7/11/2025
Selinsgrove Speedway
Satterlee Tops LM Speedweek With Win After Month Break, Duke/Fulkroad/Kent Visit Victory Lane For First Time
Written by Bert Wojcik
It's a rarity in Central PA these days, a Friday with no rain. While clouds darken all around the Selinsgrove Speedway on Friday night, Mother nature finally showed mercy to finish up Appalachian Mountain Super Late Model Speedweek presented by Selinsgrove Ford almost one month to the day when the event was supposed to be run but was ruined by a last minute downpour that forced the cancellation back on June 12th. The month-long wait was worth it as Indiana, PA’s Gregg Satterlee won his third feature of Speedweek and clinched his third straight Appalachian Mountain Super Late Model Speedweek presented by Selinsgrove Ford Championship Title. The Keller’s Auto Body PA Sprint Series 305’s were back in action at Selinsgrove with Selinsgrove’s own Ken Duke Jr. wiring the field for his 8th career 305 win at the Snyder County oval. Port Royal’s Jared Fulkroad broke Lane Snook’s Selinsgrove winning streak by picking up his 3rd career Limited Late Model win. The Superior Homes Street Stocks made their long awaited debut with Woodsboro, MD's Steve Kent picking up his first career Selinsgrove win.
25 Appalachian Mountain Super Late Model Speedweek presented by Selinsgrove Ford signed in for the $6,000 to win feature presented by Donnie’s Automotive. Satterlee, joined by Jonestown, PA’s Bryan Bernheisel shared the front row after the dash set the first three rows of the feature event. Satterlee took the early advantage in turns one and two. Shermandale’s Shaun Jones made quick work of Bernheisel for the second spot and ran down Satterlee for the lead. Jones pulled side by side with Satterlee and they would continue to be side by side for the next 2 laps until Jones missed the bottom and Satterlee used the high side to his advantage to pull away. All this in the first five laps of the feature. Jones would reel Satterlee back in and go door-to-door on lap 8. Jones would then clear Satterlee, but Satterlee was not done yet. He tried to pull even but the bottom was starting to come in. Jones would pull away as he reached the back of the field for the first time. Satterlee would fall back to a three-way battle for the 2nd spot with Mercersburg, PA's Kyle Lee and Beavertown, PA's Hayes Mattern. Lee would have second for the moment, but a lap car used as a pick would allow Satterlee to retain second. Mattern would come around Lee for 3rd and fight with Satterlee for second as they closed back in on Jones for the lead. Satterlee would go up on the high side and take the lead, but Jones would be saved by the caution as Danny Snyder came to a stop with a flat tire, bringing out the caution on lap 20.
A single file restart would follow. Satterlee would try once again to use the high side to get around Jones. He used what was left in the middle line to run around Jones and to pull away. Mattern would close in on Jones with 10 laps to go. Satterlee would get to the back of the field once again. Jones and Mattern, as well as Lee, would close back in with the help of lap traffic. Fortunately for him, Satterlee was too far gone as he won his second feature of the year and 7th career win at Selinsgrove. Jones, Mattern, Lee and current Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model Points Leader, York’s Rick Eckert, rounded out the top 5. Jeff Rine of Danville, PA was the Hard Charger, passing 7 cars.
“I couldn't stay down on the bottom the first part of the race,” Satterlee said to Steve Inch in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “Jones got off the bottom really well. Luckily as the race went on, my tires got underneath me. I was able to get a better balance once we got some clean track.”
27 Keller's Auto Body PASS 305 Sprint Cars signed in for the night's action. Hollidaysburg, PA Jarrett Cavalet and Middletown, NY’s Christian Rumsey started on the front row. Ken Duke did not take long to get to the front and made it three wide in turn one to take the lead. He quickly got out to a big lead to start the 20 lap main event. Caution would fly on lap 8 when Mike Melair would come to a stop on the top of turn 4. He would not return.
Duke would get into heavy lap traffic in the closing stages of the feature. Rumsey would do his best to try and close in on Duke, but Ken Duke would not be denied as he won his first Keller’s Auto Body PA Sprint Series 305 feature at Selinsgrove for 2025. Rumsey, Timmy Bittner, Kenny Heffner and Cavalet rounded out the top 5. Len Krautheim Auto Sales Hard Charger Honors would go to Paul Moyer, who gained 9 spots in the feature event.
“The car was perfect,” Duke said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “Made some changes and it worked better than I imagined, especially with the way the track was. I didn't know if Rumsey would come. Luckily when the caution came out, it gave me a breather and I could refocus for the second half of the event.”
26 Limited Late Models signed in for the third feature of the night. The question coming in was could anyone knock off Mifflintown’s Lane Snook? He has been one of the hottest drivers in the country when it comes to any division of late models. "Juicebox” was on a three race winning streak at Selinsgrove. But he had his work cut out for him as he would have to try and come from the 8th starting spot to make it four in a row.
Mechanicsburg's Daulton Bigler and Dover, PA's Coleby Frye would bring the field to green where Bigler would take the lead off of turn two. Frye would push off the bottom, opening the door for Fulkroad and Mercersburg, PA’s Treyton Lee to get around Frye for second and third on the first lap. Fulkroad would get around Lee for the second spot to complete the first lap with Bigler leading. Bigler would pull out to a massive early lead until the caution came out as Wesley Bonebrake would slow in turn four with 17 laps remaining
The restart would see Bigler get away from Fulkroad again. Bigler would get into lap traffic at the halfway point and Fulkroad would use that to his advantage. It’s one thing to catch a car, but it’s another thing to pass him once you get to him. Fulkroad’s patience paid off as Bigler got out of the groove in turns one and two which allowed Fulkroad to get around him on the bottom and take the lead with 6 laps remaining. Bigler would lose 2 spots to Frye and Snook but then got back around Snook. When Frye pushed up out of the groove, Snook took a two for one on the bottom to get around both Frye and Bigler for second with 4 laps to go. The hunt was on for Snook to try and catch Fulkroad. Just then, John Shoch would go around on the back straight away while trying to enter the pits, erasing the advantage Fulkroad had built.
The green would be short lived as Travis Mease went around in turn three on the restart. It came down to a two lap shootout between Fulkroad and Snook. Fulkroad would use the clean track to his advantage as Jared Fulkroad won his first Limited Late Model win at Selinsgrove of 2025, his first since July of 2020. Snook, Frye, Bigler and Lee rounded out the top 5. The MAPCO Machine Shop Hard Charger went to Lane Snook, who gained 6 spots in the 20 lap event.
“I didn't even picture us being here tonight,” Fulkroad said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “We’ve been struggling with cars this year. I've got to apologize to Daulton Bigler. I had a head of steam and made some contact with him. But to be up here is an amazing feeling.”
The final feature of the night was the debut of the Superior Home Street Stocks, making their long awaited debut in a 15 lap feature only event. Street Stocks are the former Roadrunner Division with some rule changes to help make the competition a little more equal and comparable to other tracks. New Bloomfield’s Jason Trump and Richfield’s AJ Hoffman started on the front row. Hoffman wasted no time to get around Trump. Steve Kent would work the bottom of Trump, but Trump would spin and back the car into the turn three wall, bringing out the caution once again.
On the restart, Annville’s Jasen Geesaman would go to the inside and pass before the cone. That would cost him two spots during the next stoppage of the race, either a caution or the checkered. Geesaman would get around Kent for the second spot and was closing on Hoffman. Geesaman would look low on Hoffman and take the lead as Hoffman went way high and Kent would move around him as well. With the remainder of the feature going green, Geesaman would take the checkered flag first. However, since he passed to the inside of the cone on a restart, he was penalized two spots at the next stoppage of the race, which was the checkers. Geesaman would be moved back to the third spot and Steve Kent would have his first Superior Homes Street Stock Feature win at Selinsgrove fall right into his lap. Brad Mitch would move up to second with Geesaman, Brandon Moser and Aiden Mitch wrapping up the top 5. Brad Mitch picked up the Ricey's Lawn Care Hard Charger award, going +9.
“We had the car a little too tight,” Kent said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “Had a lot of rear brakes in the car to help rotate it. I’m sorry to Jasen. I’m running his car tonight but we got one of us in victory lane that’s all that matters."
Selinsgrove Speedway will be back in two weeks with a doubleheader weekend for the rescheduled Military Appreciation Night. The racing card will feature the Lil' Bob Memorial Street Stock 20 for the Superior Homes Street Stocks. Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Models, Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models, and the IMT USAC East Coast Wingless 360 Sprint Cars join them on Saturday, July 26th.
With a quick turnaround, on Sunday, July 27th the High Caliber Cranes 410 Sprint Cars return for the Opperman/Bogar/Heintzelman Memorial paying $10,099 to win with Wingless Super Sportsman on the card, as well.
Submitted By: Jenna Mowery
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