Connor Hall made it 9 for 9 this season in Langley Speedway Late Model competition Saturday night, though the program was delayed because of stormy weather.
Racing in his hometown of Hampton, he won the first 50-lap race by 1.009 seconds over runner-up Matt Waltz in a field of 18 drivers. The second race was scheduled to go off later in the evening.
Greg Edwards took third, 2.086 seconds off the lead, in a race that took more than 17 minutes.
In other relatively early races Saturday night:
Virginia Racers: Jacob Derrick won the first of two races by 0.479 of a second over Ayden Millette and by 0.737 over third-place Donovan Edwards. The 35-lap contest lastest almost 21 1/2 minutes.
Derrick began the night second in points to Cody Bryant, who crossed the finish line fourth.
Grand Stock: Nate Lundin earned a 30-lap triumph in about 27 minutes, 15 seconds, his first victory in the division’s four races this year.
Lundin beat runner-up Gary Kidder by a comfortable 3.836 seconds, and John Satterly placed third.
Paul Lubno, Langley’s all-time victory leader, was fifth. Tim Wilson, the Grand Stock standings leader, came in sixth.
Champ Kart: Cullen Roberts edged Ryan Hudgins by a scant 64-thousandths of a second and Jordan Valdes by 89-thousandths in a 20-lap thriller. Only six drivers competed in a race that took less than 7 minutes and 20 seconds for the top three.
Hudgins began the night leading the season standings, while Roberts was fifth. Roberts became the fifth victor in the division’s six races of 2023.
Saturday’s leaders from Hampton (car numbers in parentheses).
Late Model 50 #1: (18 starters); 1. (77) Connor Hall; 2.(2) Matt Waltz; 3. (21) Greg Edwards; 4. (41) Woody Howard; 5. (03) Brenden Queen.
Virginia Racers 35 #1: (17 starters); 1. (88) Jacob Derrick; 2. (9) Ayden Millette; 3. (26) Donovan Edwards; 4. (08) Cody Bryant; 5. (8) Garret Byrd.
Grand Stock 30: (9 starters); 1. (47) Nate Lundin; 2. (33) Gary Kidder; 3. (51) John Satterly; 4. (32) Cameron Walker; 5. (14) Paul Lubno.
Champ Kart 20: (6 starters); 1. (27) Cullen Roberts; 2. (4) Ryan Hudgins; 3. (18) Jordan Valdes; 4. (06) John Snyder; 5. (76) Jimmy Carr.
More results are expected later.
