School Bus Racing at SSP on Thursday Night
The Great American School Bus Championship at SSP on Thursday Night NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 15, 2005) – This Thursday night, August 25, the Great American School Bus Championship will be featured at the Susquehanna Speedway Park with a great night of family fun and entertainment. 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. 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 25 with a ticket stub from the August 18 or August 21 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 25, 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, School Buses and Mini Vans Meeting – (Mandatory) – A random roll call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 6:55 p.m. - 7:25 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) - THIS IS NOT A RACE Rotation: Xtreme Stocks Sprint Cars Xtreme Stocks (Rookie Rumble) The Great American School Buses 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) Women on Wheels Feature (12 laps) – top 3 to start/finish line York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van Red Rover Race - Frontstretch Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. 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! Xtreme Stock Car Feature (25 or 30 laps) – 30 minute time limit Sprint Cars Feature (25 laps) The Great American School Bus Championship (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 (3) Memphis, TN 1291 (x) 2 88 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 1272 90 3 25 Lance Dewease (2) Fayetteville, PA 1239 93 4 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA 1195 92 5 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA 1117 90 6 22 Jason Johnson (2) Eunice, LA 1091 99 7 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA 1045 88 8 71 Brian Leppo (1) Spring Grove, PA 936 99 9 28J Chad Jumper (1) Marysville, PA 892 81 10 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA 816 70 11 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD 753 110 12 11c Cory Haas (2) York, PA 727 75 13 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA 711 110 14 X Bobby Weaver York, PA 652 84 15 12 Jeff Shepard (1) Upperco, MD 642 110 16 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA 638 82 17 8m Chris Meleason Carlisle, PA 591 75 18 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA 566 110 19 83 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA 544 82 20 6w Josh Wells York, PA 520 110 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 1403 (x) 2 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 1324 79 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA 1324 87 4 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA 1279 78 5 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA 1276 79 6 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA 1264 75 7 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 1255 75 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA 1255 75 9 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA 1253 (x) 10 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 1224 84 11 36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA 1157 67 12 20 Steve Clemens Lebanon, PA 1123 83 13 18 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD 1068 110 14 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA 1037 75 15 44 Matt Wampler Dover, PA 1011 (x) 16 0 Larry Hughes, Jr. (3) York Haven, PA 994 83 17 17 Tom Johns (2) Columbia, PA 928 98 18 35 Smoke Christine York, PA 927 98 19 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA 911 68 20 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 900 110 Others with wins: Gene Knaub (4), Rick Reionehl (3) · Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ) SSP News and Notes: - 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 – Bob Fannasy). 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.