Trail Motors Super Sportsman at SSP on Sunday
Contact: Todd Fisher (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trail Motors Super Sportman Featured at SSP on Sunday Night NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 19, 2005) – This Sunday night, August 21, the Susquehanna Speedway Park will feature the Trail Motors Super Sportsman Series along with the Silver Spring Street Stocks, the Classic Cars and a Road Warrior Flag Pole Race. The final One-on-One Street Car Drags will also be featured. Entries for the Street Car Drags are limited to sixteen and forms are available online at sspracing.net or by calling (717) 292-1696. The winner will receive $250.00. The raindate will be Sunday, August 28, 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 21 with a ticket stub from the August 14 or August 18 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 21, 2005 - Sunday Night Time Schedule (Subject to Change – Rain Date is Sunday, August 28) 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 roll 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, Classic Cars & Road 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 Classic Cars Road Warriors 7:20 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Events Street Stock Heat Races (8 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Heat Races (8 laps) Classic Cars Heat Races (5 laps) Road Warrior Flag Pole Race (6 laps) Street Stock Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Trail Motors Super Sportsman Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. One-on-One Street Car Drags (1 lap) - max 16 cars 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! Street Stocks Feature (15 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Tour Feature (20 laps) Classic Cars Feature (15 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. 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. 2005 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of August 15, 2005) Trail Motors Super Sportsman: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Avg. 1 8 Rich Eichelberger (1) York Springs, PA 525 90 2 25 Gregg Foster (1) Harrisburg, PA 481 91 3 59 Steve Wilbur Mechanicsburg, PA 476 83 4 22H Richie Hartman Shoemakersville, PA 452 79 5 23 John Stehman Halifax, PA 450 71 6 30 Scott Dellingner Lewisberry, PA 444 69 7 24 Jason Fry Summerdale, PA 444 72 8 77 Russ Mitten (1) Newville, PA 428 87 9 19 Dave Calaman (1) Carlisle, PA 428 89 10 80 Scott Ausherman Dover, PA 426 75 11 88 Aaron Eichelberger (1) Dillsburg, PA 422 (x) 12 58 Paul Miller Fawn Grove, PA 410 84 13 23 Steve Cannon Califon, NJ 401 81 14 318 Danny Hager (1) Greencastle, PA 398 99 15 1B Joey Biasi New Ringgold, PA 388 86 16 45 Dave Socks II Hagerstown, PA 378 67 17 32 Ken Carberry Bensalem, PA 370 96 18 67 Bill Brown Street, MD 368 58 19 99 Frankie Herr Carlisle, PA 360 91 20 55x Dave Finch Middletown, PA 320 53 Street Stocks: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 3 Week Average 1 11 Craig Morgan (3) Halifax, PA 548 (x) 2 80 Wes Alleman Newville, PA 542 90 3 1B Paul Morgan (1) Halifax, PA 539 95 4 12 Scott Thunberg Myerstown, PA 519 89 5 69 George Eash Jonestown, PA 497 84 6 22 Sam Leonard Jr. (1) Marysville, PA 474 86 7 21K Kory Sites Hamburg, PA 470 94 8 7w Gary Welsh Middletown, PA 387 86 9 7 Mike Leonard Marysville, PA 382 82 10 56 Lance Grove Wrightsville, PA 379 63 11 6 Brian Henise Wrightsville, PA 378 56 12 95 Kirby Sites Hamburg, PA 331 101 13 7s Kevin Sigler York, PA 308 79 14 21H Joey Hoffer Annville, PA 285 70 15 33 Joe Whiteley Windsor, PA 260 94 16 23 Justin Rhoads Annville, PA 253 79 17 39 Mike Herman Spring Grove, PA 250 94 18 25H Brian Hauenstein (1) Carlisle, PA 228 79 19 zzz Mike Arnold Lebanon, PA 222 97 20 15 Tony Strickler Dillsburg, PA 202 67 * Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ). - 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. # # #