HATFIELD TOPS SHENADOAH EASTERN MIDGETS

Shenandoah, VA……..Sam Hatfield of Mooresville, N.C. won Saturday night’s 35-lap USAC Eastern Midget race at Shenandoah Speedway. He passed Jake Nelke on lap 28 and led the final eight laps to beat Nelke, fast qualifier Andrew Layser, Jessica Bean and Kyle Resco.

USAC EASTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 14, 2016 – Shenandoah, Virginia – Shenandoah Speedway

QUALIFYING: 1. Andrew Layser, 35, Layser-15.745; 2. Jake Nelke, 00, Nelke-15.753; 3. Sam Hatfield, 8, Hatfield-15.898; 4. George Kurtz, 4, Kurtz-15.926; 5. Famous Rhodes II, 7, Radical-15.929; 6. Kyle Resco, 56, Resco-16.090; 7. Jessica Bean, 6, Radical-16.116; 8. Eric Lewis, 21, Leydig-16.137; 9. Peter Hathaway, 9, Lamb-16.412; 10. Timmy Tyrrell, 39, Davidson-NT.

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Sam Hatfield, 2. Jake Nelke, 3. Andrew Layser, 4. Jessica Bean, 5. Kyle Resco, 6. George Kurtz, 7. Peter Hathaway, 8. Famous Rhodes II, 9. Eric Lewis, 10. Timmy Tyrrell. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Nelke, Laps 28-35 Hatfield.

NEW USAC EASTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Layser-340, 2-Hatfield-316, 3-Bean-315, 4-Nelke-303, 5-Chris Lamb-279, 6-Kurtz-266, 7-Rhodes-255, 8-Nolan Allison-227, 9-Jagger Parker-182, 10-Scott Hunter-138.

NEXT USAC EASTERN MIDGET RACE: June 4 – Robersonville, N.C. – East Carolina Motor Speedway