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Blaney,
Miley and Homan Buckle Up at Stampede
Kelley, Force and Ruhlman Round Up $1,000
Sholtis, Hay, Weaver and Noland win too
Sarver, PA (October 24, 2010) The 2010 Season at Lernerville Season has come to a close as another successful DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede is in the books! If you’re a friend of ours on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, you know that over 220 cars packed the pits on Friday Night. As a result, the pits had to be expanded into the infield for the first time in the 43 year history of Lernerville Speedway! That car count ballooned to over 300 Saturday Night as 90 Enduros joined the high speed rodeo to cap off an amazing weekend and season of racing!
The Steel City Stampede weekend got under way on Thursday night with open practice for all divisions. Over 75 cars were on hand to shake it down and get ready for the final weekend of racing in Western PA. Heat races were completed on Friday Night under chilly conditions, setting the table for a fantastic show Saturday Night under considerably warmer conditions!
After four B-Mains were contested, the Ti22 Performance DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series finale pushed off as the first of 10 feature races. Last year’s upset specialist Cole Duncan brought the field to the green flag flanked by Cory Good. Duncan led the first five laps, but as he entered lapped traffic he was caught and passed by 2010 Lernerville Speedway/Budweiser Track Champion Danny Holtgraver.
Once at the point, Holtgraver began lapping cars like they had bounties attached to them! By lap 12, he essentially clinched the DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series when he lapped series points leader Bob Felmlee. Three laps later he passed Rod George to put him a lap down. With Ed Lynch Jr. in the pits after mechanical issues on lap eight, Danny cruised to the DIRTcar CSS Championship, but he couldn’t hold off Dale Blaney on the track.
Blaney has been nearly unstoppable at Lernerville Speedway this season winning four races, including an All Star Feature win on June 4. He ran well enough to win the first 30-lap feature of the Silver Cup but ran short of fuel. He finished second to Tim Shaffer at the September 3 All Star Show, then fourth in the World of Outlaws Commonwealth Clash on September 25.
Blaney reeled in Holtgraver who had stretched his lead to a full straightaway at one point, and used a powerslide through three & four to take the lead on the lap 17 restart. But Holtgraver didn’t put his tail between his legs and settle for second. He slide back under Dale Blaney in turns one & two, only to see Blaney blast past him on the backstretch to take the lead for good. Blaney’s fourth Lernerville feature win of the season earned him $3,000 and a big, shiny Steel City Stampede belt buckle and plate.
Danny Holtgraver finished second behind Blaney, and as mentioned above, clinched the 2010 DIRTcar Challenge Sprint Series Championship over the future Hall of Fame trio of Bob Felmlee, Ed Lynch Jr. and Rod George. Dale Blaney’s Ti22 Performance stable mate Brian Ellenberger continues to ride the wave of success since jumping into the brand new GF1 Chassis. Last year’s Stampede winner Cole Duncan held on to finish fourth ahead of Carl Bowser who capped off a solid 2010 campaign with his ninth top five finish at Lernerville Speedway. The rest of the Ti22/DIRTcar CSS top ten rounded out with Brandon Spithaler (the last driver on the lead lap), Rod George, Bob Felmlee, Gale Ruth and Cory Good. Friday Night heat races were claimed by Dale Blaney and Ed Lynch Jr.
The DIRTcar Late Models were up next and it was the Jared Miley Show! Miley started alongside Michigan traveler Brian Ruhlan on the front row. Miley jumped out to a quick lead as Gregg Satterlee came from fifth on the starting grid to second on lap two. Satterlee challenged Miley the whole way to the checkered flag, but was never able to take the lead away from him. Miley’s $3,000 payday was his third win in the last four races at Lernerville Speedway.
2010 Track Champion Dave Hess Jr. made a late charge and nipped Satterlee at the checkered flag after a big run off the top of turns three & four. Satterlee had to settle for third after battling most of the race for the lead. 2010 Pittsburgh PA’s Motor Speedway Track Champion Brandon Burgoon made his Lernerville debut with an impressive fourth place run, while 2009 Stampede winner Matt Lux finished fifth. The rest of the top ten shook out with Russell King, Brian Ruhlman, John Garvin Jr., Dave Murdick and Denton Boyer. Friday Night race victors were Lux, Hess and Boyer.
The most exciting finish of the night came in the Diehl Auto Group DIRTcar Modifieds, which was also the series finale for the BRP Tour. Rex King Sr. clinched the 2010 BRP Tour Championship by starting his heat race Friday Night, and then he almost stole the Stampede feature win away from New York traveler Chad Homan at the checkered flag Saturday Night.
Homan started seventh, but quickly made his way to the front to challenge fellow upstate New Yorker Brian Weaver who took the lead early from polesitter Tom Winkle. Weaver appeared to have the race in the bag, but Homan drew even at the white flag. King made it a three car battle in turns one & two. Entering turn three, Homan went low, King rocketed around the top. Homan appeared to have the advantage exiting turn four, but King was flying off the top and Homan had to nearly take him to the wall to hold him off for the win by 0.019 seconds. Homan and King made significant contact after the checkers and the local crowd expressed their displeasure as Homan got out of his car in Sheetz Victory Lane. King took it all in stride; going pitside with his second consecutive BRP Championship in hand. Weaver had to settle for third after leading the first 24 laps of the feature.
Del Rougeux Jr. found more bad luck in his heat race Friday Night, as he has for much of the 2010 season. He started Saturday Night running the B-Main and had to use a provisional to start the A-Main saddled 24th on the starting grid. Over the course of the 25 lap feature, Rougeux had quite possibly his best run since last year’s Stampede victory by finishing fourth in a deep, talented field. Jeremiah Shingledecker came from 12th to finish fifth. The Diehl/BRP top ten rounded out with “Double Duty” Dave Murdick, Brad Rapp, Chris Haines, Brian Swartzlander and Kevin Hoffman. Friday Night heat races went to Swartzlander, Homan, Kevin Bolland and Shingledecker. J.R. McGinley won the B-Main.
Lernerville Speedway Track Champion Joe Kelley ended the 2010 campaign as he started it; in Sheetz Victory Lane! His 10th win of the season came in dramatic fashion as the Charapp Route 28 Sportsman/Stock feature was a race that didn’t want to end! It took seven Green-White-Checker (GWC) restarts to finally end the 20-lapper.
Polesitter Bob Egley jumped out to a quick lead at the drop of the initial green flag, but Kelley took the lead on lap four only to see Sportsman/Stock Spectacular winner Chris Schneider take the lead away on a lap five restart. Schneider led three laps, then Kelley got by him to lead the next three laps before giving way to Schneider again on lap 11.
Schneider led the rest of the way until a caution slowed the field on lap 19. Kelley and Schneider made contact in turn two of the fifth GWC restart, Schneider spun and collected Bobby Whitling, but the caution was thrown for a backmarker in turn four. The caution allowed Schneider to retain the lead on the sixth restart, but he spun in turns one & two with apparent suspension damage from the previous wreck. With Schneider out of the picture, Kelley rolled to his 10th win of the season and a $1,000 payday to cap off a fantastic 2010 campaign.
Bob Egley held off PPMS star Pat Weldon to finish second. Behind Weldon in third was Jeff Walters who came the whole way from 24th on the starting grid to finish fifth. Ryan Moyer also came from the back of the field racing from 20th to round out the top five. Pat Hanley returned to the dirt of Lernerville Speedway, (after racing a Modified on the asphalt at Motordrome this summer), with a solid seventh place finish. Early leader Chris Schneider finished 15th. Chris Withers, Joe Kelley, Rusty Martz and Chris Schneider won Friday Night heat races.
Speaking of heat races, Joe Kelley was also awarded his second consecutive National Guard Heat Race Challenge Boot Trophy during pre-race festivities Saturday Night. By virtue of his seven heat race wins during Fab Four Racing this season, then via tiebreaker over Danny Holtgraver and Wayne Carbo.
Bryan Force dominated the UMP Pro Late Model feature, leading all 20 laps. He was challenged late in the race by Josh Double, but held on for his first career Lernerville Speedway feature win. Double finished second ahead of Sean Puz, Chris Schneider and Andrew Satterlee. Friday Night heat races went to Ken Herman and Bryan Force.
Most in attendance will agree that the most exciting feature of the night played out in the UMP Modifieds feature as local EMod (as they are more commonly referred to in Western PA) stars Dave Hess Jr. and Brent Rhebergen came from the back half of the starting grid to finish second and third respectively. Both drivers are also both stars on the regional Super Late Model scene. Hess, of course, is the 2010 Lernerville Speedway Late Model Track Champion. He started 21st after winning the B-Main, while Rhebergen came from 15th.
Watching these two guys come through the field was truly a sight to behold. But by the time they came to the front, leader and eventual winner Brian Ruhlman had put too much real estate between himself and the rest of the field and he cruised virtually unchallenged to Sheetz Victory Lane. Ruhlman made the tow from Clarklake, MI for the first time since 1994! Russ Coyne and Carl McKinney rounded out the top five. Friday Night heat races were checkered by Randy Hall, Brian Ruhlman, Kevin Buff and Russ Coyne.
Somebody forgot to tell the 4 cylinder drivers that they were not competing in the Enduro! The 15 lap feature was riddled with cautions with very short segments of green flag racing. By the time the checkered flag waved for feature winner Brent Sholtis, just eight cars (of 24 that took the green flag) remained in competition. But despite the carnage and short segments of green flag racing, they were quite entertaining!
Inaugural Steel City Stampede STARS Mod Lites feature winner Mikey Hay is the only driver in any division to defend his event win. After starting 11th, Hay masterfully made his way to the front and took the lead on lap 11 from his brother Matt, who finished second for the second straight year. Fifth place finisher Rick Ament was crowned as the 2010 STARS Mod Lites Champion.
Kenny Meadows drove Doug Peterman’s #67 to the win in the Mini Late Models exhibition.
Former Sportsman/Stock and Sprint Car driver Glenn Noland dominated the Enduro 100, winning by over five laps ahead of second place Dan Zimmerman. Joe Yakich, Joe Petyak and John Bigley rounded out the top five.
The Action Track will sit dark and dormant for the next few months until Opening Night 2011. Please stay tuned for exciting announcements about the 2011 season including dates for the 2011 editions of the Firecracker 100, Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, Commonwealth Clash and DIRTcar Round Up Steel City Stampede!
Need to Know File – 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com
Sarver, PA (June 21, 2010) Later this week, the Dirt Late Model racing community will turn all of its attention towards the Lernerville Speedway for the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com. Below you will find all the information you need to know to experience the biggest Dirt Late Model Race of 2010! In case you haven’t heard, the Firecracker 100 is now a Three-Day Mega Event, even bigger and better than before!
What: The $30,000-to-win 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com featuring the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and the $3000-to-win Uncle Sam 30 non-qualifiers race on Saturday Night June 26, and two complete $6,000-to-win World of Outlaws Late Model Series shows on Thursday Night June 24 and Friday Night June 25.
When: Thursday-Friday-Saturday June 24-25-26, 2010.
Thursday Schedule of Events: Pit gates open at 4:00 & Grandstand gates open at 5:00. Hot laps begin at 6:50, followed by Time Trials at 7:15. Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 8:00 followed by heat races, Last Chance Showdowns, and a $6,000-to-win, 30-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series Feature. The Joe Patrick Band will bring the evening to a close with a post-race concert in the parking lot.
Friday Schedule of Events: The first “race” of the day on Friday will be a Hot Dog Eating contest at 1:00 in the pavilion behind the grandstands! At 3:00 the folks from Budweiser will be judging the Best Tailgating Party and Best Camp Site. Then the excitement will move back onto the action track for qualifying night #2.
Pit gates open at 4:00 & Grandstand gates open at 5:00. Hot laps begin at 6:50, followed by Time Trials at 7:15. Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 8:00 followed by heat races, Last Chance Showdowns, and another $6,000-to-win, 30-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series Feature. A pulse-pounding Fireworks display by Premier Pyrotechnics will be followed by a concert in the parking lot behind the main grandstands by National Recording Artists Vanessa Campagna and NoMAD.
Saturday Schedule of Events: Breakfast will be served at the Pit Concession stand at 8:00AM, followed by a Weenie Roast and the ever popular Driver/Fan Horseshoe Tournament at 12:00 Noon. The Ms. Firecracker Pageant will debut at 2:00 as Lernerville Speedway will crown a new Trophy Girl! Pit gates open at 3:00, while the line for the Driver Autograph Session forms near the pit gate at 3:30. The Driver Autograph Session itself starts at 4:00, as each driver in competition will sign autographs for the fans under the grandstands. The grandstands will open at 4:00, but fans will be required to join the back of the autograph line.
The on-track action resumes at 6:50 with hot laps, followed by Opening Ceremonies and heat races at 7:30. Last Chance Showdowns will be followed by the $3,000-to-win Uncle Sam 30 non-qualifiers race. After the Uncle Sam 30, the starting grid for the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com will be introduced and welcomed with fireworks by Premier Pyrotechnics. The weekend will come to a close after the Sheetz Victory Lane celebration for the 4th Annual Firecracker presented by GottaRace.com when the pits are open to all fans. The open pits will allow fans up close and personal access to their favorite cars and drivers.
Where: Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA along route 356 in Butler County approximately 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh. Lernerville is easily accessible from the PA Turnpike and Interstate 79. Physical location for GPS systems is 313 N. Pike Road, Sarver, PA 16229.
How: Buy tickets in advance by logging on to www.Lernerville.com and clicking the “Buy Tickets” icon or calling the Lernerville Speedway office Monday-Wednesday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at (724) 353-1511. Advance Three-Day Ticket packages will include a FREE Thursday & Friday Night pit pass upgrade and priority access to the driver autograph session Saturday Afternoon. Tickets will also be sold on the day of the event.
Three-Day Advance Reserved Tickets are just $59 for adults and include a FREE pit pass upgrade for Thursday and Friday Night. This offer ends on Wednesday June 23, so order now! Other ticket options and prices are listed under the Firecracker 100 tab of www.Lernerville.com.
Who: The 4th Annual Firecracker presented by GottaRace.com is a World of Outlaws Late Model Series-sanctioned event. As such, previous champions Scott Bloomquist (2007), Brian Birkhofer (2008) and Jimmy Mars (2009) are pre-registered for the $30,000 Mega Event.
In addition to the previous champions, these touring/affiliated drivers of the World of Outlaws Late Model Series will be in action; Josh Richards, Chub Frank, Darrell Lanigan, Steve Francis, Rick Eckert, Clint Smith, Shane Clanton, Tim McCreadie, Tim Fuller, Brady Smith, Vic Coffey, Russell King, Brent Robinson, Tyler Reddick, Austin Hubbard and Jill George.
Lernerville Speedway’s Budweiser Points leader Dave Hess Jr. and Jared Miley are registered for the event and locked in to the 100-lap Firecracker Finale. Hess won last Friday Night’s Mid-Season Championship and the track provisional that goes along with it. Miley is second in points, and has the other track provisional since Hess is locked in via the Mid-Season Championship provisional. Other Lernerville regulars that are pre-registered to compete this weekend include Gregg Satterlee, Alex Ferree, Lynn Geisler, Matt Lux, Dave Murdick, Ken Schaltenbrand, John Garvin Jr., Michael Norris, Tony Burke, Herman Bertolini, Nick Reges and Jason Fosnaught.
Regional drivers Rick “Boom” Briggs, Robbie Blair, Ron Davies, Jeremy Miller,
Davey Johnson, Mike Johnson, Doug Drown, Chris Casner and Corey Conley are all
expected to stake their claim for the $30,000-to-win, 100-lap shootout.
Dale McDowell, driver of the Clint Bowyer Motorsports #17M, is registered for the event; as are Bobby Labonte Racing drivers Earl Pearson Jr. and Brad Neat. Other nationally known Late Model drivers like Jimmy Owens, John Blankenship and Will Vaught are registered, while names like Bart Hartman, Chris Ferguson, Jamie Lathroum, Bub McCool, Dan Schlieper, Dan Stone and Steve Shaver are rumored to be throwing their hats in the Firecracker ring!
Why: To crown a $30,000+ Firecracker 100 Champion. The winner’s purse is $30,000; the “+” comes into the equation with monies won during preliminary competition on Thursday and Friday Nights’ complete $6,000-to-win show. The possibility exists that a driver could leave Lernerville Speedway with $42,000 in their pocket!
Where to Stay: Reserved Camping is available on site, but was sold out as of June 1! Reserved camping provides a flat space with proximity to the pits. General Camping will also be available free of charge on a first come, first serve basis, but will be further away from the track. There are no electric/water hookups in either area.
The Days Inn in Butler, PA is the top recommendation for travelers planning to stay at a hotel. The Days Inn in Butler is located 10 miles from the speedway on route 8 just south of Butler. The Days Inn has an indoor pool, on-site restaurant & lounge and is in close proximity to a handful of restaurants including McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Burger King.
Fans of Lernerville Speedway can also get a discounted rate at the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Butler, PA. With a few more amenities and services, the Fairfield standard rate for Lernerville Speedway fans is just $109 plus 9% occupancy tax. The Fairfield Inn & Suites can be reached at (724) 283-0009.
Other nearby towns with hotels include (arranged in order of proximity) Butler, Kittanning, New Kensington, Cranberry Twp. and Harmar Twp. Of those locations, while a little but further away, The Days Inn in Harmar Twp. probably provides the second best option to Butler as it is a short, easy trip down routes 356 & 28 and the area is loaded with restaurants, hotels and retail options.
How to get involved: As mentioned above, the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com is more than a Three-Day World of Outlaws Late Model Series Race weekend; it’s a total fan experience! Over the course of the weekend, fans can watch and even participate in activities off the track.
On Thursday Night, after time trials, heat races, Last Chance Showdowns and a $6,000-to-win, 30-lap WoO LMS Feature, the Joe Patrick Band will rock the crowd with a rousing concert in the parking lot, free of charge!
Friday afternoon’s slate includes a Hot Dog Eating Contest and a Best Tailgating Party & Best Camp Site Contest. Fans can sign up for the Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Lernerville Souvenir Trailer Thursday Night. After the Hot Dog Eating Contest, the fine folks from Budweiser will browse the parking lots and camping areas for the Best Tailgating Party and Best Camp Site. Another complete WoO LMS Show highlighted by a $6,000-to-win, 30-lap Feature will be followed by a dazzling fireworks display by Premier Pyrotechnics and another concert in the parking lot with National Recordings Artist Vanessa Campagna and Firecracker fan favorite NoMAD.
The off-track fan festivities resume Saturday afternoon with the Annual Driver/Fan Horseshoe Tournament at 12:00. Fans will be selected Thursday and Friday Nights. Following the Horseshoe Tournament, we will crown a new Lernerville Trophy Girl in the Ms. Firecracker Pageant starting at 2:00. The fan interaction peaks with a pre-race Driver Autograph Session under the grandstands at 4:00. As mentioned above, you can get priority access to the Driver Autograph Session by purchasing your tickets in advance!
And finally, the pits will be open to all fans after all racing has come to a close after the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com 100-lap Feature. Fans of all ages can see their favorite drivers and cars up close and personal! The perfect end to what promises to be a FANtastic weekend!!
In Closing: Don’t miss out on the opportunity to take part in this Crown Jewel Event of DIRT Late Model Racicng! Call and order your reserved Three-Day ticket package now by logging on to www.Lernerville.com and clicking the “Buy Tickets” icon or by calling the speedway office (724) 353-1511 during normal business hours! For ticket prices and more details about the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, log on to www.Lernerville.com and click the Firecracker 100 tab on the left hand side of the page. For more information about the World of Outlaws Late Model Series log on to www.WorldofOutlaws.com.
Gregg Satterlee is Hungry for Mid-Season
Championship and Firecracker Success!
Local Driver Ready to Shine During Huge Three-Day Firecracker 100 on
Thursday-Friday-Saturday June 24-25-26!
Sarver, PA (June 14, 2010) Over the past few seasons, Gregg Satterlee has become known across the nation as one of the brightest and fastest rising stars in Dirt Late Model Racing. His success at Lernerville Speedway can credited to his pedigree and his insatiable desire to win every race he competes in. It is that desire that will be on display during the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com Three-Day weekend on Thursday-Friday-Saturday June 24-25-26 at Lernerville Speedway!
Uncle Dave Satterlee was one of the best Late Model drivers in Western/Central Pennsylvania throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, winning features at Lernerville Speedway, as well as Marion Center, Dog Hollow and other area tracks. So, like other second generation drivers Jared Miley and Alex Ferree, Gregg Satterlee seemed destined for greatness in the local Late Model ranks. His early success has helped catapult him to success on a bigger stage.
Satterlee frequently travels up and down the East Coast and into the Midwest in search of the best competition in Dirt Late Model racing and higher paying races with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, among others, at tracks like The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Virginia and West Virginia Motor Speedways, Hagerstown and Eldora Speedway.
This past weekend at The Dream, Satterlee timed 26th quick out of 104 cars and, (by virtue of the 5-car invert), started on the pole of his heat. But despite the perfect setup to transfer into the Dream A-Main from the pole of his heat, Satterlee hit the cone on a restart and was sent to the tail.
“The cone deal was my fault completely! We didn’t have my car correct for track conditions and it was so hard to get around the track. I just touched the cone, and for that they sent me to the tail; that was pretty much the end of that!” Satterlee said with a laugh.
He charged back through a loaded heat race but could only muster a 12th place finish. Only the top ten from each heat moved on. So Gregg packed up and headed to Tri-City Speedway to compete in the FASTRAK Crate Late Model portion of their program.
His sights are now locked and loaded on the Lernerville Speedway Mid-Season Championships this Friday Night, June 18 and the Firecracker 100 provisional that comes along with it!
Arguably the biggest win of his Lernerville career to date, last year’s Mid-Season Championship victory was easily one of the most exciting and controversial races in the 40 plus year history of Don Martin’s Lernerville Speedway. Satterlee won the feature by passing race leader John Flinner at the flagstand as the checkered flag waved. But his checkered flag pass was just part of the thrilling equation.
In the closing laps, Satterlee was running fourth behind John Flinner, Jared Miley and Alex Ferree. Coming to the checkered flag, Miley tried to a kamikaze slide job on Flinner, resulting in heavy contact. Miley bicycled on two wheels and almost flipped. Flinner sustained moderate damage but maintained the lead. On the restart, Flinner and Alex Ferree made contact in turn two, but a yellow flag on the front stretch, kept the leaders at the front of the second restart.
Flinner got a better jump on the second restart and appeared to be on his way to Sheetz Victory Lane, but looks can be deceiving! As they came to the checkered flag, Satterlee rocketed off the bottom of turn four and pulled even with Flinner. To many fans in attendance, the human eye saw John Flinner win the race, but the transponder reported a narrow victory by Gregg Satterlee, by 0.025 seconds!
The win locked Satterlee into the Firecracker 100 A-Main Feature, but he finished a disappointing 27th place, after completing just 22 laps.
This year, Satterlee hopes to repeat his Mid-Season Championship, but use it as a springboard to a better finish in the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com.
And after originally planning to hit the road with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series for the “Great Northern Tour”, Satterlee has shifted gears and will race locally next weekend in preparation for the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com on Thursday-Friday-Saturday June 24-25-26 at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA.
This change in plans will put Satterlee in position to once again lock in a track provisional during the aforementioned Mid-Season Championship, “We really wanted to run the Great Northern Tour again this year, but a few of my guys won’t be able to travel and I really don’t have anyone to go. So I decided to stay at home and hopefully be ready to roll for the Firecracker. Winning the Mid-Season Championship and the track provisional will take a little bit of the pressure off!”
When asked about the exciting, new three-day format of the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com, Satterlee commented, “I think the three-day format is going to make for a really exciting weekend of racing! It’s going to give the guy with a bit of bad luck (like we had at the Dream) a better shot to get in if he has the right car. We are just going to race the first two nights like any other night and hope to put ourselves in good position to qualify for the 100-lapper.”
Gregg’s recent success at Lernerville Speedway would certainly classify him as a favorite Friday Night to lock in the Firecracker provisional. He won five features in 2009, including the Mid-Season Championship. So far at Lernerville Speedway in 2010, in limited action, Satterlee has two feature wins, three National Guard Heat Race wins and four top five finishes. His most recent win came on Friday, May 28 when he held off the advances of fellow 2010 two-time Lernerville Feature winner and World of Outlaws Star Chub Frank.
His Firecracker resume is a mixed bag. He finished 15th in the Uncle Sam 30 during the Inaugural Firecracker 100 weekend in 2007. In 2008, Satterlee finished third in his heat to transfer directly into the Firecracker 100 and was the top local finisher in 16th. As mentioned above, he won the Mid-Season Championship last year and had a provisional for the Firecracker 100, but finished a disappointing 27th.
With a little bit of good luck and a heavy right foot, Satterlee will use the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com as his coming out party to show the Dirt Late Model world that he has arrived as one of the best young shoes in the country!!
As mentioned above, this Friday, June 18 is Mid-Season Championship Night for all divisions of Fab Four Racing and the Mid-Season Champion in the DIRTcar Late Models will win a track provisional for the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com!
Tickets for the 4th Annual Firecracker 100 presented by GottaRace.com are selling fast and the new three-day format will cap off a thrilling month of racing at Lernerville Speedway on Thursday-Friday-Saturday, June 24-25-26. The pre-entry list for the $30,000-to-win mega event is loaded with the best Late Model drivers in the country! Don’t miss out on the biggest Late Model race on the east coast! Log on to www.Lernerville.com or call (724) 353-1511 to buy your tickets today!!