Lots of Action at SSP on Thursday
One-on-One Street Car Drags & Classic Cars at SSP on Thursday NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (April 25, 2005) – This Thursday night, April 28, the One-on-One Street Car Drags and Classic Cars return to the Susquehanna Speedway Park for the first time this season. Also featured will be the weekly SSP divisions of Sprint Cars and the Xtreme Stock Cars. Greg Hodnett from Memphis, TN and David Wilhelm of Havre de Grace, MD picked up feature wins last Thursday in the Sprint Cars and Xtreme Stock Cars classes respectively. A Pennsylvania Sprint Car driver has yet to win at SSP in 2005 as Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA picked up the season opener two weeks ago. Jerry Blauch is the only Pennsylvania resident to win a feature event at SSP in 2005 with the Xtreme Stock Car opener. The One-On-One Street Car Drags will feature a competition between street legal cars and trucks right off the street. Races will be from a dead start with two participants starting side-by-side. They will take one lap around the track with the winner advancing to the next round and the loser eliminated from the competition. The final race will see the two “survivors�?? in a winner-take-all paying $250.00. Entry forms for the One-on-One Street Car Drags may be obtained by calling (717) 292-1696, visiting www.sspracing.net or at the pit gate on the day of the event. Bob the Undertaker from Tombstone, AZ is the first entry for next week’s event with his 1979 Cadillac Hearse. The first prize is $250.00. The Xtreme Stock Car drivers eligible for the double purse money bonus are David Wilhelm, Mark Vegh, Mike Mixell, Adam Smith and Travis Horan. These drivers will automatically start at the rear of the feature event, and if any or all of these drivers make it into the top five finishing spots, then that driver will receive double purse money for that position. These drivers will also compete in the 4-lap Pepsi Challenge Dash paying $50.00 to the winner. Gates open in the pit area and grandstands 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. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders. The raindate will be Sunday, May 1 with the same time schedule. SSP continues its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person with a ticket stub from the April 21 event only. For example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for April 28 with and Adult ticket stub from the April 21 event. Returning fans are encouraged to write their name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be entered into special drawings to be held during the season for great prizes. Last season, the grand prize was two tickets to the NASCAR race in October at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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. April 28, 2005 (Thursday) – Event Time Schedule (Subject to Change – Rain Date: Sunday, May 1) 5:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $18.00; Non members - $20.00 Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults - $12.00; Teens (13-17) – $8.00; Children (6-12) - $4.00; Children (5 & under) – Free 6:30 p.m. 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. * Sprint Cars Heat in Engines following the Driver’s Meeting 6:40 p.m. Xtreme Stock Cars & Classic 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. 6:50 p.m. One-on-One Street Car Drags Driver’s Meeting - (Mandatory) 6:55 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE! Rotation: Sprint Cars Classic Cars Xtreme Stock Cars 7:20 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Events Sprint Cars Heat Races (10 laps) Classic Cars Heat Races (6 laps) Xtreme Stock Cars Heat Races (6 laps) Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Classic Cars Consolation Races (6 laps) – if necessary. Xtreme Stock Car Pepsi Challenge (4 laps) Top 5 from previous week feature. One-on-One Street Car Drags (1 lap per race) Feature Events — Victory Lane @ Finish Line for Top 3 in each division. $200 fine for any of the top 3 not stopping at victory lane! Sprint Cars Feature (25 laps) Classic Cars Feature (20 laps) Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps) 2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of April 22, 2005) Sprint Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 77 Greg Hodnett (1) Memphis, TN 197 2 25 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA 188 3 12 Jeff Shepard Upperco, MD 185 4 22 Jason Johnson (1) Eunice, LA 178 5 88 Fred Rahmer Salfordsville, PA 176 6 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA 170 7 71 Brian Leppo Spring Grove, PA 168 8 11c Cory Haas York, PA 158 9 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA 156 10 6w Josh Wells York, PA 156 11 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA 136 12 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA 134 13 29K Brent Kluge Fallston, MD 132 14 28J Chad Jumper Marysville, PA 130 15 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA 128 16 83 Bill Brown Street, MD 122 17 22z Jimmy Callahan Jr. Hampstead, MD 120 18 30 Doug Esh Lancaster, PA 88 19 1z Mark Smith Newville, PA 84 20 59 Jim Siegel New Oxford, PA 76 Xtreme Stock Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 40 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD 191 2 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA 180 3 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA 176 4 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 175 5 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 172 16 Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA 172 7 17G Mike Goodwin Wellsville, PA 170 8 20 Steve Clemens Lebanon, PA 163 9 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA 155 10 17 Carl Cassel Manchester, PA 153 11 25 Allan Miller Carlisle, PA 150 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA 150 20D Carl Davis Jr. Manchester, PA 150 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA 150 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 150 35 Rodney Christine York, PA 150 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 150 20 Harry Sipe Jr. York Haven, PA 150 43 Paul Tiemann Baltimore, MD 150 20 36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA 150 * Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ).