Cindy Rowe Auto Glass Speed Weeks at SSP on Thursday
Contact: Todd Fisher
(717) 292-1696
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass PA Speedweeks at SSP on Thursday Night
NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (June 20, 2005) – This Thursday night, June 30, the
Susquehanna Speedway Park will host the 15th Annual Cindy Rowe Auto Glass PA
Speedweeks for the Sprint Cars with a 30-lap, $4,000-to-win feature events.
Joining the Sprint Cars will be the Xtreme Stock Cars and popular W.O.W. Stock Cars
(Women on Wheels).
The SSP Sprint Car point championship continues to get closer as Salfordville
’s Fred Rahmer closed within 15 points of season long leader Greg Hodnett of
Memphis, TN. Lance Dewease remains in third place with Jason Johnson of
Eunice, LA, in fourth and Blane Heimbach remains in fifth place despite a third
place finish last Thursday night.
Dover’s Gene Knaub won for the second time this season in last Thursday’s
Xtreme Stock Car feature event. David Wilhelm of Harve de Grace, MD
extended his point lead over Michael Goodwin of Wellsville. Last season champion,
Charlie Pensinger of Shippensburg continues to hold on to third with Bryon Sipe
and Karl Windish remaining in the top five. The Xtreme Stock Car drivers
eligible for the double purse money Pepsi bonus are Knaub, Wilhelm, Goodwin,
Mark Vegh and Sipe. 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 4:00 p.m. Sprint Car warmups
begin at 6:00 p.m. with time trials beginning at 6:30 p.m. Racing begins
at 7:30 p.m. Grandstand ticket prices are Adults (18 & older) $20.00;
Teens (13-17) $10.00; Children (6-12) $5.00; and Children (5 & under) are free.
Pit pass prices are $25.00 with a reduced rate for speedway license holders.
There is no raindate for this event.
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 19 or June 23 events only.
For example, fans will receive $2.00 off an Adult ticket for June 30 with
and Adult ticket stub from the June 19 or June 23 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, July 3
with the 50 lap Summer Fun 50 paying $1,500 to the winner (Sportsman Tour Purse
for the remainder of the field – 24 starters / 20 laps). Also on the card
will be the Street Stocks, Legends Cars and the first appearance of the All
Star Race Trucks. Handicapping will begin for the Trail Motors Super Sportsman
and the Street Stocks based on the last three events. The first 40 laps of
the Trail Motors Sportsman feature will count all green and yellow laps until
40 laps are complete and the last 10 laps must be green flag laps. 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. There is no increase in pit
or grandstand admission prices for this special event. 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 (Wed., June 15 - Paul Miller); 5) SSP (Sun.,
June 19 – Rich Eichelberger); 6) Williams Grove (Fri., June 24 – Danny
Hager); 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 30, 2005 (Thursday) – Event Time Schedule
(Subject to Change – Rain Date – None)
4:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $22.00; Non members
- $25.00
Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults - $20.00; Teens (13-17) –
$10.00;
Children (6-12) - $5.00; Children (5 & under) – Free
5:30 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
6:00 p.m. Practice—Sprint Cars
6:20 p.m. All Sprint Cars Report to Infield for Time Trials
6:30 p.m. Sprint Car Time Trials (6 laps)
6:40 p.m. Xtreme Stock Cars and W.O.W. Meeting - (Mandatory) – A
random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may
result in disqualification for that night.
7:15 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following
order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE!
Rotation: Xtreme Stock Cars
W.O.W. Stock Cars
7:20 p.m. Welcome, SSP Community Elite Award, 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)
W.O.W. Stock Cars Heat Races (6 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Heat Races (6 laps)
Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps)
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!
W.O.W. Stock Cars Feature (12 laps)
Cindy Rowe Auto Glass PA Speedweek Sprint Car Feature (30 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships
(as of June 25, 2005)
Sprint Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points 3 Week Avg.
1 77 Greg Hodnett (2) Memphis, TN
923
2 88 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 908
3 25 Lance Dewease (1) Fayetteville, PA
864
4 22 Jason Johnson (1) Eunice, LA
839
5 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA
836
6 71 Brian Leppo (1) Spring Grove, PA
798
7 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA
784
8 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA
711
9 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA
701
10 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD
693
11 12 Jeff Shepard (1) Upperco, MD
642
12 28J Chad Jumper (1) Marysville, PA
600
13 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA
556
14 6w Josh Wells York, PA
520
15 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA
516
16 X Bobby Weaver York, PA
460
17 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA
452
18 11c Cory Haas (2) York, PA
446
19 22z Jimmy Callahan Jr. Hampstead, MD
390
20 8m Chris Meleason Carlisle, PA
365
21 83 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA
350
22 1z Mark Smith (1) Tower City, PA
334
23 30 Doug Esh Lancaster, PA
258
24 7c Dave Cordier Jr. Shoemakersville, PA
250
25 1R Mike Rabold Steven, PA
234
Xtreme Stock Cars:
Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State
Points
1 18 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD
982
2 17G Mike Goodwin (2) Wellsville, PA
949
3 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA
913
4 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA
902
5 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA
888
6 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA
886
7 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA
884
8 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA
880
9 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA
861
10 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA
820
11 36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA
832
12 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA
808
13 03H Nathan Heindel Mt. Wolf, PA
800
14 35 Smoke Christine York, PA
777
15 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA
750
16 20 Steve Clemens Lebanon, PA
717
17 17 Tom Johns (2) Columbia, PA
703
18 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA
662
19 00 John Hiden Jr. Dover, PA
650
20 44 Matt Wampler Dover, PA
647
21 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA
631
22 21H Travis Horan York, PA
600
23 25 Allan Miller Carlisle, PA
586
24 0 Larry Hughes, Jr. (2) York Haven, PA
569
25 7 Gerald Barnes Baltimore, MD
553
Others with wins: Gene Knaub (2), Rick Reionehl (1)
* Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ).
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