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Message started by LMR on 06/09/11 at 1:11am

Title: Silver Spring Race Reunion at Susquehanna Speedway Park
Post by LMR on 06/09/11 at 1:11am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2011
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Big Weekend of Racing at SSP on Saturday and Sunday
Silver Spring Racer Reunion on Saturday, June 11; 358 Sprints & Wingless Midgets on Sunday, June 12

Newberrytown, PA (June 8, 2010) – This weekend, Saturday & Sunday night, June 11 & 12 will feature two highly anticipated events with the Silver Spring Speedway Race Reunion on Saturday and the Sprint Car Summer Championship on Sunday.

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, June 11 for the Silver Spring Speedway 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. The Road Warriors will feature two events, one regularly scheduled feature and a make up feature from Saturday, June 4. The Street Stocks will also have a make up feature from Saturday, June 4 to start the night off as well.

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.

Ground was broken for Silver Spring Speedway, a 3/8 mile clay oval in the fall of 1953, when the PENNMAR Racing Club approached Cumberland County businessman Ray Garver Sr. about building a racetrack for the club. By the following summer in 1954, the new speedway was ready for racing action and an era of great weekly side-by-side racing action was born.

On Saturday night, June 11, the Susquehanna Speedway Park will host the Silver Spring Speedway Reunion featuring a pre-race autograph session for all track champions in the Super Sportsman, Late Models and Street Stock divisions from Silver Spring Speedway. A list of all drivers to be invited are listed below. Each driver participating in the autograph session will receive a complimentary pit pass for themselves and a guest. Any track champion wishing to participate in the event should confirm with SSP management by contacting them at 717-292-1696 or sspracing@hotmail.com.

* = already confirmed to participate in the autograph Session

Super Sportsman Track Champions (Silver Spring Speedway)
Mel Kreiser (1954)
Ken Hurley (1955, 1956, 1964)
Ron Tilley (1957, 1958)
Deacon Gearhart (1959)
Lynn Weibley (1960, 1961)
* Jim Sheaffer (1962, 1963, 1965)
* Russ Smith (1966, 1971)
Dick Snare (1967, 1968)
Kramer Williamson (1969)
Lee Parthemore (1970)
Fred Putney (1972, 1976)
Elvin Felty (1973)
Jim Wilbur (1974)
Jerry Wolfe (1975)
John Murphy (1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1986)
* Gary Wolford (1979, 1980)
Larry Jackson (1983, 1988, 1989)
Dwight Leib (1984)
Howie Locke (1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998)
Joey Kuhn (1987)
* Rich Eichelberger (1990)
Dave Calaman (1994)
Danny Hager (1995)
John Stoner (1996)
Carmen Perigo Jr. (1999, 2001)
Mark Smith (2000)
Frankie Herr (2002, 2003, 2004)
Pat Cannon (2005)

Late Models Track Champions (Silver Spring Speedway)
Bill Madden (1961)
Larry Vogelsong (1963, 1964)
Earl Clay (1965)
John Fitting (1966)
John Smith (1967, 1970)
Bob Wilbur (1968, 1969)
Ken Neiswender (1971)
Bob Moyer (1972, 1975)
John Ebersole (1973, 1974)
Don Comerer (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981)
Gordie Kohr (1980)
Jeff Smith (1982)
* Bill Burns (1983)
Jim Shuttlesworth (1984)
Ed Jones (1985)
* Harold Beinhower (1986)
Jim Bernheisel (1987, 1991)
Jeff Leiphart (1988)
Charlie Kope (1989)
Carl Billet (1990, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005)
* Smokey Frye (1992)
Mark Billet (1995, 1996, 1998)
Scott Richwine (1997)
Ron Little Sr. (1999)
Jason Covert (2000, 2001)
Scott McCann (2002)

Street Stocks Track Champions (Silver Spring Speedway)
Carl Graves (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
* Joe Whitely (1986)
* Larry Miller (1987, 1993)
Nick Loranzo (1988)
Ray Hoke (1989)
* Richie Hughes (1990, 1992)
Gary Potts (1991)
Jeff Condran (1994, 1995)
Mike Brenneman (1996)
Kory Sites (1997, 1998)
Kirby Sites (1999)
Scott Dellinger (2000)
Tim Fedder (2001)
Gerry Stutting Jr. (2002)
Stan Wanner (2003, 2004)
Paul Morgan (2005)

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

Then on Sunday night, June 12 the 358 Sprint Cars will return for racing action along with the wingless ARDC Midgets and the EMMR Vintage Cars. The 20-lap 358 Sprint Car feature will pay $1,500-to-win.

The tire rule will be the same used at the regular local 358 Sprint Car tracks – (All right rear tires used must be a HOOSIER National Sprint Spec tire, size 105/18-15. Any SC compound tire is permitted). All other rules of the Central PA 358 Sprint Cars will prevail for this event. Mufflers are not required for the 358 Sprint Cars. Raceivers will be mandatory Feature lineups for the 358 Sprint Cars will be determined by heat race number one winner drawing for an inversion (1,3,6 or 9) or (1,2,4,6 or 8) depending on the number of heat races.

On Saturday night, racing action begins at 7:00 p.m. Pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. and the grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 6:40 p.m. followed by qualifying heat races, 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.

On Sunday 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. followed by qualifying heat races, consolation races and feature events.

General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Sunday night are Adults (ages 18-59) $15.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $13.00; Children (10 & under) are free. Sunday will also be York County Racing Club night at the races. There will be a $2.00 discount for grandstand general admission with a YCRC card.

Pit pass prices for Saturday and Sunday are $25.00 with a reduced price of $20.00 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.

The popular "Repeat Fan Discount" program continues at SSP in 2011 for the eighth 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. Fans on Sunday, June 12 may use a ticket stub from Sunday, April 10 for the Repeat fan Discount. The Repeat Fan Discount is not valid for pit pass purchases.

The SSP Outback Track will be back in action on Friday night, June 10. Racing on the 1/9 mile track includes Quarter Midgets, Karts, Adult Speedcars and lawnmowers. Gates open at 5:45 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Last Saturday night, Carlisle’s Carl Billet held off many challengers to win the weather-shortened 25-lap Late Model feature at the Susquehanna Speedway Park. The Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks, Road Warriors and Legends Cars feature events were postponed. The 20-lap Street Stock and 15-lap Road Warrior features will be made up on Saturday, June 11. The 20-lap Xtreme Stock and 15-lap Legends Cars feature events will be on Saturday, June 18.

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."