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USAC Press Release
Shenandoah, VA……..Sam Hatfield of Mooresville, NC 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, Hatfield15.898; 4. George Kurtz, 4, Kurtz-15.926; 5. Famous Rhodes II, 7, Radical-15.929; 6. Kyle Resco, 56, Resco16.090; 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
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 Lamb279, 6-Kurtz-266, 7-Rhodes-255, 8-Nolan Allison-227, 9-Jagger Parker-182, 10-Scott Hunter-138.

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