Super Sprints & Late Models at SSP This Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

By Todd Fisher

Newberrytown, PA (May 8, 2013) – On Sunday night, May 12, the 410 Super Sprint Cars return to SSP with the Late Models in a Mother’s Day Sprint Car Special. It will also be the 59^th Anniversary of the speedway’s opening day in May of 1954. The original opening day was Sunday, May 16 but the event was postponed due to rain with the opener eventually being run on Sunday, May 23 with Buzzy Wilson taking the win in Stock Cars. Since 1954, there have been more than 1,000 races held at the Newberrytown Oval in York County.

The Super Sprint Car feature will pay $3,500-to-win for the 25-lap feature event. Non-qualifiers for the A-Main feature will receive a complimentary non-transferrable entry fee ($50.00 value) for the Final Showdown to be held at SSP in November. For the Super Sprint Cars, mufflers WILL NOT be required and Hoosier Brand Spec Tires will be required on all four corners (same as the 2013 rules at Williams Grove, Lincoln and Port Royal Speedways). All other rules will follow the generally accepted rules for Sprint Cars at local weekly Central PA Sprint Car tracks (1400 pounds weight rule). Raceivers will be mandatory for all Sprint Cars.

The Late Models will also be on the card. Drivers already picking up feature wins this season are Gene Knaub, Chase Billet, Randy Christine Jr. and Randy Stoudt. This will be a tune-up race for the Steel Block Bandits Invasion on Saturday night, May 18.

On Sunday, the start time has been changed from the originally posted earlier in the season. The pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Track Prep laps begin at 6:30 p.m. with qualifying races at 7:00 p.m. followed by consolation races and feature events.

General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Sunday night are Adults (ages 18-59) $18.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $15.00; 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. Ticket Stubs from the Sunday, April 14 or Saturday April 27 may be used for Sunday, May 12 for the Repeat Fan Discount.

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 the “Outback Track.”

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Mother’s Day Sprint Car Special 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) – $18.00; Seniors (60 &

older) & Young Adults (11-17) – $15.00; Children (10 & under) – Free

6:30 p.m. Track Preparation Laps Begin (Pit area)

Rotation: Late Models (Outside Turn 2)

Super Sprint Cars (Front Pit)

7:00 p.m. Welcome, Invocation and National Anthem

Late Models Qualifying Heat Races (8 laps)

Super Sprint Car Qualifying Heat Races (10 laps)