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Susquehanna results 2004-07-08

NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (July 8, 2004) - Point leader Fred Rahmer raced to his second Susquehanna Speedway Park Sprint Car feature win of the season on Thursday evening. In other racing action, Tom Johns claimed the Xtreme Enduro Stock Car feature event ...

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NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (July 8, 2004) - Point leader Fred Rahmer raced to his second Susquehanna Speedway Park Sprint Car feature win of the season on Thursday evening. In other racing action, Tom Johns claimed the Xtreme Enduro Stock Car feature event and Rodney Kistler won the Central PA Legends Cars event.

The 25-lap Sprint Car feature event saw three different leaders in the first three laps, but track point leader Fred Rahmer quickly showed he was the class of the field. Brent Kluge led the first lap before yielding to Eric Stambaugh on lap number two. Meanwhile Rahmer was blasting forward from the eighth starting spot. He slipped by Stambaugh to lead the third lap, and then drove away from the field. By the conclusion of the race, Rahmer had lapped all but the top six cars, and was on the tail of sixth place finisher Kluge. The $2,500 win was Rahmer's fifteenth overall this season, and his 20th career at SSP. Lance Dewease finished second in the feature event, with Stambaugh third. Greg Hodnett and Jim Siegel completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Kluge, Dave Cordier, Brian Leppo, Josh Wells, and Chad Jumper. Sprint heats went to Rahmer and Stambaugh.

Like the Sprint Car event, the 15-lap Central PA Legends Cars feature saw three different leaders. Andy Lupfer led the first lap before yielding the top spot to Ray Swank. Swank held on to the lead for eight laps til, Rodney Kistler took over. But, unlike the Sprint Car event, Kistler wasn't home free. Veteran racer Ronnie Dunstan, an SSP Late Model champion in the 1960's, caught Kistler with several laps remaining and applied heavy pressure to the finish. In the end it was Kistler the winner over Dunstan, Swank, Lupfer, and Jason Rochelle. Heats went to Dunstan and Rochelle.

After two weeks of terrible luck, Tom Johns started from the pole position and led every lap of the 20 lap Xtreme Enduro Stock Car feature event. Johns scored the win over Curtis Nichols, Matt Wampler, Charlie Pensinger and Alan Miller. Heats went to Johns and Larry Hare, with Nichols taking the Pepsi Dash.

The next race will be Thursday Night, July 15 as SSP hosts "Christmas in July" with a visit from Santa Claus and a toy scramble for all children. The One-on-One Street Legal Drags for $250 to win will also return. Prospective participants are advised to contact the speedway offices now to reserve a spot as entries are filling up fast and are limited. Racing divisions include the 410 Sprint Cars, Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars and the PA Four Cylinders.

Gates open in the pit area at 4:00 p.m. with the grandstand gates opening at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 7:00 p.m. with racing beginning promptly at 7:30 p.m. Grandstand ticket prices are Adults (18 & older) $12.00; Teens (13-17) $8.00; Children (6-12) $4.00; and Children (5 & under) are free. SSP will continue its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount on general admission for each person with a ticket stub from the July 8 event only. For example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for July 15 with and Adult ticket stub from the July 8 event. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders. A track license is $25.00 for the year. The raindate will be Sunday night, July 18 with the same time schedule.

For more information, visit ww.sspracing.net or call the SSP home office at (717) 292-1696. 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. On raceday, use the track phone at (717) 938-9170.

SSP RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2004

410 SPRINT CAR FEATURE (25 laps)  1. Fred Rahmer  2. Lance Dewease  3.
Eric Stambaugh  4. Greg Hodnett  5. Jim Siegel  6. Brent Kluge  7. Dave
Cordier  8.  Brian Leppo  9. Josh Wells  10. Chad Jumper  11. Scott Lutz
12. Doug Rohrbaugh  13. Michael Hamer  14. Jeff Taylor  15. Billy
Heltzel  16. Mark Zellers  17. Peter Attard  18. Todd Zinn  19. Rory
Janney  DNS  Mike Rabold, Lloyd Ettinger

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Kluge 1, Stambaugh 2 Rahmer 3-25
HEAT WINNERS: Rahmer, Stambaugh

XTREME ENDURO FEATURE (20 laps)  1. Tom Johns 2. Curtis Nichols  3. Matt
Wampler  4. Charlie Pensinger  5. Alan Miller  6. Karl Windish  7. Brian
Sanders  8. Tom Slanker  9. Bryon Sipe  10. Sam Rial  11. Matt Smith  12.
Wayne Eurich  13. Adrian Barnhardt  14. Tony Tumas  15. Jason Failor  16.
Bobby Glass Jr.  17. Ricky Hippensteel Jr.  18. Mike Goodwin  19. Shawn
Arndt  20. Jerry Blauch  21. Larry Hare

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Johns 1-20
HEAT WINNERS: Johns, Hare
PEPSI CHALLENGE DASH WINNER: Nichols

CENTRAL PA LEGENDS CARS FEATURE (15 laps)  1. Rodney Kistler  2. Ronnie
Dunstan  3. Ray Swank  4. Andy Lupfer  5. Jason Rochelle  6. Ed Wentz  7.
Randy Fetterhoff  8. Randy Kissinger 9. Bob Murray  10. Greg Burd  11.
Harry Garber  12. Paul Fitzsimmons  13. Denny Rothermel 14. Allen Felix
15. Ron Cooper  16. Jim Black  17. Bob Lash  18. Bill Harris  19. Zach
Dieter  20. Darryl Bloom  DNS  Josh Morrow

LAP LEADERS  Lupfer 1,  Swank  2-9,  Kistler 10-15

HEAT WINNERS  Dunstan, Rochelle

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