2008 Race Results

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AUGUST 30, 2008

Marion Center Speedway
By:  Don Peffer 

             Greg Satterlee claimed the Butler Auto Supply sponsored Season Championship of the Lias Tire Latemodel division at Marion Center Speedway with his fifth victory in a row.  Gregg Satterlee of Rochester Mills started on the pole for the season championship feature after winning his heat race and led every lap of the twenty-lap event for the win.  Gregg’s uncle, Dave Satterlee from Home, finished in second place after receiving the awards for being the 2008 Points Champion of the Lias Tire Latemodels.  Gregg had finished seventh in the points race.  Third place went to Dave Blazavich of Marion Center with Rick Strong from Chambersville in fourth and Matt Gaston From Rochester Mills in fifth.  Rounding out the top ten in order were Bobby Stokes, Rod Phillips, George Fultz, Denton Boyer, and Dwayne Taneyhill.  Gregg Satterlee and Rod Phillips were the heat race winners.  In the 2008 Points race the top ten consisted of Dave Satterlee, John Britsky, Dwayne Taneyhill, Rod Phillips, Dave Blazavich, Matt Gaston, Gregg Satterlee, Dave Peterman, Dane Laraway and Tommy Shaffer.

            The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Limited Latemodel’s Points Champion is also the Season Champion and that’s Rod Phillips from Punxsutawney.  Phillips was able to claim both victories Saturday night by playing his cards right in the feature event.  Phillips started on the pole but Chris Clark from Curwensville took the lead at the first green flag.  Phillips took the lead for laps four and five, but relinquished the lead to Jeff Weakland from Hastings.  Weakland looked really strong on the track and headed for victory, but a determined Phillips led two more laps of the race, the last two for the win.  Weakland took second and Cheyenne Reed from Punxsutawney was third.  Fourth and fifth went to Scott Alvetro from Reynoldsville and Jeff Compton from Jeanette respectively.  Sixth through tenth places went to Chris Johnston, Bernie Whiteford, Bill Phillips, Jr., Ron Marsh and Steve Huey.  The heat races were won by Chris Clark and Rod Phillips.  In the Points Championship, second place went to Scott Alvetro and he was followed by Bobby Watt, Jeff Weakland, Jeff Compton, Cory Wilson, Bernie Whiteford, Andrew Satterlee, Ron Marsh and Cheyenne Reed for the top ten.

            The W. G. Satterlee and Sons Street Stock’s Season Championship was won by Scott Stein from Cherry Tree who is also the 2008 Points Champion of the division.  Stein started on the outside pole and led every lap for the win.  Nick Goss and Jeff Taylor switched places in the points and season championships.  Goss from Punxsutawney finished second in the season Championship and third in the Points Championship.  Taylor from Corsica was third in the season Championship but second in the Points Championship.  In the Season championship, fourth place went to Don Waltman from Rossiter; Jim Boyer from Indiana was fifth.  The top ten also consisted of Tim White, Mike Laughard, Rich Waltman, Steven Cook and Adam Fulton.  The preliminary heats went to Tim White and Scott Stein.  In the Points Championship race the finals were Stein, Taylor, Goss, followed by Tim White, Jim Boyer, Brandon Lippert, Rick Henry, Don Waltman, Rich Waltman and Kyle McFarland. 

            Brett Bingaman from Cherry Tree ran away with the Pepsi Strictly Stock 2008 Season Championship.  Bingaman started in fourth place and took the lead away from Nate Smith of Glen Campbell after lap one was scored.  Bingaman then led the rest of the race keeping Points Champion, Justin Queen from Irvona at bay.  Queen took second in the feature and Smith ended up third.  John Kitz from Mount Pleasant took fourth and Bryant Small from Cherry Tree was fifth.  Rounding out the top ten were Gary Furman, Jr., Greg Buterbaugh, Ray Hickok, Jr., Cory Kilgore and Paul Douglas.  The heat races were won by Justin Queen and Nate Smith.  After Justin Queen in the 2008 Points race, there was John Kitz, Nate Smith, Brett Bingaman, Bobby Noel, Gary Furman, Jr., Bryant Small, Tim Schreckengost, Adam Brink, Greg Buterbaugh and A J Flick.

            Ray Hickok, Jr. from Commodore is the Points and Season Champion of the Q-102 Front Wheel Drive 4 Cylinder Rice Burners.  Hickok had also won his heat race that put him on the pole for the Season Championship feature.  He then proceeded to lead every lap to secure the win.  Hickok had to hold off Bob Pease of Blairsville to get the victory with Pease closing in on the leader at times, but not able to catch and pass him, Pease took second place.  Third place went to John Ford from Kittanning and Tina Weaver from Marion Center was fourth with Chris Hickok of Commodore close behind in fifth.  Next was Johnny Miller in sixth and then Larry Depp, Eric McKendree, David Buterbaugh, and Craig Askey.  Larry Depp and Ray Hickok, Jr. won the heats.  Second place in the Points Championship went to Tina Weaver with Eric McKendree in third and then Craig Decker, Chris Hickok, Bob Pease, Larry Depp, Jackie Phillips, Stephanie Whiteford and David Buterbaugh for the top ten.

                        Special Thanks to our 2008 race sponsors Lias Tire, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, W. G. Satterlee & Sons, Pepsi and Today’s Hot Country – Q102.  Thanks to Butler Auto Supply of Indiana for their continued sponsorship of our Season Championships coming up Saturday, August 30 this season. 

The 2008 racing season has come to an end.  See you next year at Marion Center Speedway “The Thrill on the Hill!” 

 Cory Stivason's Photos

Late Model	Limited Late Model	Street Stock	Strictly Stock	4-Cylinder
22 - Gregg Satterlee	1P - Rod Phillips	415 - Scott Stein	13 - Brett Bingaman	48 - Ray Hickok Jr.

Results

AUGUST 23, 2008

Marion Center Speedway
By:  Don Peffer

             Gregg Satterlee does it again in the Lias Tire Latemodel’s feature.  Gregg Satterlee has won his fourth feature in a row (not counting the makeup race that Dave Satterlee won) on Saturday night at Marion Center Speedway.  The younger Satterlee from Rochester Mills started in the third row beside Dave Satterlee due to the pair winning their respective heats and the luck of the feature line up that inverted the first six cars.  Once top point man for the division, John Britsky from Indiana started on the outside pole and jumped into the lead on the second lap after Bobby Stokes from Milton led lap one.  After eight laps of leading the Lias Tire Latemodels, something went wrong for Britsky and his car drifted off the front stretch into the infield of the track.  A caution flag was thrown and by that time in the race, Gregg Satterlee had made his way into second place, which put him in the lead for the restart.  Gregg Satterlee continued the remaining dozen laps in the lead to get his fourth Lias Tire Latemodel victory.  Matt Gaston who’s also from the Rochester Mills area, was tracking down Gregg Satterlee but ran out of time to catch the runaway Satterlee car and finished second.  Dwayne Taneyhill of Bellwood finished third in the feature with Rod Phillips from Punxsutawney in fourth and Dane Laraway from Harrison City in fifth.  Rounding out the top ten were Clate Copeman, Jerry Redden, Dave Satterlee, Ben Satterlee and George Fultz.  Dave Satterlee’s heat win, placement in the feature and the breakdown of John Britsky secured Dave Satterlee’s Points Championship for the 2008 Lias Tire Latemodels.  Britsky finished the points race 32 points behind the leader in second place.

            In other racing action, Scott Stein from Cherry Tree captured another victory in the W. G. Satterlee & Sons Street Stocks securing his Points Championship for the 2008 season.  Stein started the race in fourth position with Jeff Taylor from Corsica on the pole.  Taylor led the first eight laps of the feature until Stein overtook him.  Taylor didn’t give in easily and continued to battle for the lead with Stein in front and Chris Snyder from Springdale all around Taylor even in front of him at times.  At the checkers it was Stein with the win, followed by Taylor, Snyder and then Nick Goss from Punxsutawney and Mike Laughard from Twin Rocks.  Sixth through tenth places went to Jason Fosnaught, Kevin Haas, Dave Potter, Jr., Don Waltman and Rick Henry.  In the heat races the winners were Jeff Taylor and Nick Goss.  Taylor and Goss finished the points race with only one point between them with Jeff Taylor over Nick Goss for second place.

            The Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Limited Latemodels were next to take the track.  Scott Alvetro from Reynoldsville led the feature from start to finish with Bobby Watt from Latrobe right behind him all the way.  Rod Phillips from Punxsutawney easily won the points championship for the Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Limited Latemodels with his third place finish in the feature.  Bernie Whiteford and Jeff Weakland both from Hastings finished fourth and fifth respectively.  Rounding out the top ten were Chris Johnston, Cory Wilson, Joe Valenti, Terry Rayko and Tyler Dietz.  The heat races were won by Scott Alvetro and Bobby Watt who also finished the points race in second and third places behind Phillips-Alvetro was second.

            In the Pepsi Strictly Stock Feature, Brett Bingaman from Cherry Tree was leading the race from his pole position start until in the tenth lap he was passed by Tim Laughard from Johnstown.  Trying to get his lead back, Bingaman was charged with a caution that spun Laughard the leader and put Bingaman in the back for the restart.  With Bingaman out of the way, Laughard had to contend with Cory Kilgore from Kittanning to keep the lead, which he did for the win.  Nate Smith from Glen Campbell was third and Justin Queen from Irvona who is the Pepsi Strictly Stock Points Champ, was fourth and Gregg Buterbaugh from Clymer finished fifth.  The rest of the top ten included Gary Furman, Jr., Brett Bingaman, Tim Schreckengost, John Kitz- the second place points finisher just 21 points behind the champ, and Justin Waltman.  The Pepsi Strictly Stock heat race winners were Brett Bingaman and A. J. Flick.

            Ray Hickok, Jr. was the big winner Saturday night in the Q-102 Front Wheel Drive 4 Cylinder Rice Burners.  Hickok from Commodore won his feature and the Points Championship by taking the lead in the feature on the second lap after starting fourth.  Hickok led all but the first two laps which John Ford from Kittanning had control of.  Bob Pease from Blairsville finished second and Larry Depp from Punxsutawney was third.  Fourth place went to Jackie Phillips from Punxsutawney who had purchased last week’s feature winner’s car (Jason Joiner in the old Tim Bish car) and fifth place went to Tina Weaver who was second in the Points Championship race.  Rounding out the top ten are Tom Pavelko, Chris Hickok, John Ford, Craig Decker and Jon Lee.  The winners of the heat races were Tina Weaver and Jackie Phillips. 

            Special Thanks to our 2008 race sponsors Lias Tire, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, W. G. Satterlee & Sons, Pepsi and Today’s Hot Country – Q102.  Thanks to Butler Auto Supply of Indiana for their continued sponsorship of our Season Championships coming up Saturday, August 30 this season. 

Please note that all “Specials” have been moved to Saturday nights due to the rising cost of gas.  See you Saturday night for our Season Championships’ night at Marion Center Speedway “The Thrill on the Hill!”  And for some of our patrons that travel through Marion Center, the bridge reconstruction project has been completed!  Pa Route 403 at the 119 intersections by Marion Center High School is OPENED again!

 Cory Stivason's Photos

Late Model	Limited Late Model	Street Stock	Strictly Stock	4-Cylinder
79 - Gregg Satterlee	64 - Scott Alvetro	415 - Scott Stein	38 - Tim Laughard	48 - Ray Hickok Jr.

Results