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Stock Car Saturday Night Continues to Thrive at SSP This Weekend; Two Xtreme Stock Car Features Scheduled
Newberrytown, PA (August 14, 2008) – Racing action returns on Saturday, August 9, Stock Car Saturday Night racing action returns on August 16, with the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Four Cylinder Stock Cars and the Women on Wheels Stock Cars. There will also be a 20-lap make-up Xtreme Stock Car feature event postponed from Saturday, June 28.
On Saturday, the pit gates will open 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 6:25 p.m. with qualifying races at 7:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events.
General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for 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.
A special $2.00 repeat fan discount for each person with a ticket stub from last Saturday nights races will be in place for this Saturday’s events. 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 popular “Picnic in the Pits” Night last Saturday night (August 9) provided lots of exciting racing action all evening long. Dover ’s Justin Ehrhart picked up a crowd pleasing first Late Model feature of the season. Carlisle ’s Carl Billet won the 20-lap make-up Late Modrl feature postponed from Saturday, June 28. Chad Smith of Halifax claimed his second Street Stock main event of the season. Windsor ’s Sam Rial won his season’s first Xtreme Stock Car feature. York Haven’s Daryl Sipe was victorious in the Susquehanna Recyclers Mini Van feature event. Bob Campbell of Danville dominated the PENNMAR Vintage Car feature event.
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 raceday, 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.”
Saturday, August 16, 2008 – Stock Car Saturday Night Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
4:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $20.00; Non members - $22.00
5:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) – $12.00; Young Adults (11-
17) - $10.00; Children (10 & under) – Free
6:00 p.m. Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Turn One Pit Grandstands)
6:30 p.m. - 6:55 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order)
Rotation: Street Stocks
Late Models
Xtreme Stock Cars
Four Cylinder Stock Cars
Women on Wheels Stock Cars
7:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem
Xtreme Stock Car Feature (Makeup from June 28) - (20 laps)
Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)
Four Cylinder Stock Car Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Women on Wheels Stock Car Feature (10 laps)
Street Stocks Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Late Models Consolation Race (8/10 laps) – if necessary
Four Cylinder Stock Car Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
Xtreme Stock Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
Street Stocks Feature (20 laps)
Late Models Feature (20 laps)
Four Cylinder Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps)
· Top Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature - $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.
Xtreme Stock Car Feature (postponed from June 28) (20 laps): Row 1: Brandon Ort & Lance Danmyer; Row 2: Sean Todd & Rich Lomman; Row 3: Jason Failor & Chris Heller; Row 4: Tim Hahn & Larry Landis; Row 5: Sam Rial & Adam Smith; Row 6: Donnie Broderick & Matt Wampler; Row 7: Barclay Wilson & Matt Adams; Row 8: Bill Fulton & Rickey Hippensteel Jr.; Row 9: Larry Lohss Jr. & Randy Blank; Row 10: Mike Taft & Ray Broderick; Row 11: Travis Horan & Mike Lomman. Row 12: John Frye & Shaun Linn.
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Up Next at SSP on August 20
The next Wednesday Night Test & Tune session will be on August 20, 2008. It is open to any type of racecars capable of competing on the 4/10 mile oval. The cost is $12.00 per person for pit passes and a $20.00 fee for each racecar entering the pit area ($32.00 per car & driver combination). Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with open track time from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. by class. The fuel pumps fro Miller’s Racing Parts will be open from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Each session will be 6 – 8 laps per session. The grandstands are open free to the public. The main concession stand will also be open throughout the night. Each class will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 6/8 laps each or more if time permits.
- 2008 SSP Schedule of Events –
(Schedule as of August 7, 2008 - Subject to Change)
August 16 (Sat.) Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars (plus postponed feature from June 28), Four Cylinder Stock
Cars & Women on Wheels Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.)
August 20 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.); Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
August 23 (Sat.) York County Racing Club Night - Late Models, Street Stocks (plus postponed feature from June 28), Xtreme
Stock Cars, Legends Cars & Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.)
August 30 (Sat.) 8th Annual York County Nationals – Late Models (32 laps), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stock Cars
(25 laps), Four Cylinder Stock Cars (25 laps) & Mini Vans (7:00 p.m.)
September 3 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.); Gates open at 5:00 p.m.
September 6 (Sat.) Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Four Cylinder Stock Cars, Women on Wheels Mini
Vans (6:00 p.m.)
September 13 (Sat.) Championship Night / “Fab 4 Series”/ Camera & Autograph Night - Late Models (25 laps), Street
Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stock Cars (25 laps) & ARDC Midgets (20 laps) plus Clean Technologies
Young Guns Shootout (6:00 p.m.)
September 20 (Sat.) Smashfest ‘08 & Newberry Community Fair - School Bus Demolition Derby, Small Car Demolition
Derby, Roll Over Contest, & more in this exciting night of destruction and FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR (Rain date: Sunday, September 21)
September 26 (Fri.) Open Practice Night / Media Night (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) Gates open at 5:00 p.m. (All Divisions
Welcome)
September 27 (Sat.) 3rd Annual Susquehanna Showdown for Late Models (50 laps), Legends Cars Regional Qualifier
(40 laps) & Mini Vans (6:00 p.m.)
October 4 (Sat.) AMA Racing – detail to be announced.
October 11 (Sat.) No Racing
October 17 (Fri.) Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic Qualifying Night for Street Stocks, Four Cylinders & Xtreme
Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.)
October 18 (Sat.) 5th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic (50 laps each) - Street Stocks, Four Cylinders &
Xtreme Stock Cars (6:00 p.m.)
October 25 (Sat.) Candy Bowl IV presented by J&K Salvage - ARDC Midgets, 600cc Micro Sprints, Legends Cars, Mini
Vans & Women on Wheels Stock Cars (3:00 p.m.)
November 1 (Sat.) Annual Racecar Flea Market - 6:00 a.m. (All types of racecars are welcome)
November 8 (Sat.) 5th Annual Turkey 200 Enduro Race plus the Classic Cars & Mini Vans (1:00 p.m.); Rain date: Nov. 9
Racing at the SSP Outback Track on Saturday, August 16
Newberrytown, PA (July 29, 2008) The next race for the SSP Outback Track is set for Saturday, August 16. The pit gates will open 10:30 a.m. with a driver’s meeting at 11:45 a.m. Open practice begins at 12:00 p.m. and racing at 1:00 p.m. Gearing the “Outback Track” to the youth, the inside is 1/10 mile with the outer perimeter measuring 1/7 mile. The turns are 75 feet wide with the straight approximately 50 feet in width.
The qualifying race and feature laps will all be increased depending on the classes.
Admission prices for the Outback Track will be $8.00 for everyone ages 8 & older; Children 7 years of age and under will be $2.00. Hand held infants are admitted free.
The classes for both the karts and quarter midgets will be developed as the summer season progresses. There will be no sanctioning body affiliation for either karts or quarter midgets, but the technical/specification rules will be very similar to the major sanctioning groups for these types of cars (W.K.A. and QMA). There will be minor changes that will be announced as the season progresses. The entry fees for each class will be $15.00 per entry and participants may enter more than one class on a raceday. Trophies will be awarded to the top three in each class. No participants will be denied racing during the summer season. SSP will make every effort to define a class for all drivers who wish to compete.
Everyone with a pit pass from the Open Practice at the Outback Track will receive the Repeat Fan Discount for that evening’s racing events. There 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 third race event for the SSP Outback Track found a few new faces in victory lane on Saturday, August 9. Class winners include Shawna Schililia (Quarter Midgets); Garrett Updike (Jr. Sportsman II Karts – Blue Plate); Kyle Moser (Jr. Sportsman II Karts – Purple Plate); John Brown (Outlaw Adult Karts) and Chase Donley (Kid Karts / Pee Wee).
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 at the “Big Track” and (717) 932-1608 for the “Outback Track.”
Saturday, August 16, 2008 – Outback Track Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
10:30 a.m. Gates Open: Ages 8 & older - $8.00; Ages 7 & under - $2.00; Handheld Infants - FREE
11:45 a.m. Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. Practice Begins (all divisions in the following order)
Rotation: Quarter Midgets (by class)
Karts (by class)
12:50 p.m. Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
1:00 p.m. Heat Races
Quarter Midgets Heat Races (Round 1) - (8 laps)
Kart Heat Races (Round 1) - (6 / 8 laps)
Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
Quarter Midgets Heat Races (Round 2) - (8 laps)
Kart Heat Races (Round 2) - (6 / 8 laps)
Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
Quarter Midgets Feature Race - (20 laps)
Kart Feature Races - (12 / 15 / 20 laps)
“The Outback Track at SSP” 2008 Schedule of Events
August 16 (Sat.) Summer Race Season (Classes to be determined) – Gates open 10:30 a.m.; Racing @ 12:00 p.m.
August 23 (Sat.) Summer Race Season (Classes to be determined) – Gates open 10:30 a.m.; Racing @ 12:00 p.m.
August 30 (Sat.) Summer Race Season (Classes to be determined) – Gates open 10:30 a.m.; Racing @ 12:00 p.m.
September 6 (Sat.) Summer Race Season (Classes to be determined) – Gates open 10:30 a.m.; Racing @ 12:00 p.m.
The 2008 Fall Race & 2009 Spring Race Season Schedules to be Announced.
Preliminary Classes of Racing at SSP Outback Track
No participants will be denied racing during the summer season. SSP will make every effort to define a class for all drivers who wish to compete. If necessary, a new classification will be made.
Quarter Midgets (Ages 5-16) – Weight & Age & Plate Restrictions to be Defined
Junior Novice
Senior Novice
Junior Stock
Senior Stock
Heavy Stock
Junior Super-Stock
Senior Super-Stock
Heavy Super-Stock
Light Modified
Heavy Modified
Open Competition
Karts (2 cycle & 4 cycle classes) Weigh & Age & Plate Restrictions to be Defined
Kid Kart (Pee Wee)
Jr. Sportsman I / Rookie I
Jr. Sportsman II / Rookie II
Senior Sportsman
Jr. Restricted
Junior Unrestricted
Stock Light
Stock Medium
Sock Heavy
Stock Senior
Stock Super Heavy
100cc Vintage
125cc Vintage
Open Competition
Champ / Cage Karts
Junior Cage (Briggs Stock 5hp)
Junior Cage (Briggs Animal)
Junior Sportsman I
Junior Sportsman II
Senior Champ Stock
Senior Champ Animal
Wing Karts
Open Competition
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