PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
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1954 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAYSusquehanna Speedway opened on the 23rd of May 1954 as a 4/10 mile dirt oval speedway under control of Lurvin "Bud" Bricker. The opener had to be postponed by a week because of rain.
Buzzy Wilson won the first ever feature event at the new track in his flat head powered Stock Car.
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1959 - BOBBY ABEL
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1959 - Bobby Abel takes the win at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: Lloyd King collection
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1962 - BUD FOLKENROTH
1962 - Bud Folkenroth on the raceway. Photo: unknown.
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1964 - MILFORD WALES Supermodified's
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1964 - Milford Wales with the Roy Emrich owned 1E Supermodified at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1964 - NEIL HAIGHT
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1965 - LYNN PAXTON
1965 - Lynn Paxton with the Ree Smith number 1 machine at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1966 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
In 1966 "Hilly" Rife had taken control of the venue, giving him his third speedway, Dorsey MD ran on Friday's, Lincoln on Saturday's and Susquehanna on Sunday's.
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1966 - WILLIE MUSSELMAN
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1966 - Willie Musselman in the George Gastrock owned #12 at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1968 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Because of competitor numbers falling away in the sedan ranks, Sprintcar racing was introduced in 1968.
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1970 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Will Kreitzer bought the venue just in time for the 1970 racing season. He hosted the Silver Springs show of Sportsman and Limited Late Model Sedans racing every Sunday with the occasional Sprint Car show.
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1971 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Politics became involved in 1971 with the Sportsman teams boycotting the track, so the Late Model Sedans were invited to take there place.
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1971 - KRAMER WILLIAMSON Sprintcar's
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1971 - Kramer Williamson during his Rookie season in Sprintcars at Susquehanna Motor Speedway. Photographer: Lloyd King.
1971 - Could possibly be one of Kramer's first rides in a sprintcar. Photographer: unknown.
1971 - Lynn Paxton on the high side of Kramer Williamson at Susquehanna. Photographer: Harry Bicker Jr
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1972 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Kreitzer sold the speedway to Ted Ruth in 1972, Ruth started the season with Sprintcars and Sportsman's, but switched to Late Model's as the second division at mid season.
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1972 - KENNY SLAYBAUGH Sprintcar's
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1972 - Kenny Slaybaugh in the Rich Bair owned #61 at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1972 - STEVE SMITH Sprintcar's
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1972 - Steve Smith at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: unknown.
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1972 - KRAMER WILLIAMSON Sprintcar's
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1972 - Kramer Williamson with his number 73 Pink Panther, at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: Lloyd King.
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1972 - DOUG MATHENY Sprintcar's
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1972 - Doug Matheny with the George Worley owned number [2] Sprintcar at Susquehanna Speedway. Photographer: Lloyd King.
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1973 - ROD ALBRIGHT Sprintcar's
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1973 - Former Washington Redskins defensive back turned Sprintcar driver Rod Albright at Susquehanna Speedway. Photographer: Barry Skelly.
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1973 - DUB MAY Sprintcar's
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1973 - Dub May at Susquehanna Speedway. Photographer: unknown.
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1973 - ED ZIRKLE Sprintcar's
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1973 - Ed Zirkle at Susquehanna Speedway. Photographer: Lloyd King.
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1975 - MIDWAY SPEEDWAY
After the 13th of May meeting in 1973 Ruth closed the track due to an illness in the family, The speedway sat dormant until later that year when Ruth tried running the Sportsman's and Limited Late Model Sedans, Along with this he changed the name of the venue to Midway Speedway. This didnt work to well at all so he switched to motorcycle racing for the rest of the season.
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1976 - MIDWAY SPEEDWAY
In 1976 Ruth cut back on Motorcyle racing and changed to Saturday night racing with the Limited Late Model Sedan's as the feature division.
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1977 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Halfway through the 1977 season Ruth sold the venue to Dick Liddick, who continued with the same program, but ran four Sprint Car specials on Sunday nights, Liddick also changed the name of the track back to Susquehanna Speedway.
1978 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Liddick began with regular Sprintcar racing in 1978 and continued with that until late August of 1981, He then dropped the Sprintcars in favor of the Small Block Modified division, Only one race meeting was held during the 1983 season.
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1978 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY SPRINTCAR ACTION
1978 - Dub May in the 28 cars runs under Jay Myers in the 35 car. Photo: unknown.
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1978 - 1a Bobby Allen leading 11 Steve Kinser on the top and 4x Doug Wolfgand trying the inside. Photographer: Jack Gallagher.
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1979 - RICK FERKEL Sprintcar's
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1979 - Rick Ferkel at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: Barry Skelly.
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1984 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Jeff Hartlaub then purchased the venue for the 1984 season and started the year off with a Friday program of Sportsman's and Limited Late Model Sedan's racing. Once again it didnt work, By mid summer Hartlaub was racing Sprintcars again on Sunday nights with the Sportsman's and the Limited Late Model Sedans.
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1988 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Around 1988, Alan Kreitzer purchased the venue and continued with Hartlaub's program until 1993 when he sold out to Big Sprints Promotions for the 1993 season.
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2004 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY PARK
Todd Fisher bought the venue prior to the 2004 season and changed the name of the track to Susquehanna Speedway Park, He raced Thursday Sprintcar shows for three seasons before switching to Saturday Limited Late Model Sedan shows.
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2014 - GREG HODNETT Sprintcar's.
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2014 - Greg Hodnett in Victory lane at Susquehanna, now BAPS Motor Speedway with the Mike Heffner owned Sprintcar. Photographer: Wide Open Media.
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2015 - CHASE DIETZ Sprintcar's
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2015 - Chase Dietz digging up the clay at the speedway. Photographer: Brent Smith.
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2015 - BRENT MARKS Sprintcar's.
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2015 - Brent Marks at Susquehanna Speedway. Photographer: Jeff Stere.
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2015 - CASEY SHUMAN Wingless Sprintcar's
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2015 - Casey Shuman at Susquehanna Speedway. Photo: Tony De Seta.
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2016 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY
Scott Gobrecht took over the ownership of the venue in 2016 and names Kolten Gouse as General Manager.
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2018 - BAPS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Susquehanna Speedway inks a landmark five year naming rights deal with BAPS Auto Paints, thus changing the name of the Speedway to BAPS Motor Speedway.
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1993 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY Location.
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2020 - SUSQUEHANNA SPEEDWAY Location.
