HUNTER TAKES SHENANDOAH AND POINT LEAD

Shenandoah, VA……..Scott Hunter of Wald Lake, Mich. is the new point leader in USAC’s Eastern HPD Midget Series after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Shenandoah Speedway. He passed Tyler Corriher on lap 21 and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Blaine Leydig, Chris Lamb, Calvin Carroll and Jessica Bean. Corriher led the first 10 laps. Hunter is now two laps ahead of Lamb entering a May 9 race at Altamahaw, N.C.

HPD USAC EASTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2014 – Shenandoah, Virginia - Shenandoah Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blaine Leydig, 21, Leydig-15.493; 2. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown/Noffsinger-15.784; 3. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-15.786; 4. Tyler Corriher, 12, Corriher-15.795; 5. Chris Lamb, 9, Lamb-15.35; 6. Jessica Bean, 6, Lamb-15.994; 7. Nikki Carroll, 5, Carroll-16.142.

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Blaine Leydig, 3. Chris Lamb, 4. Calvin Carroll, 5. Jessica Bean, 6. Tyler Corriher, 7. Nikki Carroll. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Corriher, Laps 21-30 Hunter.

NEW HPD EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hunter-251, 2-Lamb-249, 3-Leydig-234, 4-C.Carroll-214, 5-Corriher-206, 6-Bean-194, 7-N.Carroll-163, 8-Fletcher Wulf-134, 9-Eric Lewis-112, 10-Jake Nelke-85.

NEXT HPD EASTERN MIDGET RACE: May 9 – Altamahaw, NC - Ace Speedway