Great American School Buses Return to SSP on Thursday
Great American School Buses Return to SSP on Thursday; Trail Motors Super Sportsman and Late Models Scheduled on Friday NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (May 23, 2006) – The Great American School Buses return to the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Thursday night, May 25 along with the Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stock Cars and Legends Cars. At 6:30 p.m. there will also be school bus rides around the track for everyone in attendance. Boarding will take place at the flagstand on the frontstretch of the track. The Trail Motors Super Sportsman will return on Friday, May 26 along with th e Late Models and Street Stocks. There will also be a York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van Super Oval Race. The Mini Van Lazy Dog race has been cancelled. The “Salute to the Armed Forces�?? Thrill show scheduled for Saturday, May 27 which included the Smashmasters Demolition Derbies, Roll Over Contest, Tuff Trucks, Fireworks and more has been cancelled. Last week’s racing action found many new faces in victory lane. In Sprint Car action on Thursday night, Selinsgrove’s Blaine Heimbach picked up his first career SSP Victory over Chad Layton, Greg Hodnett, Fred Rahmer and Cory Haas. Larry Hughes Jr. continued his winning ways in the Xtreme Stocks and Bob Bender Jr. won the Rookie Rumble main event. On Friday night, Steve Fannasy also picked up his first career victory in the Trail Motors Super Sportsman feature with Mike Spangler winning the 20-lap Late Model event. Bill Brown Jr. picked up the 15-lap Classic Car feature event. Timothy Watson won the first ever Speedway Auto Sales Mini Van Toll Booth race. Gates will open for both the pit area and grandstands at 5:00 p.m on Thursdays and Fridays. Warmups begin at 7:00 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m. Race fans can continue to expect a fast paced, action packed 2 ½ to 3 hour program each and every night. Regular General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Thursday nights will be Adults (18 & older) $14.00; Teens (13-17) $10.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $22.00 with a reduced price of $20.00 for all pit competitor license holders. Prices will be slightly higher for special events. Regular General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Friday nights will be Adults (18 & older) $12.00; Teens (13-17) $10.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all pit competitor license holders. Prices will be slightly higher for special events. SSP will continue its Repeat Fan Discount in 2006 in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person with a ticket stub from races during the previous 2 events completed only. However, as a token of its appreciation to the fans, SSP is offering any fan with a ticket stub from May 18 or May 19, a $2.00 discount to the races on May 25 or 26 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, 10 winners were drawn from the repeat fans and each winner received $30 in SSP Gift Certificates for tickets or concessions. The discount is not valid for pit pass purchases. 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 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 May 25, 2006 - Thursday Time Schedule (Subject to Change) 5:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $20.00; Non members - $22.00 Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults - $14.00; Teens (13- 17) – $10.00;Children (12 & under) – Free 6:30 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. School Bus Rides for Everyone - Frontstretch 6:30 p.m. Sprint Cars Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for that night. 6:45 p.m. Xtreme Stock Cars, Legends Cars and School Buses Driver’s 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. - 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) Rotation: Xtreme Stock (Rookie Rumble) Sprint Cars Legends Cars Xtreme Stock Cars 7:25 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. BPS Trucking Xtreme Stock Car Elimination Dash (4 laps) Sprint Cars Qualiying Heat Races (10 laps) Legends Cars Qualiying Heat Races (6 laps) Xtreme Stock Car Rookie Rumble Feature (20 laps) – 20 minute time limit Sprint Cars Consolation Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Legends Cars Consolation Race (6 laps) – if necessary (if no consi, then the Legends Cars feature will be run in this place) 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) – Driver Intros before the race; Crews to take the cars to the frontstretch and drivers will be intorduced through the front tunnel area. The Great American School Bus Race (10 laps) Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps w/ <20 cars; 25 laps w/ 20 to 29 cars; 30 laps w/ 30+ cars) – 30 minute time limit Legends Cars Feature (15 laps) May 26, 2006 - Friday Time Schedule (Subject to Change) 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 (12 & under) – Free 6:35 p.m. Late Models Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in a DQ for night. 6:45 p.m. Street Stocks and Mini Vans Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in a DQ for night. 6:55 p.m. Trail Motors Super Sportsman Driver’s Meeting (Mandatory) - A random role call may be taken. Failure to report to the driver’s meeting may result in disqualification for night. 7:05 p.m. - 7:25 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) Rotation: Street Stocks Trail Motors Super Sportsman Late Models Mini Vans 7:25 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps) Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps) York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van Feature (10 laps) Street Stock Consolation Race (8 laps) – if necessary Trail Motors Super Sportsman Consolation Race (8 laps) – if necessary Late Models Consolation Race (8 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! Street Stocks Feature (20 laps) Trail Motors Super Sportsman Feature (20 laps) Late Models Feature (20 laps) SSP Pit Notes - Raceceivers Required For Late Models – The One-Way Radio called Raceceiver will be mandatory for all Late Model Drivers on Friday, June 2. It will be optional for the Friday, May 26 event. Raceceivers are available for purchase from Miller’s Racing Parts in Camp Hill, PA. - The National Sprint Tour visits SSP on Thursday, June 8, Friday, June 9 and Thursday, August 3. Raindates will be announced for all events if needed. General admission main grandstand tickets will be $30.00 each for each night of racing. There will be a limited number of 3,000 tickets available for advance purchase for the main grandstand area only. There will also be a limit of 400 children tickets (ages 6-12) available for $12.00 each. Children ages 5 and under will be admitted free. Once the tickets are sold, there will be no more tickets offered for the main grandstand area and pit passes may then be purchased to see the event. All seating will be on a first-come, first-serve basis with the exception of the annual reserved seats. All advance ticket purchasers will be permitted to enter the grandstands one hour prior to the sale of grandstand tickets on raceday in order to pick their seats. Cooler size limits will be strictly enforced. NST tickets may also be purchased now by sending a check or money order for the amount of tickets ordered along with a $4.00 fee per total order to cover the Certified Mail fees. Orders may be sent 3805 Natalie Lane, Dover, PA 17315. Phone orders with credit cards are also accepted by calling 717-292-1696. - Dover NASCAR Race Bus Trip Available – The Newberry Business Association along with the Susquehanna Speedway Park are offering a bus trip to the Dover Int’l Speedway for the NASCAR race on Sunday, June 4 for $125.00 per person. The fees include roundtrip transportation and premium seats in the upper section of turns 3 & 4. The bus will leave from Bumper Bob’s Steak and Seafood at 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning. For more information or to reserve a seat, call (717) 938-8653, Ext.221. - Trail Motors Automotive Discount – Anyone who takes an SSP ticket stub to Trail Motors located at 4620 Susquehanna Trail North, in York will receive special discounts for services provided by specialized auto technicians. The discounts include a State Inspection & Emissions Test for $38.74 (normally $48.74) or an oil change for $20.99 (normally $24.99). 2006 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of May 22, 2006) A complete point rundown for each division may be found at sspracing.net. Sprint Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 77 Greg Hodnett (2) Memphis, TN 482 2 12 Chad Layton Harrisburg, PA 476 3 22 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 470 4 12 Blane Heimbach (1) Selinsgrove, PA 446 5 25 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA 443 6 9 Craig Keel Weedsport, NY 398 7 11c Cory Haas York, PA 378 8 69 Michael Carber Telford, PA 372 9 89 Cody Darrah York, PA 364 10 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA 356 Xtreme Stock Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 4J Larry Hughes Jr. (2) York Haven, PA 469 2 17G Mike Goodwin Wellsville, PA 443 3 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 430 4 99 Chris Heller Carlisle, PA 411 5 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 409 6 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 407 7 22 Matt Smith Carlisle, PA 400 8 57 Gene Knaub (3) Dover, PA 391 96 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 391 10 21H Travis Horan York, PA 388 Trail Motors Super Sportsman: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 19 Dave Calaman (2) Carlisle, PA 388 2 22H Jim Shuttlesworth Lewisberry, PA 357 3 8 Rich Eichelberger York Springs, PA 344 4 1 John Stehman Halifax, PA 320 5 77 Russ Mitten Newville, PA 317 6 80 Craig Morrow Enola, PA 314 7 59 Steve Wilbur (1) Mechanicsburg, PA 305 8 33 Ryan Rupp Dillsburg, PA 301 9 11 Steve Fannasy (1) Dauphin, PA 297 10 07 Billy Schoffstall Orwin, PA 296 Street Stocks: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 21K Kory Sites Hamburg, PA 370 2 69 George Eash (1) Jonestown, PA 344 3 80 Wes Alleman Newville, PA 340 4 35 Gary Johnston Shippensburg, PA 334 5 99 Chad Smith (1) Halifax, PA 332 6 25H Brian Hauenstein Carlisle, PA 331 33 Joe Whiteley Windsor, PA 331 8 88w Eric Walker Middletown, PA 327 9 21H Joey Hoffer (1) Annville, PA 314 10 22s Steven Dove Lebanon, PA 304 Other Feature Winner – Sam Leonard Jr. Late Models: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 43 Jake Jones (1) Shermansdale, PA 256 2 28 Mike Spangler (1) Spring Grove, PA 242 3 6 Josh Kimmel Dillsburg, PA 240 4 NINE Carl Graves Duncannon, PA 239 5 91 Chuck Yingling Mt. Wolf, PA 232 6 9w Steve Weikel Mt. Penn, PA 229 7 26 Jerry Bard Shippensburg, PA 228 118 Sean Merkel Gilbertsville, PA 228 9 0 Larry Baer Dover, PA 226 10 20 Steve Billet Mt. Wolf, PA 228 Other Feature Winner - Les Hare Legends Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 17R Jason Rochelle (2) Schnecksville, PA 297 2 7R Ronnie Dunstan (1) Coplay, PA 288 3 48 Randy Kissinger Columbia, PA 265 4 7 Geremy Sheaffer Ickesburg, PA 259 5 769 Stephen Nederostek Walnutsport, PA 257 6 29G Lawrence Garrison Beaver Springs, PA 242 7 19 Joshua Morrow Hamburg, PA 240 8 555 Bill Harris Duncannon, PA 226 9 54 Jason Ewing McClure, PA 212 10 71 Bob Murray Upperco, PA 211 ARDC Midgets: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 9 Steve Lenig Selinsgrove, PA 185 2 18 Donnie Trent (1) Honeybrook, PA 180 21 Andy Martin Gordonville, PA 180 15 Tom Hessert Cherry Hill, NJ 180 5 5 Steve Buckwalter (1) Royersford, PA 176 6 10 Frank Polimeda Fort Lee, NJ 166 7 11 Eric Heydenreich Bloomsburg, PA 163 8 3 Tracy Miller Rancho Cucamonga, CA 154 9 86 Tracy Readinger Oley, PA 150 10 4 Michelle Miller Reading, PA 143 Classic Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 88 Bill Brown Sr. (1) Woodbridge, MD 197 2 12 Allen Cullum Hampstead, MD 191 3 12c Jim Crocker Reisterstown, MD 180 4 8 Bill Brown Jr. (1) Mt. Airy, MD 178 5 7 Jamie Lloyd Reisterstown, MD 175 6 95 Fred Cullum Manchester, MD 174 7 34 Joe Snodgrass Catonsville, MD 170 8 21 Kurt Welsh Marriottsville, MD 169 9 35 Jack Yingling Ellicott City, MD 166 29 Pete Neal Taneytown, MD 166 The Great American School Buses: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 1w J.R. Rodriguez (1) Dover, PA 100 2 0 Ralph Messinger Wellsville, PA 97 3 5.0 Brandt Fink Dover, PA 94 4 10 Alan Witmer Dover, PA 91 5 777 Jeff Ebersole Lewisberry, PA 88 6 12K Josh Rodriguez Enola, PA 86 7 74 Larry Miller Camp Hill, PA 84 8 89 Van Baker Red Lion, PA 82 9 44DD Heidi Thomas Lewisberry, PA 80 10 01 Ben Engle Camp Hill, PA 78 Four Cylinder Stock Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 13 Ed Hollenbach (1) Fredericksburg, PA 100 2 11s John Stoll Jr. Wellsville, PA 97 3 5 Dustin Hollinger Lebanon, PA 94 4 Mark Digges Front Royal, VA 91 5 121 Bryan Michael Jonestown, PA 88 6 76 Ronnie Garlock Mapleton Depton, PA 86 7 10 Jerry Schott Jr. Jonestown, PA 84 8 12 Eric Hollenbach Fredericksburg, PA 82 9 9 Randy Wible Three Springs, PA 80 10 77 Joe Jakubic Chambersburg, PA 78 · Feature Wins denoted in parenthesis ( ) # # #