Hull, Tanner Capture Flat Track Wins As USA TODAY 301 Weekend Begins At “The Magic Mile”
Story By: SHANNON STEPHENS / NHMS – LOUDON, NH – Will Hull and Matt Tanner turned in stellar performances to cap a full day of dirt-track action at The Flat Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) on Friday.
Wet weather early in the evening forced some adjustments to feature lengths at New England’s quarter-mile dirt racing jewel and led to two 15-lap features to conclude SIG SAUER Academy Dirt Duels.
Hull, a two-time Sprint Cars of New England (SCoNE) champion (2018, 2019) from Plainfield, Vt., led every lap of the first feature for his first victory of the season and 22nd of his career.
Tanner, from Stephentown, N.Y., similarly dominated the second feature, notching his second win of the season and 10th career victory.
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) regular Chase Briscoe, last year’s SCoNE feature winner, placed second on Friday after starting on the front row alongside Tanner. Briscoe spun slightly exiting turn two on the opening lap, dropping back to third and did not come near the leader for the rest of the 15 laps.
Briscoe will pilot the No. 14 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing in the USA TODAY 301 NCS race at “The Magic Mile” on Sunday.
Other Friday Flat Track feature winners included:
Granite State Mini Sprints 500s Feature: Nicholas Tosi
Xtreme Dirt Midget Association Feature: Brandon Piastka
Granite State Mini Sprints 600s Feature: Josh Wright
