Brenden Queen and Connor Hall continued their rivalry that is dominating the Mid-Atlantic racing scene on Saturday night, with Queen emerging victorious in Langley Speedway’s Hampton Heat.
After the start of the race was delayed almost three hours due to heavy rains, the fireworks began when Hall was aggressive with Queen on a restart with 31 laps to go.
The two stayed side-by-side for several laps. Hall finally cleared Queen with 26 laps to go, but Queen quickly jumped back to his inside on the next lap.
A caution briefly halted the battle. After spending most of the night in the top five, Riley Music lost a right front tire and couldn’t get back to pit road.
Hall and Queen raced so intensely on the ensuing restart that it briefly brought Peyton Sellers into the battle for the win. Hall held on and was eventually able to put some cushion on Queen before another caution came out for an Atley Wiese spin.
That brought Sellers back into the mix. The veteran made a three-wide power move on the restart to take the lead. Queen dropped to fourth afterward, while Hall settled in second and began hounding Sellers to get back to the point.
Sellers tried to hold on, but didn’t have the pace. Hall got back around him with 10 laps to go after a slight bump and run. Behind them, Queen was able to get back up to third when the caution came back out once again, as Ayden Millette spun out.
Queen struck on the ensuing restart, taking second from Sellers and then going back to the lead with five laps to go after bumping Hall for three-consecutive sets of turns.
That proved to be the decisive move. Hall tried to pay him back immediately, but in doing so opened the door for Sellers to challenge for second. He had to waste a lap getting clear of Sellers. By the time he was secured in second, it was too late to chase down Queen.
Frontstretch.com was able to catch up with all three drivers to get their view on the finish following the race, which apparently included a fight in the spotter stand.
“100% [I raced him like he would have raced me],” Queen told Frontstretch.com. “It’s never fun when you’re on the other end and I’ve been on the other end and, you know, I’m not out to get Connor, but it comes down to him and I, and I’ll race him how he races me.
“(His) spotter,, while we were racing, went up and slammed my car owner from behind up there [in the spotter stand] and pushed him,” Queen later continued….
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