York County Nationals at SSP on Thursday
5th Annual York County Nationals at SSP This Thursday NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (August 25, 2005) – This Thursday night, September 1, the 5th Annual York County Nationals will be presented for the Sprint Cars. 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 and $200 to start for the twenty-four starters. The King of the Posse Match Races will determine the starting lineup for the feature event. The top five in points (1 – Greg Hodnett, 2 – Fred Rahmer, 3 –Lance Dewease, 4 – Blane Heimbach, 5 – Eric Stambaugh) will 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 York County Nationals will be the final point event for the Sprint Cars at SSP in 2005. Greg Hodnett from Memphis, Tennessee, holds a slim 13 point lead over four-time SSP champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 2004) Fred Rahmer of Salfordsville. Lance Dewease of Fayetteville remains in third, 49 points back. Blaine Heimbach of Selinsgrove and East Berlin’s Eric Stambaugh round out the top five in the stamdings. In Xtreme Stock Car competition, Wellsville’s Michael Goodwin only needs to take the green flag of the feature event to clinch the point championship. The battle for second is between 2004 XSC champion Charlie Pennsinger of Shippensburg and Hamburg’s Bryon Sipe. Pensinger leads Sipe by 13 points. The battle for fourth will also be determined between a close battle between Karl Windish, Daryl Beakler, Jerry Blauch and Tommy Slanker. The 2005 Legends Cars championship will also be determined on Thursday night between Coplay’s Ronnie Dunstan, Butch Brough of Newville and Jason Rochelle of Schnecksville. Dunstan is looking to defend his 2004 SSP Legends Cars title. Dunstan was also a Susquehanna Speedway track champion in 1969 in the Late Model division. Brough and Rochelle are currently tied for second, 7 points behind Dunstan. Randy Kissinger of Columbia and Gerry Sheaffer of Ickesburg are securely in fourth and fifth place respectively. Gates open on Thursday 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) $15.00; 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 September 1 with a ticket stub from the August 21 or August 25 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 $25.00 with a reduced price of $22.00 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 September 1, 2005 (Thursday) – Event Time Schedule (Subject to Change – Rain Date: Sunday, August 28) 5:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $22.00; Non members - $25.00 Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults - $15.00; 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 Cars and Legends Cars 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) Legends Cars 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) King of the Posse Challenge (2 laps) – winner continues in bracket Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Legends Cars Consolation Race (6 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 (32 laps) 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 1 77 Greg Hodnett (3) Memphis, TN 1385 2 88 Fred Rahmer (3) Salfordsville, PA 1372 3 25 Lance Dewease (2) Fayetteville, PA 1336 4 12 Blane Heimbach Selinsgrove, PA 1267 5 4 Eric Stambaugh East Berlin, PA 1203 6 22 Jason Johnson (2) Eunice, LA 1179 7 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA 1045 8 28J Chad Jumper (1) Marysville, PA 972 9 71 Brian Leppo (1) Spring Grove, PA 936 10 42 Steve Poplaski Dillsburg, PA 816 11 11c Cory Haas (2) York, PA 786 12 29k Brent Kluge Fallston, MD 753 13 X Bobby Weaver York, PA 743 14 26 Patrick Cooper Hanover, PA 722 15 65 Johnny Mackison Jr. York, PA 711 16 8m Chris Meleason Carlisle, PA 673 17 12 Jeff Shepard (1) Upperco, MD 642 18 83 Scott Lutz Fredericksburg, PA 622 19 93 Glendon Forsythe Aspers, PA 566 20 7c Dave Cordier Jr. Shoemakersville, PA 524 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 1478 89 2 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 1412 (x) 3 33 Bryon Sipe Hamburg, PA 1399 83 4 36T Karl Windish Harrisburg, PA 1358 81 5 12 Daryl Beakler Jonestown, PA 1354 78 6 XR7 Jerry Blauch (1) Grantville, PA 1348 78 7 54s Tommy Slanker York, PA 1344 (x) 8 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 1330 75 38 Brian Sanders Mechanicsburg, PA 1330 75 10 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 1310 82 11 36T Trevor Stark Lancaster, PA 1232 75 12 20 Steve Clemens Lebanon, PA 1203 81 13 2 Jason Failor Newville, PA 1131 (x) 14 44 Matt Wampler Dover, PA 1086 84 15 0 Larry Hughes, Jr. (3) York Haven, PA 1069 75 16 18 David Wilhelm (1) Havre de Grace, MD 1068 110 17 17 Tom Johns (2) Columbia, PA 1003 98 18 35 Smoke Christine York, PA 927 98 19 9m Mike Mixell Plainfield, PA 911 78 20 54 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 900 110 Others with wins: Gene Knaub (5), Rick Reionehl (3) · Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ) 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, $175 to start. The total purse for the 24 starters is $10,275. 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. The heats will be lined up by overall point standings with the highest point non-qualifier starting on the pole of the 1st heat and so on. The 12 qualifiers will compete in two-(2) six-car dash races to determine the starting spots for the top 12 starting spots. The dash races will be 4 laps. The starting positions for dash one will be Craig Morrow, Dave Calaman, Rich Eichelberger, Billy Schoffstall, Carmen Perigo Jr., and Aaron Eichelberger. Dash two will lineup as follows: Russ Mitten, Pat Cannon, Danny Hager, Frankie Herr, Gregg Foster and Bob Fannasy. The finish of dash one will determine the starting positions for the inside of the first rows and dash two will be the outside of the first six rows. All 75 laps counted for the feature event will be green flag laps only. At lap 50, all cars will be permitted to go to the pit area for 10 minutes. At this time, teams will be permitted to make necessary changes to the car including fuel, gears, tires, shocks, etc. Any car not returning to the track at the expiration of 10 minutes will be relegated to the rear of the field (in front of lapped cars only if that car was not one lap down). 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. Also racing on Sunday will be the Silver Springs Street Stocks paying $400 to win and the Four Cylinders. This will also be the final point event of the season for the Trail Motors Super Sportman and the Street Stocks. Gates open on Sunday 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) $15.00; 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 September 4 with a ticket stub from the August 21, August 25 or September 1 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 $25.00 with a reduced price of $22.00 for all track licensee holders.