Mother's Appreciation Night at SSP on Thursday
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (May 4, 2004) - This Thursday, May 6 will be Mother's Appreciation Night at the Susquehanna Speedway Park to honor all mothers with a special surprise. Along with "taking Mom to the races" there will be 410 Sprint Cars, the Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars and the return of the exciting Classic Cars. Last week the Classic Cars raced two, three and sometimes four wide during their entire feature event with a three car battle at the end for the win. SSP will look for a new winner in the 410 Sprint Car feature as Lance Dewease and Donnie Kreitz have already picked up feature wins this season. The Xtreme Challenge will also continue for the Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars as Charlie Pennsinger is the only driver to repeat in the top five during the first two weeks of racing action. He will try to repeat last week's performance of doubling his purse winnings as he collected $400 for his feature win. The return of the Rock It Pizza School Bus Challenge will also continue with three or four sprint car drivers taking one lap time trials in the famous "SSP School Bus." The fast timer will collect $100. Last week, Fred Rahmer narrowly defeated Jim Siegel to take the money. Also competing last week was Lance Dewease and Mark Smith. Gates open in the pit area at 4:00 p.m. with the grandstand gates opening at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 6:30 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m. Race fans can expect a fast paced 2 ½ hour program each and every night (and as coined by a local reporter "Done by 10."). Grandstand ticket prices are Adults (18 & older) $10.00; Teens (13-17) $6.00; Children (6-12) $2.00; and Children (5 & under) are free. Pit pass prices have been reduced to $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders. A track license is $25.00 for the year. Also, with the huge amount of interest for the June 10th Great American School Bus Race, SSP will be selling advance tickets at a discounted rate of $10.00 per ticket. At the gate, the general admission price will be $12.00. Ticket may be purchased at intermission during Thursday night racing events or by calling the SSP office at (717) 292-1696. A new website for the Susquehanna Speedway Park can be found at www.sspracing.net. 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 email toddafish@aol.com. 410 Sprint Cars RankCar #Driver NameHometown, StateTotal Points 177Lance DeweaseFayetteville, PA197 212Greg HodnettMemphis, TN182 369kDonnie Kreitz Jr.Sinking Springs, PA180 488hFred RahmerSalfordville, PA177 54Eric StambaughEast Berlin, PA172 659Jim SiegelNew Oxford, PA162 76wJosh WellsYork, PA142 823Todd ZinnGlenville, PA140 917TJeff TaylorCherry Hill, NJ132 1025Jeff ShepardUpperco, MD97 1122Darren EashIjamsville, MD91 121zMark SmithNewville, PA88 1322Kenny JacobsHolmesville, OH86 146KChris KnoppDelta, PA84 15U1Chad LaytonHarrisburg, PA82 1697Billy DietrechAspers, PA82 1721Brian MontiethPhoenixville, PA80 1821Jerry ParrishHampstead, MD76 1939T.J. StuttsLiverpool, PA76 2034 1/2Billy KimmelMechanicsburg, PA72 2158Aaron LongDillsburg, PA72 2233Scott LutzFredericksburg, PA70 2341Scott GeeseyWellsville, PA68 2457sTony StrineDover, PA64 2564Rick HornDover, PA60 2617cKeith AndersonHockessin, DE59 2735Brian BossingerMifflintown, PA58 2894Glenn ForsytheEast Berlin, PA50 2929Joe Ross 50 3029KBrent KlugeFallston, MD50 3151Karl BakerYork, PA0 32I07 Mark ColdrenEtters, PA0 338Craig KeelWeedsport, NY0 3488Danny DietrechAspers, PA0 Xtreme Enduro Stock Car Point Standings RankCar #Driver NameHometown, StateTotal Points 110Charlie PensingerShippensburg, PA197 23GMike GoodwinWellsville, PA184 3XR7Jerry BlauchGrantville, PA 180 457Raymond ReppManchester, PA175 554Karl WindishHarriburg, PA174 669Larry Hughes Jr.York Haven, PA169 741Matt SmithCarlisle, PA168 8181Tony TumasElkton, MD166 925Rick Hippensteel, Sr.Newville, PA166 1037Tom SlankerDover, PA159 1111Samuel RialWindsor, PA157 1207Rickey Hippensteel Jr.Newville, PA153 134aShawn ArndtYork, PA150 14169Jerry RunkleDover, PA150 1571Adrian BarnhardtHanover, PA150 167Gerald BarnesBaltimore, MD150 1754 jr.Bobby GlassYork Haven, PA125 181Allan MillerCarlisle, PA82 1933Bryon SipeHamburg, PA80 2051Samuel HenryWellsville, PA75 2151Jesse HenryDover, PA75 2242Jim GrossCarlisle, PA75 2335Curtis NicholsAberdeen, MD75 2427Matt WamplerDover, PA75 2527Rick RussellYork, PA75 261HBrian LommanManchester, PA50 271HDale FryeYork Haven, PA50 May 6, 2004 - Thursday Night Thunder Time Schedule (Mother's Appreciation Night) (Subject to Change) 4:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $18.00; Non members - $20.00 5:00 p.m. Grandstands Open: General admission: Adults - $10.00; Teens (13-17) – $6.00; Children (6-12) - $2.00; Children (5 & under) – Free 6:30 p.m. 410 Sprint Car Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call will be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 410 Sprint Cars (Heat in Engines) following the meeting 6:40 p.m. Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars & Classic Cars Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call will be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 6:50 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE! Rotation: 410 Sprint Cars Classic Cars Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars 7:25 p.m. Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Events: 410 Sprint Car Heat Races - (10 laps) Classic Cars Heat Races - (8 laps) Xtreme Enduro Stock Car Heat Races - (5 laps) 410 Sprint Car Consolation Race - (10 or 12 laps) – if necessary Classic Cars Consolation Race - (6 laps) – if necessary Rock It Pizza School Bus Challenge for Sprint Car Drivers Xtreme Enduro Stock Car Challenge - (4 laps) - Top 5 from previous week - Pre-stage all 410 Sprint Cars on the frontstretch for introductions 8:30 p.m. Feature Events - Victory Lane @ Finish Line for Top 3 in each division. 410 Sprint Car A-Main - (25 laps) Classic Cars A-Main - (15 laps) Xtreme Enduro Cars A-Main - (20 laps) 10:00 p.m. Racing Completed 11:30 p.m. Pit Area Closes (Lights out) Time is a factor! All cars must report to the grid area on time for their races. Late arrivals may not be permitted on the track. Please be early! RAIN DATE FOR THIS EVENT – Sunday, May 9, 2004 INCLEMENT WEATHER / CANCELLATION OF AN EVENT: In the event of rain or other conditions, it may be necessary for the SSP management to adjust the order of the event schedule, length of races, practices and qualifying sessions, or to stop the program completely. Should this occur, the SSP management shall make every effort to resume the schedule in a timely fashion if conditions improve. It is their sole discretion as to what decision they make and their decision is final. Rain Check Policy (Pits): Cancellation or delay of an event will be the speedway management’s decision. No money will be refunded for tickets or pit passes purchased. The armband with the appropriate numbers shall be used as the rain check. In the event that an event is canceled, rain checks will only be honored if all qualifying races for all divisions have not been completed. All races completed will be scratched and will not be rescheduled (EIRI – special events). Rain checks for the pits will be honored for one of the next two events of equal or lesser value. If the rain check is used for an event of greater value, then the holder will be responsible for making up the difference in value. If the event is rained out or canceled after one feature race for any division has been completed, then the remaining feature events will be run at a later announced date. This date will probably be the next race event scheduled and the make-up features will be first on the program (before any qualifying heats scheduled for the regular event). Only cars qualified for the canceled event will be eligible for the make-up feature. Rain checks will not be issued for events when the make-up features are held. One lap past the halfway point in a feature shall constitute a complete race in the event a race is stopped due to bad weather. If a race is stopped by use of the red flag and is ruled complete (no matter how many laps are complete), the finishing positions will be paid according to the last officially scored lap by the leader prior to the red flag.