Wheelie Contest Highlights SSP on Thursday Night
Sprint Car Wheelie Contest Highlights Thursday Night at SSP
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (June 13, 2005) – This Thursday night, June 16, the
Susquehanna Speedway Park will host the 2nd Annual Sprint Car Wheelie contest
presented by the Beer Hill Gang along with the Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stocks and
Penn Mar Vintage Car Club Tour. The $1,000-to-win Wheelie Contest will be
judged by five celebrity judges, which includes last year’s Wheelie Champion,
Eric Stambaugh. Drivers already entering the contest include Bobby Weaver,
Johnny Mackison and Billy Kimmel. More are expected to enter on Thursday night.
Greg Hodnett of Memphis, TN continues to lead the SSP Sprint Car point
championship, however with last Sunday’s feature win, Fred Rahmer was able to
close up his lead to 26 points. Despite hard luck on Sunday, Lance Dewease
moved to third along with Jason Johnson. Up-and-coming sprint car young gun,
Blane Heimbach moved into fifth place in points.
Rick Reinoehl of York won in his first night out of the year in the same
car that Gene Knaub won with the previous week’s Xtreme Stock Car feature
event. David Wilhelm of Harve de Grace, MD continues to lead as Michael Goodwin
and Charlie Pensinger continue to pursue him. The Xtreme Stock Car drivers
eligible for the double purse money bonus are Reinoehl, Daryl Beakler, Smoke
Christine, Daryl Beakler, Bryon Sipe and Chris Mudd. 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. If
needed, the raindate for this event will be announced at a later date.
SSP continues its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00
discount for each person with a ticket stub from the June 5 or June 12 events only.
For example, fans will receive $2.00 off an Adult ticket for June 16 with
and Adult ticket stub from the June 5 or June 12 events. 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.
SSP News and Notes:
- The Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series will continue on Sunday, June 19
paying $1,000 to the winner (Sportsman Tour Purse for the remainder of the
field – 24 starters / 20 laps). Also featured for the first time ever is
Vandamonium on Father’s Day. This will be Mini Van racing presented by York Haven
Auto Sales. Also on the card will be the Street Stocks and two features for
the Legends Cars. This is a great way to treat your father to a night of
fun and entertainment. 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 Super Sportsman at SSP 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 –
Craig Morrow); 2) SSP (Sun., May 29 – Russ Mitten); 3) SSP (Sun., June 5 –
Dave Calaman); 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 HTE) right rear spec
tire.
June 16, 2005 (Thursday) – Event Time Schedule
(Subject to Change – Rain Date – To Be Announced)
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 and Penn Mar Vintage Club Cars 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
Penn Mar Vintage Club Cars
Xtreme Stock 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)
Penn Mar Vintage Club Cars Heat Races (5 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Heat Races (6 laps)
Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary.
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!
Penn Mar Vintage Club Cars Feature (12 laps)
Sprint Car Feature (25 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
Beer Hill Gang Sprint Car Wheelie Contest - frontstretch
2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships
(as of June 13, 2005)
Sprint Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points 3 Week Avg.
1 77 Greg Hodnett (2) Memphis, TN
757 95
2 88 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 731
(x)
3 25 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA
667 79
22 Jason Johnson (1) Eunice, LA
667 79
5 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA
666 84
6 12 Jeff Shepard (1) Upperco, MD
642
7 71 Brian Leppo (1) Spring Grove, PA
626 83
8 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA
625 68
9 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA
577 75
10 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA
541 84
11 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD
526 67
12 11c Cory Haas (2) York, PA
446 79
13 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA
444 50
14 28J Chad Jumper Marysville, PA
436 65
15 6w Josh Wells York, PA
434 79
16 22z Jimmy Callahan Jr. Hampstead, MD
390 57
17 X Bobby Weaver York, PA
378 74
18 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA
368 88
19 1z Mark Smith (1) Tower City, PA
334 87
20 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA
318 95
21 83 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA
300 63
22 30 Doug Esh Lancaster, PA
258 102
23 7c Dave Cordier Jr. Shoemakersville, PA
250 63
24 13 Cliff Brian Ephrata, PA
222 99
25 8m Chris Meleason Carlisle, PA
205 93
Xtreme Stock Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points
1 18 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD
807
2 17G Mike Goodwin (2) Wellsville, PA
764
3 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA
752
4 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA
739
5 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA
734
6 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA
730
7 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA
727
8 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA
725
9 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA
711
10 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA
675
36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA
675
12 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA
671
13 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA
653
14 03H Nathan Heindel Mt. Wolf, PA
650
15 35 Smoke Christine York, PA
641
16 17 Tom Johns (2) Columbia, PA
625
17 00 John Hiden Jr. Dover, PA
600
21H Travis Horan York, PA
600
19 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA
587
20 25 Allan Miller Carlisle, PA
586
* Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ).
