Cole Bruce drives to 100-lap Late Model triumph at Langley Speedway

Cole Bruce drove to a notable 100-lap Late Model victory Saturday night in a feature at Langley Speedway in Hampton.

Bruce took just more than 33 minutes and 11 seconds to beat Danny Edwards by 1.279 seconds and third-place Woody Howard by 3.860.

Bruce, who entered the night fourth in Late Model points, captured his third checkered flag of the season and posted the night’s best lap time: 16.611 seconds. Points leader Greg Edwards, all but certain to take his record eighth Langley Late Model title, placed sixth among 14 competitors.

In other divisions:

Virginia Sprint Car Series: Chris Humblet picked up a 25-lap victory in a touring-series race in more than 6:22, overcoming Billy Hubbard by 436-thousandths of a second. Matthew Leach placed a distant third in the field of 12, 9.913 seconds behind.

Hubbard and Aaron Leach won the 10-lap heat races that set the order for the 25-lapper.

Super Truck: Chris McEvoy zoomed to a 25-lap triumph, taking more than 20:13 for his second victory of 2025. He beat Chase McAdams by 0.726 of a second before Chris Bechtel took third among 10 drivers, 7.110 off the lead.

Bechtel began the night with a 17-point lead.

Super Street: Landon Abbott drove to his fourth victory of the year, a 40-lapper in which he outpaced Chris Spangler by 974-thousandths of a second.

Gordon Weeks took third, 4.040 off the lead, while points-leading Sammy Gaita was sixth in a field of 10.

Grand Stock: Paul Lubno prevailed among a field of nine over 40 laps, while Bill Eaker was the runner-up and Brandon Hinson was third.

It was the sixth triumph in 10 races for Lubno, who began the night with a commanding 24-point edge.

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Leaders from Saturday night in Hampton (car numbers in parentheses).

Late Model 100: (14 starters); 1. (31) Cole Bruce; 2. (26) Danny Edwards; 3. (41) Woody Howard; 4. (51) Ryan Matthews; 5.(08) Cody Bryant.

Virginia Sprint Car Series 25: (12 starters); 1. (20) Chris Humblet; 2. (38) Billy Hubbard; 3. (11) Matthew Leach; 4. (81) Aaron Leach; 5. (54) Matt Mullins.

Super Truck 25: (10 starters); 1. (3) Chris McEvoy; 2. (62) Chase McAdams; 3. (57) Chris Bechtel; 4. (22) Mason Gerdes; 5. (38) Paige Cain.

Super Street 40: (12 starters); 1. (70) Landon Abbott; 2. (33) Chris Spangler; 3. (20) Gordon Weeks; 4. (28) Jacob Wood; 5. (24) Tommy Smith.

Grand Stock 40: (9 starters); 1. (14) Paul Lubno; 2. (29) Bill Eaker; 3. (17) Brandon Hinson; 4. (2) Michael Waters; 5. (27) Ryan Hutchens.

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