Sophia, NC……..Honda USAC National Midget Champion Christopher Bell of Norman, Okla. captured Friday night’s 35-lap USAC Eastern HPD Midget feature at Caraway Speedway. He passed Calvin Carroll on lap 18 and led the rest of the way for the win driving one of the Lamb entries. Fast qualifier Blaine Leydig finished second ahead of Jessica Bean, series point leader Scott Hunter and Nikki Carroll. Hunter led the first 14 laps and Carroll led three before yielding to Bell. Saturday night’s scheduled race has been postponed to Sunday at Caraway due to forecasted rains in the area.
HPD USAC EASTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 31, 2014 – Sophia, North Carolina – Caraway Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blaine Leydig, 21, Leydig-17.379; 2. Christopher Bell, 9, Lamb-17.415; 3. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-17.690; 4. Jessica Bean, 6, Lamb-17.734; 5. Tyler Corriher, 12, Corriher-17.774; 6. Jake Nelke, 00, Nelke-17.909; 7. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown/Noffsinger-17.813; 8. Kyle Craker, 12c, Craker-18.000; 9. Nic Davidson, 1, Radical-18.109; 10. Nikki Carroll, 5c, Carroll-18.207; 11. Fletcher Wulff, 4, Wulff-18.233; 12. Chase Briscoe, 6x, Lamb-NT.
FEATURE: (35 Laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Blaine Leydig, 3. Jessica Bean, 4. Scott Hunter, 5. Nikki Carroll, 6. Calvin Carroll, 7. Kyle Craker, 8. Chase Briscoe, 9. Jake Nelke, 10. Fletcher Wullff, 11. Tyler Corriher, 12. Nic Davidson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Hunter, Laps 15-17 C.Carroll, Laps 18-35 Bell.
NEW HPD EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hunter-957, 2-C.Carroll-838, 3-Corriher-778, 4-N.Carroll-680, 5-Lamb-678, 6-Leydig-568, 7-Matt Lundstrom-551, 8-Nolan Allison-379, 9-Bean-327, 10-Nelke-265.
NEXT HPD EASTERN MIDGET RACE: November 2 – Sophia, N.C. – Caraway Speedway
- administrator on Nov 04, 2014
- Article Date: 11/4/2014