NIKKI CARROLL GRABS ORANGE COUNTY 35-LAPPER, SETS USAC RECORD

Rougemont, NC……..Nikki Carroll of Andover, N.J. won Saturday night’s 35-lap USAC Eastern HPD Midget race at Orange County Speedway. He passed Chris Lamb with six laps remaining and led to the checkered flag to beat Lamb, Scott Hunter, Tyler Corriher and Matt Lundstrom. Steven Intravaia led the first 11 laps and Lamb the next 18 before yielding to Carroll. Carroll now becomes the youngest driver at age 12 ever to win a professional USAC feature race.

HPD USAC EASTERN MIDGET “SPECIAL EVENT” RACE RESULTS: October 18, 2014 – Rougemont, North Carolina – Orange County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nikki Carroll, 5c, Carroll-14.550; 2. Matt Lundstrom, 5, Lundstrom-14.590; 3. Chris Lamb, 9, Lamb-14.600; 4. Nolan Allison, 16, Allison-14.620; 5. Tyler Corriher, 12, Corriher-14.620; 6. Steven Intravaia, 6, Intravaia-14.630; 7. Mike Ward, 80, Ward-14.670; 8. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown/Noffsinger-14.710; 9. Dillon Silverman, 4, Silverman-14.750; 10. Calvin Carroll, 24, Carroll-14.920; 11. Nic Davidson, 1, Radical-14.980; 12. Kyle Craker, 12c, Craker-15.010; 13. Jake Nelke, 00, Nelke-15.430.

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Nikki Carroll, 2. Chris Lamb, 3. Scott Hunter, 4. Tyler Corriher, 5. Matt Lundstrom, 6. Kyle Craker, 7. Steven Intravaia, 8. Calvin Carroll, 9. Dillon Silverman, 10. Jake Nelke, 11. Nic Davidson, 12. Nolan Allison, 13. Mike Ward. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Intravaia, Laps 12-29 Lamb, Laps 30-35 N.Carroll.

NEXT USAC EASTERN HPD MIDGET RACES: October 31 - November 1 – Sophia, NC – Caraway Speedway