PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Gregg Satterlee capitalized on a front-row starting spot to pick up his record fourth ULMS Racing Series Butch Renninger Memorial Race Saturday night over Michael Norris, Austin Berry, Rick Eckert and Alex Ferree.
The win was Satterlee’s second of the season at the Speedway and was worth a race-record $7,333 in memory of the legendary Renninger.
Satterlee lined up from the pole position alongside of Berry and it was Satterlee getting the early jump to lead the opening lap. Third-place starter, Ferree, settled into the runner-up spot followed by Berry, Norris and Eckert.
Little changed over the opening 11 laps of the 33-lap feature event, until Jared Miley came to a slow exiting turn two to bring out the caution.
While Satterlee remained steady up front following the return to green-flag action, Berry was the benefactor of the restart as he slid by Ferree for the runner-up spot.
Eighth-place starter, Gary Stuhler, moved into the fifth position on the restart as well, while ninth-place starter Colton Flinner moved to sixth.
It only took two more laps for Norris to dispatch of Ferree for the final podium spot and the driver of the No. 72 set his sights on Berry. Just past the halfway mark Norris made his move on Berry for the runner-up position and with 10 laps to go the margin between him and Satterlee was just 1.138 seconds.
Norris closed the gap several times over the final ten circuits, but Satterlee kept opening the distance throughout lapped traffic.
When the checkered flag dropped, Satterlee held a 1.552 advantage over Norris and the only thing left to do was to take a trip to victory lane to celebrate with the Renninger family.
Flinner, Stuhler, fast-time award winner Hayes Mattern, Mason Zeigler and Tyler Emory completed the top ten. Ross Robinson finished 14th after starting 20th on the grid to earn the night’s Georges Used Cars Hard Charger Award.
Spike Moore shocked the local Selinsgrove Ford Limited Late Model field of cars to pick up his first career Port Royal Speedway victory over Dillan Stake, Andrew Yoder, Trent Brenneman and Devin Hart.
Devon Borden scored his second career Weikert’s Livestock 410 Sprint Car victory in dominating fashion over Danny Dietrich, Justin Whittall, Lance Dewease and Brian Brown.
The Finish:
Feature: 1. Gregg Satterlee, 2. Michael Norris, 3. Austin Berry, 4. Rick Eckert, 5. Alex Ferree, 6. Colton Flinner, 7. Gary Stuhler, 8. Hayes Mattern, 9. Mason Zeigler, 10. Tyler Emory, 11. Dylan Yoder, 12. Donald Lingo Jr, 13. Coleby Frye, 14. Ross Robinson, 15. Jeff Rine, 16. Justin Weaver, 17. Chad Myers, 18. Nick Dickson, 19. Trevor Collins, 20. Jason Schmidt, 21. Danny Snyder, 22. Matt Cosner, 23. Matt Lux, 24. Jared Miley, 25. Dave Stamm