Virginia Sprint Series

Virginia Sprint Series
Race #14 Saturday August 11th 2018
IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Series
Shenandoah Speedway Shenandoah, Va.

by Jim Haines

Mike Leraas Tops the Rain

On a day where most race tracks in the state rained out Mike Leraas and the rest of the field beat the rain for the last pavement race of the year.

The feature only event was paced to green with Josh Perreault and Bill Rice on the front row. Rice was out first with Jerald Harris in tow and Tony Harris behind. Glenn Worrell and Mike Leraas joined the front bunch quickly as the laps were clicking off.

Jerald Harris started having problems as Tony went by with Worrell and Leraas getting by a few laps later. Tony Harris was all over Rice as a caution waved. Back at it with ten to go and a change at the front as Rice was out front with Leraas second Tony Harris third and Worrell fourth.

Rice was still running strong but Leraas was closing in. With seven to go Leraas got under Rice and took off leaving Rice to deal with Tony Harris. With the white flag waving Leraas was not to be caught but Tony Harris made a last corner pass and inched by Rice for second across the stripe.

At the line it was Mike Leraas, Tony Harris, Bill Rice, Glenn Worrell, Jerald Harris, Josh Perreault, Chris Ware and Matt Mullins.

Next week it is back to Natural Bridge Speedway on Saturday night August 18th.