Camera & Autograph Night at SSP on Sunday
Camera & Autograph Night Headlines SSP for Sunday Night NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 3, 2005) – This Sunday night, August 7, it will be Camera & autograph Night at the Susquehanna Speedway Park featuring the Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series along with the Silver Spring Street Stocks, the Four Cylinders and a Road Warrior Construction Race. All fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers with their cars on the frontstretch before the feature events. The raindate will be Sunday, August 14, if necessary. Gates open in the pit area and grandstands at 5:00 p.m. Warm-ups 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 continues its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person on August 7 with a ticket stub from the July 24 or August 4 events only. Returning fans are encouraged to write their name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be entered into special drawings during the season for great prizes. Last season, the grand prize was two tickets for the October NASCAR race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders. 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. Susquehanna Speedway Park www.sspracing.net or (717) 292-1696 / Track (717) 938-9170 August 7, 2005 - Sunday Night Time Schedule (Subject to Change – More events may be added) 5:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $18.00; Non members - $20.00 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. Trail Motors Super Sportsman 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. 6:40 p.m. Street Stocks, Four Cylinders & Raod Warriors 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: Trail Motors Super Sportsman Street Stocks Four Cylinders Road Warriors 7:20 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Events Trail Motors Super Sportsman Heat Races (8 laps) Street Stocks Heat Races (8 laps) Four Cylinders Heat Races (6 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Street Stock Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Four Cylinders Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Road Warrior Construction Race (8 laps) Camera & Autograph Session – All Drivers with Cars report to the frontstretch (15 minutes) 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! Trail Motors Super Sportsman Tour Feature (20 laps) Street Stocks Feature (15 laps) Four Cylinders Feature (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 14, 2005 SSP News and Notes: - 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 - Pat Cannon); 5) SSP (Sun., June 19 – Rich Eichelberger); 6) Williams Grove (Fri., June 24 – Danny Hager); 7) Silver Spring (Sat., July 2 – Billy Schoffstall); 8) SSP (Sun., July 3 – Frankie Herr); 9) Lincoln (Wed., July 20 – Carmen Perigo Jr.); 10) SSP (Sun., July 24 – Gregg Foster); 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. 2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of July 31, 2005) Trail Motors Super Sportsman: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Avg. 1 8 Rich Eichelberger (1) York Springs, PA 434 93 2 77 Russ Mitten (1) Newville, PA 428 78 3 58 Paul Miller Fawn Grove, PA 410 74 4 23 Steve Cannon Califon, NJ 401 74 5 59 Steve Wilbur Mechanicsburg, PA 398 81 6 25 Gregg Foster (1) Harrisburg, PA 397 (x) 7 1B Joey Biasi New Ringgold, PA 388 78 8 30 Scott Dellingner Lewisberry, PA 370 71 9 32 Ken Carberry Bensalem, PA 370 87 10 22H Richie Hartman Shoemakersville, PA 370 70 11 19 Dave Calaman (1) Carlisle, PA 369 100 12 80 Scott Ausherman Dover, PA 369 76 13 24 Jason Fry Summerdale, PA 364 70 14 23 John Stehman Halifax, PA 362 67 15 88 Aaron Eichelberger Dillsburg, PA 322 60 16 318 Danny Hager (1) Greencastle, PA 312 (x) 17 67 Bill Brown Street, MD 312 63 18 45 Dave Socks II Hagerstown, PA 302 63 19 51 Raymond Myers Mechanicsburg, PA 284 59 20 55x Dave Finch Middletown, PA 265 52 Street Stocks: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Average 1 1B Paul Morgan (1) Halifax, PA 451 (x) 80 Wes Alleman Newville, PA 451 90 3 11 Craig Morgan (2) Halifax, PA 448 87 4 12 Scott Thunberg Myerstown, PA 433 93 5 69 George Eash Jonestown, PA 421 86 6 22 Sam Leonard Jr. (1) Marysville, PA 396 87 7 7 Mike Leonard Marysville, PA 382 73 8 21K Kory Sites Hamburg, PA 373 93 9 95 Kirby Sites Hamburg, PA 331 93 10 6 Brian Henise Wrightsville, PA 316 61 11 56 Lance Grove Wrightsville, PA 313 66 12 7w Gary Welsh Middletown, PA 305 76 13 23 Justin Rhoads Annville, PA 253 68 14 39 Mike Herman Spring Grove, PA 250 74 15 7s Kevin Sigler York, PA 228 76 16 25H Brian Hauenstein (1) Carlisle, PA 228 79 17 zzz Mike Arnold Lebanon, PA 222 97 18 02w Kevin Wirt Lewisberry, PA 204 suspended 19 21H Joey Hoffer Annville, PA 201 78 20 03w Tim Wirt Etters, PA 186 96 * Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ). - On Thursday night, August 11, SSP will host a Camera and Autograph night featuring the return of the Topless Late Models along with the Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Rookie Rumble, and the EMMR Vintage Club Cars. All fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers with their cars on the frontstretch before the feature events. The topless Late Models will compete exclusively under the rules of the Silver Springs Late Models (_www.silverspringspeedway.com_ (http://www.silverspringspeedway.com/) ) with the Hoosier spec HTMA tire used on all four corners. If needed, a rain date will be announced for this event.