5/3/2025
Selinsgrove Speedway
5/2/25 - The Full Story
May 3rd, 2025
Written by Bert Wojcik
Selinsgrove, PA - Bountiful sunshine and a light breeze greeted fans and teams as they made their way to the Selinsgrove Speedway on Friday night for the third night of racing of the 2025 season. Full Fender Friday, as it was dubbed, saw a three division show with two first time winners and a lot of mayhem. The night started out a tad behind after track crews put extra water on to the track to help prevent some issues from last week. A heavy track made for some tricky conditions out there, but in the end, Indiana, PA’s Gregg “The Truth” Satterlee picked up his 6th career Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Model win. Mifflintown’s Lane Snook took his first career Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models win at Selinsgrove. Finally, Jasen Geesaman of Annville took his first career Superior Homes Roadrunner feature at the Fastest Half Mile on the East Coast.
Beavertown’s Hayes Mattern and Shermansdale’s Mike Lupfer led the field of 24 Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Models to the green flag. It did not take long for Lupfer to take the early lead from Mattern. The track started to widen out and that allowed for Satterlee to find his way around Mattern and start looking for Lupfer. By lap 8, Lupfer was in lap traffic. The lap car of Dave Stamm impeded Lupfer's progress, allowing Satterlee an opportunity to contend for the lead. Lupfer went high and used the 10 of Stamm as a pick to hold up Satterlee. The next lap, yellow would fly for the first caution for Andrew Yoder’s rear end locking up and needing to be towed off. Then Austin Berry’s left rear tire exploded on lap 10.
This is where things got crazy. As the field was coming back to green, Berry tried to rejoin the field. There was an official attempting to stop the car as the yellow lights were already off and the field was just about in the restart zone. Berry ignored the official and went on to the track as the field was coming off of turn 4 coming back to green. The field tried its best to scramble but unfortunately Jonestown’s Jim Bernheisel and Manchester’s Randy Christine Jr. made heavy contact with the rear of Berry’s 86. Berry was parked for the remainder of the night and was DQ’d for entering the track under green conditions, losing all points for May 2nd. Additional penalties are forthcoming. Christine was done for the night due to the damage sustained. Bernhiesel, with most of the right side of the car collapsed, attempted to continue, but would pull in for the night several laps later.
On the ensuing restart, Satterlee took the high side on the Delaware Double File Restart and charged around Lupfer in turns one and two. This is when he threw the keys on the counter and checked out quickly. On the next lap, Kody Lyter and Nathan Long would come together and spin in turn 2. On the following restart after taking the green and coming to turn 3, Green Lane PA’s Danny Snyder would spin and trigger a 7 car pile up which saw Dylan Yoder of Middleburg take several rolls. Great news was that all 7 drivers including Snyder and Yoder, Tim Wilson, Kenny Trevitz, Matt Sponagule, Nathan Long, and Kody Lyter were all uninjured in the incident. That would put us under a lengthy red to clean up the mess.
Back to green, April 18th winner, New Oxford’s Rick Eckert, would challenge Lupfer for the 3rd spot. He got loose off of turn 2 and would stay in third. Meanwhile over in 3 and 4, Coleby Frye would get high, wide, and handsome and allow Danville’s Jeff Rine to take a two for one deal for the 6th spot getting around Frye and Matt Cochran. The caution would fly over in turn 4 for debris at the halfway point, with 13 laps to go.
3 laps later, caution would fly again after Jeff Rine pulled a slide job on Frye for the 5th spot. At that time, Frye seemed to have a tire start to go down and was losing all sorts of spots. Finally the tire let loose and would shred all down the back stretch. On the restart, Eckert would finally get around Lupfer for the 3rd spot and was working his way to Mattern for 2nd. Behind them Rine was closing in on Lupfer’s 4th position. Rine checked up allowing, Cochran to close in on the battle. As Cochran was trying the high side on Lupfer, Rine went around the bottom, 3 wide for the 3rd spot.
Up front, Satterlee was all alone and took the checkered flag for his first win at Selinsgrove since 2023. Eckert second, Rine third, Cochran fourth, and Mattern rounded out the top 5.
“Definitely had some breaks tonight,” Satterlee said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “Tore the nose off during the first lap of the heat race and was lucky enough to still make the redraw. We had a really good car in the feature. Had my hands full trying not to drive over the cushion, but not getting away from it to lose too much speed. I was ready to see this one end. Track was demanding tonight. They haven't had it this wet in a long time.”
The 20 Lap Creekside Auto Sale Limited Late Model main event presented by Lebarron's Auto Salvage went green with Mifflintown’s Ryan Zook and Millville’s Casey Steinhoff leading the field to green. Ryan Zook took the field into turn 1. Completing lap 1, Steinhoff was all over the deck lid of Zook as the field charged into turn 1 for the second time. 3rd place Tyson Mowery was batting with Travis Mease. While in the middle of turn 3 Mowery spun in front of the field. Coleby Frye made contact with some damage. Mowery collected Maddox Smith, Cayden Ranck, Dan Zechman, Daulton Bigler, and Chad Smith. Red was thrown due to the track being blocked. Mowery, Zechman, and Bigler would be done for the night.
Green would come back out on lap 2 where Ryan Zook continued to lead. Lane Snook would come after Mease for the 3rd spot. Snook got a little loose and lost ground on Mease. Meanwhile Frye, who started in the rear on the restart, was already up to 10th on lap 7 and wouldn't take long to get around Meade Hahn and Kyle Moser for 9th and 8th.
On lap 8, Steinhoff tried to capitalize on Zook jumping the cushion off of turn 4. On the next lap, Zook would push up again allowing Steinhoff to get around Zook for the lead at the halfway point. Snook would start his charge getting around Mease for 3rd. Up front, Zook would not go away in trying to get the lead back, keeping Steinhoff in striking distance. Behind them, Frye would get around last week's winner Andrew Yoder to make his way back in the top 5.
Zook and Snook would start a battle with 6 laps to go. Steinhoff pushes up the track and that brings both Zook and Snook closer to Steinhoff. In 3 and 4, Zook would push over the cushion and Snook capitalized on the mistake to take 2nd. Steinhoff couldn't clear the lap car of Chad Smith. Snook was on the bumper of Steinhoff. Meanwhile Frye got around Zook for the 3rd spot and was closing fast on the top 2. Then coming to two to go, Snook gets under Steinhoff while he was pushing up the track to take the lead. Right as Snook took the white, the 99 of Chad Smith would come to a stop bringing out the caution and triggering a one lap shootout.
On the restart, Snook got a great restart to pull away from Steinhoff and Frye. Frye would go up high and get around Steinhoff for 2nd. By the time he got out of turn 2, Snook was about 5 car lengths ahead going into three. Snook pushed up, but so did Frye, and that would clinch the first career Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Model win for Snook. Frye settles for 2nd in a fantastic comeback, Steinhoff 3rd, Yoder 4th, and Zook 5th.
“I had a lot of fun in the feature” Snook said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “This car was really good in dirty air and I knew I could move around really well. We always had nothing but bad luck here at the track. But to get a win on both the little and the big track is pretty cool.”
Nightcap was the 15 lap Superior Homes Roadrunner Feature event. 13 cars took the green with Evan Foust of Knoxville, Maryland and Nate Stroup of Middleburg bringing the field to the green. Foust would take the early lead. Jasen Geesaman would go from 6th to 3rd in one lap and be on the hunt for the lead fairly quickly. Finishing lap 3, Foust and Geesaman were side by side for the lead. Geesaman would clear Foust and take the lead and start to pull away. Not long after, Alex Updegraff and Brad Mitch would close in on Foust for the 3rd spot. Updegraff would get in the bumper of Foust, but Foust held strong to keep the 2nd spot. Updegraff would push up the track and Brad Mitch would take the advantage and take 3rd away from Updegraff. Yellow would come out for debris off of the tire of Keith Bissinger’s right rear. He would rejoin.
On the restart, the top 3 all restarted very well. Foust looked under Geesaman for the lead. Foust lost momentum and was side by side with Updegraff. Mitch was also there, but Foust shut the door on both of them. Next lap, Updegraff gives Mitch the bottom. Mitch cleared Updegraff for 3rd off of 2. By the time he reached turn 4 he was in second with a slide job on Foust. Yellow would come out for the 3 of Tom Brunson losing the driveshaft on the front stretch.
Restart came with 5 laps remaining. Updegraff tries to go low on Mitch on the restart in turn 1. Mitch holds his line and holds on to second. Geesaman pulled away from the field to collect his first career Superior Homes Roadrunner Feature at Selinsgrove. Mitch, Foust, Jake Jones, and Updegraff rounded out the top 5.
“These guys are tough, they work a lot on their cars,” Geesaman said in High Caliber Cranes Victory Lane. “This car is really good here. We built this small tire car to be able to go to different places. Glad we came. This is a lot of fun here.”
Racing resumes on Saturday, May 10th with Ladies Night and Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown night, featuring the Selinsgrove Ford Super Late Models, Creekside Auto Sales Limited Late Models, Superior Homes Roadrunners, and Keller’s Auto Body PASS 305 Sprints.
Roadrunner Teams - This Saturday, May 10th, we will be having a meeting for all Roadrunner drivers at 5:15 pm at the tech shed, located in the infield. We will be discussing the scope and future schedule of the division. It is necessary for ALL drivers to be present or send a representative to this meeting.
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