Friday night's Dave Kamp Memorial 25-lap feature at Big Diamond. "I like to treat all of these big races like just another race," Reimert said after his third feature win at Big Diamond this season.
Llewellyn's Kevin Beach Jr. wins for second time this year at Big Diamond

Aug 24, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE – Amid the chaos after nearly five minutes of non-stop racing, Llewellyn's Kevin Beach Jr. was driving through a group of lapped cars, but still kept his focus on the one driver ahead of him in the running order. "I was watching (Ron) Haring (Jr.) more than I was watching lapped traffic," Beach said Friday night after his second feature victory at Big Diamond Speedway in 2024. "I was trying to figure out where he was going to go because I didn't run the bottom too much.
Orefield's Kressley has surprise finish in Friday's Coal Cracker 358

Aug 17, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE –- Even after using the outside lane to make several passes earlier in the event, Orefield's Brett Kressley was not sure he could make it to the lead of Friday night's Prelude to the Coal Cracker 358 modified feature. "I don't know. He was pretty far out there," Kressley said about Matt Yoder's advantage on a track that had taken tire rubber around the bottom. "You're obviously not going to get to him and go through him.
Tony Jackson wins Friday's Fossil Fuels 35 years after father wins at Big Diamond

Jul 29, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE -- Thirty-five years after father Larry took the second of his two super sportsman feature victories at Big Diamond Speedway, Tony Jackson couldn't believe the money he won for taking Friday's Fossil Fuels 35 wingless super sportsman feature there. "Outside of one other race at BAPS (Motor Speedway) for a couple years, this is the biggest payday we ever ran for," the Newville driver said in Victory Lane. "The (Sportsman) 100-lapper (at BAPS) is our biggest race and it's kind of sad.
Reimert makes statement with victory in Topless 30 358 modified feature

Jul 20, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE – While Big Diamond Speedway's annual Topless program may be a novelty to some racers, it was an important night for Oley's Louden Reimert, who was trying to overcome lackluster results during the past month. "We just had to come back, work hard during the week, get our stuff figured out and do what we do," Reimert said Friday night in Victory Lane after he won the Topless 30 358 modified feature and its $7,000 winner's check.
Defending Big Diamond Speedway champion Kressley has night for the record books

Jul 13, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE – Defending Big Diamond Speedway champion Brett Kressley had one final chance Friday night to deny Jeff Strunk's first Georgie Stevenson Memorial victory since 2007. kAmzC6DD=6J >256 E96 >@DE @7 E92E @AA@CEF?:EJ]k^AmkAmQx 7@F?5 E96 >:55=6 H2D 36EE6C 5@H? 96C6 8@:?8 :?E@ WEFC?X @?6[Q zC6DD=6J D2:5 uC:52J ?:89E @7 9:D =2DE\=2A A2DD 7@C E96 H:? :?
Coal Region Racing Hall of Fame inducts annual class

Jul 1, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN – Pine Grove's Larry Graver admits his induction Sunday into the Coal Region Racing Hall of Fame applies a proper finish to his racing career. Or does it? "Yeah, I still get stupid thoughts," Graver, 62, said after he was inducted into the hall of fame's class of 2024 at a luncheon at Island Park. He added, "Because, honestly, I felt I left something on the table, but it's not in my grasp. ... I haven't gone to a race since. You can't. You can't.
New Ringgold's Reichert wins inaugural "Double B" Bob Bowers Memorial event

Jun 29, 2024 | republicanherald.com | Chuck Curley

FORESTVILLE –- When New Ringgold's Mike Reichert won the inaugural event in the "Double B" Bob Bowers Memorial Twin 12's for roadrunners Friday night at Big Diamond Speedway, the $850 purse helped to pay the fuel bill, but not the fuel one might think. "We've had no power since Wednesday night at 6 o'clock," Reichert said about the effect of a severe storm on his home and race shop.