Tyler Erb (left) and Gregg Satterlee (right) scored victories in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action at Hagerstown Speedway and Port Royal Speedway over the weekend. Photos: LOLMDS/Twitter (left), Heath Lawson (right)
Tyler Erb and Gregg Satterlee both visited victory lane in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series competition over the weekend.
Erb was the winner on Saturday night at Maryland’s Hagerstown Speedway, while Satterlee topped the competiton on Sunday at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway.
It was a clean sweep for Tyler Erb on Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway as the 25-year-old Texas native set fast time, won his heat, and led all 50 laps to win the Conococheague 50.
Defending race winner Tim McCreadie finished in second followed by Gregg Satterlee in third, Kyle Hardy in fourth, and Devin Moran in fifth.
With the win, Erb becomes the 13th different winner in 14 Lucas Oil races held at Hagerstown Speedway, which is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year.
Erb jumped to the lead at the start of the race. Only one caution flag slowed Erb during the event.
Bryan Bernheisel pressured Erb until McCreadie, who had scored a thrilling last lap victory a year ago at Hagerstown, passed Bernheisel on lap four to take second. McCreadie was running a different line than Erb and got within a couple of car lengths as the two battled up to the lap 28 yellow.
After the caution Erb went unchallenged for the lead the rest of the way as McCreadie fell into the clutches of Hardy and Satterlee. Hardy was looking for a podium finish in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, but Satterlee was able to wrestle the spot away from him with 12 laps remaining.
This win was not only Erb’s first ever win at Hagerstown, but also the first at this track for his crew chief Randall Edwards.
“That’s the way we draw it out every week to have a night like this, but it doesn’t always pan out,” said Erb. “I am glad we got this in with the weather and everything. It was really a good crowd for not the most desirable weather conditions. I can’t believe it honestly. The first time I came here I was so bad, it was unbelievable, last year we got a little bit better but to win this year just means a lot.”
On Sunday,Gregg Satterlee inherited the lead in the River Valley 40 at Port Royal Speedway when the top two running cars of Kyle Larson and Earl Pearson, Jr. both ran into difficulty on the 25th lap of the race. Satterlee dominated the remainder of the race to get his third career win in the series.
Brandon Sheppard finished in second with Tim McCreadie rounding out the podium in third. Jimmy Owens was fourth with Tyler Erb finishing fifth.
Larson and Pearson ran in the top two spots at the drop of the green with Larson grabbing the early lead. The duo put on a show in the race for the lead as they started to encounter lapped traffic by the 14th circuit. That didn’t matter as Larson and Pearson continued to race hard for the top spot slicing and dicing through lapped cars. The top two were starting to be reeled in by Sheppard and Satterlee as a four-car battle for the lead was ensuing.
Suddenly heading off turn four after some close quarters racing, Larson and Pearson made contact resulting in Larson spinning in front of the field and a broken steering component on Pearson’s car; drawing a caution and ending Pearson’s night.
Satterlee had closed on the race leaders before the caution but inherited the top spot during the single caution of the event. In the final 15 laps of the race Satterlee pulled away from the field for a 3.8 second advantage at the finish line over Sheppard and McCreadie to score his first series win since 2018.
The 37-year-old Pennsylvania native became the eighth different winner this season with the series.
“Honestly from the center of turn three until you get to turn four you can’t see anything, so I don’t know happened down there,” Satterlee said. “I could see one of them spinning, but luckily Larson was far enough around the corner because I wouldn’t have seen him. I guess this is our lucky day. I thought with that deal in the heat race I had ruined our night. Everything fell our way tonight. I have always wanted a Lucas Oil win here. This is definitely our favorite track to race at and it’s always nice to win here in front of these fans.”
For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit LucasDirt.com.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Hagerstown Speedway – Hagerstown, MD
Conococheague 50 – April 9, 2022
1. 1T-Tyler Erb
2. 39-Tim McCreadie
3. 22-Gregg Satterlee
4. 45-Kyle Hardy
5. 9-Devin Moran
6. 20-Jimmy Owens
7. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
8. 66C-Matt Cosner
9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
10. 25-Shane Clanton
11. 1S-Brandon Sheppard
12. 8-Kyle Strickler
13. 89-Ashton Winger
14. 58-Garrett Alberson
15. 18D-Daulton Wilson
16. 0E-Rick Eckert
17. 15C-Jason Covert
18. 2T-Kyle Lee
19. 32J-Justin Weaver
20. 7-Ross Robinson
21. 4-Gary Stuhler
22. 71-Hudson O’Neal
23. 119-Bryan Bernheisel
24. 11-Spencer Hughes
25. 20F-Trever Feathers
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, PA
River Valley 40 – April 10, 2022
1. 22-Gregg Satterlee
2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard
3. 39-Tim McCreadie
4. 20-Jimmy Owens
5. 1T-Tyler Erb
6. 89-Ashton Winger
7. 7-Ross Robinson
8. 48-Colton Flinner
9. 66C-Matt Cosner
10. 111V-Max Blair
11. 25-Shane Clanton
12. 9-Devin Moran
13. 24-Dylan Yoder
14. 4-Gary Stuhler
15. 6-Kyle Larson
16. 2T-Kyle Lee
17. 58-Garrett Alberson
18. 11-Spencer Hughes
19. 71-Hudson O’Neal
20. 86-Austin Berry
21. 18D-Daulton Wilson
22. 0E-Rick Eckert
23. 46-Earl Pearson, Jr.
24. 20F-Trever Feathers
25. 9Z-Mason Zeigler
26. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.
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