Exciting Racing Action at the SSP Inaugural Candy Bowl on Saturday Night
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (October 29, 2005) – The Inaugural Candy Bowl at the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Saturday, October 29 found many winner in victory lane with nine classes of cars competing. Mike Miller picked up the wingless ARDC Midget feature with Cody Darrah winning the 600cc Micro Sprint Cars main event presented by J&K Salvage. Also picking up feature victories were Kory Sites in the Street Stocks, Dwayne Watson in the Thunder Cars, Jason Rochelle in the Legends Cars and Greg Updegraff in the Xtreme Stock Car Rookie Rumble feature. In Women on Wheels racing action, Kendra Knaub won in the Stock Cars and Penney Repp in the School Buses. Butch Richcreek continued his winning streak in the York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van Feature. A total of 146 drivers entered today’s Inaugural Candy Bowl. After the event, all kids were able to meet & greet the drivers in the pit area and trick or treat from trailer to trailer. It was also announced that all persons purchasing a grandstand ticket for tonight’s Candy Bowl, may exchange it at the ticket booth on Sunday, November 19 for a ticket of equal value. The final event at SSP will be on Saturday afternoon, November 19, the Susquehanna Speedway Park will host the Turkey 200 Xtreme Stock Car Enduro race. As a bonus attraction, the Great American School Buses and Mini Vans will take to the track before the 200 lap Enduro event. Fans will also be given complimentary school bus rides around the track at 12:30 p.m. The Enduro event will follow the specifications for the Xtreme Stock Car division that ran weekly at SSP during the 2005 season. The purse payout will be based on entry numbers and a payout can be found at the end of this release. Pre-entry for the event is encouraged but not mandatory. A Pre-entry fee is $50.00 and must be postmarked by Tuesday, November 15, 2005. All entries postmarked on or after November 16, 2005 will be $75.00. Entries will be taken on the day of the event. The starting positions for the Turkey 200 will be aligned through a blind draw at the pit gate on the day of the event. As a special bonus, all pre-entrants will be able to draw a second time for a starting position if he or she does not like their first draw for position. However, the entrant must take the second drawn spot regardless of whether or not it is a better starting position. Entry forms may be found at _www.sspracing.net_ (http://www.sspracing.net/) or contact (717) 292-1696 and leave an address or fax number for an entry. The gates open in the pit and grandstand area at 11:00 p.m. Racing action begins at 1:00 p.m. Grandstand ticket prices are Adults (18 & older) $12.00; Teens (13-17) $8.00; Children (6-12) $4.00; and Children (5 & under) are free. Pit passes for all persons 14 years of age and older are $20.00. The raindate for the event is Sunday afternoon, November 20 with the same time schedule. The Susquehanna Speedway Park is located off I-83 to exit 32, then 1.4 miles NW on SR382 to York Road, then 1.3 miles south. For more information, contact the speedway offices at (717) 292-1696 or visit online at www.sspracing.net. On raceday, fans are encouraged to call (717) 938-9170 for current weather conditions. SSP RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2005 ARDC MIDGET FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Mike Miller, 2. Ed Stimely, Jr., 3. Steve Buckwalter, 4. Hank Rogers, Jr., 5. Ray Bull, 6. Michele Miller, 7. Eric Heydenreich, 8. Dave Shirk, 9. Bill Case, Jr., 10. Jeff Schell, 11. Andy Martin, 12. P.J. Gargiuld, 13. Lew Blair, 14. Bobby Goerner, 15. Scott Zipp, 16. Chris Zrinski, 17, Brad Lovett, 18. Billy Pauch Jr., 19. Don Trent, 20. Steve Lenig, 21. Kathy Kurtz, 22. Carey Beeker. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Mike Miller (1-20) J&K SALVAGE 600cc MICRO SPRINT FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Cody Darrah, 2. Zack Geesey, 3. Shawn Seigert, 4. Jason Cherry, 5. Paul Hively, 6. Adrian Shaffer, 7. Eric Spahr, 8. Dane Delancey, 9. Shawn Ward, 10. Eric Tomecek, 11. Nathan Houck, 12. Chris Heckchdorn, 13. Ron Dick, Jr., 14. Isaac Speeringer, 15. Carey Shanz, 16. Mark Strickler, 17. Mark Harkleroad, 18. Dustin Sheffield, 19. Justin Hively, 20. Aaron Spahr, 21. Keith Ford, 22. Gary Zanolini, 23. Rodney Glass; DNS – Eddie, Rice, Scott Urey, Brandon Yarlett, Bo Gordon FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Strickler (1-7), Darrah (8-15) THUNDER CAR FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Dwayne Watson, 2. Craig Wagaman, 3. Roy Wearheim, 4. Mike Ziegler, Sr., 5. Mike Ziegler, Jr., 6. Jim Rodst, 7. Mike Gladfelder, 8. Justin Mong, 9. Josh Shum, 10. Mike Walls, 11. Scott Fisher, 12. Jimmy Combs, 13. Tim Fake, 14. Eric MacClane, 15. Bobby Beard, 16. Chas Walls, 17. Jake Markey, DNS – Gene Knaub, Alan Crammer. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Watson (1-20) STREET STOCK FEATURE (20 laps) 1. Kory Sites, 2. Scott Thunberg, 3. Alex Frye, 4. Brian Henise, 5. George Eash, 6. Greg Morgan, 7. Brian Hauenstein, 8. Justin Rhodes, 9. Jim Hulse, 10. Bill Beck, 11. Dana Smith, 12. Tim Drawbaugh, 13. Lance Grove, 14. Richard Parsons, 15. Chad Smith, DNS – Rick Yohn. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Frye (1-2), Thunberg (3-12), Sites (13-20). LEGENDS CARS FEATURE (15 laps) 1. Jason Rochelle, 2. Butch Brough, 3. Tim Thompson, 4. Ronnie Dunstan, 5. Jim Halvert, 6. Randy Kissinger, 7. Bob Lash, 8. Andy Lupfer, 9. Lamar Shaffer, 10. Stephen Nederostek, 11. Ed Wentz, 12. Pat McDermott, 13. Clint Penkauskas, 14. Bob Murray, 15.Gierry Eldridge, 16. Robert Sobrieski, 17. Jason Smith, 18. Laura McDonald, 19. Bill Shick, 20. Ronald Cooper, 21. Rodney Adams. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Rochelle (1-15) XTREME STOCK CAR ROOKIE RUMBLE FEATURE (20 laps): 1. Greg Updegraff, 2. John Scrivens, 3. Doug Minium, 4. Eric Snoke, 5. #0, 6. Criag Horn, 7. John Hiden, 8. Mark Heller, 9. Tim Hahn, 10. Ryan Oleneck, 11. Larry Landis, 12. Les Scrivens, 13. Andrew Frye, 14. Matt Newcomer, 15. Jeff Thrush, 16. Ken Johns, 17. Matt Mixell, 18. David Swab, 19. Bruce McClane, 20. Travis Horan, DNS – Tommy Johns, Nancy Frye, Roy Wareheim, Raymond Repp, Rick Lomman. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Johns (1-15), Updegraff (16-20) WOMEN ON WHEELS STOCK CARS FEATURE (15 laps): 1. Kendra Knaub, 2. Karen Powell, 3. Nancy Frye, 4. Beth Burhman, 5. Darlene Mixell, 6. Penny Repp. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Knaub (1-15) YORK HAVEN AUTO SALES MINI VAN FEATURE (15 laps): 1. Butch Richcreek, 2. Creden Sponseller, 3. Daryl Sipe, 4. Randy Sipe, 5. Richie Richcreek, 6. Jason Anderson, 7. #86, 8. Justin Young, 9. #46J, 10. Barb Wentz, 11. Sherry Kitner, 12. Dave Kohr. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Jason Anderson (1-5), B. Richcreek (6-15). WOMEN ON WHEELS SCHOOL BUS FEATURE (5 laps): 1. Penney Repp, 2. Crystal Thomas, 3. Chrissy Fink. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Repp (1-5)
