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8th Annual York County Nationals This Saturday Night at SSP
Newberrytown, PA (August 27, 2008) – Stock Car Saturday Night racing action returns on August 30, with the 8th Annual York County Nationals featuring the Late Models (32-lap feature), Street Stocks (25-lap feature), Xtreme Stocks (25-lap feature), Four Cylinder Stock Cars (25-lap feature) and the Speedway Auto Sales Mini Vans.
For the first time in 8 years, the $1,200-to-win 32-lap feature will highlight a non-open wheel division with the Late Models. SSP returned to its roots of Stock Car racing in May of 2007. The Street Stock winner will receive $500 and the Xtreme Stock winner will receive $400 for the efforts. The 25-lap Four Cylinder Stock Car feature will pay $350 to the winner.
This weekend’s event will also mark the 150th race night under the direction and ownership of Todd & Rhonda Fisher since buying the track in the winter of 2003. “I can’t wait until we reach the 300-race milestone in a few years as there were many individuals who gave us only 3 races or less before we would be shut down,” said Todd Fisher. “We have made huge strides in the past two years and with the addition of our 1/8 mile “Outback Track” for the youngsters, the years to come will be very exciting and fun for all of those involved.” The “150 races” is the most consecutive races under one owner since the 1980’s when the late-Jeff Hartlaub owned the track. The speedway has had three different owners between Hartlaub and the Fishers.
The ownership and management of the speedway does not appear to be changing anytime in the future as stability has once again been restored to the 4/10th mile Newberrytown oval during the past five years. Opening night for next season has also been announced for Saturday, April 11, 2009. The season opener will feature the Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks and one more division to be determined. Racing will continue on Saturday nights throughout 2009 along with a few special events also added. The speedway will also host the popular Wednesday Night Test & Tune Sessions during the 2009 season as well.
On Saturday night, 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) $14.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $12.00; Children (10 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $25.00 with a reduced price of $22.00 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 Stock Car Saturday Night racing program at the Susquehanna Speedway Park last week on August 23 provided the usual standard of wheel-to-wheel action all evening long as young drivers dominated the feature events. Dover ’s Charles Potts won the 20-lap Late Model feature. Jimmy Slaseman of New Cumberland picked up his career first Street Stock main feature event. Middletown ’s Eric Walker won the 20-lap Street Stock make-up feature postponed from Saturday, June 28. Alex Updegraff of Etters also won his first career Xtreme Stock Car feature. Stephen Nederostek of Walnutsport pulled of last lap pass for the Legends Car feature event win. York Haven’s Kenny Latz won the Mini Van 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 30, 2008 – Stock Car Saturday Night Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
4:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members - $22.00; Non members - $25.00
5:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) – $14.00; Young Adults (11-
17) - $12.00; 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
Mini Vans
7:00 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)
Four Cylinder Stock Cars Qualifying Heat Races (6 laps)
Speedway Auto Sales Mini Van Feature (10 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
Four Cylinder Stock Cars Consolation Race (6/8 laps) – if necessary
8th Annual York County Nationals - Late Models Feature (32 laps)
Street Stocks Feature (25 laps)
Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (25 laps)
Four Cylinder Stock Cars Feature (25 laps)
· Top Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature - $200.00 Fine for Failure to Report.
Previous York County Nationals Champions:
2001 – Donnie Kreitz Jr. (Sprint Cars)
2002 – Rained Out
2003 – Cancelled by Promoter (due to lack of entries)
2004 – Fred Rahmer (Sprint Cars)
2005 – Greg Hodnett (Sprint Cars)
2006 – Fred Rahmer (Sprint Cars)
2007 – Lance Dewease (Sprint Cars)
2008 - ????? (Late Models)
- 2008 SSP Schedule of Events –
(Schedule as of August 27, 2008 - Subject to Change)
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 plus Clean Technologies Young Guns Shootout (6:00 p.m.)
September 13 (Sat.) Championship Night / “Fab 4 Series”/ Castrol Oil 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 17 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session (6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.); Gates open at 5:00 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 Van World Championship (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, Xtreme Stock Cars and Four
Cylinder Stock Cars (7:00 p.m.)
October 18 (Sat.) 5th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic - Street Stocks (50 laps), Xtreme Stock Cars (40 laps), &
Four Cylinder Stock Cars (30 laps) - (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
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Up Next at SSP on September 3
Newberrytown, PA (August 27, 2008) – The next Wednesday Night Test & Tune session will be on September 3, 2008. Another Wednesday night Test & Tune has been added to the schedule for Wednesday, September 17. 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.
Racing at the SSP Outback Track on Saturday, August 30
Newberrytown, PA (August 27, 2008) The next race for the SSP Outback Track is set for Saturday, August 30. The pit gates will open 11:00 a.m. with a driver’s meeting at 12:15 a.m. Open practice begins at 12:30 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.
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 race event 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 fifth race event for the SSP Outback Track The race event for the SSP Outback Track had plenty of exciting action all day long on a very well prepared and smooth race track on Saturday, August 23. Class winners include Austin Deibler (Quarter Midgets); Dalton Frye (Jr. Sportsman II Karts - Blue 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 30, 2008 – Outback Track Time Schedule
(Subject to Change)
11:00 a.m. Gates Open: Ages 8 & older - $8.00; Ages 7 & under - $2.00; Handheld Infants - FREE
12:15 a.m. Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
12:30 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) - (10 laps)
Kart Heat Races (Round 1) - (6 / 8 laps)
Driver’s Meeting – All Divisions (Grandstands)
Quarter Midgets Heat Races (Round 2) - (10 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 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
Stock 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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