SSP Celebrates 51st Anniversary on Thursday (2)
Contact: Todd Fisher
(717) 292-1696
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SSP Celebrates Its 51st Anniversary on Thursday Night
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (May 16, 2005) – This Thursday night, May 19, the
Susquehanna Speedway Park will celebrate its 51st season of operation featuring the
Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stocks and the Central PA Legends Cars Touring Series in
action. SSP point championship leader, Greg Hodnett from Memphis, TN picked up
his second Sprint Cars win of the season last Thursday night. Blane
Heimbach has also been turning some heads as of late with a second place finish
last week at SSP as well as being consistent during the first 5 events of the
season.
Larry Hughes, Jr. picked up his first victory of the season in the Xtreme
Stock Cars. David Wilhelm of Havre de Grace, MD continues to take the double
money bonus for the fourth consecutive time this season coming from last to
second place. The Xtreme Stock Car drivers eligible for the double purse
money bonus are Hughes, Wilhelm, Charlie Pensinger, Tommy Slanker and Brian
Sanders. 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. The
raindate will be Sunday, May 22 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 May 12 event only. For
example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for May 19 with and Adult ticket stub from the
May 12 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.
May 19, 2005 (Thursday) – Event Time Schedule
(Subject to Change – Rain Date: Sunday, May 22, 2005)
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 & Legends 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.
6:55 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following
order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE!
Rotation: Sprint Cars
Xtreme Stock Cars
Legends Cars
7:20 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem
7:30 p.m. Xtreme Stock Car Pepsi Challenge (4 laps) Top 5 from
previous week feature.
Qualifying Events
Sprint Cars Heat Races (10 laps)
Legends Cars Heat Races (6 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Heat Races (6 laps)
Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary.
Legends Cars Consolation Races (6 laps) – if necessary.
51st Anniversary Interviews - frontstretch
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)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
Legends Cars Feature (15 laps)
2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships
(as of May 14, 2005)
Sprint Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points
1 77 Greg Hodnett (2) Memphis, TN
485
2 25 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA
462
3 88 Fred Rahmer (1) Salfordsville, PA 448
12 Jeff Shepard Upperco, MD
448
5 22 Jason Johnson (1) Eunice, LA
438
6 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA
426
7 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA
377
8 71 Brian Leppo Spring Grove, PA
358
9 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA
351
10 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD
328
11 6w Josh Wells York, PA
310
12 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA
297
13 11c Cory Haas York, PA
280
14 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA
278
15 22z Jimmy Callahan Jr. Hampstead, MD
270
16 30 Doug Esh Lancaster, PA
258
17 28J Chad Jumper Marysville, PA
252
18 1z Mark Smith (1) Tower City, PA 243
19 13 Cliff Brian Ephrata, PA
222
20 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA
218
Xtreme Stock Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points
1 40 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD
476
2 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA
431
3 17G Mike Goodwin (1) Wellsville, PA
429
4 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA
423
5 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA
409
6 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA
407
7 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA
401
8 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA
393
9 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA
388
10 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA
386
11 17 Tom Johns (1) Columbia, PA
375
25 Allan Miller Carlisle, PA
375
54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA
375
35 Rodney Christine York, PA
375
11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA
375
36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA
375
17 21H Travis Horan York, PA
370
18 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA
262
19 66 Wayne Eurich Franklintown, PA
353
20 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA
352
* Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ).
SSP News and Notes:
- Mufflers mandatory for Legends Cars – Mufflers have been mandated for the
Legends Cars for the remainder of the 2005 at SSP. The muffler that must
be used is an INEX approved muffler only.
- The SABKO Enterprises Twin 20’s for Sprint Cars will be held on Thursday,
May 26. The first 20 lap feature will be for drivers who have never won a
sprint car feature event at SSP. This feature will pay $1,000 to the winner.
The second 20 lap feature will feature drivers who have won a sprint car
feature and the remainder of the twenty car field will be filled out with the
top finishers of the first 20 lapper. This feature will pay $2,000. A
driver has the opportunity to make $3,000 by winning both events. General
Admission ticket prices will not be raised for this exciting event that also
includes the Great American School Bus race and Xtreme Stock Cars.
- The Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series will begin on Sunday, May 29
paying $1,000 to the winner. This is the first of eight races for the Super
Sportsman at SSP that culminates with the Inaugural 75-lap Trail Motors
Championship on Sunday, September 4, paying $2,500 to the winner. For the championship
race, there will be 12 automatic qualifiers for the event determined by the
winners of the following events: 1) Silver Spring (Sat., May 28); 2) SSP
(Sun., May 29); 3) SSP (Sun., June 5); 4) Port Royal (Sat., June 15); 5) SSP
(Sun., June 19); 6) Williams Grove (Fri., June 24); 7) Silver Spring (Sat., July
2); 8) SSP (Sun., July 3); 9) Lincoln (Wed., July 20); 10) SSP (Sun., July
24); 11) SSP (Sun., Aug. 7); 12) SSP (Sun., Aug. 21). The remainder of the
field for the championship will qualify through heats and a last chance race.
All Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series events at SSP will require the use
of Hoosier Tires on all four corners with a Hoosier 105/18-15 plated (HTMA or
THE) spec tire and only D-12 or D-15 compounds are permitted.
- Thursday, June 2 will be “Big 33 Football Classic Night at the Races�?? and
the York County Racing Club Night featuring the Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stocks
and Classic Cars along with a Smashmasters sanctioned Demolition Derby.
Advance tickets are available by calling Big 33 at (717) 774-3303 with a portion of
the proceeds going to the Big 33 Scholarship Foundation.
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