Susquehanna results 2004-07-29

NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (July 29, 2004) - Lance Dewease edged Fred Rahmer in a battle of the titans during Thursday evening's 25 lap Sprint Car feature at Susquehanna Speedway Park. In other action, Pat Hires topped the Xtreme Enduro 20 lap event, while Bryan Brooks and Willie Brymesser were winners in the PennMar Vintage Stocks.

Jim Siegel took the early lead at the drop of the green in the Sprint Car feature event. Siegel paced the field through the first nine laps as Dewease, Rahmer and Greg Hodnett were working their way forward through the field. During a caution period on the tenth lap Siegel developed a flat right rear tire, and was forced to the pits. That handed the lead to Dewease, who had started ninth. Following the restart, Dewease had to deal with numerous challenges from Rahmer before claiming his fourth SSP win of the season. The $2500 victory was Dewease's tenth career triumph at the York County oval.

Rahmer had to settle for a close second place finish, and maintained his season point lead. Hodnett crossed third with Eric Stambaugh and Josh Wells in the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Brian Leppo, Chad Jumper, Scott Lutz, Scott Geesey, and Jeff Taylor. Heat wins went to Dewease, Dave Cordier and Rahmer.

Pat Hires led all 20 laps to score his first Xtreme Enduro win of the season. Matt Wampler finished second followed by Tom Slanker, who edged three other cars in a four wide battle for third. Karl Windish, Tom Johns, and Jerry Blauch were next in line. Heats went to Hires and Slanker, while Johns took the Pepsi Challenge Xtreme Stock Car Dash Race.

Bryan Brooks took the lead on the second of 12 laps to win the modified portion of the PennMar vintage Stock race. Willie Brymesser finished fifth overall, but claimed the win in the sportsman portion of that event. Brooks and Brymesser also won the heats.

The next race will be Thursday Night, August 5 as SSP hosts the return of the Great American School Buses for their third event of the season along with the 410 Sprint Cars, Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars and an INEX National Dirt Qualifier for the Legends Cars. 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 29 event only. For example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for August 5 with and Adult ticket stub from the July 29 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, August 8 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 29, 2004

410 SPRINT CAR FEATURE (25 laps)  1. Lance Dewease 2. Fred Rahmer 3. Greg
Hodnett 4. Eric Stambaugh  5. Josh Wells  6. Brian Leppo  7. Chad Jumper
8. Scott Lutz  9. Scott Geesey  10. Jeff Taylor  11. Bill Heltzel  12.
Todd Zinn  13. Michael Hamer  14. Mike Mansfield  15. Jim Siegel  16. Pat
Cooper  17. Karl Baker  18. Dave Cordier  19. Scott Zellers  20. Lloyd
Ettinger  21. Mike Rabold  DNS  Rick Horn

FEATURE LAP LEADERS:  Siegel 1-9, Dewease 10-25

HEAT WINNERS:  Dewease, Cordier, Rahmer

XTREME ENDURO FEATURE (20 laps)  1. Pat Hires 2. Matt Wampler  3. Tom
Slanker  4. Karl Windish  5. Tom Johns 6. Jerry Blauch 7. Ronnie Thomas
8. Mike Goodwin  9. Sam Rial 10. Matt Smith 11. Raymond Repp  12. Travis
Horan  13. Bryon Sipe  14. Ricky Hippensteel Jr., 15. Bobby Glass Jr.
16. Jason Failor  17. Darren Williams  18. Alan Miller  19. Charlie
Pensinger  DNS  Brian Lomman, Adrian Barnhardt

Lap Leaders Hires 1-20
HEAT WINNERS: Hires, Slanker
PEPSI CHALLENGE DASH WINNER: Johns

PENNMAR VINTAGE STOCKS (12 LAPS) 1. Bryan Brooks 2.Larry Felty 3. Stew Wenrich 4. Pete Cobb 5. Willie Brymesser (sportsman winner) 6. Mike Martin 7. Tom Martin 8. Rob Casty 9. Bill Spencer 10. Dave Potteiger 11. John Dobish 12. Gary Vandergrift 13. Tom Swanger DNS Sean Coghill, Craig Coghill

HEAT WINNERS: Brooks, Brymesser

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