Submitted by Terry Whetstone
SATTERLEE MAKES DOG HOLLOW RETURN A WINNING ONE
STRONGSTOWN, PA – Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills returned to Dog Hollow Speedway for the first time this season and walked away with the Scanlon Chiropractic Trophy in the Townsend Gas and Oil Super Late Model feature Friday night at Dog Hollow Speedway.
Troy Shields of Acme copped his first ever Stoystown Auto Wreckers Fastrak Late Models and Eric Ager of Nicktown picked up his career first win in the Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks.
Repeat winners included: Nick Goss of Punxsutawney in the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Street Stocks, Wild Bill Hassenplug in the Four Cylinder Sidewinders and Bob Pease of Blairsville remained undefeated in the Modified Four Cylinders.
In the Super Late Models Mike Blose and John Britsky led the field to the start with Blose taking the lead and Britsky in second. As they set the early pace, Clate Copeman held third as Sammy Stile, Shane McMeans and Gregg Satterlee fought for third. On lap six Stile took second away from Britsky as Satterlee relieved him of third on lap seven.
With Stile in second Blose continued to lead but on lap 11, Stile lost second to a hard charging Satterlee who set his sights on Blose.
As the leaders were encountering another caution, Satterlee was all over Blose, then on lap 11 Satterlee was able to get the lead after a door-to-door battle with Blose that ended up with Blose losing several positions. As the checkered flag waved, it was all Satterlee with Steve Everhart closing in second, Stile held on to third, Blose was fifth and Copeman was fifth. Heat wins went to Britsky and McMeans.
Troy Shields beat Brian Lessley off the line to start the Fastrak Late Model feature and held the field of 24-cars off the entire distance. As Shields led, Lesley, Joe Moyer and Tommy Snyder battled for second , before Snyder nailed down the position and set his sights on leader Shields. Mike Laughard and Andrew Satterlee also got into the mix, but when Kevin Smyers threw the checkered flag it was Shields getting his career first Dog Hollow win. Snyder, Satterlee, Andrew Wylie and Jeremy Zufall completed the top five. Heat wins were split between Shields, Snyder and Laughard.
David Rocker beat Nick Goss into the first turn to start the Street Stock feature, with Rocker and the pair ran side-by-side the first four laps, before Goss was finally able to take the lead. Once he had the top spot, Rocker fought back, but Rocker couldn’t find the power to get past Goss, then as the field headed under the checkered flag, Rocker lost second to Ray Hickok. The final top five were Goss, Hickok, Rocker, Jeff Sweeney and Corey Neal. Goss and Andy Klingensmith won the heats.
For the second time this season the Pure Stock feature was won after the victory lane ceremony ended. Adam Pletcher and Jim Hamilton led the field to the start, with Pletcher taking the lead and Justin Queen moving into second from his fourth place starting spot. On lap four, Queen took the lead after Pletcher went high in the fourth turn.
As the pair led, Matt Summers and Eric Ager battled for third, with the first caution waving on lap 10. On the restart, Pletcher jumped the restart, passing Queen as the pair sped away from the field Ager was able to get third from Summers, but another caution flew on lap 13 and Pletcher was docked two spots for jumping, this put Ager in second and he could not get past Queen the final three laps. At the line Queen was first, with Ager, Pletcher, Summers and Hamilton in the top five, but Queen was disqualified for his shocks while Pletcher was disqualified for his actions in front of the crowd. The new top five were Ager winning for the first time ever, with Summers now second, Hamilton third, Dave Day Jr., fourth and Matt Krause fifth. Heat wins went to Summers and Krause.
Ray Edwards jumped out to an early lead at the start of the Four Cylinder Sidewinder feature then it was Mike Phillipson who was sitting in second and was all over Edwards for the lead, but then on lap five, Phillipson took the lead and held off Edwards then Wild Bill Hassenplug until the 12th lap, when John Costa took the lead, but he couldn’t hold off Hassenplug, who took the lead on the final lap and took the victory. Chris Yoder was second, Sean Fitzpatrick was third, Jason Mullen was fourth and Costa was fifth. Heat wins went to Phillipson, Jack Theys and Tim Lamer.
The Modified Four Cylinders were led to the start by Mark Maglet and Rick Lamer, but it was Chris Hickok who led the first laps, with Jesse Laughard in second and Bob Pease quickly in third after starting 12th. The pair then passed Hickok for the lead and began to run side-by-side for the lead, with Pease taking the lead on lap seven and never looking back, as he went on to get his fourth straight win. Laughard was second with Maglet, Martin Visosky and Paul Little completing the top five. Heat wins went to Pease and Hickok.
DOG TRAX: 109 cars filled the pits, including 18 Super Late Models, 24 Fastrak Late Models, 12 Street Stocks, 15 Pure Stocks, 28 Four Cylinder Sidewinders and 12 Modified Four Cylinders…The Four Cylinder Sidewinder Shoot out was won by Gene Charles after Mike Phillipson spun Bill Hassenplug into the wall. Phillipsson was disqualified and Hassenplug could not continue…Coming up this week is a regular show for a regular show for the Townsend Gas and Oil Super Late Models, Stoystown Auto Wreckers Fastrak Late Models, Hooseir Tire Mid Atlantic Street Stocks, Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks and Four Cylinder sidewinders and Modified Four Cylinders with sponsorship by Townsend Gas and Oil plue the Pure Stock Shoot-out paying $100 to win and $40 for second…Also coming up on July 17th it’s the inaugural Connor Bobik Memorial Revolution 2011 sponsored by Townsend Gas and Oil as the UFO Late Models compete for $4,000 to win. Plus, for the first time in track history, the 410 Sprints will be on had paying $2,500 To win along with the FASTRAK Late Models for $1,000 to win. For more details or the complete schedule check out the website at www.dog-hollow.net
SUMMARY
Townsend Gas and Oil Super Late Models: 1. Gregg Satterlee, Rochester Mills; 2. Steve Everhart, 3. Sammy Stile, 4. Mike Blose, 5. Clate Copeman, 6. Dwayne Taneyhill, 7. Jerry Redden, 8. Dan Lee, 9. Randy Smithley, 10. Jim Kurpakus, 11. Bill Burns, 12. John Britsky, 13. Ryan Christoff, 14. Shane McMeans, 15. Ryan Krause, 16. Dane Laraway. DNS: Rick Davis and Denny Fenton.
Stoystown Auto Wreckers Fastrak Late Models: 1. Troy Shields, Acme; 2. Tommy Snyder, 3. Andrew Satterlee, 4. Andrew Wylie, 5. Jeremy Zufall, 6. Shane Weaver, 7. Jim Boyer, 8. Ken Herman, 9. Tim Snare Jr., 10. Brian Lessley, 11. Billy Stile III, 12. Rich Logan, 13. Maurice Thompson, 14. John Mazey, 15. Matt Bassaro, 16. Wes McKeel, 17. Mike Laughard, 18. Joe Brawley, 19. John Eckenrod. 20. Robbie Marhefka, 21. Joe Moyer, 22. Joey Petyak, 23. Sierra Records. DNS: Sam Eichelberger
Hooseir Tire Mid Atlantic Street Stocks: 1. Nick Goss, Punxsutawney; 2. Ray Hickok, 3. David Rocker, 4. Jeff Sweeney, 5. Corey Neal, 6. Andy Klingensmith, 7. Charlie Trice, 8. Alex Kirsch.
Brush Valley Tire Pure Stocks: 1. Eric Ager, Nicktown, 2. Matt Summers, 3. Jimmy Hamilton, 4. Dave Day Jr., 5. Matt Krause, 6. Steve Scaife, 7. Chris Wolfe, 8. Charlie Boring, 9. Brian Ray, 10. Lee Fitzpatrick.
Four Cylinder Sidewinders: 1. Bill Hassenplug, Gallitzin; 2. Chris Yoder, 3. Sean Fitzpatrick, 4. Jason Mullen, 5. John Costa, 6. Jay Schettini, 7. Jack Theys, 8. Jayson Newlin, 9. Gus Davis, 10. Tyler Smay.
Modified Four Cylinders: 1. Bob Pease, Blairsville, 2. Jesse Laughard, 3. Mark Maglet, 4. Martin Vinosky, 5. Paul Little, 6. Jesse Short, 7. Rick Lamer, 8. Robert Lydic, 9. Ashley Britsky, 10. Dana Krouse.