Gregg Satterlee doesn’t race at the high volume he once did, choosing to build his schedule around his Indiana, Pa., residence so he can be home more with his wife Kelsey and daughter Prudence. But even that hasn’t slowed him on the racetrack in the slightest.

The 39-year-old’s dominant win Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway, which drew a whopping 38 Super Late Models, is a reminder that when the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series rolls into his Mid-Atlantic stomping grounds in the Mid-Atlantic he can’t be counted out as a contender.

The Lucas Oil Series visits Georgetown (Del.) Speedway this Friday, Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway on Saturday and then Port Royal on Sunday, races Satterlee intends to run well in.

“I feel like if we can get our car right, yes, we can run up front,” Satterlee told DirtonDirt.com after his first win of the season Saturday at Port Royal. “If it’s not good, we probably won’t. I feel pretty confident with what we learned here and last week. Hopefully we can be a little better. Qualifying up front is the biggest thing. It’s so hard to pass here. The air here seems to be as crucial as ever.

“The track is dirty and it’s hard to move around and make time on the car in front of you. First things first, when we come next week, is to qualify well and get up front. And try to start at the front of the feature. That’s as important as anything.”

For those who recall, Satterlee did triumph in the Lucas Oil tour’s April 2022 event at Port Royal. That did come with a little good fortune, however, as he was the benefactor of Earl Pearson Jr. and Kyle Larson wrecking out of the lead battle.

When Satterlee gets into open racetrack as the leader, he feels as good as anyone. Navigating dirty air, like when Rick Eckert trimmed a 1.9-second margin down to a half-second in Saturday’s closing laps, is another story.

“It’s something I’ve struggled with a lot here, on and off over the year,” Satterlee said. “The lapped cars slow you down. I don’t know if I do an overly good job when I catch them. It was OK. I think we need to be better next Sunday to be as competitive as I hope to be. Hopefully we can tweak on it to be better.

“These cars are so sensitive to their position and movement that they need to have. Whenever something takes away from that, whether it’s air or the racetrack gets crumby, and then the tires lose grip, the car reacts to it a lot. I don’t know, I think some guys are better at making their cars not so sensitive to that.

“I always seem to be really good up front and then not so good in traffic. I think a lot of people suffer from that.”

Satterlee is just breaking in a brand-new Rocket Chassis for the 2024 season, too. The car has three races on it thus far, counting last October’s Keystone Cup at Bedford (Pa.) Speedway where he finished fifth and April 13’s season opener at Port Royal.

“It’s yet to be where we need it, but you’re always chasing that feel,” said Satterlee, whose schedule is much of the same this season as year’s past.

He plans to run primarily Mid-Atlantic events along with Eldora Speedway’s crown jewels and Appalachian Mountain Speedweeks.

“That seems to have fit our schedule, what we want to accomplish with racing,” Satterlee said. “It’s fun. I can be home. I can work and not be gone for days. It just works.”