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SILVER SPRING SPEEDWAY
Speedway/Promoter 717-766-7215 Media Relations 570-523-8420 Steve
Inch
11 September 1999 LOCKE
TUNES UP FOR “100” WITH SPORTSMAN WIN; NEW
RECORD & LATE MODEL 50 TO LEIPHART MECHANICSBURG,
PA – Howie Locke of Mechanicsburg tuned up for next weekend’s Silver
Anniversary Sportsman 100 with a win in Saturday’s 25-lap Super Sportsman
feature at Silver Spring Speedway.
For Locke, at the wheel of the Hal Bitner-owned/Dellinger’s Auto
Body-sponsored No. 12, the win marked his second of the season and 36th
of his career at the Cumberland County motorsports facility.
Locke is the defending champion of the Sportsman 100, which is slated for
this Saturday, September 18, beginning at 7 p.m. Also on the racing program will
be a feature event only for the Street Stock drivers currently 11th-30th
in the point standings.
York’s Jeff Leiphart set a new one-lap track record (17.01) for Late
Models, then went on to win the 24th Annual Fisher’s Federated Auto
Parts/Paul Orendo Memorial Late Model 50 championship race. Smokey Frye held of
the record of 17.06 since 1992. For Leiphart, the victory in the Late Model 50 was a first, while his car owner, Charlie Yingling, celebrated a third win in the Late Model division’s most prestigious event at the track.
On the first lap of the Super Sportsman feature, sixth-place starter
Scott Snyder and 10th-place starter Donnie Beaver collided in the
second turn. When the race restarted, polesitter Bruno Capallari led the first
four laps.
On the fifth circuit, third-place starter Bill Heckert took the lead with
an inside pass in turn three. By lap nine, Howie Locke, who started 11th,
advanced to second and set his sites on the leader.
For a lap ten restart, Locke drove alongside of Heckert and was
officially scored as the leader of the lap. Heckert, however, remained in
striking distance and attempted to rebound for the lead position several times.
At the halfway point, Locke and Heckert were racing nose-to-tail around
the bullring.
It wasn’t until the 14th lap when 13th-place
starter John Stoner advanced to second and began to reel in Locke.
Two circuits later, 12th-place starter Pat Cannon moved into
third.
Current point leader Carmen Perigo, who started 16th and was
racing 10th, developed mechanical problems on the 17th lap
and stopped in turn one. Although he rejoined the field, more problems forced
him to withdraw from the race on the same lap.
On the final restart on lap 20, 15th-place starter Bob Fannasy
charged into third and on the checkered flag lap stormed past Stoner for second.
Locke was victorious by several car lengths over Fannasy, Stoner, Cannon and 18th-place
starter Ken Carberry.
Rich Eichelberger, who started 23rd and finished eighth, was
named the Timber Wolf Racing Hard Charger.
Six-time Late Model 50 champion Jim Shuttlesworth started on
the outside of the front row for the main event and powered into the lead.
Shuttlesworth was trailed by polesitter Ken Riland for a single lap before
third-place Jim Bernheisel moved into second.
Scott Richwine, who started fourth, took over third on the third
circuit. The event’s first caution flag unfurled on lap 6, which regrouped the
field and erased Shuttlesworth’s straightaway lead.
On the restart, Jeff Leiphart, who started sixth, rocketed into
third and joined Shuttlesworth and Bernheisel at the front of the pack. During a
lap 10 caution flag, however, Bernheisel entered the pit area with a flat tire.
At this point, fifth-place starter Ron Little inherited third and
appeared to have one of the fastest race cars on the track. The battle for the
lead intensified when the top three runners began to encounter lapped traffic.
On lap 23, Leiphart used the outside lane going into turn one to
drive by Shuttlesworth for the lead. Once
in front, Leiphart began to stretch his lead in the heavy lapped traffic.
Both Shuttlesworth and Little remained contenders as the laps
began to wind down, but misfortune struck on the 38th lap when
Shuttlesworth spun to avoid a two-car collision in turn one. Little narrowly
escaped the same fate.
While pacing under caution, the red flag was displayed for a fuel
on the 38th lap. For the final 12 laps, Leiphart would have Little,
seventh-place starter Gene Wrightstone and 17th-place starter Jason
Covert restarting right behind him.
When the race resumed, Little showed Leiphart his colors but could not
get around the front runner. On the 41st lap, Covert, who was a top
candidate for the event’s hard charger, rolled his race car to a stop in the
second turn.
For the final restart, Leiphart drove away from Little and a
battle for second unfolded between Little and Wrightstone. On the 46th
lap, Wrightstone passed Little for second but could not catch the leader.
Leiphart was victorious by ten car lengths over Wrightstone,
Little, eighth-place starter Larry Baer and 13th-place starter Bud
Witmer.
Garry Potts, who started 21st and finished eighth, was named
the Fisher’s Federated Auto Parts Late Model 50 Hard Charger. SILVER
SPRING SPEEDWAY RACE SUMMARY – 11 September 1999 Super
Sportsman – 51 Entries 25-Lap A-Main: 1) 12 Howie Locke 2) 1 Bob Fannasy 3) 4 John Stoner 4) 93 Pat Cannon 5) 47 Ken Carberry 6) 3 Frankie Herr 7) 66 Leroy Martin 8) 8 Rich Eichelberger 9) 42 JR Fry 10) 49 Bobby Howard 11) 23 John Stehman 12) 63 George Group 13) 16 Paul Troutman 14) 07 Bill Schoffstall 15) 25S Joe Reneker 16) 82 Bill Heckert 17) 6 Rod Adams 18) 28 Keith Prutzman 19) 6M Craig Morrow 20) 59 Steve Wilbur 21) 71K Glenn Keller 22) 23C Steve Cannon 23) 2A Carmen Perigo 24) 20 Bruno Cappallari 25) 17S Scott Snyder 26) 10 Donnie Beaver Heat
Winners: Craig Morrow, John Stoner, Bill Heckert, Bruno Capallari, Donnie Beaver Consolation
Winners: Leroy Martin and Paul Troutman Late
Models – 35 Entries 24th
Annual Late Model 50: 1) 91 Jeff Leiphart 2) 10 Gene Wrightstone 3) 43 Ron
Little 4) 0 Larry Baer 5) 55 Bud Witmer 6) 78 John Ebersole 7) 41 Gary Potts 8)
116 Charlie Kope 9) 2 Scott Richwine 10) 1W Billy Wampler 11) 51 Dave Graber 12)
75 Scott McCann 13) 76 Dave Eitnier 14) 83 Rich Myers 15) 25 Tom Blackwell 16) 4
Ken Riland 17) 15 Jason Covert 18) F1 Jim Shuttlesworth 19) 2M Dave MaGilton 20)
119 Jim Bernheisel 21) 9 Carl Graves 22) 22 Mark Billet 23) 21 Butch Campion 24)
29 Ed Jones (DNS) Time
Trials (Top 15 Advance to A-Main): 1) Leiphart (NTR) 17.01 2) Little 17.32 3)
Richwine 17.38 4) Bernheisel 17.40 5) Shuttlesworth 17.50 6) Riland 17.52 7)
Wrightstone 17.60 8) Baer 17.2 9) Ebersole 17.64 10) Blackwell 17.67 11)
MaGilton 17.68 12) Graber 17.72 13) Witmer 17.74 14) McCann 17.80 15) Graves
17.80 Heat
Winners: Ed Jones and Jason Covert (Note:
The 24th starting spot was awarded to the fifth-place finisher of
either heat race who had the highest number of points, which was Butch Campion) SILVER SPRING
SPEEDWAY
Speedway/Promoter 717-766-7215
Media
Relations 570-523-8420
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11
September 1999
Steve
Inch SILVER
SPRING SPEEDWAY IS NOT SOLD; RACING TO CONTINUE IN
2000 SEASON MECHANICSBURG, PA – Silver Spring Speedway and Flea
Market owner Alan Kreitzer released an official statement this weekend
confirming that the real estate where the speedway and flea market are located
has not been sold following speculative reports in the media this week.
Several media sources this week incorrectly reported the 70-acre site off
Route 11 has been sold to developer Tim Harrison, of Harrison & Grass LLC of
Wormleysburg, to construct a strip mall.
“At this time, the basis of the latest speculation regarding the future
of the land site is, in the words of the developer, an ‘idea’ only,”
Kreitzer commented, referring to a quote from Harrison which appeared in a
headline story in the Friday, September 10, edition of the Harrisburg
Patriot-News.
According to Kreitzer, no official development plans for the land site
have been submitted to the township. Kreitzer also pointed out that developers
have made inquiries regarding the sale of the speedway’s real estate for
several years but no firm offers ever materialized.
“Rumors about the sale of the speedway and flea market have been
rampant for years,” Kreitzer commented. “Right now it’s business as usual.
The Silver Spring Speedway and Silver Spring Flea Market will be open this week,
next week, next month and next year.”
Silver Spring Speedway, which opened in 1953, is celebrating its 46th
consecutive season of professional automobile racing. The track will present the
Silver Anniversary Sportsman 100, one of the region’s premier open wheel
races, on Saturday, September 18 at 7 p.m. The
Silver Spring Flea Market, held on the grounds of the raceway, is open every
Sunday from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. For additional information, please call the offices of Silver Spring Speedway and Flea Market at 717-766-7215. ### |
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