Sprint Cars at SSP on Thursday Night
Sprint Cars Return to SSP on Thursday for Camera & Autograph Night NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 15, 2005) – This Thursday night, August 18, the Sprint Cars will return to racing action at the Susquehanna Speedway Park with a great night of fun and entertainment featuring Camera & Autograph night. The Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Rookie Rumble, Women on Wheels Stock Cars, Legends Cars and Mini Van Construction Race presented by York Haven Auto Sales will be on hand as well. 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. 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 18 with a ticket stub from the August 4 or August 14 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 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. The speedway website is located at _www.sspracing.net_ (http://www.sspracing.net/) . For more information, contact the speedway offices at (717) 292-1696 or email _toddafish@aol.com_ (mailto:toddafish@aol.com) . 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 18, 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 roll call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 6:40 p.m. Xtreme Stocks, Women on Wheels, Legends Cars and Mini Vans 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. - 7:25 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE! Rotation: Sprint Cars Xtreme Stocks Mini Vans Xtreme Stocks (Rookie Rumble) Legends Cars Women on Wheels Stocks 7:25 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Xtreme Stock Car Pepsi Challenge (4 laps) Top 5 from previous week feature. If drivers do not report to race, they will not be eligible for “Double Money�?? Bonus in the Feature. Qualifying Events Sprint Cars Heat Races (10 laps) Legends Cars Heat Races (6 laps) Women on Wheels Feature (12 laps) – top 3 to start/finish line Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van 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! Sprint Cars Feature (25 laps) Xtreme Stock Car Feature (25 or 30 laps) – 30 minute time limit Legends Cars Feature (15 laps) XSC (Rookie Rumble) 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! 2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of August 12, 2005) Sprint Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Avg. 1 77 Greg Hodnett (2) Memphis, TN 1191 89 2 88 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 1081 91 3 25 Lance Dewease (2) Fayetteville, PA 1155 (x) 4 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA 1101 88 5 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA 1020 79 6 22 Jason Johnson (2) Eunice, LA 1005 (x) 7 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA 957 85 8 71 Brian Leppo (1) Spring Grove, PA 936 83 9 28J Chad Jumper (1) Marysville, PA 810 70 10 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD 753 93 11 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA 748 64 12 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA 711 110 13 11c Cory Haas (2) York, PA 663 72 14 12 Jeff Shepard (1) Upperco, MD 642 110 15 X Bobby Weaver York, PA 572 74 16 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA 566 90 17 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA 562 73 18 83 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA 544 65 19 6w Josh Wells York, PA 520 110 20 8m Chris Meleason Carlisle, PA 513 86 Others with Sprint Car wins: Stevie Smith (1) Xtreme Stock Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Average 1 17G Mike Goodwin (2) Wellsville, PA 1306 (x) 2 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 1249 80 3 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA 1242 (x) 4 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA 1204 81 5 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA 1196 78 6 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA 1189 75 7 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 1180 75 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA 1180 81 9 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA 1162 79 10 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 1142 86 11 36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA 1082 67 12 18 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD 1068 110 13 20 Steve Clemens Lebanon, PA 1048 (x) 14 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA 962 75 15 17 Tom Johns (2) Columbia, PA 928 87 16 35 Smoke Christine York, PA 927 87 17 0 Larry Hughes, Jr. (3) York Haven, PA 919 83 18 44 Matt Wampler Dover, PA 917 90 19 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 900 98 20 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA 861 88 Others with wins: Gene Knaub (4), Rick Reionehl (1) · Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ) SSP News and Notes: - The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, August 25 with the Great American School Bus Championship. Also racing will be the Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Rookie Rumble, Women on Wheels Stocks and a Mini Van Red Rover Race. If needed, a rain date will be announced for this event. - The final event for the Sprint Cars at SSP in 2005 will be Thursday night, September 1 with the 5th Annual York County Nationals. Also racing will be the Xtreme Stock Cars, XSC Rookie Rumble and Legends Cars. The 32-lap York County Nationals will pay $3,200-to-win. The King of the Posse Match Races will determine the starting lineup for the feature event. The top five in points as of August 30 square off in one-on-one 2 lap races along with the three heat race winners in a single elimination 8 driver tournament. The winner of the tournament will be awarded the pole position for the York County Nationals along with $500 in prize monies. The King of the Posse tournament will determine the top 8 positions for the feature and the remainder of the field will line up “heads up�?? based off of heat and consolation finishes. Twenty-four cars will take the green for the York County Nationals. Heat race lineups will be determined by a blind draw. If needed, the rain date will be Sunday, September 11, for this event. - 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. 14 – Aaron Eichelberger); 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.