Kid’s Box Car Racing Returns to SSP on Saturday Night, Aug. 8

Posted by Racers Guide in Latest News, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna Speedway Park 9 years ago 1146 Views Comments Off

Kid’s Box Car Racing Returns to SSP on Saturday Night, Aug. 8

Next Wednesday Test & Tune on August 19

Newberrytown, PA (August 6, 2015) – Up next at the SSP Big Track will be the Kid’s Box Car Racing on Saturday Night, August 8. Also racing will be the BRC Late Models, Street Stocks, Xtreme Stocks; Road Warriors, Mini Vans and the IMCA PA Sprint Series. Prizes will be available for all entrants in the Kid’s Box Car Races. All children ages 10 and under are encouraged to decorate their boxes and compete in the races. A box car is a racecar made out of a box (with their arms, legs and head sticking out). Two family members or friends are needed for the pit crew. This will be a two-(2) lap race (on the frontstretch) with a pit stop. The pit stop will include taking off and putting shoes back on both feet for tire changes, washing the face to clean windshield and drinking a drink for fuel. A brochure for the Kid’s Box car race can be downloaded at www.sspracing.net.

The pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:00 p.m. Warm-ups begin at 6:30 p.m. with qualifying following. Racing action begins 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) $14.00; Young Adults (ages 11-17) & Senior Adults (60 & Older) $12.00; Children (10 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $25.00 with a reduced price of $22.00 for all SSP license holders.

Friday Night, August 7, the sixth round of the Summer Shoot-Out Series will take place at the Outback Track featuring Quarter Midgets, Karts and Adult Speedcars. It will be a special “Track Records Night” in which each competitor will have a chance to break the existing one-lap track record for their class at the Outback Track. Time ttrials will replace heat racing for the night. Each competitor will have the chance to put their name in the record book as the one-lap record holder for their class. Each competitor will have three laps each to accomplish this high achievement. Qualifying times will also be used to determine the feature starting lineup (Inversion of top 4 times).

The pit gates will open 5:45 p.m. with a driver’s meeting at 7:20 p.m. Open practice begins at 7:00 p.m. and racing action begins at 7:30 p.m. The entry fees for each class will be $20.00 per entry for drivers with the seasonal (Spring/Summer) license. Pit pass fees for the driver are included in the entry fee. Non-license driver’s entry fees will be $25.00. Participants may enter more than one class on a raceday ($12.00 for each additional class). Trophies will be awarded to the top three in each class regardless of class entry count. No participants will be denied racing as SSP will make every effort to define a class for all drivers who wish to compete.

Pit pass prices for non-drivers at the Outback Track will be $8.00 for everyone ages 18 & older; Teens & Children ages 11 – 17 are $5.00; Children 10 years of age and under are $3.00. Ages 2 & under are admitted free.

The next Wednesday night Test & Tune will be on Wednesday, August 19. The gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with practice sessions rotating for each class from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The cost is $14.00 per person for pit passes and a $20.00 fee for each racecar entering the pit area ($34.00 per car & driver combination). Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with open track time from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. by class. Each session will be 6 – 8 laps per session. The grandstands are open and free to the public. Each class will receive 4 to 5 rounds of 6/8 laps each or more if time permits. The main concession stand will also be open throughout the night.

Also on Wednesday night, August 19, there will an open practice session for quarter midgets, karts and Adult Speedcars at the Outback Track from6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. under the lights. The gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with open practice from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The cost will be $20.00 per driver with no charge for anyone else entering the grandstand and “cold pit” areas. All Outback Track participants should enter the pits from the Kise Mill Road entrance behind turn 2 of the “Big Track.”

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. For more information, contact the speedway offices at (717) 292-1696 or visit online at sspracing.net. On raceday, use the track phone at (717) 938-9170 for up-to-date information at the “Big Track” and the “Outback Track.”

Saturday, August 8, 2015

SSP Big Track Event Time Schedule (Subject to Change)

4:30 p.m. Pit Gates Open: Pit Passes: Members – $22.00; Non members – $25.00

5:00 p.m. Grandstands Gates Open: General admission: Adults (18 & older) – $14.00; Seniors (60 &

older) & Young Adults (11–17) – $12.00; Children (10 & under) – Free

6:10 p.m. Sprint Cars Heat in the Motors

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

Rotation: Street Stocks (Infield)

BRC Late Models (Front Pit)

IMCA PA Sprint Series (Outside Turn 2)

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

Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (20 laps) – postponed from Saturday, August 1