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Exclusive for Auto Locator by Ernie Saxton
As printed in Issue Dated 7-9-2004
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AUTO LOCATOR has signed a multi-year primary sponsorship extension with Steve Wilbur Racing based in Mechanicsburg, PA. The goal of the contract extension is to continue to gain added exposure for Auto Locator and to help solidify Steve Wilbur Racing in the competitive Super Sportsman Division. Steve Wilbur Racing races primarily on Saturdays at Silver Spring Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA and they also compete on the Super Sportsman Tour which races at various tracks throughout Central PA. Steve Wilbur will be handling the driving duties for the team and is looking forward to great things for the remainder of this year and for the next few years. Steve has been driving for almost 20 years and has been competing in the Super Sportsman division since 1995. During this time in the Super Sportsman division he has won over 10 feature races at many different tracks including; Silver Spring Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway, Lincoln Speedway, Penn National Speedway, Selinsgrove Speedway, Big Diamond Raceway and Susquehanna Speedway. Auto Locator is a weekly publication
based in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania and is distributed to more than 1,800
convenient stores in over 42 counties in Pennsylvania along with areas
of Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey. Every
week its pages are filled with new and used vehicles ranging from
trucks and SUVs, to family cars, boats, motorcycles and street rods. THE SPRINT AND LATE MODEL show scheduled for Williams Grove Speedway last Friday was rained out. BIG DIAMOND RACEWAY made a strong attempt to run on Friday night with three heats for modifieds and one for sportsman modifieds being completed before heavy rain wiped out the balance of the show. Big Diamond will offer two big nights of racing this weekend. Friday night, July 2nd, 8 p.m. it will be Craftsman Tools Night featuring the NASCAR Modifieds, 358 Sprints and Roadrunners. |
And on Sunday night it will be TRIPLE CROWN RACE 2 , the Georgie Stevenson Memorial (with money being raised for the very worthwhile Georgie Stevenson Memorial Fund), featuring Twin 20s for Modifieds, twin 15s for Sportsman Modifieds and twin 12s for the Roadrunners. This is a giant night of motorsports entertainment starting at 7 p.m. GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY in Bechtelsville, PA offers their annual Firecracker 40 for Late Model stock cars (this is the big event of the season for Late Models) and a full show of NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Modified stock car racing on Saturday, July 3rd. The night will be dedicated to the memory of long time track employee Jerry Glase who lost his battle with cancer a couple years back. In addition there will be bonus bucks offered by Auto Locator for the modifieds and late models. Racing on Saturday night starts at 7:30 p.m. For the third time this season Jeff Strunk was able to win the 30-lap Harry’s U-Pull-It Auto Parts NASCAR Modified feature race on Saturday night coming from 20th starting spot. Second spot went to Jon Kellner Sr. In the 20-lap Late Model feature race Junior Grebe was able to win his first since June, 2000. Teammate Ron Kline earned a strong second place effort. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT JULY 7TH Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex will be making an appearance at New Egypt, NJ Speedway. There is a “meet and greet” scheduled at $100 per person (500 of these will be sold). The Modifieds are scheduled in a 50-lap main event with $10,000 going to the winner. All the activity starts at about 6 p.m. PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY had Scotty Haus winning the 20-lap Late Model feature race while Brian Eichelberger won the 358 Sprint Car feature, a 25 lapper. John Heane was tops in the Pro Stock feature race while John Stoll won the 4 Cylinder Stock Car 12 lap feature. The next event is set for Saturday, July 3rd at 7 p.m. when Golden Corral Restaurant presents the Sprint Car SpeedWeek 410 sprints along with Pro Stock racing. LINCOLN SPEEDWAY has Lance Dewease taking home $5,000 for winning the 5th Annual Kevin Gobrecht Memorial for 410 sprints, the opener for the PA Sprint SpeedWeek Series. Second spot in the 30 lapper went to Fred Rahmer who led the first 14 laps. Duane Watson got the win, his first of the season, in the 20-lap Thundercar feature. This Saturday there is no 410 sprint car racing but the 358 sprints will be the main attraction along with 305 sprints and Thundercars. Racing starts at 7:30 p.m. JEREMY STRAUSSER became the fourth straight new Super Sportsman feature winner on Saturday night at Silver Spring Speedway. The 21-year old racer led all 25 laps to earn his first career victory. And it was Bud Barton leading all 20 laps in the Late Model feature to gain his first win of the season. Kirby Sites came from 12th to grab the victory in the 20 lap main event for Street Stocks, his first win of the season. Saturday night, July 3rd, 7:30 p.m., the Firecracker 40 for Super Sportsman is presented with $2,000 going to the winner. The Late Models and Street Stocks are also part of the special show along with fireworks. Adult admission for this special show is just $10.00. WHEN THE 14TH ANNUAL PENNSYLVANIA SPRINT SPEEDWEEK SERIES cultimates at Selinsgrove Speedway with the 2004 finale on Sunday, July 4th it will be the 12th visit by the series to the Snyder County oval. The Sunday night show will feature the 410 sprint cars along with pro stocks. Racing starts at 7 p.m. Fred Rahmer, a five time winner of the event, is a strong favorite to repeat based on the outstanding season he is enjoying at present. Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway had Dave Calaman taking home $2000 for his victory in the Firecracker 40 Sprint Car feature. Brian Cochran won the 20-lap feature for Late Models. And it was Gerald Kratzer taking the top spot in the 15-lap feature for Pro Stocks. Keith Bissinger won the 12 lap main event for the Roadrunners. NO RESULTS were received from Clinton County Speedway (we understand they were rained out)or Hagerstown, MD Speedway. Have a great Fourth of July. Drive safely we need all the readers we can get. Ernie Saxton can be reached at Esaxton144@aol.com. |