Pepsi Night at SSP on Thursday
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 17, 2004) – This Thursday night, August 19, SSP will host Pepsi Hot August Night featuring an autograph session for fans to meet their favorite drivers along with their cars just before the feature events. Along with the 410 Sprint Cars, the Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars and the Legends Cars will be in action. Gates open in the pit area at 4:00 p.m. with the grandstand gates opening at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 7:00 p.m. with racing beginning promptly at 7:30 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. SSP will continue its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person with a ticket stub from the August 15 event only. For example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for August 19 with and Adult ticket stub from the August 15 event. Returning fans are encouraged to write their name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be entered into a special drawing to be held at the end of the season. Prizes will be announced soon. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders. A track license is $25.00 for the year. The raindate will be Sunday, August 22 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 ww.sspracing.net. On raceday, fans are encouraged to call (717) 938-9170 for current weather conditions. SSP News and Notes: - The 4th Annual York County Nationals will be 32 laps and pay $3,200 to the winner of the 410 Sprint Car event. The top six drivers in points will be automatically qualified for the feature event and will compete in a $300-to-win “winner take all 5 lap dash.” Six other drivers will qualify through the heats to draw for starting position in the feature along with the top six in points. The Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars feature event will be 25 laps paying $300 to win. The Classic Cars will also be on the schedule. - A new race date has been added to the 2004 SSP race schedule on Sunday night, September 5 with the Credit Connection / Trail Motors Night at the Races featuring the Super Sportsman Tour, the Silver Springs Street Stocks paying $500-to-win and double features for the PA Four Cylinders. - An aggressive 2005 racing schedule is in the planning stages with a wide variety of divisions and great racing action. Weekly Thursday night racing will continue in 2005 with the 410 Sprint Cars, Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars and one other class or novelty act per night. The 358/360 Sprint Car Open Challenge events will continue on nights when the 410 Sprint Cars are scheduled off. There will also be eight Sportsman Tour Races scheduled for every other Sunday beginning on June 5 and ending on September 4. Other notable dates include four Great American School Bus Races to be announced and PA Speedweeks on Thursday, June 30. A mid-summer break from racing action is also tentatively planned from July 4 through July 16. More exciting and prestigious events will be announced in the near future. - The new spectator pit viewing area behind the turn one grandstand has been completed and will be open. - The post season awards for the 2004 SSP 410 Sprint Car Points Championship will be three (3) 2005 Season Pit Passes for the championship team (Value = $1,500). Drivers finishing second through fifth will receive two (2) 2005 Season Pit Passes (Value = $1,000 per team). Drivers finishing sixth through tenth will receive one (1) 2005 Season Pit Pass (Value = $500 per team). The complimentary driver’s pit pass for all licensed members will also be in effect again for 2005. - The post season awards for the 2004 SSP Xtreme Stock Car Points Championship will be two (2) 2005 Season Pit Passes for the championship team (Value = $1,000). Drivers finishing second through fifth will receive one (1) 2005 Season Pit Passes (Value = $500 per team). The complimentary driver’s pit pass for all licensed members will also be in effect again for 2005. Susquehanna Speedway Park www.sspracing.net or (717) 292-1696 August 19, 2004 - Thursday Night Thunder Time Schedule (Pepsi Hot August Nights) (Subject to Change – More events may be added) 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 - $12.00; Teens (13-17) – $8.00; Children (6-12) - $4.00; Children (5 & under) – Free 6:30 p.m. 410 Sprint Cars Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 410 Sprint Cars (Heat in Engines) - after the meeting. 6:40 p.m. Xtreme Enduro Stock Car, & Legends Cars Meeting —(Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for night. 6:50 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE! Rotation: 410 Sprint Cars Legends Cars Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars 7:20 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Events Legends Cars Heats (5 laps) 410 Sprint Cars Heat Races (10 laps) Legends Cars Consolation Race (5 laps) – if necessary. 410 Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Xtreme Stock Car Pepsi Challenge (4 laps) Top 5 from previous week feature. Autograph and Camera Session – Frontstretch All Cars & Drivers to report to the frontstretch (15 minutes) 8:45 p.m. Feature Events — Victory Lane @ Finish Line for Top 3 in each division. 410 Sprint Cars A-Main (25 laps) Xtreme Enduro Stocks Cars A-Main (20 laps) Legends Cars National Qualifier A-Main (15 laps) 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, August 22, 2004 410 Sprint Car Point Standings at Susquehanna Speedway Park (as of Aug. 11, 2004) Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 88h Fred Rahmer Salfordsville, PA 1329 2 77 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA 1196 3 59 Jim Siegel New Oxford, PA 1161 4 12 Greg Hodnett Memphis, TN 1096 5 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA 1067 6 69k Donnie Kreitz Jr. Sinking Springs, PA 979 7 71 Brian Leppo Spring Grove, PA 971 8 17t Jeff Taylor Cherry Hill, NJ 878 9 29K Brent Kluge Fallston, MD 854 10 33 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA 844 11 23 Todd Zinn Glenville, PA 772 12 6w Josh Wells York, PA 704 13 28H Bill Hetzel Jr. York, PA 651 14 7c Dave Cordier Jr. Shoemakersville, PA 566 15 97 Billy Dietrech Aspers, PA 547 16 51 Karl Baker York, PA 526 17 28J Chad Jumper Marysville, PA 480 18 17H Peter Attard Sydney, Australia 474 19 39 T.J. Stutts Liverpool, PA 460 20 1z Mark Smith Newville, PA 423 Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars Point Standings at Susquehanna Speedway Park (as of Aug. 17, 2004) Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 1517 2 3G Mike Goodwin Wellsville, PA 1471 3 16 Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA 1442 4 59 Samuel Rial Windsor, PA 1400 5 37 Tom Slanker Dover, PA 1368 6 XR7 Jerry Blauch Grantville, PA 1351 7 25 Allan Miller Carlisle, PA 1346 8 4 Matt Smith Carlisle, PA 1333 9 91 Tom Johns Columbia, PA 1320 10 07 Ricky Hippensteel Jr. Newville, PA 1283 11 71 Adrian Barnhart Hanover, PA 1075 12 54jr. Bobby Glass Jr. York Haven, PA 1075 13 21 Ronnie Thomas Gettysburg, PA 960 14 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA 938 15 27 Matt Wampler Dover, PA 926 16 4a Shawn Arndt York, PA 853 17 35 Curtis Nichols Aberdeen, MD 851 18 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA 843 19 57 Raymond Repp Manchester, PA 788 20 1H Brian Lohman Manchester, PA 736 # # #