Story By: BEN SHELTON / SATTERLEE MOTORSPORTS – INDIANA, PA – Gregg Satterlee secured the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek title in dominating fashion on Sunday night with a triumphant victory in the miniseries finale at BAPS Motor Speedway aboard his Satterlee Motorsports No. 22 Keyser Manufacturing / Classic Ink / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Clements Racing Engine Super Late Model.
The Indiana, Pa., driver earned a $5,000 payday for Sunday’s victory and an additional $5,000 for the miniseries title.
“This place has been really good to us. Been here three times and got three wins,” Satterlee said. “It’s a fun place to race, you can really move around on it. I thought I needed to move down there at the beginning when I got the lead .. I really didn’t feel like I was going as fast as what I should and I saw (Dan) Stone’s nose and I was able to get back to the top. Thanks to Jim Bernheisel for the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek Series, we appreciate him for putting all these races on.”
Coming off a pair of wins in the opening week, Gregg Satterlee followed the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek (AMS) to Path Valley Speedway (Spring Run, Pa.) on Tuesday for the fourth round of the eight-race miniseries.
After a blistering 10.854-second lap in time trials earned him the overall fast time honors, Satterlee raced into Tuesday’s feature with a runner-up dash showing. Rolling to a steady podium finish in the 35-lap affair, Gregg started and finished third.
With another $5,000 Appalachian Mountain Speedweek payday up for grabs in Thursday’s stop at Selinsgrove Speedway (Selinsgrove, Pa.), Gregg inched forward one spot in the A-Main to register a third-place finish. He joined race-winner Rick Eckert and runner-up Coleby Frye on the podium.
Following Friday’s AMS rainout at Bedford Speedway (Bedford, Pa.), Satterlee stormed into Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win feature at Lincoln Speedway (Abbottstown, Pa.) with a heat race triumph. Pinned on the fourth row, Gregg rolled to a consistent seventh-place finish.
Satterlee wrapped up the Appalachian Mountain Speedweek on Sunday with an impressive performance in the miniseries finale at BAPS Motor Speedway (York Haven, Pa.). After turning in the overall fastest time in qualifying, Gregg powered ahead of Dylan Yoder on the second lap of the feature and paced the remainder of the 35-lapper to capture his fourth win of the season and the AMS title.
He pocketed the $5,000 finale ahead of Kyle Hardy, Dylan Yoder, Justin Weaver, and Gene Knaub.
Satterlee now turns his attention to the 18th Annual Firecracker 100 this coming weekend at Lernerville Speedway. A pair of $5,000-to-win prelims on Thursday and Friday lead up to Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale.