Greg Edwards stopped Connor Hall’s season-long command of Langley Speedway’s Late Model Division, winning both twin 50-lap races Saturday night in Hampton.
Hall had won all 12 of the previous races counting in the standings, which he led by 34 points beginning the night, though Brenden “Butterbean” Queen prevailed in the Hampton Heat 200. Queen, from Chesapeake, was racing Saturday night on the CARS Tour.
Edwards, a longtime Langley standout from Poquoson, outpaced Hall by 1.176 seconds. Ryan Matthews was third, 1.414 seconds behind Edwards.
Twenty drivers began the opener, and 13 finished on the lead lap of a race that took slightly more than 19 minutes and 15 seconds.
In the encore, Edwards, Matthews and Mark Wertz comprised the top three as Hall had to settle for fourth.
In other divisions:
Virginia Racers: Jacob Derrick captured a 50-lap victory in just less than 18 minutes, finishing 1.721 seconds in front of Ayden Millette.
Andrew Condrey was a distant third, 4.591 off the lead. Derrick, who’s second in the standings, used his series-best sixth triumph of the season to gain on Cody Bryant, who began the race with an eight-point lead but placed fourth among 14 competitors.
Super Truck: Chase McAdams emerged with his first victory of the year in a 25-lap race that took almost 26 minutes to complete. The Poquoson native held off Rick Poust by 527-thousandths of a second, while Donald Brown was third, 2.062 behind McAdams — who began the evening seventh in the standings.
Points leader Hunter Waltrip was ninth in the field of 11.
Champ Kart: Jordan Valdes edged points leader Ryan Hudgins by 86-thousandths of a second in a seven-driver race. The top five were separated by 0.385 of a second in a race that lasted about 11 minutes.
Valdes, who began the night 14th in points, became the sixth driver to win in the division’s seven races this year.
Enduro: Charlie Bryant tightened his grip on first place in the standings, prevailing over 30 laps and just more than 10 1/2 minutes for his fourth victory of 2023.
He overcame Alex Floroff by 283-thousandths of a second, and Stephen Flinn was third among 17 competitors. Flinn began the night second in points, 21 behind Bryant.
Pro Six: Travis Wall captured his sixth victory in his group’s seven races, beating Atley Wiese by 0.657 of a second in a little more than 18:06.
Wall took the green flag four points ahead of Wiese. Eight drivers started the 25-lap race.
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Leaders from Saturday night’s races in Hampton:
Late Model 50 #1: (20 starters); 1. (21) Greg Edwards; 2. (77) Connor Hall; 3. (51) Ryan Matthews; 4. (91) Justin Carroll; 5. (26) Danny Edwards.
Late Model 50 #2: Results TBA
Virginia Racers 50: (14 starters); 1. (88) Jacob Derrick; 2. (9) Ayden Millette; 3. (38) Andrew Condrey; 4. (08) Cody Bryant; 5. (57) Chase Johnson.
Super Truck 25: (11 starters); 1. (15) Chase McAdams; 2. (9) Rick Poust; 3. (05) Donald Brown; 4. (57) Chris Bechtel; 5. (4) Gates Kobuszewski.
Pro Six 25: (8 starters); 1. (44) Travis Wall; 2. (78) Atley Wiese; 3. (48) Nick Lamarche; 4. (67) Chris Bechtel; 5. (39) Jaxon Bone.
Champ Kart 20: (7 starters); 1. (18) Jordan Valdes; 2. (4) Ryan Hudgins; 3. (47) Billy Dailey; 4. (46) David Phelps; 5. (06) John Snyder.
Enduro 30: (17 starters); 1. (88) Charlie Bryant; 2. (17) Alex Floroff; 3. (05) Stephen Flinn; 4. (25) Ryan Vinson; 5. (3) Mikey Chinn.
Almond, Magee win features at Virginia Motor Speedway
Corey Almond of Appomattox and Derek Magee of Millsboro, Delaware, split twin 17-lap Late Model victories on the dirt track at Virginia Motor Speedway in Middlesex County.
Almond held off Billy Hubbard in the opener, while points leader Jeremy Pilkerton was fourth.
Five cars were inverted for the encore. Magee passed Chuck Bowie for the lead and went on to win in his first appearance at the track.
In other divisions:
Sportsman: Bret Adkins of Saluda won a 25-lap race in his home county, taking control after leader Tim Shelton blew an engine.
Modified: Bret Hamilton of Powhatan captured his second victory of the season, followed by Brent Bordeaux and points leader Chase Butler, who finished the 25 laps on three tires.
Limited Stock: Johnny Brooks had to start eighth after winning the last two races, but he moved through the field and won again, with Cory Bradley taking the runner-up spot.
Saturday’s leaders at Virginia Motor Speedway, with starting positions in brackets.
Pro Late Model A Main 17 #1: (15 starters); 1. 29H-Corey Almond[2]; 2. 38B-Billy Hubbard[1]; 3. 96-Derek Magee[9]; 4. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[3]; 5. 14C-Chuck Bowie[5].
Pro Late Model A Main 17 #2: (15 starters); 1. 96-Derek Magee[3]; 2. 38B-Billy Hubbard[4]; 3. 37-Bud Stinson[8]; 4. 14C-Chuck Bowie[1]; 5. 29H-Corey Almond[5].
Sportsman 25: (10 starters); 1. 16-Brett Adkins[4]; 2. 9-Steve Causey[6]; 3. 01-Adam Breeden[1]; 4. 01X-Tommy Upshaw[9]; 5. 1-Blake Adkins[8].
Modified 25: (10 starters); 1. 1ST-Bret Hamilton[4]; 2. 40-Brent Bordeaux[3]; 3. 11-Chase Butler[5]; 4. 814-Samuel Lamborgini[1]; 5. 11K-Robert Kramer[10].
Limited Stock Car 20: (16 starters); 1. 7-Johnny Brooks[8]; 2. 41-Cory Bradley[2]; 3. 04-Brian Maxey[4]; 4. 9-Justin Pullen[6]; 5. 01-Trent Clemans[3].
