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Jason Shank
MERCER, Penn. (July 10) - Gregg Satterlee is a rising star in the world of Dirt Late Model racing and he continued to make a name for himself with a very convincing $4,000 win over Boom Briggs and Rob Blair at Mercer Raceway Park's, O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series sanctioned 'Steel Valley 40'. Gregg held off early challenges from pole sitter Briggs and pulled away from the field to earn his first career All Star victory.
Briggs and Satterlee paced the field at the start with Satterlee jumping out to the early lead. Boom stayed right with the leader as Matt Lux, Jared Miley, Jason Dupont, and Gregg Oakes all battled for the fourth behind Rob Blair in third. The battle for fourth continued until a few lap 9 cautions slowed the pace. The first was for the spun car of Sarver, PA's John Garvin Jr. The second was when Jared Miley slowed in turn two with a flat tire. And the third was for the spun car of Greg Oakes, Jason Morell and Rusty Cade. When racing resumed it was Briggs putting pressure on Satterlee for the lead but another caution on lap 11 for Dan Swartzlander's flat tire again slowed the pace.
On the restart Briggs again to pressure the race leader Satterlee, as Gregg pounded the outside of the ultra-fast 3/8th mile Mercer Raceway Park. Boom finessed the bottom while working his way under Satterlee for the lead. While Briggs battled with Satterlee, the red hot Robbie Blair began reeling in the race leaders. Blair was now right on the rear deck-lid of Briggs as Satterlee started to put a little distance between him and Boom. Briggs now had Blair to contend with as he searched for a faster line.
Briggs and Blair battled side-by-side for a handful of laps before the fourth and fifth place cars of Dupont and Lux joined the duo of Briggs and Blair in the battle for second. Satterlee continued to stretch his lead as the race went on while Blair tried everything he could to get around the #99B of Briggs with Dupont and Lux in tow.
The race stayed green the rest of the way as Satterlee went on to collect his first career O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series win followed by Briggs who held off everything Blair could throw at him. Blair was third followed by Dupont in fourth and Lux in fifth. Finishing sixth was the events Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger John Garvin Jr., giving him his career best ASLMS finish while Jared Miley was seventh, Greg Oakes eighth, Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions fast timer Garrett Krummert was ninth while Brent Rhebergen rounded out the top-ten.
Event Recap:
O'Reilly All Star Late Models at Mercer Raceway Park - July 10, 2010
Event title: 'Steel Valley 40'
Finish / Start / Car # / Driver Name
1. (2) 22S Gregg Satterlee
2. (1) 99B Boom Briggs
3. (3) W11 Robbie Blair
4. (10) N07 Jason DuPont
5. (5) 21 Matt Lux
6. (12) J4 John Garvin
7. (6) H1 Jared Miley
8. (7) 22 Greg Oaks
9. (8) Garrett Krummert
10. (13) 07R Brent Rhebergen
11. (17) 3S Dan Swartzlander
12. (15) 8X Jason Morell
13. (14) 47C Rusty Cade
14. (16) 16B Ben Porter
15. (11) 4 Alex Ferree
16. (9) 37 Jared Hawkins
17. (4) 20H Jacob Hawkins
Car Count: 17
Time of the Event: 22 min
Caution Laps: 9, 11 (2)
Lead Changes: 1
Lap Leaders: Gregg Satterlee (1-40)
Red Flags: 0
Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger: J4 John Garvin
Victory Signs Time Trials presented by Fleming Design Solutions:
Track Record: Track record for Mercer Raceway Park was set in 2009 by Dave Scott (FASTRAK Crate) with a time of 17.065. Garrett Krummet broke that
record with a time of 16.478
Car # / Driver Name / Time
29 Garrett Krummet 16.478
W11 Robbie Blair 16.685
22S Gregg Satterlee 16.716
H1 Jared Miley 16.754
99B Boom Briggs 16.778
07R Brent Rhebergen 16.822
N07 Jason DuPont 16.828
22 Greg Oaks 16.850
21 Matt Lux 16.930
3S Dan Swartzlander 16.958
20H Jacob Hawkins 17.049
J4 John Garvin 17.052
8X Jason Morell 17.114
4 Alex Ferree 17.199
37 Jared Hawkins 17.235
47C Rusty Cade 17.969
16B Ben Porter DQ (light)
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #1: 99B Boom Briggs, H1 Jared Miley, 22S Gregg Satterlee, 22 Greg Oakes, 37 Jared Hawkins, 4 Alex Ferree, 07R Brent Rhebergen, 8X Jason Morell, 3S Dan Swartzlander
Rocket Chassis Heat Race #2: W11 Robbie Blair, 21 Matt Lux, 20H Jacob Hawkins, 29 Garrett Krummet, N07 Jason DuPont, J4 John Garvin, 47C Rusty Cade, 16B Ben Porter
Winner Facts:
Gregg Satterlee drove his family owned Satterlee Petrolium Distributors, East American Motorsports, Integra Shock & Springs, VP Fuels, Daugherty
Motorsports sponsored Rocket Chassis powered by a Custom Race Engine mounted on Integra Shocks and shod with Hoosier Racing Tires.
The win was Gregg's first career win with the Series. Series career win
leader board (Modern Era): Rob Blair 5, Boom Briggs 4, Eddie Carrier
Jr. - 3, Duane Chamberlain 1, Shane Clanton 1, Rod Conley 1, Chub
Frank 1, Jamie Lathroum - 1, Jared Miley - 1, D.J. Myers 1, Gregg
Satterlee 1, Brady Smith - 1.
2010 O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series Event Winners:
April 30 Lernerville Speedway Sarver, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
May 1 KC Raceway Chillicothe, OH Weather
May 15 Hilltop Speedway Millersburg, OH Dave Hess Jr., Waterford, PA
May 16 West Virginia Motor Speedway Mineral Wells, WV Rescheduled for 9/2
May 29/30 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
June 8 Sharon Speedway Hartford, OH Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA
July 2 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
July 3 Central PA Speedway Clearfield, PA Rob Blair, Titusville, PA
July 10 Mercer Raceway Park Mercer, PA Gregg Satterlee, Rochester
Mills, PA
2010 O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series Point Standings:
1. W11 Rob Blair 1466
2. 99B Boom Briggs 1404
3. H1 Jared Miley 1368
4. 22S Gregg Satterlee 1344
5. 22 Greg Oakes 1332
6. 21 Matt Lux 1276
7. J4 John Garvin Jr. 1256
8. 1P Darren Peters 1014
9. 37 Jared Hawkins 964
10. Dave Hess Jr. 760
Frankland Racing Supply Hard Charger Points:
1. H1 Jared Miley 25
2. W11 Rob Blair 21
3. 44 Dave Hess Jr. 18
4. 22S Gregg Satterlee 16
5. 37 Jared Hawkins 15
5. 22 Greg Oakes 15
7. 21 Matt Lux 12
8. J4 John Garvin Jr. 12
9. 1P Darren Peters 4
10. 99B Boom Briggs 3
Additional information on the O'Reilly All Star Late Model Series can be
found on www.oreillyallstars.com.
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