Newberrytown, PA (May 4, 2006) - Fred Rahmer raced to his second Susquehanna Speedway Park win of the season in Thursday night’s 25-lap Sprint Car feature. Gene Knaub won the Xtreme Stock Car feature, while Brent Fogelsanger drove Knaub’s car to victory in the XSC Rookie Rumble. Bill Brown Sr. won the Northeast Classic Car feature event.



Sallfordville's Fred Rahmer, who drives for Grantville's Jim and Sandy Kline, looked as if he was going after his first win rather than his 361st in a sprint car. The win was his 30th career at SSP, placing him five behind all-time feature winner John Mackison Sr. "I didn't even know who has the all-time record here," Rahmer said. "I know I'm just as determined to come here next week and win again. That's how I am. You're only as good as your last race in this game. We have things figured out on this team, so I think you'll be seeing us some more in Victory Lane."


Although Rahmer collected the $3,500 winning prize, he admittedly wasn't the fastest on the track. That honor belonged to Lance Dewease and Chad Layton. Both drivers weaved through traffic, but Dewease fell short and finished third while Layton came from 17th to second when the race ended.


Bobby Weaver led Cody Darrah, a Red Lion sophomore, through most of the early stages. Bob Bennett came to a stop in turn 1 after the second circuit causing a caution period. Darrah grabbed the lead as he exited turn 2 on lap 6. He pulled away by seven-car lengths by lap 10. Dewease moved into fourth on lap 14. He was in the runner-up spot a lap later after he passed Alan Krimes and Weaver stopped on the track with mechanical failure.



Rahmer's power showed on the restart. He blasted by Michael Carber for third and Dewease for second before the field reached turn 2. He tracked down Darrah in turn 2 on lap 18. "He drove a good race," Rahmer said. "That's not a 16-year-old kid in the car. That's an Eckert in there." Rahmer was alluding to Darrah's uncle Rick Eckert, a top World of Outlaws Late Model driver.


"It was an awesome leading the feature," Darrah said. "I knew those big-name guys were charging towards the front, and it was a great knowing they were chasing me." Layton, Dewease and two-time feature winner Greg Hodnett soon went charging by. "Those caution periods hurt me," Darrah said. "I started to get nervous, because I had time to think about those guys racing close to me." Darrah finished eighth.


Layton knew Rahmer had the good car down the stretch. "He drove away from me following the restart," Layton said. "He got the win, because he had the good car." Chad Layton raced forward from the 17th starting spot for second, with Lance Dewease third. Greg Hodnett and Blane Heimbach completed the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Michael Carber, Eric Stambaugh, Darrah, Craig Keel, and Cory Haas. Heats went to Weaver and Darrah.



Gene Knaub had a very eventful evening. After arriving at the speedway, Knaub’s regular ride, the Updegraff number 57 was sold, so Knaub had to take a ride in his own car, which Brent Fogelsanger has been racing in the Rookie Rumble races. Knaub came from the backto win the BPS trucking Elimination Dash, and then came from last in the 17 car field to win the Xtreme Stock feature. Kanub took the lead from Mike Goodwin on the ninth of 25 laps. Goodwin finished second followed by Rick Reinoehl, Charlie Pensinger and Adam Smith. Knaub’s win was his third of the season.



Fogelsanger also drove Knaub’s car to victory in the Rookie Rumble. Fogelsanger’s win was his third of the season as well. John Scrivens, Ken Johns, Brian Shue and Randy Gladfelter completed the top five.



Bill Brown Sr. led all 15 laps to win the first Northeast Classic car feature at SSP this season. AllenCullum, Jim Crocker, Kurt Welsh and Joe Snodgrass completed the top five. Heats went to Brown and Cullum.



The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, May 11 with the Xtreme Stock Cars and Women on Wheels Stock Cars. It will also be Mother’s Appreciation Night in which all mothers will receive a special gift.

SSP Results from Thursday, May 4, 2006

Sprint Cars Feature (25 Laps): 1. Fred Rahmer 2. Chad Layton 3. Lance Dewease 4. Greg Hodnett 5. Blane Heimbach 6. Michael Carber 7. Eric Stambaugh 8. Cody Darrah 9. Craig Keel 10. Cory Haas 11. Alan Krimes 12. Scott Lutz 13. Mark Coldren 14, Chad Jumper 15. Matt Miller 16. Daryl Stimeling 17. Bobby Weaver 18. Bob Bennett



FEATURE LAP LEADER: Weaver 1-5, Darrah 6-17, Rahmer 18-25

HEAT RACE WINNERS: Weaver, Darrah





Xtreme Stock Cars Feature (25 Laps) 1. Gene Knaub 2. Mike Goodwin 3. Rick Reinoehl 4. Charlie Pensinger 5. Adam Smith 6. Chris Heller 7. Eric Snoke 8. John Hiden Jr. 9. Nathan Heindel 10. Larry Hughes Jr. 11. Tommy Slanker 12. Travis Horan 13. Matt Smith 14. Ken Doll 15. Sam Rial 16. Matt Wampler 17. Donnie Brodrick DNS; Trevor Stark, Raymond Repp



FEATURE LAP LEADER: Hiden 1-3, Goodwin 4-8, Knaub 9-25

BPS Trucking Dash Winner: Knaub



XSC Rookie Rumble Feature (20 Laps) 1. Brent Fogelsanger 2. John Scrivens 3. Ken Johns 4. Brian Shue 5. Randy Gladfelter 6. Larry Landis 7. Randy Blank 8. Rich Lomman 9. Bill Paulus 10. Les Scrivens Jr. 11. Ray Brodrick 12. Beth Sample 13. Penny Repp 14. Adam Doll 15. Jed Latshaw 16. Brad Hughes



FEATURE LAP LEADER: J. Scrivens 1, Fogelsanger 2-20



Classic Cars Feature (15 Laps) 1. Bill Brown Sr. 2. Allen Cullum 3. Jim Crocker 4. Kurt Welsh 5. Joe Snodgrass 6. Fred Cullum 7. Jamie Lloyd 8. Jack Yingling 9. Glenn Elliott 10. Bill Brown Jr. 11. Pete Neal 12. Allen Daniels 13. Randy Smith 14. Al Daniels DNS Joe Brown



FEATURE LAP LEADER:Brown Sr. 1-15

HEAT WINNERS: A. Cullum, Brown Sr.

SSP News and Notes:

- The ARDC Midgets return to SSP on Friday night, May 5 along with the Late Models, Street Stocks and a Mini Van Construction Race.



Gates will open for both the pit area and grandstand gates at 5:00 p.m. Warmups begin at 7:00 p.m. with racing action beginning at 7:30 p.m. Race fans can continue to expect a fast paced, action packed 2 ½ to 3 hour program each and every night. Regular General Admission Grandstand ticket prices for Friday nights will be Adults (18 & older) $12.00; Teens (13-17) $10.00; Children (12 & under) are free. Pit pass prices are $20.00 with a reduced price of $18.00 for all pit competitor license holders. Prices will be slightly higher for special events.



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, fans are encouraged to call (717) 938-9170 for current weather conditions.

WILLIAMS GROVE SPRINT CAR DRIVERS EYE $20,000 PAY DAY ON APRIL 28

MECHANICSBURG, PA -- A rain out on April 7 has set up the possibility of a $20,000 pay day for a sprint car driver at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, April 28. The Spring Classic, which offers a $6000 winner's share from a purse of $30,000, was already slated for April 28 when the rained out April 7 feature was added to the program. The makeup feature will pay $3000 to win from a purse of $16,000. That's a combined purse of $46,000 with $9000 going to any driver who can win both features. Jim Corazza of Fairway Chevrolet in Hazleton, Pa., immediately stepped forward with an additional $1000 if one driver could sweep both features making it a cool $10,000 combined payoff. While $10,000 represents a profitable night's work for any sprint car driver, Taylor Weld of Weld Racing in Kansas City, Mo., decided to raise the stakes. Weld Racing, a leading manufacturer of racing wheels including its double-bead-loc design, has offered the Weld Racing Wheels Double-Bead-Loc bonus. That means Weld Racing Wheels will offer $10,000, which doubles the payoff and makes it worth $20,000 for any driver who can win both features at Williams Grove on April 28. Qualifying for the Spring Classic is set to begin at 7:45. Heat races and a B-main will follow prior to the running of the 30-lap main event. Then the winner of the Spring Classic will get a shot at a $20,000 pay day when the 25-lap makeup feature will be presented. If one of the Grove's heavy hitters is to earn $20,000 on April 28, he will have to come from deep in the pack, which will provide quite a show for the fans. The lineup is already set and the Grove's career win leaders, Fred Rahmer and Lance Dewease will start 11th and 12th respectively. Greg Hodnett will start 17th and Don Kreitz, Jr., 20th. Chad Layton, who won a 358 and 410 feature on the same night in 2005, will start sixth. Doug Esh, Lucas Wolfe and T. J. Stutts own positions seven through nine and all three have won at Williams Grove during the past year. A dark horse could be former Outlaw Craig Keel of Weedsport, NY, who will start on the pole. This will be Corazza's introduction to sprint car racing although his Fairway Chevrolet and Subaru dealerships have been heavily involved in the sponsorship of hill climbs. The Weld family is well known at Williams Grove because so many racers use their products and also because the late Kenny Weld was a 4-time track champion in the early '70's.

Some drivers have hopes of winning the $10,000, others will just leave
their sprint cars in their garage on Tuesday night, May 16 when the NAPA Auto Parts/COMDIAL Telephone Communications Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at Grandview Speedway host the nationally known World of Outlaws. Without a doubt, these are the fastest sprint cars in the country with the nation's best sprint car drivers and they'll invade the Berks County one-third mile high banked oval for their annual mid-week stop. Time trials, heat race qualifying and a "B" Main will lead up to the big finale, a 35 lap feature event paying the winner a hefty $10,000.

Although the World of Outlaws claim to be the best sprint car drivers in the country, there is no doubt that they do get just a little "gun shy" when they come to Pennsylvania. After all, this is home of the
Pennsylvania Posse 410 sprint drivers. PA drivers like Fred Rahmer,
Lance Dewease, Greg Hodnett and Mark Smith have in the past, beat the
World of Outlaws and their determination to do so at Grandview on
Tuesday, May 16 is at an all time high.

The World of Outlaws have dominated every WoO event at Grandview
Speedway, shutting out the PA Posse locals. Rahmer, Lance Dewease,
Greg Hodnett and Mark Smith are all weekly arch rivals on the local
scene, but when the World of Outlaws come to town, it becomes a "them
verses us" challenge and this year, the Posse plans to pocket the loot.

The World of Outlaws have their MEAN 15 which includes point leader
Donny Schatz, Joey Saldana, Craig Dollansky, Jac Haudenschild, Brooke
Tatnell, Daryn Pittman, Jeremy Campbell, Randy Hannagan, Justin
Henderson, Rob Chaney, Brian Carlson, Dion Hindi and Becca Anderson.
Of the MEAN 15, only Jac Haudenschild has won a feature at Grandview,
with that victory taking place on May 30, 1995.

For the PA Posse it's a different story. Lance Dewease owns ten wins at Grandview, Rahmer is an eight time winner and Greg Hodnett owns 4
Grandview 410 sprint wins. Although close on many occasions, Mark Smith has never won at Grandview, but car owner John Zemaitis is a four time owner champion in the Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. Could Billy Pauch land a 410 ride for this show? If so, look out since Pauch owns ten sprint wins at Grandview as well.

So you figure it out. Who has the favorable odds of winning the $10,000 prize at Grandview Speedway on Tuesday, May 16 ? The World of Outlaws or the PA Posse?

Also on the Tuesday, May 16 program will be the popular wingless ARDC
Midgets competing in qualifying events and a 20 lap feature. See
youthful Billy Pauch Jr. battle the best of ARDC wingless style. Donnie Trent, Andy Martin, Tracy Miller, Steve Buckwalter, Tracy Readinger, Eric Heydenreich and Mike Miller are just some of the competitors expected to make the 20 lap ARDC Wingless Midget feature event.

Advance tickets for the Tuesday, May 16 World of Outlaws/ARDC Wingless
Midget Double Header are now on sale. Adult tickets are $30, Children
6-11 $10 and children under the age of 6 will be admitted free. To
purchase your advance tickets, please make your check or money order
payable to: Grandview Speedway and Mail your payment to: Thunder
Series 2006 129 Mill Pond Place Langhorne, PA 19047. Please
include a self-addressed and stamped envelop and your tickets will be
mailed to you.

On race night, Advance Ticket holders may enter the grandstand at 4 PM with General Admission tickets going on sale at 4:30 PM. Warm-ups are scheduled for 7 PM with time trial qualifying getting underway at 7:30 PM. In the event of rain, Wednesday night, May 17 will be the rain date.

2006 will mark the 17th season of the NAPA Auto Parts/COMDIAL Telephone Communications Thunder on the Hill Racing Series. To date, Thunder on the Hill has presented seventy events, paying out in excess of 2.1 million dollars, not including the numerous support classes that have participated in the seventy events.

Thunder on the Hill has built a reputation of presenting superior
quality racing events with fan oriented fun and activities. Fans who
purchase advance tickets also have preferred choice seating on race
night, there are fan prize giveaways plus the COMDIAL Power Ball &
Frisbee Toss. Fans are also treated to the feature event parade lap
Fireworks display as well as the live singing of the National Anthem to better salute our great country. If your lucky, look real close for the Thunder Girls, check out the pre-race Driver Meet & Greets and of course, be ready for JOE the PIZZA DUDE as he runs through the
grandstand giving away Pizza. Pick-up your copy of the Grandview
THUNDER Program book to stay informed and be sure to purchase a Thunder on the Hill t-shirt to better remember your night "on the hill".

There is excitement at every turn so be at the Thunder on the Hill 2006 Season Opener on Tuesday night, May 16.

The Grandview Speedway is located on Passmore Road, off Route 100 in
Bechtelsville, PA (19505), just ten mile north of Pottstown, PA. The race day speedway hotline is 610-754-7688. For Thunder on the Hill information, please call 215-860-5631. If your looking for more
specific directions, lodging or camp sites, please visit us at:
www.thunderonthehillracingseries.com Directions and Lodging
information is also available on the Grandview Speedway hotline, just
listen to the menu options designed to better serve the all important
race fans.

Don't forget, Grandview Speedway is in action each and every Saturday
night, presenting NASCAR Modified and Late Model Stock Car Racing.
Saturday night racing action always takes the green flag at 7:30 PM.

Center Line, Mich.: Mopar's open-wheel programs have without a doubt become one of the most recognizable in the sport over the past few years, but engine builder Gary Stanton took the brand's winged sprint car effort farther east in recent weeks. Stanton, who recently began building winged sprint car engines once again, has teamed with Pennsylvania Posse member Don Kreitz Jr., to bring the blue, black and silver of Mopar into one of sprint car racing's hotbeds.

Kreitz Jr., and the No.69K team debuted the Stanton-built powerplant on April 14 at the well known speedplant, Williams Grove Speedway. A track known for its demand on driver and engine alike, Kreitz Jr., quickly found the Mopar to his liking.

"The Mopar was very strong at Williams Grove on its first run," Kreitz Jr., said. "My engine builder, Davey Brown, put this deal together with Gary Stanton, and it has worked very well. We've only run the motor once so far, but we're very happy with its performance. It runs better than any Chevy I've ever had, and we're looking forward to running it again this weekend."

Kreitz Jr., and the No. 69K team will return this week to Williams Grove Speedway with Mopar power under the hood. The team plans to compete in the Spring Classic for Sprints event, which is an A-Diamond Series event, on April 28. This will mark the team's second outing utilizing the Stanton-built Mopar powerplant. The team garnered a fifth-place finish at the facility on April 14.

For more information regarding Mopar, Stanton or Williams Grove Speedway, log on to
www.moparspeed.com
www.mopar.com
www.stantonracing.com
www.williamsgrove.com

Mopar is based in Center Line, Mich., and is the exclusive original
equipment supplier of parts and accessories for Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles.

Williams Grove Speedway

April 14, 2006

- HODNETT PUTS THE 77 IN VICTORY LANE ON AL’S 77TH BIRTHDAY

- MECHANICSBURG, PA – Al Hamilton’s family planned a surprise birthday bash for him Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway, but his driver, Greg Hodnett, put the proverbial icing on the cake with a win in the 25-lap sprint car feature.

- It was a special day for Hamilton who turned 77 Friday, matching the car number he made one of the most famous in all of sprint car racing during a career which has spanned nearly 40 years. His family provided 3000 vouchers for free pizza, 150 door prizes and a spectacular fireworks display to honor the patriarch, but it was Hodnett who brought him a chart-topping 88th victory as a car owner at Williams Grove.

- Hodnett lined up 8th on the original start and was up to third by the second lap. He drove by Brook Weibley on lap nine and began to run down early leader Ryan Bohlke.

- Still a few days shy of his 21st birthday, Bohlke, a Grove rookie, kept H.odnett at bay until his car slowed to a stop less than four laps from the finish.

- From that point Hodnett cruised to his 31st career victory at Williams Grove.

- Lance Dewease, who started 12th, nipped Weibley at the line for second place and increased his lead in the Cindy Rowe Auto Glass point race.

- Fred Rahmer charged from the rear of the field to finish fourth and Don Kreitz, Jr. completed the top five.

- Brian Leppo, Brian Montieth, Mike Erdley, T, J, Stutts and Chad Layton finished in positions six through ten respectively.

- Sprint heats were won by Bohlke, Kyle Purks and Weibley. Josh Wells won the consolation race.

In the limited (358 c.i.) sprint feature, defending champion Corry Haas made it two for two this season as he charged from 11th starting position to win the 20-lap event.

- Travis Keeney, Jimmy Layton, Aaron Long, and Nate Snyder completed the top five.

- Limited heats went to Snuyder, Jason Shultz, Kyle Purks and Kevin Nagy. Consolation races were won by Nouse and Chad Trout.

- Sprint cars and late models will be featured on April 21.

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- Williams Grove Speedway Feature Finishes – April 14, 2006

Sprint Car Feature – 25 laps – 1. Greg Hodnett, 2. Lance Dewease, 3. Brook Weibley, 4. Fred Rahmer, 5. Don Kreitz, Jr., 6. Brian Leppo, 7. Brian Montieth, 8. Mike Erdley, 9. T. J. Stutts, 10. Chad Layton, 11. Niki Young, 12. Mark Coldren, 13. Ken Carberry, 14. Chris Knopp, 15. Josh Wells, 16. Kyle Pruitt, 17. Ryan Bohlke, 18. Chris Meleason, 19. Mark Freeland, 20. Rick Lafferty, 21. Doug Esh, 22. Todd Shaffer, 23. Justin Collett, 24. Craig Keel

Limited (358 c.i.) Sprint Car Feature – 20 laps – 1. Cory Haas, 2. Travis Keeney, 3. Jimmy Layton, 4. Aaron Long, 5. Nate Snyder, 6. Pat Cannon, 7. Kevin Nouse, 8. Adrian Shaffer, 9. Nate Hammaker, 10. Kevin Nagy, 11. Dale Hammaker, 12. Kyle Purks, 13. Billy Johns, 14. Chad Trout, 15. Davie Franek, 16. Frankie Herr, 17. Keith Prutzman, 18. Kyle Pruitt, 19. Matt Boland, 20. John Westbrook, 21. Chad Criswell, 22. Jake Raudabaugh, 23. Jason Shultz, 24. Nathan Berwager (DNS)

RAHMER TAKES THRILLING SSP OPENER



Newberrytown, PA (April 13, 2006) - Fred Rahmer won the Opening Night Sprint Car feature at Susquehanna Speedway Park after a thrilling 25 lap event. In other action Ronnie Dunstan pulled out a last lap victory in Legends competition, Gene Knaub was the Xtreme Stock winner, and Brent Fogelsanger topped the Rookie Rumble.



For much of the 25-lap Sprint Car feature, sixth place starter Rahmer had the best seat in the house for a heated battle for the lead. Rahmer watched from third spot as second and third starters Greg Hodentt and Lance Dewease battled continuosly for the lead. Hodnett was credited with leading all but one of the first 20 laps, but Dewease was right there. So was Rahmer, who made quick work of first Dewease then Hodnett to take over the top spot on the 21st lap. Rahmer went on to score the $3,500 victory for his 29th career SSP win.



Hodnett had to settle for second spot, with Chad Layton coming from ninth to take third. Dewease and Eric Stambaugh completed the top five. Blane Heimbach, Michael Carber, Alan Krimes, Cory Haas and Bobby Weaver completed the top ten. Heats went to Dewease and Carber



Ronnie Dunstan vaulted from the fifth starting spot to the lead on the first lap of the 15 lap Legends feature, but yielded the top spot to team mate Jason Rochelle on lap seven. Dunstan hounded Rochelle throughout the event, and regained the lead on the final turn. The win was Dunstan’s sixth Legend’s win at SSP moving him into a tie with Tim Tomson for the top spot in that class. Dunstan also owns 12 SSP Late Model wins, and four SSP Midget wins. Rochelle, Lawrence Garrison, Randy Kissinger, and Josh Morrow rounded out the top five.



Gene Knaub came from mid pack to challenge Larry Hughes for the lead in the 25 lap Xtreme Stock feature event. After numerous laps of bumper to bumper and door to door racing, Knaub took over the lead on the 18th lap and went on to score his seventh career division win. Hughes finished second followed by defending track champ Mike Goodwin, Daryl Beakler, and Travis Horan.



Brent Fogelsanger also came from midpack to track down early leader Rich Lomman on the 11th of 15 laps in the Rookie Rumble. Lomman had to settle for second followed by Andrew Frye, Brian Shue, and John Chamberlain.



The Sprint Cars return to SSP on Thursday night, April 20 with the Great American School Buses and Xtreme Stock Cars.

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Unretired Shaffer gets 32nd Grove victory

Veteran sprint ace Todd Shaffer of Millerstown picked up the sprint win at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night in a makeup feature held over from March 31. Shaffer's win at the Mechanicsburg oval was his 32nd at the track and it tied him with legendary Steve Smith Sr. for 10th on the oval's all-time win list.

Shaffer picked up his first win of the year anywhere at Port Royal Speedway on April 1 for his new car owners, Jim and Laura Allebach of Souderton. After nearly retiring over the winter, Shaffer took the lead Friday from Brian Leppo of Spring Grove with seven laps to go. His last Grove victory was March 25, 2005.

"This 5W is something," said Shaffer of his mount Friday. "I want to thank Jim and Laura for giving me a shot at this. I'm tickled to be here. Right now, I wouldn't quit for a minute. I hope she keeps rolling like this and I can give these guys a run for their money."

Shaffer's mechanic is retired Central Pennsylvania sprint driver Randy Wolfe.

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With rain forcing both the Port Royal and Lincoln speedways to cancel their Saturday night programs, Selinsgrove Speedway was the only local track to face the spring cold with racing action Saturday night.

Defending sprint champion Blane Heimbach of Selinsgrove drove to his second win in as many races at the track, wiring the field from the pole in the 25-lapper aboard the Jeff Creasy owned No. 12. It was the young sprint star's 13th career win at the track which he took by a whopping 6.16-second margin over Kevin Nouse of Lewisberry. Heimbach is second on the track's 358 win list to Chad Layton, who has 25 checkered flags.

"They said I was pretty good at the end but I didn't feel that good," said Heimbach. "On the restart he (Nouse) put a nose under me and he's a smart racer and I knew he wanted to overhaul me pretty bad."

Jeff Rine of Pillow free-wheeled around the oval to blast around the top of leader Jeff Smith of Blain in the late model feature to take his 30th oval victory. "That was cool but this is cold," quipped Rine of his move for the win and the temperature in which he took the win by 3.38 seconds.

The 15-lap pro stock feature was exciting and packed with controversy as it ended.

Gary Beward of Thompsontown had won all three feature events held to date at the track entering the event and started 11th. He worked his way into second and drove to the outside of defending track champ Troy Miller for the lead on the last lap only to be driven into the fence coming off of the fourth turn for the checkered flag by Miller. Otherwise, Beward would have been four for four.

As Beward cracked the outside wall, turned sideways in front of the storming field and then walloped the inside fence, it appeared at first as if Miller had won. But speedway officials did the right thing in stripping Miller of the victory based on rough driving and awarding it to A.J. Stroup of Evendale. Beward ended up fifth with a badly damaged racer.

After setting lineups by luck of the draw for the first two regular Saturday programs, Selinsgrove will begin using handicapping procedures to set the fields this week.

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After breaking his collar bone in a violent first-turn crash at Selinsgrove Speedway in March, Tower City sprint driver Mark Smith will visit with doctors early this week and hopes to be back racing the Zemco No. 1 sprinter this weekend.

Zemco mechanic Tommy Karl has been helping out Elizabethville driver Mike Erdley for the last several weeks and Erdley has felt the effects with a stronger machine.

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In addition to its Friday sprint doubleheader of 410s and 358s, Williams Grove returns to action Saturday night with the first of 13 Saturday shows this year for the displaced Silver Spring Speedway super sportsman, late models and street stocks plus the rained out sportsman feature from April 7.

Johnson engulfed in flames April 9th, 2006

Johnson engulfed in flames Every racers fear was a reality tonight for the Lousianan born Sprintcar driving sensation Jason Johnson. Whilst leading the Gulf Southern ASCS event at Houston Raceway Park in Baystown, Texas with only three laps to run the 11 car erupted into flames. Johnson was taken to the burns unit for treatment to the entire lower part of both legs.

Speaking to Johnson by telephone he explained that he had that terrible cold feeling that every racer fears, methanol on his legs. He stopped the car as quickly as possible and threw his belts off but it was too late.

The car was engulfed in flames. Johnson threw himself out of the car as his wife and parents looked on. Fire crews extinguished the flames in what seemed like an eternity for Johnson.

"They have given me drugs for the pain and are dressing the burns, it ain't real good at this stage it looks like huge blisters. It's extremely sore, I guess we are lucky it's only from the knees down" explained Johnson.

At this early stage we wait to hear more of the extent of the burns and treatment to follow.

We wish Jason well and a speedy recovery.

All well wishes can be sent via his web site www.jasonjohnsonracing.com

MAXATAWNY, Pa. -- This week, the "CarQuest Gasoline Alley Gang" kicks off its second season on WALN with a notable night, which includes a pair of young, up-and-coming central Pennsylvania sprint car chauffeurs, who'll talk about their early season success stories.

The guests for this weeks show include T. J. Stutts, who has scored 2 early season victories at the Selinsgrove Speedway aboard the Gary and Patty Beam owned No. 88 410 sprint car. The lad out of Liverpool, PA., will discuss his move full-time to the 410 central Pennsylvania sprints and what he is looking for with the '06 season underway.

We will then talk with another youthful driving talent on the 358 sprint car circuit, Blane Heimbach, as the 24-year-old throttle-jockey out of Selinsgrove, PA., talks about his career to date, his success at Selinsgrove and his '06 opportunities to steer a 410 sprint car, among other topics.

Finally, we will chat with Mark Lowery, a very talented young Afro-American racer, who'll talk about his budding career and the difficulties he's had to face on his climb up the racing ladder towards a goal of NASCAR Nextel Cup racing.

This will be a great show. Make sure to listen in.

The CarQuest Gasoline Alley (TV/Radio/Internet) Show continues with its new programming "live" every Monday night on WALN Cable Radio FM 92.1, “live” every Monday on the Internet (www.polkas.com/waln) and also "live" weekly on Service Electric Digital Cable TV channels 222 and 137. A tape-delayed rebroadcast program can be seen on channel 50 and heard on the Internet, starting at 11 o'clock on Monday evenings.

Monday night, April 10, at 6 P.M., begin your week with the Pados Brothers (Ed and Steve) and Area Auto Racing News weekly columnist Randy Kane with their well-documented, very informative and extremely funny CarQuest Gasoline Alley Racing Show, which runs for a full two-hours and is known, simply, as the fastest racing show on the airwaves.

Joining the “Gang” also is Orange County Fair Speedway big block modified star, Bruce Kline, who gives the listeners a look at racing from inside the cockpit.

Join the fun and excitement each week, as the “Gasoline Alley Team” brings you all the up-to-date racing news and results for the listeners in a totally unique and very refreshing concept for the local and International racing communities.

Should you have any comments or questions, on how to be a part of the program through advertising or appearances, please contact Steve Pados at 610 217 8774 or Ed Pados at 610 739 0391. Randy Kane is available at 610 682-6273 and the WALN studio number is 610 791 1818. You may also e-mail the program anytime directly at racewriter@enter.net or try steveswp@netzero.net with your comments.