TWO-FOR-$10K: Overton, Satterlee Collect Feature Wins in 26th Dream Prelim Night at Eldora

Zero invert for Heat Races leading up to $126,000-to-win finale on Saturday

ROSSBURG, OH – June 11, 2021 – The stars always find a way to shine in the big moments at Eldora Speedway. Brandon Overton and Gregg Satterlee found some star power of their own on Friday night and traded it in for two $10,000 checks in the preliminary night of action at the 26th Dirt Late Model Dream.

Unlike the previous two nights of action in the 27th Dream, the rain stayed away completely and helped the track crew to present the drivers with a smooth, slicker surface to race on. This played right into the hands of Overton and Satterlee, as they took advantage of its multi-lane characteristics and made passing for the lead look easy on their way to Victory Lane.

A zero was spun on the Wheel of Misfortune after both Features had concluded, which means there will be no inversion of any Heat Race starters for Saturday’s $126,000-to-win finale.

Group A Twin-25 Preliminary Feature – Brandon Overton

He’s now won a total of $147,000 in just three nights at Eldora. Not too shabby for the newly crowned 27th Dream champion, Brandon Overton.

The Evans, GA-driver made quick work of his competition in Friday’s Feature, compared to the lap-after-lap fight for the lead he had with Stormy Scott just two nights prior. Overton stared fourth on the grid and was up to second by Lap 3, putting 2003 Dream winner Darrell Lanigan in his rearview with a move to the inside heading into Turn 3.

Polesitter Ryan Gustin, of Marshalltown, IA, had jumped out to a sizable lead in clean air, but it didn’t last long. Overton was dangerously fast down low as Gustin clung to the high line, which ended up hurting him in the end as he slightly jumped the cushion in turn 4, swinging the door wide open for a lurking Overton down low.

Now in the lead as he crossed the stripe to complete Lap 9, Overton’s mission was to run away and hide. Which, he did, leading the remaining 17 laps to score his sixth career Eldora Feature victory and third in three days.

“This thing – I feel like anybody can get in it and drive it. It feels really good,” Overton said of his car in Victory Lane.

Gustin was able to hold on for a runner-up finish, nearly four seconds behind Overton at race’s end. He had only one explanation for how Overton got around him when all was said and done.

“Overton’s just fast. That’s all there is to it,” he said.

GROUP A – Qualifying
1. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.154; 2. 9-Devin Moran, 15.188; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 15.192; 4. 6-Kyle Larson, 15.201; 5. 4-Travis Stemler, 15.205; 6. 39-Tim McCreadie, 15.304; 7. 7-Ricky Weiss, 15.313; 8. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 15.353; 9. 6H-Nick Hoffman, 15.423; 10. 29-Darrell Lanigan, 15.435; 11. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 15.453; 12. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 15.457; 13. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr., 15.460; 14. 83-Scott James, 15.513; 15. 25-Shane Clanton, 15.524; 16. 79-Ross Bailes, 15.533; 17. 7R-Kent Robinson, 15.544; 18. 111-Steven Roberts, 15.567; 19. 23-John Blankenship, 15.603; 20. 8-Kyle Strickler, 15.617; 21. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr., 15.638; 22. 3S-Brian Shirley, 15.650; 23. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 15.654; 24. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick, 15.656; 25. 24D-Michael Brown, 15.670; 26. 25B-Mike Benedum, 15.706; 27. 1S-Chad Simpson, 15.793; 28. 17R-Logan Roberson, 15.824; 29. B1-Brent Larson, 15.875; 30. 16N-Brian Nuttall, Jr., 15.885; 31. 55-Jeep Van Wormer, 16.212; 32. 6JR-Parker Martin, 16.250; 33. 50-Ryan Missler, 16.396; 34. 0R-Ryan Scott, 16.717; 35. 89-G.R. Smith, 99.991; 36. C9-Steve Casebolt, 99.992; 37. 28M-Jimmy Mars, 99.993; 38. 81-Jason Riggs, 99.994; 39. 4B-Richard Edwards, NT

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 2. 6H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr.[4]; 4. 4-Travis Stemler[2]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr.[6]; 6. 50-Ryan Missler[9]; 7. 24D-Michael Brown[7]; 8. B1-Brent Larson[8]; 9. 7R-Kent Robinson[5]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 29-Darrell Lanigan[1]; 2. 9-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 4. 83-Scott James[4]; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 6. 25B-Mike Benedum[7]; 7. 111-Steven Roberts[5]; 8. 16N-Brian Nuttall, Jr.[8]; 9. 0R-Ryan Scott[9]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.[3]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[4]; 5. 1S-Chad Simpson[7]; 6. 23-John Blankenship[5]; 7. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[8]; 8. 71-Hudson O’Neal[6]; 9. 89-G.R. Smith[9]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 0-Scott Bloomquist[2]; 2. 79-Ross Bailes[4]; 3. 6-Kyle Larson[3]; 4. 11H-Spencer Hughes[1]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[5]; 6. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[6]; 7. 17R-Logan Roberson[7]; 8. 4B-Richard Edwards[9]; 9. 6JR-Parker Martin[8]

B-Feature – (12)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 7R-Kent Robinson[13]; 2. 111-Steven Roberts[6]; 3. 24D-Michael Brown[5]; 4. 23-John Blankenship[3]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[9]; 6. 17R-Logan Roberson[8]; 7. 0R-Ryan Scott[14]; 8. 16N-Brian Nuttall, Jr.[10]; 9. 25B-Mike Benedum[2]; 10. 4B-Richard Edwards[12]; 11. 50-Ryan Missler[1]; 12. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[4]; 13. 55-Jeep Van Wormer[7]; 14. 71-Hudson O’Neal[11]; 15. 89-G.R. Smith[15]; 16. 6JR-Parker Martin[16]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 3. 29-Darrell Lanigan[2]; 4. 0-Scott Bloomquist[3]; 5. 6-Kyle Larson[9]; 6. 9-Devin Moran[8]; 7. 20RT-Ricky Thornton, Jr.[7]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr.[11]; 9. 6H-Nick Hoffman[6]; 10. 25-Shane Clanton[15]; 11. 3S-Brian Shirley[12]; 12. 39-Tim McCreadie[18]; 13. 79-Ross Bailes[5]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr.[17]; 15. 1S-Chad Simpson[19]; 16. 8-Kyle Strickler[20]; 17. 11H-Spencer Hughes[16]; 18. 4-Travis Stemler[13]; 19. 23-John Blankenship[24]; 20. 111-Steven Roberts[22]; 21. 24D-Michael Brown[23]; 22. 7R-Kent Robinson[21]; 23. 7-Ricky Weiss[10]; 24. 83-Scott James[14]

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Group B Twin-25 Preliminary Feature – Greg Satterlee

While he’d come close several times on some of the biggest stages, Gregg Satterlee had never won a Feature of any kind at Eldora Speedway. Until Friday night.

The Indiana, PA-driver capitalized on a mistake by polesitter Shannon Babb after a late restart to make the pass which led him to the $10,000 victory and those ultra-important Every Lap Matters points to get him in a good Heat Race starting spot on Saturday.

“It’s good to get a win,” Satterlee said. “It’s not one of the big ones, but I’ll take it.”

Babb, of Moweaqua, IL, crept out to a nice lead in traffic while Satterlee chased him down as they got down under 10-to-go. But a caution flag was displayed on Lap 18, which restacked the field and led to a restart which Babb would love to take back.

“I knew on that start that I had to get in the lead, and into Turn 1 I ran a little bit hard. [Satterlee] stayed with me at the flag stand, and I got in a little hard and kinda overshot Turn 2. I got a little push and got the angle wrong, and Gregg was able to take advantage of that,” Babb said.

Indeed, Satterlee walked through the open door that Babb left him down low, dove hard into Turn 3 and slid up in front of him to take the lead away out of Turn 4. From there, it was nothing but The Truth out front to the checkers.

“I saw it happening and I was able to adjust and get back underneath [Babb] and get a run on him,” Satterlee said of the pass for the lead.

While he was closing in on Babb before the yellow was displayed, Satterlee said the restacking of the field was actually something he needed.

“The lapped cars were kinda everywhere, the track was really dirty and dusty, so it was just able to get me reset and get back get back in clean racetrack,” Satterlee said. “Had [the caution] not come out, I don’t know that I would have passed him, but I was right there with him.”

GROUP B – Qualifying
1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 15.214; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 15.271; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.289; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 15.387; 5. 22S-Gregg Satterlee, 15.421; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 15.467; 7. 22-Chris Ferguson, 15.469; 8. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.486; 9. 83F-Jensen Ford, 15.489; 10. 11-Josh Rice, 15.532; 11. 111V-Max Blair, 15.542; 12. 18B-Shannon Babb, 15.545; 13. 2S-Stormy Scott, 15.567; 14. 44-Chris Madden, 15.567; 15. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 15.578; 16. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.578; 17. 17-Zack Dohm, 15.650; 18. 1G-Ryan King, 15.693; 19. 37-Jacob Hawkins, 15.696; 20. 21H-Robby Hensley, 15.702; 21. 25F-Jason Feger, 15.737; 22. 16-Tyler Bruening, 15.749; 23. 14-Josh Richards, 15.753; 24. 18-Chase Junghans, 15.808; 25. 1P-Earl Pearson, Jr., 15.813; 26. 4G-Kody Evans, 15.825; 27. 99B-Boom Briggs, 15.888; 28. 14B-John Baker, 15.961; 29. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe, Jr., 16.040; 30. 95-Jerry Bowersock, 16.095; 31. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.150; 32. 15-Dean Bowen, 16.244; 33. 88-Trent Ivey, 16.339; 34. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 16.383; 35. 21-Billy Moyer, 16.619; 36. 33-Jeff Mathews, 16.635; 37. 20C-Duane Chamberlain, NT; 38. C4-Freddie Carpenter, NT

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[2]; 2. 83F-Jensen Ford[1]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[3]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger[6]; 5. 17-Zack Dohm[5]; 6. 1P-Earl Pearson, Jr.[7]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[4]; 8. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe, Jr.[8]; 9. 88-Trent Ivey[9]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 3. 11-Josh Rice[1]; 4. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 6. 4G-Kody Evans[7]; 7. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9]; 8. 95-Jerry Bowersock[8]; 9. 1G-Ryan King[5]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 2. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 3. 111V-Max Blair[1]; 4. 1ST-Johnny Scott[4]; 5. 37-Jacob Hawkins[5]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer[9]; 7. 14-Josh Richards[6]; 8. 99B-Boom Briggs[7]; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[8]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 5 Transfer
1. 18B-Shannon Babb[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[4]; 5. 18-Chase Junghans[6]; 6. 33-Jeff Mathews[9]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[5]; 8. 14B-John Baker[7]; 9. 15-Dean Bowen[8]

B-Feature – (12)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 21-Billy Moyer[3]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[5]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[6]; 4. 4G-Kody Evans[2]; 5. 1P-Earl Pearson, Jr.[1]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[11]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[8]; 8. 33-Jeff Mathews[4]; 9. 88-Trent Ivey[13]; 10. 26JR-Jimmy Sharpe, Jr.[9]; 11. 14B-John Baker[12]; 12. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[15]; 13. 1G-Ryan King[14]; 14. 95-Jerry Bowersock[10]; 15. 14-Josh Richards[7]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[3]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb[1]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[7]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[6]; 6. 83F-Jensen Ford[5]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]; 8. 1-Brandon Sheppard[8]; 9. 44-Chris Madden[14]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 11. 16-Tyler Bruening[18]; 12. 11-Josh Rice[11]; 13. 17M-Dale McDowell[16]; 14. 111V-Max Blair[12]; 15. 21-Billy Moyer[21]; 16. 17-Zack Dohm[17]; 17. 37-Jacob Hawkins[19]; 18. 4G-Kody Evans[24]; 19. 25F-Jason Feger[13]; 20. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[23]; 21. 1ST-Johnny Scott[15]; 22. 157-Mike Marlar[10]; 23. 2S-Stormy Scott[22]; 24. 18-Chase Junghans[20]