ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Kaden started 3rd for the 125 lap race. He took the lead 15 laps in. After 48 laps, and 1 restart, he's still leading.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 With 45 laps to go, Kaden is still leading. They just got the last competition caution of the race. So far, except for the 2 comp cautions, the race has gone green. I expect that to change once it goes bad green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Hard 4 car crash, but Kaden is still in the lead with 38 laps to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Well that wasn't fun. With 30 laps to go, all of the track lighting went out under green. Amazingly nobody crashed!! They were off for about 2 minutes. Kaden is still leading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 With 15 laps to go, Connor Hall & Brendan Queen muscled past Kaden. Kaden finished 3rd. Both Hall & Queen are from Hampton, VA, and Langley is their home track. Queen has won the last 3 late model track championships there. Both have won numerous mains there over the last 5 seasons. Langley is really hard on tires, and I think that was the difference in the end. Both have run many short & long races there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Kaden has a great future if he plays his cards right. Thanks for keeping us to date, Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron.brown11 Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Heck of a wheelman for sure. The talent is obviously there, and hopefully a team that has good sponsorship can pick him up. It's really hard these days to get good rides if you aren't bringing either a big sponsor, or a fat wallet. He led all but 30 laps (the first & last 15 laps of the race). At the beginning of the race, he was running 3rd, where he started. About lap 8, there were 3-4 cars behind him that were really getting aggressive, nearly wrecking him a couple of times. It looked like the flip of a switch. He just drove away from them, then passed the first 2 cars. As I watch the races from Langley very often, I figured that Hall & Queen were conserving their tires. But after the 2 comp cautions, and a couple more for crashes, he was still leading. He had 2/10s on second & third. On lap 16, Hall & Queen flipped the switch, and passed him on lap 15. Kaden ran about 2/10s behind them the rest of the race. With the exception of all the lights going out, and that hard 4 car crash, it was a fun race to watch. If the SRL & the CARS Tour can continue their upward trajectories, I really think that can have a very positive effect on asphalt late model racing across the country. This Wed is the Money in the Bank at Berlin Raceway. Carson Hocevar & Eric Jones from NASCAR will be on hand. So will Bubba Pollard. I was kind of surprised that William Byron won't be there defending his win there last year. He won at New Smyrna in Feb. Byron has a really good super late model program. But the car I think will win is a local youngster named Evan Shotko. I don't think he's 20 yet. Not only is he a wheelman, he's the head set up guy for several of the Berlin regulars in several divisions. Hocevar was a regular & a champion at Berlin before getting to NASCAR. I think Shotko is better, but doesn't have the big sponsors the he did. So like Honeycutt, $$$ may stunt their careers. I sure hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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