It’s difficult to overstate how much Connor Hall is dominating at Langley Speedway this year.
In off weeks from the CARS Tour, a feeder series for NASCAR’s top levels, he has been competing at his hometown track in Hampton.
Hall continued that momentum Saturday nibht by winninhg both twin 50-lap features Saturday night, giving him six Late Model victories at Langley in 2023. That doesn’t include his CARS Tour triumph the previous week on the same track.
Opening his latest night of success, Hall won the opener by 811-thousandths of a second over fellow CARS Tour driver Brenden Queen in a race that took about 26 1/2 minutes. Danny Edwards was a relatively distant third, 3.736 seconds off the lead.
In the nightcap, Hall moved his way through the field and prevailed by 0.731 of a second over Ryan Matthews. Nick Smith placed third, 3.943 seconds behind Hall.
Queen, the only driver besides Hall to place among the top five in both races, was fourth and Justin Carroll fifth.
Champ Kart: Dannie Wyatt nipped Cullen Roberts by a scant 28-thousandths of a second for a 20-lap victory that included 12 competitors and took about 7 minutes and 15 seconds. It was Wyatt’s second triumph of the year.
Third-place Ryan Hudgins, who began the night leading the standings, was just 70-thousandths off the lead, and fourth-place Timmy Waltrip and fifth-place Jeffrey Johnson were less than a half-second trailing Wyatt.
Virginia Racers: Jacob Derrick drove to a 2.719-second victory over Donovan Edwards in a 50-lap clash that took more than 15 minutes and included 15 drivers.
Derrick posted his division-leading third victory of the season.
Grand Stock: Tim Wilson cruised to a 3.197-second victory over Paul Lubno in a 30-lap race with just seven drivers that took about 9 1/2 minutes. Bill Eaker took third, 5.642 seconds from the lead.
Wilson equaled Chris Roberts, who began the evening atop the standings, with his fifth victory of the season.
Super Truck: Rick Poust propelled his way to a 25-lap triumph by 2.262 seconds over Chris McEvoy in a 12-driver race that took about 13 minutes for its leaders.
Donald Brown placed third, 6.698 seconds behind Poust, who took his initial victory of the year. Hunter Waltrip, who led the standings beforehand, took sixth.
Enduro: Charlie Bryant closed the night with a 30-lap victory, outracing 20 rivals. It was Bryant’s first triumph of the season.
Stephen Flinn was the runner-up, with Thomas Fontaine third and Bryant’s son Cody fourth. Cody Bryant began the night three points ahead of his father for the top spot in the standings.
Leaders from Saturday night in Hampton, with car numbers in parentheses.
Late Model 50 #1: (19 starters); 1. (77) Connor Hall; 2. (03) Brenden Queen; 3. (26) Danny Edwards; 4. (41) Woody Howard; 5. (21) Greg Edwards.
Late Model 50 #2: (19 starters); 1. (77) Connor Hall; 2. (51) Ryan Matthews; 3. (12) Nick Smith; 4. (03) Brenden Queen; 5. (91) Justin Carroll.
Champ Kart 20: (12 starters); 1. (18) Dannie Wyatt; 2. (27) Cullen Roberts; 3. (4) Ryan Hudgins; 4. (17) Timmy Waltrip; 5.(30) Jeffrey Johnson.
Grand Stock 30: (7 starters); 1. (17) Tim Wilson; 2. (14) Paul Lubno; 3. (29) Bill Eaker; 4. (47) Nate Lundin; 5. (22) Mike Parker.
Super Truck 25: (12 starters); 1. (9) Rick Poust; 2. (3) Chris McEvoy; 3. (05) Donald Brown; 4. (19) Bill Wallace; 5. (15) Chase McAdams.
Virginia Racers 50: (15 starters); 1. (88) Jacob Derrick; 2. (26) Donovan Edwards; 3. (57) Chase Johnson; 4. (08) Cody Bryant; 5. (9) Ayden Millette.
Enduro 30: (21 starters); 1. (88) Charlie Bryant; 2. (05) Stephen Flinn; 3. (64) Thomas Fontaine; 4. (08) Cody Bryant; 5. (17) Alex Floroff.
Pilkerton prevails at Virginia Motor Speedway
Jeremy Pilkerton of Loveville, Maryland, held off hard-charging Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville in the closing laps to score his second Pro Late Model victory of the year at Virginia Motor Speedway in Middlesex County.
Pilkerton called the race the best he ever had been a part of. Its only caution flag flew on lap 24 for Curtis Hughes, when something broke on his car.
Pilkerton regained control on the restart and finished ahead of Lipscombe and third-place Billy Hubbard on the dirt.
Modified: T.J. Dehaven prevailed in a 25-lap race, making the decisive pass of Bret Hamilton on the 11th lap.Hamilton held off Chase Butler, the fastest qualifier, for second place.
Sportsman: Brett Adkins passed Adam Breeden to go ahead on the third lap and cruised to a 25-lap victory.Hunter Wright, Steve Causey and Breeden completed the top four.
Limited Stock Car: Starting on the front row, Cory Bradley of Hopewell set the pace and prevailed in a 20-lap race without a caution flag.
Raymond Harper and Johnny Brooks, the top qualifier, were second and third, respectively.
The speedway will take Father’s Day weekend off and return to racing June 24. Bella’s Pizza in Tappahannock, about 25 miles from the speedway, will host the open VMS Race Car and Classic Car from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.
Saturday’s results at the dirt track in Jamaica, in Middlesex County, with car numbers (starting positions in brackets).
Pro Late Model 30: (12 starters); 1. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[1]; 2. 71-Davis Lipscombe[6]; 3. 29H-Billy Hubbard[4]; 4. 92-Nick Davis[5]; 5. 08-Ray Love Jr.[8].
Sportsman 25: (8 starters); 1. 16-Brett Adkins[4]; 2. 00-Hunter Wright[5]; 3. 9-Steve Causey[3]; 4. 01-Adam Breeden[1]; 5. 23-Matt Meads[2].
Limited Stock Car 20: (12 starters); 1. 41-Cory Bradley[1]; 2. 55-Raymond Harper[3]; 3. 7-Johnny Brooks[4]; 4. 01-Trent Clemans[2]; 5. 14-Ryan Hutchens[5].
