Regular 2010 Season & Platinum Passes go on sale at Cedar Point this weekend at the LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR! You have to come to the park to save big.
Purchase any regular 2010 Season or Platinum Pass this weekend at Cedar Point and receive a FREE Cedar Fair VIP jacket. Plus, you’ll get a coupon for a 50% savings off one regular Funday ticket or one Friday night ticket, valid this weekend and the rest of the 2009 season. Use it for yourself, or bring a friend.
We’re open Friday, September 11 through Sunday, September 13. And during this Bonus Weekend, we have some pretty sweet news.
As a bonus, ALL Passholders* (Cedar Point Season & Cedar Fair Platinum) can enjoy Exclusive Ride Time on Top Thrill Dragster and Millennium Force.
Plus, get the family and friends together and track down and identify images from the park during our Season Passholder Scavenger Hunt. You could win your own private ride time for you and 35 friends on Millennium Force in 2010!
You can take advantage of food and game Flash Your Pass offers too. And if you’re worried about missing the Ohio State game on Saturday – don’t! We’re showing it on the big screen. For complete details on this weekend’s event, visit Season Pass Central.
Saturday, August 22 is Cedar Point’s Summer Blast and they’re lighting up the night sky with fireworks at 10 p.m.! Plus, enjoy EXTRA RIDE TIME because the park open until MIDNIGHT! That means when you purchase a Starlight ticket for Saturday (valid for admission after 5 p.m.), you’re getting a great value. And, Cedar Point is even offering an overnight package, a special carry-out pizza meal deal (served just before the fireworks) and your chance to win great prizes from hhgregg with Cedar Point’s Scavenger Hunt.
Purchase your packages and get all the details at Cedar Point’s Online Deals page.
Platinum Passholder ride night tonight at Maverick! Shortly after park closing, around 10:30, for one hour. You must show your Platinum Pass to enter the line.
Weather or maintenance conditions may make Maverick unavailable.
From the Sandusky Register…
SANDUSKY
Driving a stock car at speeds as high as 200 miles-per-hour, Jeff Gordon got a thrill Thursday riding a roller coaster at half that rate.Gordon was the latest in a line of sports figures to visit the park in the 2009 season, joining Browns Brady Quinn and Phil Dawson, former player Herschel Walker, and Cavaliers guard Daniel “Boobie” Gibson on the list of celebrity appearances.
Gordon made two public appearances inside the park — the first at Point Pavilion near the entrance and a second in front of the laser screen between the Wildcat and Iron Dragon — answering identical questions at each location.
From there, Gordon and his Pepsi entourage made their way to the Millenium Force, where the former NASCAR champion rode the front seat with Cedar Fair CEO Dick Kinzel.
Hundreds of fans surrounded Gordon at the Point Pavilion, and the number was larger for his appearance on the Midway. And they asked the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet a variety of questions, beginning with his thoughts on speeding regulations in pit road?
Gordon answered, “We have a tachometer with lights… And when it lights up red (while driving down pit road), you’re speeding. And when it’s green, you’re not.”
He also said he’d like to see NASCAR improve its technology by giving drivers a button that regulates the RPM in the engines and keeps the car under a certain speed, similar to what Formula 1 uses in its cars.
What advice would you give to young drivers?
“Well the advice is for the parents, because it costs them money,” Gordon said. “I got started at age 5, racing Midgets. So get started as young as you can.
“It should be something safe, fun, and something you can grow with.”
What is your greatest memory in NASCAR?
“Probably my rookie season, in 1993, winning the inaugural Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis,” Gordon said. “I’d always dreamed of of racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That was a favorite moment of mine.”
On becoming a team owner after his race career ends?
“Well, I get to drive for the best organization in Hendrick Motorsports,” Gordon said, “and I don’t have to start my own team because I’m on a great team.”
Team owner Rick Hendrick has even given Gordon equity in the company because of his success.
How did you get the No. 24?
“There’s no real secret. NASCAR owns the numbers, so when I came along in 1992, we went to NASCAR and got a list of the number available,” Gordon said. “No. 24 was available.”
Who is your all-time rival?
“It’s not the same out there with that black No.3,” Gordon said of racing Dale Earnhardt, Sr., who died as the result of a crash on the final lap at the Daytona 500 in February 2001.
“I’ve had great rivals over the years. Now it’s whoever is out there winning… it’s Jimmie Johnson, it’s Tony Stewart,” Gordon said.
“It’s Kyle Busch,” he added, drawing a boo from the crowd at Point Pavilion.
With 22 of 36 races completed in the Sprint Cup Series, Gordon sits in third behind Stewart, who leads with 3,383 points, and three-time champion Jimmie Johnson, second with 3,123.
Stewart won at Monday at Watkins Glen, while Gordon was 37th, knocked out of the race after 61 laps because of an accident. NASCAR races Sunday in the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Gordon finished seventh in the standings in 2008, and for the first time since his rookie year, he ended the season without a win.
Gordon owns one win in 2009 — the Samsung 500 April 5 at Texas — has 10 finishes in the Top 10, and has earned $4.28 million in winnings.
