DIRT Modifieds & Sprint Cars at SSP on Thursday Night
Contact: Todd Fisher (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DIRT Modifieds & Sprint Cars at SSP on Thursday; Trail Motors Super Sportsman, Late Models and Street Stocks Try Again on Friday NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (June 13, 2006) – The 2006 Advance Auto Parts Super Dirt Modified Series returns to the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Thursday, June 15 for the $6,000 to win Palmer Candy’s “Schools Out�?? 100. If it wasn’t enough to see an Advanced Auto Parts Super DIRT Modified Series and three former modified champions challenge the Great American School Bus Racers, then what else can satisfy your sweet tooth? What about a make-up Sprint Car feature? R.M. Palmer Company, America’s favorite holiday candy since 1948 will host the gala evening of racing that now includes a complete 25-lap Sprint Car feature at no extra admission cost. Susquehanna Speedway Park’s owners, Todd and Rhonda Fisher and DIRT Modified promoter Vince Vicari have agreed to run the regularly scheduled events with the Big Block Modifieds which will include the Xtreme Stock Cars, the Penn Mar Vintage Club, the Great American School Bus Race and a 410 sprint car feature rained out from June 1st. Fans from the June 1st postponed event can use their rain checks ($14.00 value) in combination with a Repeat Fan discount ($5.00) for attending the June 8th National Sprint Tour event and pay just $6 for the Palmer Candy School’s Out 100 DIRT Modified show and 25-lap Sprint Car feature on June 15th. Former RSCA champions Kenny Brightbill, Jack Johnson and Jamie Mills will also be competing against the locals in the Great American Bus Race. It has been said around the speedway that there is “no way�?? those modified boys are taking that trophy. The DIRT Touring Twelve Modifieds will be led by current point leader Billy Decker, defending champion Tim Fuller and two-time Susquehanna winner Brett Hearn. Kenny Brightbill and New Egypt champion, Frank Cozze have each won DIRT events in the past at Susquehanna and will lead the local posse. “This event will have everything,�?? says Mark Schlott, Vice President of Operations for Palmer Candy. “The fans should feel like kids in a candy store,�?? he added jokingly, “With a little help from Palmer Candy, of course.�?? On Friday night, June 16, the Trail Motors Super Sportsman, Late Models and Street Stocks will be in competition along with the Speedway Auto Sales Mini Van Construction race. The gates will open for the grandstands at 5:00 p.m. in 2006 on both Thursday and Friday nights. Warmups begin at 7:00 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m. Pit gates will open at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday and 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Race fans can continue to expect a fast paced, action packed 2 ½ to 3 hour program each and every night. There is no raindate for the Thursday night event. General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Thursday nights will be Adults (18 & older) $25.00; Teens (13-17) $15.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $35.00 with a reduced price of $30.00 for all pit competitor license holders. Regular General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Friday nights will be Adults (18 & older) $12.00; Teens (13-17) $8.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all pit competitor license holders. 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 Thursday, June 8, a $5.00 discount to the races on June 15. Fans with a ticket stub from Friday, May 26 will receive a $2.00 discount for the racing events on Friday, June 16. 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 June 15, 2006 - Thursday Time Schedule (Subject to Change) 4:00 p.m. Back Pit Gate Opens: Pit Passes: Members - $30.00; Non members - $35.00 5:00 p.m. Front Pit Gate Opens Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults - $25.00; Teens (13-17) - $15.00; Children (12 & under) – Free Mandatory Driver’s Meetings - Random role calls may be taken. Failure to report to driver’s meeting may result in a DQ for night. 5:45 p.m. DIRT Modified Driver’s Meeting * Sprint Cars Heat in Engines following the driver’s meeting 6:00 p.m. Practice: DIRT Modifieds 6:25 p.m. All DIRT Modifieds Report to Infield for Time Trials * Sprint Cars Heat in Engines following the DIRT Modified Practice 6:30 p.m. DIRT Modifieds Time Trials (2 laps) 6:45 p.m. Xtreme Stock Cars and Penn Mar Vintage Cars Driver’s Meeting 7:10 p.m. - 7:25 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order) Rotation: Sprint Cars Penn Mar Vintage Cars Xtreme Stock Cars 7:25 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem 7:30 p.m. Sprint Cars Feature Races (25 laps) DIRT Modifieds Heat Races (8 laps) Penn Mar Vintage Club Feature (12 laps) DIRT Modifieds C-Main Race (10 laps) – if necessary. Great American School Bus Race (8 laps) DIRT Modifieds B-Main Race (12 laps) Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps) Palmer Candy’s Schools Out 100 for Dirt Modifieds (100 laps) – Driver Intros before the race; Crews to take the cars to the frontstretch and drivers will be introduced through the front tunnel area. June 16, 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 Mandatory Driver’s Meetings - Random role calls may be taken. Failure to report to driver’s meeting may result in a DQ for night. 6:35 p.m. Late Models Driver’s Meeting 6:45 p.m. Street Stocks and Mini Vans Driver’s Meeting 6:55 p.m. Trail Motors Super Sportsman Driver’s Meeting 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) Speedway Auto Sales Mini Van Construction Race (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 Sprint Car Feature Lineup for June 15 Make Up Feature – 1) 07 Mark Coldren; 2) 25 Lance Dewease; 3) 33 Scott Lutz; 4) 69 Michael Carber; 5) X Bob Weaver; 6) 87 Alan Krimes; 7) 11c Cory Haas; 8) 9 Craig Keel; 9) 12 Blaine Heimbach; 10) 22 Fred Rahmer; 11) 7c Dave Cordier Jr.; 12) 77 Greg Hodnett; 13) Cody Darrah; 14) 28 Chad Jumper; 15) 47k Billy Kimmel; 16) 3 Bob Bennett; 17) 51 Karl Baker; 18) 28H Billy Hetzel. No other competitors are eligible for the 25-lap make up feature event paying $3,500 to win. This event was from the postponed events on Thursday, June 1. New Schedule in the Works for After “Vacation Break�?? Racing – With the numerous cancellations due to rain in the first part of the season, there will be a revised schedule released in the near future for all events scheduled after July 20 through the remainder of the season. The divisions with make-up feature added or cancellations to be rescheduled include ARDC Midgets, Legends Cars, Four Cylinder Stock Cars, Women on Wheels Stock Cars and more. Xtreme Stock Car Rookie Rumble Format Changed for Thursday, June 15 - The Xtreme Stock Cars Rookie Rumble competitors will be permitted to compete with the regular Xtreme Stock Car competitors with no penalty on Thursday, June 15. There is no separate XSC Rookie Rumble feature scheduled and the Rookies will tag the tail of the XSC feature event on Thursday, June 15. The XSC Rookie Rumble competitors will return to their own feature format on Thursday, June 22. More information from June 1 Postponement - Rainchecks from Thursday night, June 1 will be honored for a regularly priced event ($14.00 or less) for the months of June or July on Thursdays or Fridays. The events were postponed after the severe thunderstorms hit the speedway grounds around 8:30 p.m. The feature for the Xtreme Stock Cars will be made up on Thursday, June 22. The postponed Four Cylinders 15 lap feature is rescheduled for Friday night, August 11. The pit passes are not valid for these divisions as all qualifying events were completed and double features will be run on those nights. More Information About Friday, June 9 Cancellation - The racing events scheduled for Friday night, June 9 have been canceled due to afternoon thunderstorms hitting the speedway grounds. The event will not be made up. Advance ticket sale purchases for Friday, June 9 may be exchanged for Thursday, August 3 tickets for the return of the National Sprint Tour to central Pennsylvania. Contact 717-292-1696 for more information. 2006 Susquehanna Speedway Park Point Championships (as of June 13, 2006) A complete point rundown for each division may be found at sspracing.net. Sprint Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 22 Fred Rahmer (2) Salfordsville, PA 652 2 12 Chad Layton Harrisburg, PA 649 3 77 Greg Hodnett (3) Memphis, TN 640 4 25 Lance Dewease Fayetteville, PA 590 5 12 Blane Heimbach (1) Selinsgrove, PA 587 6 9 Craig Keel Weedsport, NY 536 7 69 Michael Carber Telford, PA 518 8 87 Alan Krimes Denver, PA 517 9 11c Cory Haas York, PA 506 10 89 Cody Darrah York, PA 494 Other Feature Winners – Danny Lasoski (1) Xtreme Stock Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 4J Larry Hughes Jr. (3) York Haven, PA 644 2 17G Mike Goodwin Wellsville, PA 626 3 10 Charlie Pensinger Shippensburg, PA 615 4 11 Sam Rial Windsor, PA 585 5 22 Matt Smith Carlisle, PA 569 6 00 John Hiden Jr. Dover, PA 567 7 42 Adam Smith Lewisberry, PA 566 8 99 Chris Heller Carlisle, PA 561 9 21H Travis Horan York, PA 538 10 96 Eric Snoke Fleetwood, PA 466 Other Feature Winners – Gene Knaub (3), Ray Broderick (1) Trail Motors Super Sportsman: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 19 Dave Calaman (2) Carlisle, PA 464 2 22H Jim Shuttlesworth Lewisberry, PA 441 3 8 Rich Eichelberger York Springs, PA 430 4 32 Smokey Snelbaker(1)Dover, PA 393 5 1 John Stehman Halifax, PA 388 6 80 Craig Morrow Enola, PA 384 7 25 Bobby Hockenberry New Bloomfield, PA 383 8 30 Scott Dellingner Lewisberry, PA 382 9 59 Steve Wilbur (1) Mechanicsburg, PA 379 10 77 Russ Mitten Newville, PA 375 Other Feature Winners - Steve Fannasy (1) Street Stocks: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 21K Kory Sites Hamburg, PA 450 2 80 Wes Alleman Newville, PA 434 3 99 Chad Smith (1) Halifax, PA 429 4 69 George Eash (1) Jonestown, PA 420 5 25H Brian Hauenstein Carlisle, PA 419 6 35 Gary Johnston Shippensburg, PA 416 7 33 Joe Whiteley Windsor, PA 415 8 22s Steven Dove Lebanon, PA 390 9 88w Eric Walker Middletown, PA 386 10 22 Sam Leonrd Jr. (1) Marysville, PA 381 Other Feature Winner – Bob Gutshall Late Models: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 43 Jake Jones (1) Shermansdale, PA 315 2 NINE Carl Graves Duncannon, PA 313 3 0 Larry Baer Dover, PA 308 4 91 Chuck Yingling Mt. Wolf, PA 302 5 28 Mike Spangler (1) Spring Grove, PA 297 6 Josh Kimmel Dillsburg, PA 297 7 8 Les Hare (1) Stewartstown, PA 294 8 20 Steve Billet Mt. Wolf, PA 292 9 118 Sean Merkel Gilbertsville, PA 290 10 12 Sterling Kinard Dover, PA 283 9w Scott McCann Jr. (1) Mechanicsburg, PA 283 Legends Cars: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 17R Jason Rochelle (2) Schnecksville, PA 394 2 7R Ronnie Dunstan (1) Coplay, PA 382 3 48 Randy Kissinger (1) Columbia, PA 365 4 19 Joshua Morrow Hamburg, PA 331 5 7 Geremy Sheaffer Ickesburg, PA 314 6 769 Stephen Nederostek Walnutsport, PA 313 7 29G Lawrence Garrison Beaver Springs, PA 301 8 6 Jeff Condran Middletown, PA 292 9 54 Jason Ewing McClure, PA 290 10 555 Bill Harris Duncannon, PA 288 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. (2) Woodbridge, MD 297 2 12 Allen Cullum Hampstead, MD 277 3 8 Bill Brown Jr. (1) Mt. Airy, MD 269 4 7 Jamie Lloyd Reisterstown, MD 263 21 Kurt Welsh Marriottsville, MD 263 6 12c Jim Crocker Reisterstown, MD 258 7 95 Fred Cullum Manchester, MD 256 8 34 Joe Snodgrass Catonsville, MD 254 9 35 Jack Yingling Ellicott City, MD 246 10 29 Pete Neal Taneytown, MD 224 22 Allen Daniels Jr. New Windsor, MD 224 The Great American School Buses: Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 0 Ralph Messinger Wellsville, PA 188 2 5.0 Brandt Fink Dover, PA 180 3 89 Van Baker Red Lion, PA 179 4 777 Jeff Ebersole Lewisberry, PA 172 5 10 Rob Harkins Lewisberry, PA 170 6 01 Ben Engle Camp Hill, PA 158 7 3 Harold Ebaugh Etters, PA 156 8 74 Larry Miller Camp Hill, PA 134 9 1w J.R. Rodriguez (1) Dover, PA 100 44DD Joe Thomas (1) Lewisberry, PA 100 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 ( ) # # #