Susquehanna results 2004-09-16

NEWBERRYTOWN, PA (September 16, 2004) - All Fred Rahmer had to do Thursday evening to clinch his fourth Susquehanna Speedway Park Sprint Car point title was start his heat race. Instead, Rahmer won every race he entered to put an exclamation point on his championship season. Rahmer's win in the 25-lap 410 Sprint Car feature was his seventh of the season at SSP, 32nd overall, and 25th career SSP win.

In other action, Tom Johns won the Xtreme Enduro Stock Car feature event, while Ronnie Dunstan claimed the Legends Cars feature win. Butch Richcreek Jr. won the Spectacular One-on-One Street Car Drags in an exciting one lap finale over Ken Johns.

Rahmer started sixth in the Sprint Car feature and caught race-long leader Eric Stambaugh in heavy lapped traffic on the 17th lap. He went on to record the $2,500 win over Stambaugh. Lance Dewease finished third, with Brian Leppo and Cris Eash completing the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Greg Hodnett, Blane Heimbach, Doug Esh, Kevin Nouse, and Jim Siegel. Eash set a new ten lap track record in winning the first heat race with a time of 2:29.68. Dewease and Rahmer were other heat winners.

Johns chased polesitter Matt Smith for 19 of the 20 laps in the Xtreme Enduro Stock Car feature event. Johns got by Smith on the first turn of the final lap to score the win. Smith finished second, with David Wilhelm getting third in a three car wide finish for that spot. Mike Goodwin and Matt Wampler completed the top five. Heats went to Smith and Wampler. Alan Miller took the Pepsi Challenge Dash.

Dunstan moved from fourth to first by the completing of the second lap in the Central PA Legends Cars feature race. He then held the lead for the remainder of the 15 lap distance. Greg Burd, who led the first lap held second place despite a seven car battle for that spot. Rod Kistler, Josh Morrow, and Randy Kissinger completed the top five. Heats went to Kistler and Harry Garber.

The final race of the season will be Thursday Night, September 23 as SSP hosts the 410 Sprint Cars along with the Xtreme Enduro Stock Cars. Tentatively on the schedule are the Classic Cars and a Ford vs. Chevy Tough Truck Tug-O-War. These will be confirmed on Monday. 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. SSP will continue its Repeat Fan Discount in which there will be a $2.00 discount for each person with a ticket stub from the September 16 event only. For example, $2.00 off an Adult ticket for September 23 with and Adult ticket stub from the September 16 event. Returning fans are encouraged to write their name, address and phone number on the back of the stub to be entered into a special drawing to be held at the end of the season. The grand prize will be two tickets to the NASCAR race in October at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all track license holders.

SSP RESULTS FROM THURSDAY, September 16, 2004

410 SPRINT CAR FEATURE (25 laps)  1. Fred Rahmer,  2. Eric Stambaugh  3.
Lance Dewease  4. Brian Leppo 5. Cris Eash  6. Greg Hodnett  7. Blane
Heimbach  8. Doug Esh  9. Kevin Nouse  10. Jim Siegel  11. Chris
Meleason  12. Rick Lafferty  13. Scott Lutz  14. Cory Haas  15. TJ
Stutts  16. Ryan Lynn  17. Jeff Taylor  18. Todd Zinn  19. Lloyd
Ettinger  20. Michael Hamer  21. Pat Cooper 22. Bob Bennett  23. Brent
Kluge  DNS  Billy Heltzel, Dave Cordier

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Stambaugh 1-16, Rahmer 17-25
HEAT WINNERS: Eash NTR 2;29.68 , Dewease, Rahmer

XTREME ENDURO FEATURE (20 laps)  1.Tom Johns  2. Matt Smith  3. David
Wilhelm  4. Mike Goodwin  5. Matt Wampler  6. Charlie Pensinger 7. Greg
Miller  8. Alan Miller  9. Karl Windish  10. Charles Schomann  11. Ronnie
Thomas  12. Ricky Hippensteel Jr. 13. Jerry Blauch  14. Mike Mixell  15.
Wayne Eurich  16. Brian Sanders  17. Sam Rial  18. Adrian Barnhardt  19.
Rich Lomman  20. Tim Wert  21. Larry Hughes Jr.  22. Carl Cassel  23.
Travis Horan  24. Jason Failor  25. Zack Beck  DNS  Barry Fahs

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Smith 1-19, Johns 20
HEAT WINNERS: Smith, Wampler
PEPSI CHALLENGE DASH WINNER: Miller

LEGENDS CARS FEATURE (15 laps)  1. Ronnie Dunstan  2. Greg Burd  3. Rod
Kistler  4. Josh Morrow  5. Randy Kissinger  6. Jason Rochelle  7. Dave
Kline  8. Harry Garber 9. Bob Murray  10. Randy Fetterhoff  11. Denny
Rothermel  12. Ed Wentz  13. Laura McGonnell  14. Andy Lupfer  15. Paul
Fitzsimmons  16. Dallas Schittler  17. Ron Cooper  18. Lamar Schaffer
19. Darryl Bloom  20. Zack Dieter  21. Jay Aten

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Burd 1  Dunstan 2-15

HEAT WINNERS:   Kistler, Garber

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