Connor Hall won both Late Model features at Hickory Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Photo: NASCAR Roots/Twitter
Connor Hall’s dominance Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway was extreme enough for one to assume he was a regular at the .363-mile paved oval.
He broke the track record (14.390 seconds) in qualifying and won both 40-lap Late Model races.
Yet this was Hall’s first run at the famed NASCAR Home Track.
Wheeling a new car for 2022, the Hampton, Virginia, native dominated the first of the twin 40-lappers on Hickory’s opening night for this year’s NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. He had to fight his way to the front in the second race after an inversion of the top eight to start the event, but that wasn’t an issue.
“We definitely had a very blessed night,” Hall said. “It takes so much to make this happen, whether it’s the dollars or the effort, the hours, the people. Most important, more than anything, I have the people.”
Hall plans to run in the CARS Tour this season, which will bring him back to Hickory on March 26.
Beyond the Late Models, two other NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series points-paying divisions were in action Saturday night at Hickory: the Heritage Finance Street Stocks and the Renegades.
Gary Ledbetter took the checkered flag in the Street Stocks race with a dominating performance.
Charlie Neill won the Renegades event.
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Hickory Motor Speedway – Newton, NC
Race Results – March 5, 2022
Late Models Race 1
1. #77 – Connor Hall
2. #15M – Ryan Millington
3. #15W – Mitch Walker
4. #40 – Taylor Satterfield
5. #57 – Justin Carroll
6. #2 – Ryan Wilson
7. #54 – Paul Owens III
8. #43 – William Sawalich
9. #4 – Parker Eatmon
10. #2T – Gracie Trotter
11. #55 – Isabella Robusto
12. #27 – Matthew Gould
13. #32 – Nik Williams
14. #17 – Skyler Chaney
15. #15 – Bryson Dennis
16. #10 – Regina Sirvent
17. #92 – Jason Miles
18. #34 – Lavar Scott
19. #14 – Landon Devaughn
20. #59 – Blake Lothian
21. #75X – Landon Huffman
22. #7 – Jeff Sparks
23. #19 – Jaiden Reyna
24. #12B – Annabeth Barnes Crum
25. #9 – Charlie Watson
DNS: #77P – Gage Painter
Late Model Race 2
1. #77 – Connor Hall
2. #43 – William Sawalich
3. #15W – Mitch Walker
4. #15M – Ryan Millington
5. #2T – Gracie Trotter
6. #54 – Paul Owens III
7. #4 – Parker Eatmon
8. #19 – Jaiden Reyna
9. #75X – Landon Huffman
10. #55 – Isabella Robusto
11. #27 – Matthew Gould
12. #2 – Ryan Wilson
13. #17 – Skyler Chaney
14. #10 – Regina Sirvent
15. #32 – Nik Williams
16. #12B – Annabeth Barnes Crum
17. #15 – Bryson Dennis
18. #92 – Jason Miles
19. #57 – Justin Carroll
20. #34 – Lavar Scott
21. #40 – Taylor Satterfield
22. #14 – Landon Devaughn
DNS: #59 – Blake Lothian
DNS: #7 – Jeff Sparks
DNS: #9 – Charlie Watson
DNS: #77P – Gage Painter
Limited Late Models
1. #97 – Michael Bumgarner
2. #1 – Andrew Gillis
3. #2 – Colby Gibson
4. #12 – Chris Martin
5. #66 – Zack Wells
6. #25H – Graham Hollar
Street Stocks
1. #3 Gary2 – Ledbetter
2. #03 – Kevin Eby
3. #16 – Jonathon Smith
4. #2 – Ethan Johnson
5. #9 – Jon Austin
6. #11 – D.J. Little
DNS: #64B – Jeff Byers
DQ: #66 – Charles Meinders
Renegades
1. #51 – Charlie Neill
2. #82 – Brandon Hasson
3. #72 – Zachary Mullins
4. #97 – Danny Crump Jr
5. #4 – Justin Austin
6. #27 – Ben Campbell
7. #81 – Matthew Chambers
8. #83 – David Hasson
DNS: #6 – Jordan Willis
Carolina Mini Stock Challenger
1. #24 –A.J. Sanders
2. #18 – Chuck Wall
3. #90 – Robert Strmiska
4. #10 – Tim Canipe
5. #1 – Shane Canipe
6 #68 – Tyler Bush
7 #59 – Isaac Harris
8 #80 – Luke Smith
9 #12 – Jesse Yopp
10 #09 – Randy Canipe
11 #54 – Justin Owens
12 #26 – Ayden Gauthier
13 #16 – Michael Tucker
14 #19 – B.J. Thrasher
15 #56 – Isaac Chandler
16 #7 – Brandon Clements
DNS: #55 – Randy Hewett
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