Goodwin Doubles at SSP on Saturday Night
Goodwin and Richcreek Victorious at SSP’s Inaugural Pumpkin 200 NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (October 1, 2005) – The Inaugural Pumpkin 200 Enduro for the Xtreme Stock Cars on Saturday, October 1 at the Susquehanna Speedway Park went to Michael Goodwin of Wellsville. In a very spirited Great American School Bus race, Michael Goodwin also edged out Jeff Ebersole and Howard Ebaugh. In the Speedway Auto Sales Mini Van feature, Butch Richcreek continued his winning streak by beating Timothy Watson and Daryl Sipe. Polesitter Jason Bowers brought the 28-car field to the green, but it was outside polesitter Raymond Repp jumping to the lead on lap one. Repp held onto the lead until lap eight when Michael Goodwin, who started fourth, took command of the top spot. A few yellow flags over the first 100 laps did not allow anyone to challenge Goodwin for the lead. At the halfway mark, Goodwin had a quarter lap advantage over Charlie Pensinger and Bill Fulton. Midway through the race, Goodwin, Pensinger and Fulton were the only cars remaining on the led lap. After lap 100, Pensinger began to close the gap on Goodwin as Goodwin tried to put third place runner Fulton a lap down. On lap 114, Pensinger retired to the pit area with mechancal failure, giving a lot of breathing room to Goodwin. At lap 120, Goodwin held the lead over, Fulton, Raymond Repp, Brian Sanders and Eric Snoke. Goodwin finally passed Fulton on lap 123 to become the only driver on the lead lap. Lap 125 saw only twelve cars remaining in the 200 lap race. On lap 150, Goodwin continued to lead over the lapped cars of Fulton, Repp, Wayne Eurich and Snoke. Top five runner Snoke dropped out on lap 162. Wayne Eurich also dropped out on lap 163 as he was in the top five as well. With twenty laps remaining, Goodwin had a few close calls with lapped traffic but continued to lead. Fulton remained in second, followed by Matt Smith and Repp. At the end it was the 2005 SSP Xtreme Stock Car champion, Michael Goodwin of Wellsville over Bill Fulton, Matt Smith, Raymond Repp and Brad Garman. The next event at SSP will be on Saturday, October 22 with the 2nd Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Fest featuring 50-lap features for the Street Stocks, Four Cylinder Stocks and Xtreme Stock Cars. There will also be a 15-lap Mini Van Oval Race. The Street Stock event will pay $3000 to the winner and is sponsored by Morgan’s Place Restaurant and Norm’s Tire & Auto. This event was originally scheduled for Silver Spring Speedway and was moved due to a scheduling conflict. Entry fees are available by contacting SSP at (717) 292-1696 or Miller’s Racing Products at (717) 761-7247 or by visiting online at sspracing.net. Gates open in the pit area and grandstands open at 12:30 p.m. with racing beginning promptly at 3:00 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. Pit passes for all persons 14 years of age and older are $20.00. The raindate for the event is Sunday afternoon, October 23 with the same time schedule. 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. SSP RESULTS FROM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2005 SPEEDWAY AUTO SALES MINI VAN FEATURE (12 laps) 1. Butch Richcreek, 2. Timothy Watson, 3. Daryl Sipe, 4. Bob Sipe, 5. Justin Young, 6. Dana Smith, 7. Mike Barthel, 8. Richie Richcreek, 9. Sherry Kitner, 10. Stu Shank, 11. Ryan Knaub, 12. Jason Anderson, DNS: Harold Ebaugh. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Bob Sipe 1 – 2; Butch Richcreek 3-12 GREAT AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS FEATURE (10 laps) 1. Michael Goodwin, 2. Jeff Ebersole, 3. Howard Ebaugh, Brandt Fink, 5. Bryon Sipe, 6. Charlie Pensinger. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Ebaugh 1 – 2, 5 – 11; Goodwon 3 – 4, 12. PUMPKIN 200 XSC ENDURO FEATURE (200 laps) 1. Michael Goodwin (200), 2. Bill Fulton (199), 3. Matt Smith (197), 4. Raymond Repp (195), 5. Brad Garman (190), 6. Bill Paulus (188), 7. Gary Puckett (176), 8. Eric Snoke (171), 9. Jake Kaylor (167), 10. Wayne Eurich (153), 11. Charlie Pensinger (114), 12. Les Scrivens Jr. (103), 13. Gerald Barnes (101), 14. Bryon Sipe (73), 15. Jason Bowers (64), 16. Brian Sanders (63), 17. Brandon Visser (56), 18. David Yingst (51), 19. Kyle Sommers (36), 20. Bradley Krause (32), 21. Mark Vegh (29), 22. Chris Heller (20), 23. Gary Renninger (18), 24. Sam Rial (15), 25. Vernon Myers (14), 26. Robert Keller (3); No Scorecards – Jim Smith, Jason Failor; DNS: Jon Boyle. ENDURO LAP LEADERS: Repp 1 – 7; Goodwin 8 – 200. SSP News and Notes: - The SSP Haunted Hayrides originally scheduled for October 14/15, October 21/22 and October 28/29 have been cancelled. - “The Candy Bowl�?? has been scheduled for Saturday, October 29 at 4:00 p.m. This event will feature the wingless ARDC Midgets, 600cc Micro Sprints, Silver Springs Street Stocks, Legends Cars, Lincoln Thundercars, Mini Vans, W.O.W. (Women on Wheels) in both Xtreme Stocks and School Buses, XSC Rookie Rumble. The ARDC Midgets and 600cc Micro Sprints will have qualifying races as well. After the event, all teams are encouraged to stay for trick or treating in the pits with all kids in costumes. All kids in costumes will be admitted free to the races. Gates open at 2:00 p.m. with racing beginning at 4:00 p.m.