Contact:
Lillian Bell
(717)
292-1696
-FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Silver
Spring Speedway Racer Reunion at SSP This Saturday Night, July
20
Outback
Track Racing Continues on Friday, July 19;
Next
Wednesday Night Test & Tune on July 24
Newberrytown,
PA (July 17, 2013) – After taking two weekends off for a summer break, the
Susquehanna Speedway Park returns to action on Saturday, July 20 with the annual
Silver Spring Speedway Racer Reunion. An
exciting night of racing action is on tap with the Late Models, Street Stocks
and the Super Sportsman Tour. The
PENNMAR Vintage Cars and EMMR Vintage Cars will also provide a look at racing in
the past. This will not be a Steel Block Bandits
Late Model Series Race as previously announced by the Steel Block Bandits
organizers. A raindate for July 20 may be announced if
needed.
This
will be a wonderful evening for all drivers, crews and fans to remember the
great racing action at Silver Spring Speedway and enjoy a night of exciting
side-by-side racing action at the Susquehanna Speedway Park. Although the Super Sportsman are not a part
of SSP’s weekly program for Stock Car Saturday night, they will make a special
guest appearance on Saturday night, July 20 for the Silver Spring Speedway Racer
Reunion special event. Along with the
Super Sportsman, the Late Models and Street Stocks will be on the racing card,
which are all three of the divisions that raced at Silver Spring Speedway on a
weekly basis before in closed for good at the end of the 2005 racing
season. The PENNMAR Vintage Cars will
also be racing as well as they were the club that raced at the very first event
at Silver Spring Speedway on a Wednesday night in the summer of 1954 when the
track held its first event.
Both
the Susquehanna Speedway Park and Silver Spring Speedway began racing back in
1954. Both tracks have a long history of
great racing and could be considered “sister tracks” as they ran many of the
same divisions throughout the years.
They were even both owned and operated by members of the Kreitzer family
at one time or another. Silver Spring
Speedway owner’s Will Kreitzer owned and operated Susquehanna for two years
(1969 & 1970) and his son Alan did the same from 1990 to 1992. Today, Silver Spring Speedway no longer
exists however many of its drivers now call Susquehanna Speedway Park home.
On
Saturday, July 20, the pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Warm-ups begin at 6:40 p.m. with qualifying
races at 7:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events.
General
admission grandstand ticket
prices for the special event are Adults (ages 18-59) $15.00; Young Adults (ages
11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $13.00; 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 12 years of age with a copy of a birth certificate is required for all ages
12 to 14.
On
Friday night, July 19 the second
night of the Summer Shoot-Out Series will be held at the SSP Outback Track for
quarter midgets, karts and Adult Speedcars.
The pit gates will open 5:45 p.m. with a driver’s meeting at 7:20
p.m. Open practice begins at 7:00 p.m.
and racing action begins at 7:30 p.m.
The entry fees
for each class will be $20.00 per entry for drivers with the seasonal
(Spring/Summer) license. Pit pass fees
for the driver are included in the entry fee.
Non-license driver’s entry fees will be $25.00. Participants may enter more than one class on
a raceday ($12.00 for each additional class).
Trophies will be awarded to the top three in each class regardless of
class entry count. No participants will be denied racing as
SSP will make every effort to define a class for all drivers who wish to
compete.
Pit pass prices
for non-drivers at the Outback Track will be $8.00 for everyone ages 18 &
older; Teens & Children ages 11 – 17 are $5.00; Children 10 years of age and
under are $3.00. Ages 2 & under are
admitted free.
The next
Wednesday Night Test & Tune for any type of racecar will be on Wednesday, July 24. The gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with
practice sessions rotating for each class from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 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). Each session will be 4-6 laps per session
depending on car count. The grandstands
are open free to the public. Each class
will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 4/6 laps each or more if time permits. The fuel pumps from Miller’s Racing Parts
will not be open. Anyone needing fuel
should contact Miller’s Racing Parts directly at 717-766-0181. The main concession stand will be open
throughout the night.
Also on
Wednesday night, there will an open practice session for quarter midgets, karts
and Adult Speedcars at the Outback Track from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the
lights. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m.
with open practice from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The cost will be $20.00 per driver with no charge for anyone else
entering the grandstand and “cold pit” areas.
All Outback Track participants should enter the pits from the Kise Mill
Road entrance behind turn 2 of the “Big Track.”
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 the “Outback
Track.”
Friday, July 19, 2013
SSP
Outback Track Time Schedule – Summer Shoot-Out
Series
(Subject to Change)
5:45 p.m. Pit Gates
Open (no
general admission)
7:00 p.m. Driver’s Draw for
Position Ends (all
entries after 7 p.m. will start at rear
of
qualifying event).
7:00 p.m. – 7:20 p.m. Practice Begins
7:20 p.m. Driver’s Meeting (Parents welcome to attend as well).
7:30.m. Racing Begins (Heats &
Features)
Class
Rotation: To Be Announced at the Driver’s Meeting
Saturday, July 20, 2013
SSP
Big Track Time Schedule (Subject to Change)
4:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit
Passes: Non members - $25.00; Members - $22.00.
5:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) - $15.00; Seniors
(60 &
older) &
Young Adults (11-17) -
$13.00; Children (10 & under) - Free
6:30
p.m. Track Preparation Laps
Begin
Rotation: Street Stocks
Late
Models
Super
Sportsman
7:00
p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National
Anthem
Late
Models Qualifying Heat Races
(8
laps)
Super
Sportsman Qualifying Heat Races (8
laps)
Street Stocks Qualifying Heat Races (8
laps)
PENNMAR Vintage Cars Heat Races (6
laps)
Consolation Races (same order as Heats) – if
necessary
EMMR
Vintage Car Exhibition
Late
Models Feature (25
laps)
Super
Sportsman Feature (25
laps)
Street Stocks Feature (20
laps)
PENNMAR Vintage Feature (12
laps)
· Top 3
finishers from each heat and top 5 finishers from the feature to the scales/tech
in the infield.
· Top
Three Finishers are Required to be in Victory Lane after Every Feature - $200.00
Fine for Failure to Report.
* Any competitor parking in a reserved
parking spot that is not theirs will have $50.00 taken from their purse monies
earned at the end of the night and it will be given to the person whose spot
they parked in.
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2013 “Big Track” Schedule of Events
at SSP –
(Schedule as of July 17, 2013 - Subject to
Change)
July
20 (Sat.) Silver
Springs Speedway Racer Reunion - Late Models, Street Stocks, Super Sportsman Tour, PENNMAR
Vintage Cars & EMMR Vintage Cars Exhibition (7:00
p.m.)
July 24 (Wed.)
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00
p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
and
the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
July
27 (Sat.) Christmas in July with Santa Claus Visit -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors/Mini
Vans & Sidewinder Sprints plus Spring Series Awards Presentation for
Outback Track (7:00 p.m.)
August
3 (Sat.) Figure
8 Racing -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme
Stocks, Road Warriors/Mini Vans & PENNMAR
Vintage Cars (7:00 p.m.)
August 7 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at
Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
and
the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
August
10 (Sat.) Kid’s Box Car Racing -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors, Mini Vans
& PENNMAR
Vintage Cars (7:00 p.m.)
August
17 (Sat.) Camera & Autograph Night -
Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors/Mini Vans &
PA
Sprint Series (7:00 p.m.)
Also Central PA Blood Bank “Blood Drive” (5:00 p.m. - 8:00
p.m.)
August 21 (Wed.) Wednesday Night Test & Tune
Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
and
the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
August
24 (Sat.) No Saturday Night
Racing
August
25 (Sun.) Return of the Great American School Bus
Racing - Super
(410) Sprint Cars and Late Models (6:00 p.m.) –
Rain
date: T.B.A.
August
31 (Sat.) 13th Annual York County Nationals/Steel Block Bandits Late Model
Series – Late
Models (32 laps –
$1,500-to-win), Street Stocks (25 laps), Xtreme Stock Cars & Classic
Cars (7:00 p.m.)
September 4 (Wed.)
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.;
Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
September 7 (Sat.) Figure 8 Racing & Small Car
Demolition Derby - Late Models,
Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road
Warriors/Mini Vans, PENNMAR Vintage Cars & EMMR Vintage Cars
Exhibition -
(6:00 p.m. - note
new start time)
September 14 (Sat.)
SSP Track Championship Night - Late Models (25 laps), Street
Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars, Road
Warriors/Mini Vans & PA
Sprint Series plus SSP Outback Track Summer Season Awards
Presentation (6:00 p.m.)
September 18 (Wed.)
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.;
Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
and the Outback Track (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
September 21 (Sat.) 8th Annual Susquehanna Showdown - Late
Models (50 laps) and PA Sprint Series Interregional
Race (6:00
p.m.) – Rain date: Sunday, September 22.
September 28 (Sat.) No Saturday Night
Racing
October 2 (Wed.) Wed.
Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
October 5 (Sat.) No Saturday
Racing
October 12 (Sat.) No Saturday
Racing
October 16 (Wed.) Wed.
Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; Practice
6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
October 18 (Fri.) 10th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic
Qualifying Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars &
Classic Cars (7:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Saturday, October 19 (Championship
Night will move to Sun., October 20)
October 19 (Sat.) 10th Annual Miller’s Racing Parts Fall Classic
Championship Night - Street Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars
&
Four Cylinder Stock Cars (6:00 p.m.) – Rain date: Sunday, October
20.
October 23 (Wed.)
Wednesday Night Test & Tune Session at Big Track (Gates open at 5:00 p.m.;
Practice 6:00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m.)
October 26 (Sat.) Candy Bowl
IX presented by J&K Salvage - ARDC
Wingless Midgets, 600cc Micro Sprints, Sidewinder
Sprints, Sportsman Modifieds, Legends Cars & Lincoln Thundercars
(2:00 p.m.) - Raindate: Sunday, October 27.
November 2 (Sat.)
10th Annual Turkey 200 – Big
Car Enduro (100 laps) & 4/6 Cylinder Small Car Enduro (100 laps) plus
Classic Cars and Mini Vans (1:00 p.m.); Rain date: Sunday, November
3.
November 9 (Sat.) No Saturday
Racing
November 16 (Sat.)
The
Final Showdown (4th Annual) – Super (410) Sprint Car Finale &
358 Sprint Cars (2:00 p.m.) – Rain
date: Sunday,
November 17.
2013
Wednesday Night Open Test & Tune Sessions
(Any divisions of racing welcome)
Big & Outback Tracks (Wednesdays): July 24; August 7; August 21; September 4; September
18
Big Track Only: October 2 (Wed.); October 16 (Wed.); October 23
(Wed.)
Big
Track - Gates open 5:00 p.m.; Practice 6:00 p.m. – 9:00
p.m.
Outback Track on Wednesdays (Gates open 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.)
The
Next Wednesday Night Test & Tune is on July 24
The next
Wednesday Night Test & Tune for any type of racecar will be on Wednesday, July 24. The
gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with practice sessions rotating for each class from
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 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). Each session will be 4-6 laps per session
depending on car count. The grandstands
are open free to the public. Each class
will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 4/6 laps each or more if time permits. The fuel pumps from Miller’s Racing Parts
will not be open. Anyone needing fuel
should contact Miller’s Racing Parts directly at 717-766-0181. The main concession stand will be open
throughout the night.
Due
to the completion of only half the Wednesday Night Test & Tune on April 24,
all pit passes
and car entries from the April 24 Test & Tune may be used for half credit
($6.00 towards pit passes and $10 towards car entry) for any Test & Tune
session through October 23, 2013. Pit
passes from April 24 must be presented for credit.
Also on
Wednesday night, there will an open practice session for quarter midgets, karts
and Adult Speedcars at the Outback Track from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the lights. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with open practice from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The cost will be $20.00 per driver with no charge for anyone else
entering the grandstand and “cold pit” areas.
All Outback Track participants should enter the pits from the Kise Mill Road
entrance behind turn 2 of the “Big Track.”
“The
Outback Track at SSP” 2013 Schedule of Events
Summer Shoot-Out Season Championship:
July
19 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #2 (Gates open 5:45
p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
July
24 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates
open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
July
26 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #3 (Gates open 5:45
p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
July
27 (Sat.) Spring Shoot-Out Awards at the
Big Track
Aug. 2
(Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #4 (Gates open 5:45
p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
Aug. 7
(Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates
open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
Aug. 9
(Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #5 Track Record Breaker Night
(Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
Aug.
16 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #6 (Gates open 5:45
p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
Aug.
21 (Wed.)Open
Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.)
Aug.
23 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #7 Double Feature Night (Gates
open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
Aug.
30 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Race #8 (Gates open 5:45
p.m.; Racing @7:30 p.m.)
Sept.
4 (Wed.) Open
Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.)
Sept.
6 (Fri.) Summer Shoot-Out Championship Night (Gates open 5:45 p.m.; Racing @7:30
p.m.)
Sept.
18 (Wed.) Open Test & Tune Practice Session (Gates
open at 5:30 p.m.; Practice 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
- SSP
Outback Track Summer Shoot-Out Season Awards Presentation at the Big track on
Saturday night, September 14, 2013
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