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Free Admission for Dover and East Berlin Residents at SSP This Saturday

Wednesday May 13, 2009

 

Stock Car Saturday Night Action Continues at SSP on May 16
Free Admission for All Residents of Dover and East Berlin

Newberrytown, PA (May 12, 2009) – This Saturday night, May 16, the wheel-to-wheel racing action at the Susquehanna Speedway Park will continue. Racing action will include the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars. Saturday night will also include appearances for the Legends Cars and the Speedway Auto Sales Mini Vans.

The Hometown Heroes program will recognize all SSP drivers from Dover and East Berlin. Before the racing action begins, the drivers from these town will have the opportunity to display their cars and meet the fans at the front gate of the speedway. The drivers will also be interviewed during the night’s racing program. Also, all fans entering the speedway from that driver’s hometown being honored will be admitted FREE to the grandstands by showing proper photo identification and filling out an information card at the ticket booth.

Last weekend, Dover’s Bud Witmer bested a star-studded Late Model field in the 20-lap feature event at the Susquehanna Speedway Park on Saturday night. Enola’s Garrett Shover picked up his first career win in the 20-lap Street Stock main feature event by holding off many seasoned veterans. Travis Horan won the most exciting race of the night in the 20-lap Xtreme Stock Car feature with four wide racing for the lead ver the entire feature. It was also Horan’s first career win. Tracy Kellison was victorious in the XSC Rookie Rumble. Brittany Snyder won the 10-lap Women on Wheels Mini Van feature presented by Speedway Auto Sales. Jim Jacobs won the 10-lap Road Warrior feature event.

Handicapping will be in place for the Late Models, Street Stocks and Xtreme Stock Cars. The final night of pre-race pill draw for the Legends Cars and Mini Vans will be in effect for this weekend.

There have been five different winners in the Late Model division in the first five races of 2009. However the top four in points have yet to win a feature. They inculde Dover’s Charles Potts (445); Chase Billet (421); Pat Beard (409) amd Carl Billet (407).

Just like the Late Models, the Street Stock division has had five different feature winners is five weeks of racing. However, the top two in the track championship, Scott Thunberg and Jim Palm Jr. sit on top tied with 444 points, and are still looking for their first win of the season.

Although Mike Zeigler Jr. has collected three wins in five races, the Xtreme Stock Car class is the most evenly matched class at SSP in 2009. Last weekend’s feature saw none lead changes in 20 laps of racing with one of six drivers capable of claiming the win on the final circuit. Travis Horan emerged the victor. Sam Rial currently leads Zeigler by one point the in season-long points battle.

In the Legends Cars racing action this week, New Jersey’s Frank Polimeda looks to win his third straight feature this season in as many tries. Polimeda is competing against the best Legends Cars Dirt racers in the nation.

On Saturday night, racing action begins at 6:00 p.m. Pit gates will open at 3:30 p.m. and the grandstand gates will open at 4:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 5:30 p.m. with qualifying races at 6:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events.

General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for the Season Opener on Saturday night are Adults (ages 18-59) $12.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $10.00; Children (10 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $22.00 with a reduced price of $20.00 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 popular “Repeat Fan Discount” program will continue at SSP in 2009 for the sixth straight season. This is 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 and at the end of the season for great prizes. The Repeat Fan Discount is not valid for pit pass purchases.

The Susquehanna Speedway Park is located midway between Harrisburg and York 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 race day, use the track phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date information at the “Big Track” and (717) 932-1608 for the “Outback Track.”

Hometown Hero Drivers for Saturday, May 16
(List may not include all drivers)
Justin Ehrhart Dover, PA (Late Models #69)
Charles Potts Dover, PA (Late Models #5)
Chase Billet Dover, PA (Late Models #22)
Scott Fisher East Berlin, PA (Late Models #39)
Gene Knaub Dover, PA (Late Models #1k)
Bud Witmer Dover, PA (Late Models #35)
John Moser Jr. East Berlin, PA (Late Models #4m)
Lance Danmyer Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock #87)
Larry Landis Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock #3)
Mike Lomman Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock #8m
Brent Hake Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock #19)
Curtis Shue Dover, PA (Xtreme Stock #1)
Tom Hartman Dover, PA (Road Warriors #32)

Saturday, May 16, 2009
Hometown Heroes Night (Dover and East Berlin) Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
3:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members – $22.00; Non members – $25.00
4:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) – $14.00; Seniors (60 &
older) & Young Adults (11–17) – $12.00; Children (10 & under) – Free
5:10 p.m. Driver’s Meeting (Turn 1 Pit Grandstands)
5:30 p.m. – 5:55 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order)
Rotation: Street Stocks
Late Models
Xtreme Stock Cars
Legends Cars
Mini Vans
6:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem
Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Legends Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Speedway Auto Sales Mini Vans Feature (10 laps)
XSC Rookie Rumble Feature (15 laps)
Street Stocks Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Late Models Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Xtreme Stock Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
Legends Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
Street Stocks Feature (20 laps)
Late Models Feature (20 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
Legends Cars Feature (15 laps)
Legends Cars Non-Qualfiers Feature (10 laps) – min. 6 cars

· Top Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature – $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.

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