JAMAICA, Va. — Jeremy Pilkerton held off a hard-charging Davis Lipscombe in the closing laps to score his second Victory Lap Pro Late Model victory at Virginia Motor Speedway.
“When I got to the lapped car, I thought the race was over; I have to give props to Davis Lipscombe,” Pilkerton said. “That was the best race I have ever been a part of. I thought I gave the race away several times when it got loose on me.”
Pilkerton and Matt Ashworth led the field to green, but Bud Stinson would come from third to lead the opening circuit of the 30-lap feature. On the next lap, Pilkerton would get under Stinson in turn four and take over the top spot, followed by Nick Davis into second and Lipscombe into third.
On the next lap, Lipscombe would get under Davis in turn four for second when Davis slid up the track.
Pilkerton would pace the field, with Lipscombe closing the gap. On lap 21, the leaders came up on a slower car, with Pilkerton going high and Lipscombe going low down the backstretch. That allowed Lipscombe to nip Pilkerton at the line for the lead. A lead that would only last until turn two when Pilkerton would once again take control of the top spot.
The races only caution came out on lap 24 for Curtis Hughes, who stopped on the frontstretch after something broke on his car. On the restart, Pilkerton kept a couple of car lengths between himself and Lipscombe and scored his second win of 2023.
Rounding out the top five were Lipscombe, Billy Hubbard, Davis, and Ray Love Jr.
In the Budweiser Modified 25-lap feature, T.J. Dehaven scored the win.Â
The Truckin Thunder Sportsman 25-lap feature saw Brett Adkins earn his first win of the season, with Cory Bradley winning the Collision One Limited Stock Car feature.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[1]; 2. 71-Davis Lipscombe[6]; 3. 29H-Billy Hubbard[4]; 4. 92-Nick Davis[5]; 5. 08-Ray Love Jr[8]; 6. 38-Nicolas Love[10]; 7. 51S-Garrett Donnell[9]; 8. 37-Bud Stinson[3]; 9. 45-William Baker[11]; 10. 7-Curtis Hughes[7]; 11. 10-Matt Ashworth[2]; 12. 28-Tyler Dettor[12]