SSP Racing Postponed on Thursday Night
Newberrytown, PA (August 11, 2005) - Just as all divisions completed their practice sessions, a severe thunderstorm dumped large amounts of rain on the speedway forcing officials to postpone all divisions until the next two races. The Topless Late Models have been added to the events scheduled for Sunday, August 14 with Camera and Autograph Night featuring the Trail Motors Super Sportsman, Street Stocks, Four Cylinders and Road Warriors. All fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers with their cars on the frontstretch before the feature events. The EMMR Vintage Cars are also invited back for an exhibition on Sunday night. If needed, a rain date will be announced for this event. The new format for the events on Sunday, August 14, will be qualifying races and 20-lap features for the Topless Late Models and Trail Motors Super Sportsman. The Street Stocks and Four Cylinders will compete in 25-lap features with no qualifying events. Feature lineups for the Street Stocks will be aligned by handicapping; Four Cylinders will draw for starting positions. The racing events scheduled for Sunday night, August 7 were postponed as well until Sunday night, August 14 due to a late afternoon thunderstorm. All pit passes and grandstand tickets purchased on Thursday, August 11 may be exchanged for admission to the next two racing events on August 14 and August 18. 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 will continue its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person on August 14 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 licensee holders. The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, August 18 with Camera and Autograph night. Also racing will be the Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Rookie Rumble, Legends Cars and a Mini Van Construction Race. The Women on Wheels Stocks will also be added to the Thursday night program after being postponed from August 11. All fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers with their cars on the frontstretch before the feature events. 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. Susquehanna Speedway Park www.sspracing.net or (717) 292-1696 / Track (717) 938-9170 August 14, 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 & Topless Late Models 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 Topless Late Models 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) Topless Late Model Heat Races (8 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. EMMR Vinatge Cars Exhibition Topless Late Model 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 (25 laps) Topless Late Models Feature (20 laps) Four Cylinders Feature (25 laps) 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.