Snelbaker Wins at SSP on Friday Night
Contact: Todd Fisher
(717) 292-1696
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Snelbaker, McCann and Gutshall Add Their Names to the 2006 Feature
Winners List at SSP on Friday Night
Newberrytown, PA (May 26, 2006) – It was a night of new faces in victory
lane on Friday night at the Susuquehanna Speedway Park. Smokey Snelbaker won in
the 20-lap Trail Motors Super Sportsman event with Scott McCann Jr. winning
the 20-lap Late Model event. Bob Gutshall Jr. picked up the 20-lap Street
Stock feature event. Timothy Watson won his second straight Mini Van race.
Smokey Snelbaker may be 68 years old and have some gray hair, but that has
not slowed down the Dover, Pennsylvania pilot as he took over the lead from
Dave Socks on lap 4 of the Trail Motors Super Sportsman feature. The next four
spots found new faces breaking into the top five spots for the 2006 season.
Jason Fry picked up his first top five finish of the season by trailing
Snelbaker at the line to claim the second spot. Scott Dellingner, Bobby
Hockenberry and Dave Socks battled furiously for the entire event with many passes
among themselves. At the end it was Dellingner, Hockenberry and Socks third
through fifth respectively. Snelbaker, Fry and Dellingner won the three
qualifying heat races as well.
In Late Model action, Charlie Potts jumped out to the lead from his outside
front row starting position. Scott McCann Jr. started just behind Potts in
the fourth position and overtook Potts on the seventh lap of the 20-lap
event. McCann led the remaining thirteen circuits to pick up his first win of the
2006 SSP season. Potts came across the line second with Carl Billet
finishing third. Billet came through the traffic from his twelfth place staring
spot. John Ebersole and Sterling Kinard rounded out the top five. Larry Baer,
Randy Christine Jr and Potts won the heat races and Gene Wrightstone won the
consolation event.
Bob Gutshall Jr. became the fifth different winner in as many races in the
highly competitive Street Stock Division. In an event where any of the 24
drivers can win the feature race, Gutshall started on the pole and never looked
back as he led all 20 laps. Chad Smith continues to impress many people as
he followed Gutshall to finish second. 2005 SSP Street Stock champion, Wes
Alleman, continues to look for his first SSP feature win and had to settle for
third. Sam Leonard Jr. and Brian Hauenstein finished fourth and fifth.
Heat winners were 2006 point leader Kory Sites, Chad Millikin and Gutshall.
In the York Haven Auto Sales Super Oval Mini Van race, Scott Keller jumped
out to the early lead in the 10-lap event until Timothy Watson overtook him on
the seventh lap. Watson led the final three laps to pick up his second
straight Mini Van feature event. Keller finished second with Jeff Svendsen,
Sherry Kitner and Butch Richcreek rounding out the top five.
The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, June 1 with the One-on-One
Street Car Drags, Sprint Cars, Xtreme Stock Cars and Four Cylinders. The
One-on-One Street Car Drags will pay $250.00 to win and entry forms are
available at sspracing.net or by calling 717-292-1696.
On Friday night, June 2, the Trail Motors Super Sportsman, Late Models and
Street Stocks will be in competition along with the Mini Van Construction
race. The Construction race replaces the Mini Van Doughnut Delivery race which
was originally scheduled. The Women on Wheels Stock Cars will also be on the
schedule as this event was rescheduled after the April 21 rainout.
Gates will open for both the pit area and grandstand area 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 continues 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 25 or May 26, a $2.00
discount to the races on June 1 or 2 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 $30.00 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.
SSP Results from Friday, May 26, 2006
Trail Motors Super Sportsman Feature (20 Laps): 1. Smokey Snellbaker, 2.
Jason Fry, 3. Scott Dellinger, 4. Bobby Hockenberry, 5. Dave Socks 2, 6. Rich
Eichelberger, 7. Jim Shuttlesworth, 8. Joey Biasi, 9. Danny Hager, 10.
Frankie Herr, 11. Dave Calaman, 12. Steve Wilbur, 13. Ryan Rupp, 14. Craig Morrow,
15. John Stehman, 16. Raymond Myers, 17. Chris Reed, 18. Steve Fannasy, 19.
Billy Schoffstall, 20. Brain Boughter, 21. Russ Mitten, 22. Bill Brown, 23.
Lanny Hake, 24. Mike Enders; DNS – Stan Wanner, Justin Stewart, Aaron
Eichelberger.
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Socks 1-2, Snelbaker 3-20.
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Snelbaker, Fry and Dellingner
Late Model Feature (20 Laps): 1. Scott McCann Jr., 2. Charles Potts, 3.
Carl Billet, 4. John Ebersole, 5. Sterling Kinard, 6. Bud Barton, 7. Les Hare,
8. Larry Baer, 9. Pat Beard, 10. Tim Fedder, 11. Scott Lupfer, 12. Carl
Graves, 13. Gene Wrightstone, 14. Chuck Yingling, 15. Steve Billet, 16. Jake
Lettich, 17. John Moser, 18. Sean Merkel, 19. Garry Stutting Jr., 20. Jake Jones,
21. Kyle Merkel, 22. Josh Kimmel, 23. Randy Christine Jr., 24. Mike Spangler.
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Potts 1-6, McCann 7-20.
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Potts, Baer and Christine Jr.
CONSOLATION WINNER: Wrightstone
Street Stock Feature (20 Laps): 1. Bob Gutshall, 2. Chad Smith, 3. Wes
Alleman, 4. Sam Leonard Jr., 5. Brain Hauenstein, 6. Steven Dove, 7. Joe
Whiteley, 8. Gary Johnston, 9. Kory Sites, 10. Kirby Sites, 11. George Eash, 12.
Scott Thumbers, 13. Kyle Saylor, 14. Gary Welsh, 15. Brain Singer, 16. Ronnie
Rhoads, 17. Dave Motter, 18. Carmen Caltabiano, 19. Jenn Scott, 20. Eric
Walker, 21. Joey Hoffer, 22. Chad Milliken, 23. Brain Henise, 24. Dave Thompson
Jr.; DNS – Doug Hoffman, M.R. Teal, Bruce Nichols.
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Gutshall 1-20.
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Kory Sites, Millikin and Gutshall.
York Haven Auto Sales Mini Van Race (10 Laps): 1. Timothy Watson, 2. Scott
Keller, 3. Jeff Svendsen, 4. Sherry Kitner, 5. Butch Richcreek Jr., 6.
Brandon Ort, 7. Daryl Sipe, 8. David Kohr, 9. David Olson, 10. Travis Rife, 11,
Scott Conley, 12. Ashman Brant, 13. Rick Berger, 14. Jesse Hitz, 15. Adrian
Stine, 16. Kimberly Martino, 17. Ricky McClane, 18. Carl Buffington, 19. Austin
Smith, 20. Bobbi Deskin, 21. Steve Smith.
FEATURE LAP LEADER: Keller 1-6, Watson 7-10.
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