SSP Results from June 14; Racing Continues on Saturday Night
Contact: Lillian Bell (717) 292-1696 -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ely, Mayberry and Baker Take Trips to Victory Lane at SSP on Thursday Night; Father's Day Event to be Held on Saturday Night Newberrytown, PA (June 14, 2007) - Thursday night at the Susquehanna Speedway Park found Dave Ely edging out Tracy Readinger by inches on the last lap in the 20-lap ARDC Midget feature. Tom Mayberry won the 20-lap Central PA Legends Cars feature event. Van Baker won the 10-lap Great American School Bus Race. The 20-lap ARDC feature started off slow with a one car flip in turn three and four for Eric Heydenrich. After that, the action was hot and heavy. Many multi-car battles could be found all over the track. Scott Zipp jumped out to the early lead. At the midway point of the race, it was a five car battle for the lead. A blanket could be thrown over the cars of Scott Zipp, Nick Wean, Dave Ely, Brett Arndt and Tracy Readinger. Drivers exchanged positions such as from fourth to the lead and visa versa lap after lap swapping positions. On lap 14, Carey Becker spun in turns 1 & 2 to close up the field. Readinger brought the field to the green with heavy pressure from Ely and Arndt. On the next lap Ely finally got by Arndt and set his sights on the leader. On the final lap Ely tried Readinger high in turn 1 & 2 and was unable to make the pass. Going into turn 3 & 4, Ely went low under Readinger and at the line, Ely was declared the winner by less than three inches over Readinger. Arndt finished third, followed by Nick Wean and Frank Polimeda. In the 20-lap Central PA Legends Cars feature event, Tyler Bear jumped out to the early lead when a caution came out after the first lap. On the restart, Bear continued to lead over Tom Mayberry and Randy Kissinger. At the midway point restart, Bear continued to hold off the challenges from Mayberry. Every lap, Bear made the high side work as Mayberry went low. Mayberry finally made the winning pass with two laps to go and picked up the win. Two open wheel veterans, Smokey Snelbaker and Brian Earnst failed to qualify in their first night out in the Legends Cars. Snelbaker had a qualifying spot in the consolation with two laps to go but was involved in a two car spin. He made his way back to seventh, one spot out of qualifying in the last two laps. On Saturday, June 16, Stock Car Saturday Night returns with a special Father's Appreciation Night featuring the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Four Cylinder Stock Cars and the Penn Mar Vintage Cars. This will be a great Father's Day gift for dad. General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Saturday night will be Adults and Teens (13 & older) $12.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all pit competitor license holders. The minimum age requirement to purchase a pit pass is 14 years of age with a copy of a birth certificate is required for all ages 14 to 17. The pit gates will open 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 6:30 p.m. with qualifying races at 7:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events. There will be a $2.00 repeat fan discount for each person with a ticket stub from races during the previous week's events completed 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 Repeat Fan 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, use the track phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date information. Race Results from Thursday, June 14, 2007 ARDC Midgets Feature (20 laps): 1. Dave Ely; 2. Tracy Readinger; 3. Breet Arndt; 4. Nick Wean; 5. Frank Polimeda; 6. Andy Martin; 7. Drew Heustand; 8. Scott Zipp; 9. Ryan Smith; 10. Ryan Watt; 11. P.J. Garguilo; 12. Dave Shirk; 13. Steve Lenig; 14. A.J. Ernesto; 15. Phil Meisner Jr.; 16. Lew Blair; 17. Steve Craig; 18. Carey Becker; 19. Greg Robinson; 20. P.J. Pavlik; 21. Bob Goerner; 22. Bruce Buckwalter; 23. Randy Monroe; 24. Randy Monroe; 25. Chris Zrinski; DNS - Stephanie Stevens; FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Zipp (1-9); Readinger (10-19); Ely (20). HEAT RACE WINNERS: Zipp, Heistand, Ernesto Legends Cars Feature (20 laps): 1. Tom Mayberry; 2. Randy Kissinger; 3. Tyler Bear; 4. Jeff Condran; 5. Stephen Nederostek; 6. Scott Houdshell; 7. Pat McDermott; 8. Ed Wentz; 9. Darryl Bloom; 10. Shawn Arndt; 11. Butch Brough; 12. Brian Weitzel; 13. Scott Spidel; 14. Ken Keyton; 15. Jason Rochelle; 16. Bob Murray; 17. Nathan Fisher; 18. Jim Housworth; 19. Robert Sobieski; 20. Geremy Sheaffer; 21. Chad Gladfelter; 22. Joshua Morrow; 23. Jason Harpster; 24. Ronnie Dunstan (penalized to the rear); DNQ - Smokey Snelbaker, Brian Earmst, Bob Lash, Mike Daugherty. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Bear (1-17), Mayberry (18-20) HEAT RACE WINNERS: Kissinger, Nederostek and Condran CONSOLATION WINNER: Wentz The Great American School Bus Race (10 laps): 1. Van Baker; 2. Howard Ebaugh; 3. Joe Thomas; 4. Ben Engle; 5. Alan Witmer; 6. Eric Deibler; 7. Brandt Fink; 8. Bradley Stremmer; DNS - Paul Fisher. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Baker (1-10) HEAT RACE WINNERS: Baker and Engle # # #