14 hours after Linda's, Shippensburg accounts for #117
#117 Shippensburg Speedway, Shippensburg, PA (1/4-mile dirt), 10/7/06...
Room rates were sky high because of a car show taking place in Hershey, so I booked a room in Shippensburg Friday night. Little did I realize I was at the exit of the speedway only one-half mile away.
I left the room at 11 AM to find the speedway. Racing was to begin at 2 PM and you'd never know racing would take place in three hours as I didn't see a sole around. I did see a grill going which was a good sign and the answering machine told of the day's racing. What was supposed to be a partly sunny day in the mid 60s turned be a cloudy, windy day with temps in the low 50s.
I figured I had a lot of time to kill so I headed into town to find something to eat. Brother's Pizza was the stop and I had an excellent, small (huge) stromboli. After killing more time at the nearby K-Mart, I headed back to the track. It was now 12:45 and there were only three race cars. The cars finally did come in all at the same time from about 1 to 1:30.
Rather than heat races at 2 PM it was hot laps. As soon as the final hot lap session ended the first heat was lined-up and ready to go taking the green at 2:27.
Just like Linda’s Shippensburg is located right on I-81 only Shippensburg is located 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg . Shippensburg is a very small and narrow ¼-mile dirt oval. Shippensburg had seven classes scheduled with very low car counts in all classes as only 51 cars were in the pits. Car counts were 12 600 micro sprints, 12 mini stocks, 9 six-cylinder strictly stocks stocks, 8 thunder rear stocks, 6 front-wheel-drive strictly stocks, 3 cyclones, and 1 truck. The lone truck ran with the six cylinders. There were less than 75 spectators spread around the five-row bleachers and picnic tables.
The eight heat races took 45 minutes to run and after a 20 minute intermission the first feature hit the track at 3:30 . Shippensburg inverted the heats on points; however, the finish of the heats determined the feature line-ups with a heads-up start meaning for little passing in the feature. All of the feature winners started either first or second.
The thunder rear stocks saw Keith Armolt lead green-to-checkered in the 15-lap non-stop feature over Greg Short. Three cautions slowed the six-cylinder strictly stock main as it was pole-sitter Jeff Dicken leading all the way over Randy Stahl. Mike Holley kept the trend going in the 600 micro sprints as the pole-sitter led all 15 laps with just one caution slowing the event. Outside pole-sitter Keith Bass led all but one lap to win the 15-lap mini stock main over Gary Newell. Just two of the three cars started the cyclone feature as it was Dillon Stake winning by one-half lap over Carl Biddle for his 14th victory. The front-wheel-drive strictly stocks was run in a light drizzle as it was second starting Chuck Ingram leading all 15 laps for the win over pole-sitter Adam Adams. The checkered flag waved at 4:48 .
Shippensburg did a great job keeping the program moving even though the flagman was very quick with the yellow throwing it as soon as a car got sideways or got in the infield. Actually there would have been hardly any cautions had he not been so quick. One of the mini stocks got upside down after catching the backstretch jersey barriers. That turned into a lengthy delay as they first had to get the car righted, then burned off the gas, and then cleaned up the mess.
Shippensburg was like Linda's pricing with $6 adult admission and had very low food prices. The surface was very smooth and slick as go-karts were scheduled for Sunday. It didn't look like there much track prep. The announcer was very annoying and basically said whatever he wanted including one time when one of the mini stocks went into the infield, "oh he just got his nuts shook around". He wasn't afraid to use hell and damn either. When he asked one of the winners about last week, the driver replied, "shit happens".
Shippensburg made for my 49th Pennsylvania track and 117th overall.
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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Room rates were sky high because of a car show taking place in Hershey, so I booked a room in Shippensburg Friday night. Little did I realize I was at the exit of the speedway only one-half mile away.
I left the room at 11 AM to find the speedway. Racing was to begin at 2 PM and you'd never know racing would take place in three hours as I didn't see a sole around. I did see a grill going which was a good sign and the answering machine told of the day's racing. What was supposed to be a partly sunny day in the mid 60s turned be a cloudy, windy day with temps in the low 50s.
I figured I had a lot of time to kill so I headed into town to find something to eat. Brother's Pizza was the stop and I had an excellent, small (huge) stromboli. After killing more time at the nearby K-Mart, I headed back to the track. It was now 12:45 and there were only three race cars. The cars finally did come in all at the same time from about 1 to 1:30.
Rather than heat races at 2 PM it was hot laps. As soon as the final hot lap session ended the first heat was lined-up and ready to go taking the green at 2:27.
Just like Linda’s Shippensburg is located right on I-81 only Shippensburg is located 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg . Shippensburg is a very small and narrow ¼-mile dirt oval. Shippensburg had seven classes scheduled with very low car counts in all classes as only 51 cars were in the pits. Car counts were 12 600 micro sprints, 12 mini stocks, 9 six-cylinder strictly stocks stocks, 8 thunder rear stocks, 6 front-wheel-drive strictly stocks, 3 cyclones, and 1 truck. The lone truck ran with the six cylinders. There were less than 75 spectators spread around the five-row bleachers and picnic tables.
The eight heat races took 45 minutes to run and after a 20 minute intermission the first feature hit the track at 3:30 . Shippensburg inverted the heats on points; however, the finish of the heats determined the feature line-ups with a heads-up start meaning for little passing in the feature. All of the feature winners started either first or second.
The thunder rear stocks saw Keith Armolt lead green-to-checkered in the 15-lap non-stop feature over Greg Short. Three cautions slowed the six-cylinder strictly stock main as it was pole-sitter Jeff Dicken leading all the way over Randy Stahl. Mike Holley kept the trend going in the 600 micro sprints as the pole-sitter led all 15 laps with just one caution slowing the event. Outside pole-sitter Keith Bass led all but one lap to win the 15-lap mini stock main over Gary Newell. Just two of the three cars started the cyclone feature as it was Dillon Stake winning by one-half lap over Carl Biddle for his 14th victory. The front-wheel-drive strictly stocks was run in a light drizzle as it was second starting Chuck Ingram leading all 15 laps for the win over pole-sitter Adam Adams. The checkered flag waved at 4:48 .
Shippensburg did a great job keeping the program moving even though the flagman was very quick with the yellow throwing it as soon as a car got sideways or got in the infield. Actually there would have been hardly any cautions had he not been so quick. One of the mini stocks got upside down after catching the backstretch jersey barriers. That turned into a lengthy delay as they first had to get the car righted, then burned off the gas, and then cleaned up the mess.
Shippensburg was like Linda's pricing with $6 adult admission and had very low food prices. The surface was very smooth and slick as go-karts were scheduled for Sunday. It didn't look like there much track prep. The announcer was very annoying and basically said whatever he wanted including one time when one of the mini stocks went into the infield, "oh he just got his nuts shook around". He wasn't afraid to use hell and damn either. When he asked one of the winners about last week, the driver replied, "shit happens".
Shippensburg made for my 49th Pennsylvania track and 117th overall.
#117 Shippensburg (PA) Speedway, 10/7/06
#116 Linda's Speedway (PA), 10/6/06
#115 Freedom Raceway (NY), 9/22/06
#114 Spring Valley Raceway (OH), 9/17/06
#113 Hilltop Speedway (OH), 9/8/06
#112 Kokomo (IN) Speedway, 9/3/06
#111 Lincoln Park Speedway (IN), 9/2/06
#110 Lawrence County Fairgrounds (PA), 8/16/06
#109 Midvale (OH) Speedway, 7/22/06
#108 McKean County Speedway (PA), 6/29/06
#107 Hesston (PA) Speedway, 6/17/06
#106 Grandview Speedway (PA), 5/16/06
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