Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills scored the $5,000 victory in Saturday night’s 24th Annual Jeff’s Auto Body Late Model Open at Selinsgrove Speedway.
The victory in the 35-lap Open was the fourth of Satterlee’s career at Selinsgrove, and he became the sixth different late model winner in as many races at the track this season.
Second-place starter Bryan Bernheisel pulled into the early lead at the start of the Late Model Open. B. Bernheisel was chased by fourth-place starter Gregg Satterlee for the first two laps until Satterlee made the winning pass using the outside lane down the backstretch on lap three.
By lap five, Satterlee stretched his lead to nearly a half straightaway over B. Bernheisel and polesitter Andy Haus. The event’s first caution flag waved on lap six when Brett Schadel got sideways in turn two.
When the race resumed, Satterlee opened up a lead over B. Bernheisel, Haus, third-place starter Matt Cosner, and fifth-place starter Jim Bernheisel. At the halfway point, Satterlee began to encounter heavy traffic but was able to open his lead to a straightaway.
With 10 laps to race, Cosner started to show a lot of speedway and drove by B. Bernheisel for the runner-up position. He set his sights on Satterlee and gained real estate in slower traffic. The final caution flag waved on lap 33, setting up a chase to the checkered flag.
Cosner attempted to stick with Satterlee but came up several car-lengths short at the finish. Haus, B. Bernheisel and eighth-place stater Andrew Yoder rounded out the top five.
SUPER LATE MODELS – 28 Entries
35-Lap Late Model Open: 1) 22 Gregg Satterlee 2) 66 Matt Cosner 3) 76 Andy Haus 4) 119 Bryan Bernheisel 5) 2 Andrew Yoder 6) F1 Coleby Frye 7) 31 Jim Bernheisel 8) 0 Rick Eckert 9) 24 Dylan Yoder 10) 2J Jeff Rine 11) 1B Kirk Baker 12) 22 Brett Schadel 13) 27 Jim Yoder 14) 10S Dave Stamm 15) 10 Jared Miley 16) 44 Danny Snyder 17) 2 Dan Stone 18) 7 Meade Hahn 19) 63 Nathan Long 20) 3 Tim Wilson 21) 1 Gene Knaub 22) 25 Jared Seifert 23) 32J Shaun Jones 24) 17 Nick Dickson
Heat Winners: Rick Eckert, Andy Haus, Jim Bernheisel, Gregg Satterlee
B-Main: Jared Miley
Group A Time Trials: 1) 0 Rick Eckert 20.216 2) 76 Andy Haus 20.556 3) 9 Hayes Mattern 21.091 4) 10S Dave Stamm 21.169 5) 2 Dan Stone 21.249 6) 2Y Andrew Yoder 21.272 7) 63 Nathan Long 21.385 8) 10 Jared Miley 21.486 9) F1 Coleby Frye 21.630 10) 7 Meade Hahn 21.644 11) 32J Shaun Jones 21.724 12) G05 Paul Spear 21.899 13) 25K Kody Lyter 22.433 14) 25 Jared Seifert DNT
Group B Time Trials: 1) 31 Jim Bernheisel 20.689 2) 22S Gregg Satterlee 20.763 3) 24 Dylan Yoder 20.914 4) 3 Tim Wilson 21.039 5) 2J Jeff Rine 21.058 6) 66C Matt Cosner 21.083 7) 119 Bryan Bernheisel 21.109 8) 27 Jim Yoder 21.240 9) 17 Nick Dickson 21.297 10) 11B Kirk Baker 21.377 11) 61 Ken Trevitz 21.640 12) 44 Danny Snyder 21.649 13) 22 Brett Schadel 21.689 14) 1 Gene Knaub 21.915