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Dewease Wins on Last Lap Pass at SSP on Thursday



Newberrytown, PA  (August  4, 2005) –  Lance Dewease pulled out a thrilling 
last turn win in the 25-lap Sprint Car  feature at the Susquehanna Speedway 
Park on Thursday evening.  In other action Gene Knaub won his  fourth Xtreme 
Stock Car feature, Jimmy Smith won the XSC Rookie Rumble, Bob  Campbell won the 
Penn-Mar Vintage Stock feature, and Scott Fisher was the Mini  Van Flag Pole 
Race winner.  Jason  Goodling won the Smashmasters Demo Derby. 
Dewease  started 12th in the Sprint Car race, and steadily worked his way  
toward the front.  Meanwhile, Sprint  Car rookie Michael  Carber led the  first 
five laps before yielding the top spot to two time winner Cory Haas.  Haas 
appeared headed for another win,  but Dewease had other ideas.  In  lapped 
traffic, dewease shot under Haas on the third turn of the final lap and  raced to 
victory lane.  The win was  Dewease’s second of the season, and 12th career at 
SSP  Haas had to settle for second spot, with  Alan Krimes third.  Point leader 
 Greg Hodnett and Fred Rahmer completed the top five.  Blane Heimbach, Eric 
Stambaugh, Dave  Cordier, Carber and Matt Miller completed the top ten  Heats 
went to Dewease and  Hodnett. 
Knaub  started firth in the 25 lap Xtreme Stock feature, but hadthe lead by 
the end of  the first lap.  From that point on  his strongest competition came 
from the car he owns and rove to two of his four  wins.  This time it was Rick 
 Reinoehl driving.  Reinoehl  pressured his car owner over the final laps, 
but had to settle for second.  Point leader Mike Goodwin, Bryon Sipe  and Steve 
Clemens completed the top five.  Larry Hughes Jr. won the Pepsi Dash. 
Jimmy  Smith took the lead from Rich Lomman on the 6th of 15 laps to win the  
XSC Rookie Rumble.  Smith went on to  the win over Brent Fogelsanger.    Carl 
Sipe, Brian Lomman, and  Terry Myers completed the top five. 
Campbell  battled most of the race with Jeff Gamble, but came out on top for 
his third win  of the season at SSP in Penn-Mar’s Modified vintage stocks.  
Paul Hoffman ,who finished sixth  overall, was the winner of the sportsman 
portion of the  event. 
The  next Sunday night event will be August 7 with Camera and Autograph Night 
 featuring the Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series along with the Silver 
Spring  Street Stocks, 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.    
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.   SSP will continue 
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  and 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 
licensee holders. 
The  next Thursday night race at SSP will be August 11 with 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. 
For  more information, visit ww.sspracing.net or call the SSP home office at 
(717)  292-1696.  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.  On 
raceday, use the track phone at (717)  938-9170. 
SSP  Results from Thursday,  August 4, 2005 
SPRINT CAR FEATURE;  (25 Laps)  1. Lance Dewease, 2. Cory Haas, 3. Alan 
Krimes, 4. Greg Hodnett, 5. Fred  Rahmer, 6. Blane Heimbach, 7. Eric Stambaugh, 8. 
Dave Cordier Jr.,  9. Michael Carber, 10. Matt Miller, 11.  Chad Jumper, 12. 
Chris Meleason, 13. Steve Poploski,  14. Becca Anderson, 15. Billy Heltzel,  
16. Mike Mansfield, 17. Scott Lutz, 18. Bobby Weaver,  19. Pat Cooper, 20. Doug  
Rohrbaugh 
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Carber  1-5, Haas 6-24, Dewease  25 
HEAT RACE WINNERS:   Dewease,  Hodnett 
XTREME STOCK CAR  FEATURE (25 Laps) 1.  Gene Knaub, 2. Rick Reinoehl, 3. Mike 
Goodwin, 4. Bryon Sipe, 5. Steve Clemens,  6. Charlie Pensinger, 7. Daryl 
Beakler, 8. Matt Wampler, 9. Karl Windish, 10.  Raymond Repp, 11. Bill Fulton, 
12. Mike Mixell, 13. Ronnie Thomas, 14. Jerry  Blauch, 15. Sam Rial, 16. Adam 
Smith, 17. Tom Slanker, 18. Trevor Stark,  19. Matt Smith, 20. Brian Sanders, 
21.  Smoke Christine, 22. Barclay Wilson, 23. Jason Failor,  24. Brad Reger, 25. 
Larry Hughes Jr.,  26. Chris Mudd,  27. Alan Miller,  28. Chris Heller 
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Knaub  1-25 
PEPSI DASH WINNER:  Hughes 
XSC ROOKIE RUMBLE  (15 Laps)  1.Jim Smith, 2. Brent Fogelsanger, 3.  Carl 
Sipe, 4. Brian Lomman, 5. Terry Myers, 6. Gerald Barnes, 7. Shad Showater,  
8.Duane Prowell, 9. Dave Gutshall, 10. Lynn Hammaker, 11. Nathan Heindel, 12.  Les 
Scrivens, 13. Doug Hanson, 14. Matt Newcomber, 15. Daryl Sipe, 16. Rich  
Lomman, 17. Matt Mixell, 18. Perry Good, 19. John Scrivens, 20. Jim Rial, 21.  
Bryan Shue, 22. John Hiden Jr., 23. Greg Updegraff; DNS  Brian Erb, Todd Leonard, 
Zac Beck, Steve  Failor, Charles Potts 
PENN MAR VINTAGE CLUB CAR  FEATURE  (12 Laps)  1. Bob Campbell (M), 2. Jeff   
Gamble (M), 3. Tom Swanger (M), 4. Stew  Wenrich (M), 5. Rob Casti (M), 6. 
(1) Paul Hoffman (S),  7. (2) Paul Bacchus (S), 8. (3) Willie  Brymesser (S), 9. 
(4) Craig Coghill (S), 10. (5) Bill Spencer(S), 11. (6) Ed  Farley (S),  12. 
(7) Dave Pottiger  (S), 13. (6) Larry Felty (M), 
FEATURE LAP LEADER:Gamble 1-7, Campbell  8-12 
HEAT RACE WINNERS:   
SMASHMASTERS DEMOLITION DERBY WINNER: Jason  Goodling 
MINI VAN FLAG POLE RACE WINNER: Scott  Fisher