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Stock Car Saturday Night Returns to SSP with Witmer Winning His Third Late Model Feature of the Year; Racing Continues With ARDC Midgets on Sunday Night
Newberrytown, PA (September 1, 2007) – Stock Car Saturday Night at the Susquehanna Speedway Night found Dover’s Bud Witmer picking up his third Late Model win of the season. Middletown ’s Eric Walker picked up his second Street Stock main event of the season. Ray Broderick of Lancaster won his second consecutive Xtreme Stock Car feature. York Haven’s Matt Sowers picked up the XSC Rookie Rumble after Trevor Stark disqualified himself from the event after winning. Smokette Frye also from York Haven won the Women on Wheels Mini Van feature. More than 175 children in attendance had fun competing in the Kid’s Box Car races. Those without boxes competed in a “Boxless” Box Car race.
The 20-lap Late Model feature began with a wild 13-car spin and pile up coming out of turn 4 on the first lap of the initial start when a few cars at the front of the pack got crossed up. Many of the car had minor damage and were able to continue. On the second try for a start, Travis McClelland led the first lap with Josh Knoll grabbing the lead on the next circuit. Knoll led the next eleven laps until Bud Witmer moved by on the 13th lap of the race. Witmer led the rest of the way to win his third race of the year, followed by Jake Jones, John Moser, Jr., Sam Leonard, Jr. and Scott Richwine. Larry Baer came from 21st to finish 6th, with Justin Ehrhart, Steve Weikel, Carl Graves and Charlie Potts rounding out the top ten.
An exciting five driver chase for the 2007 point championship loomed over the 20-lap Street Stock feature event with seven driver with 50 points of each other. The race began with Chad Smith leading early over Steven Dove. On the eighth lap, Eric Walker moved from a seventh place starting position to take the lead from Smith. Walker led to the end winning his second of the season over Paul Morgan who was able to extend his point lead a little over all other rivals. Scott Thunberg finished third, followed by Dustin Hollinger and Chad Smith. Rounding out the top ten were Steven Dove, Todd Bowersox, Craig Morgan, Joe Whiteley and Joey Hoffer.
In the 30-lap Xtreme Stock Car feature, Matt Wampler jumped out to the early lead before Chris Heller overtook him on the 11th circuit. Heller relinquished the lead on a lap 13 yellow with a flat tire. This gave the lead to SSP point leader, Michael Goodwin. Goodwin and Wampler battled side-by-side until Wampler retired from the event with mechanical problems on lap 18. Wampler’s exit move the two Broderick driven cars behind Goodwin. On a lap 27 restart, Ray Broderick got by Goodwin and went on to win the race followed by Goodwin. Sam Rial battled to a third place finish, followed by Donnie Broderick and Larry Landis. Rounding out the top ten were Adam Smith, Bill Fulton, Rich Lomman, John Hiden, Jr. and Les Scrivens, Jr. Goodwin’s second place finish clinched the 2007 SSP Xtreme Stock Car point championship with one race remaining next week. Matt Sowers won the 15-lap XSC Rookie Rumble feature.
Smokette Frye led every lap of the 2nd Annual Speedway Auto Sales Women on Wheels Mini Van feature event. Kelly Young, Susie Mansberger, Naomi Reimert and Brandi Baer rounded out the top five.
Larry Lohss, Sr. from York took the ride of his life as she was the winner for the Superior Home Race Car Ride-Along with Ray Broderick. He received a few laps in the passenger seat of Ray’s Xtreme Stock Car. Every week one ticket will be drawn from the adult general admission tickets to win a ride for the week after.
Tomorrow Night, Sunday, September 2, the ARDC Midgets return along with the Legends Cars, PENN MAR Vintage Car Club and Women on Wheels Stock Cars. It will also be Camera & Autograph Night where all fans will have the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers with their cars on the frontstretch before the feature events begin. On Sunday, the pit gates will open 3:30 p.m. 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.
Due to several scheduling conflicts in the area over the upcoming weekend, track management at Susquehanna Speedway Park and American Sprint Car Series officials have agreed that it would be in the best interest of both parties to cancel the ASCS Mid-Atlantic Regional portion of Sunday night's event at SSP.
General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for both Saturday and Sunday 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.
Stock Car Saturday Night returns on Saturday, September 8, with the final round of the Clean Technologies Young Guns Shooutout. Also racing will be the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars and the Four Cylinder Stock Cars.
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 Saturday, September 1, 2007
Late Models Feature (20 laps): 1. Bud Witmer; 2. Jake Jones; 3. John Moser, Jr.; 4. Sam Leonard, Jr.; 5. Scott Richwine; 6. Larry Baer; 7. Justin Ehrhart; 8. Steve Weikel; 9. Carl Graves; 10. Charlie Potts; 11. Travis McClelland; 12. Derrick Zirkle; 13. Roy Miller; 14. Randy Christine, Jr.; 15. Cam Zeigler; 16. Chuck Yingling; 17. Bob Scott, Jr.; 18. Josh Knoll; 19. Carl Billet; 20. Sterling Kinard; 21. Gene Knaub; 22. Bob Dunn; 23. Bob Minnich; 24. Kyle Saylor; DNQ – Darrel Henry; Chaz Walls; Steve Billet; Jake Lettich; Tom Lainhart; Matt Harding; Mike Walls.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: McClelland (1); Knoll (2-12); Witmer (13-20).
HEAT RACE WINNERS: McClelland; Yingling; Moser, Jr.
CONSOLATION WINNER: Zirkle.
Street Stocks Feature (20 laps): 1. Eric Walker; 2. Paul Morgan; 3. Scott Thunberg; 4. Dustin Hollinger; 5. Chad Smith; 6. Steven Dove; 7. Todd Bowersox; 8. Craig Morgan; 9. Joe Whiteley; 10. Joey Hoffer; 11. Jim Hewitt; 12. Wes Alleman; 13. Kevin Sigler; 14. Ray Strubhar; 15. Calvin Herman; 16. Carmen Caltabiano; 17. Dave Thompson, Jr.; 18. Jenn Scott; 19. Bryan Shue; 20. Jimmy Slaseman; 21. Duane Prowell; 22. George Eash; 23. Brian Hauenstein.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Smith (1-7); Walker (8-20).
HEAT RACE WINNERS: Smith; Dove; Shue.
Xtreme Stock Car Feature (30 laps): 1. Ray Broderick; 2. Michael Goodwin; 3. Sam Rial; 4. Donnie Broderick; 5. Larry Landis; 6. Adam Smith; 7. Bill Fulton; 8. Rich Lomman; 9. John Hiden, Jr.; 10. Les Scrivens, Jr.; 11. Chris Heller; 12. Jason Failor; 13. Matt Wampler; 14. Jerry Runkle; 15. Raymond Repp; 16. Randy Blank; 17. Tim Hahn; 18. John Remlein; 19. Brian Rehbein; 20. Andrew Frye; 21. Mike Taft; DNS – Andrew Frye; Trevor Stark.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Wampler (1-10); Heller (11-13); Goodwin (14-27); Broderick (28-30).
XSC Rookie Rumble Feature (15 laps): 1. Matt Sowers; 2. Tim Drawbaugh; 3. Mike Lomman; 4. Kendra Knaub; 5. Garry Wilders; 6. Matt Adams; 7. Ryan Tewell; 8. Penney Repp; 9. Renee Luckenbaugh; 10. Gerald Barnes; 11. Nolan Barshinger; 12. Daryl Sipe; 13. Nancy Frye; 14. Larry Lohss, Jr.; 15. Richard Brothers, Jr.; DQ – Trevor Stark.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Sowers (1-7); Stark (8-15).
Women on Wheels Mini Van Feature (10 laps): 1. Smokette Frye; 2. Kelly Young; 3. Susie Mansberger; 4. Naomi Reimert; 5. Brandi Baer; 6. Jenny Brubaker; 7. Heather Gross; 8. Heather Yingling Cassel.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Frye (1-10).
SSP Pit Notes
TULSA, Okla. (August 29, 2007) – Due to several scheduling conflicts in the area over the upcoming weekend, track management at Susquehanna Speedway Park in Newberrytown, PA, and American Sprint Car Series officials have agreed that it would be in the best interest of both parties to cancel the ASCS Mid-Atlantic Regional portion of Sunday night's event at SSP.
With the racing season winding down in the northeast, it is not expected at this time that the event will be rescheduled.
With no other remaining events currently on the ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region schedule, Tim Hogue of Lumberton, NJ, holds a 12-point lead over 14-year-old Coleman Gulick of Binghamton, NY, in the inaugural ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region championship chase. George Suprick of Clarks Summit, PA, is another 20 points back in third.
Additional information regarding the American Sprint Car Series is available at www.ascsracing.com.
September 2, 2007 - Sunday Night Time Schedule
(Subject to Change; Raindate – T.B.D.)
3:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $18.00; Non members - $20.00
4:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults & Teens (13 & older) – $12.00;
Children (12 & under) – Free
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order)
Rotation: ARDC Midgets
Women on Wheels Stock Cars
Legends Cars
6:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem
ARDC Midgets Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Legends Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
PENN MAR Vintage Car Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
ARDC Midgets Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Legends Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps)
Women on Wheels Stock Car Feature (15 laps)
Camera & Autograph Night - Frontstretch
ARDC Midgets Feature (20 laps)
Legends Cars Feature (20 laps)
PENN MAR Vintage Car Feature (20 laps)
· Top Three Finishers Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature - $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.
- 2007 SSP Upcoming Schedule of Events –
September 8 (Sat.) Clean Technologies Young Guns Shootout plus Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars & Four Cylinder Stock
Cars (7:00 p.m.)
September 11 (Tues.) Tuesday Night Test & Tune (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) Gates open at 5:00 p.m. (All Divisions Welcome)
September 15 (Sat.) ARDC Midgets, Late Models, Street Stocks, Four Cylinder Stock Cars and Legend Cars (7:00 p.m.)
September 22 (Sat.) Smashfest ‘07 & Newberry Community Fair - Small Car Demolition Derby, Roll Over Contest, Tuff Trucks & more
in this exciting night of destruction and FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR (Rain date: Sunday, September 23)
September 28 (Fri.) Open Practice Night / Media Night (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) Gates open at 5:00 p.m. (All Division Welcome)
September 29 (Sat.) 2nd Annual Late Model 50-Lap Championship Race plus UMP Modified Challenge & Mini Vans
October 6 (Sat.) 3rd Annual XSC Pumpkin 200 Enduro Race (200 laps) plus the Great American School Bus Race, Classic Cars, Penn
Mar Vintage Car Club & Mini Vans – 1:00 p.m. (Rain date: Oct. 7)
October 19 (Fri.) Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Qualifying Day for Street Stocks, Four Cylinders & Xtreme Stock Cars
October 20 (Sat.) 4th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic (50 laps each) - Street Stocks, Four Cylinders & Xtreme Stock Cars
October 27 (Sat.) Candy Bowl III presented by J&K Salvage - ARDC Midgets, 600cc Micro Sprints, Lincoln Thundercars, Legends Cars,
Mini Vans & W.O.W. (Women on Wheels) Stocks - (3:00 p.m.)
November 3 (Sat.) Annual Racecar Flea Market - 6:00 a.m. - ? ? ? (All types welcome)
November 10 (Sat.) Turkey 200 XSC Enduro Race (200 laps) plus the Great American School Bus Race, Classic Cars, Penn Mar Vintage Car
Club & Mini Vans – 1:00 p.m. (Rain date: Nov. 11)
- Postponed 358 Sprint Car Event – The twice postponed 358 Sprint Car event (May 27 & August 19) will not be made up in 2007 due to no suitable dates for the remainder of the season. All competitors and fans with rainchecks (tickets and pit passes) from May 27 may be used for any remaining event at SSP this season. If a fan or competitor does not use it through the end of the season, they may return it to the SSP Home Offices after Monday, November 13 by mail requesting a refund or they may keep it for the 2008 season and use it for a scheduled 358 Sprint Car race.
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