ANDERSON, S.C. – Luke Sorrow claimed his third Southeast Limited Late Model Series win of the season on Saturday night at Anderson Motor Speedway, wiring the field in a dominant performance that left no question who was the fastest car in town.
Sorrow won the pole and never looked back as he led all 75 laps of the Midsummer Championship en route to a stop in “Call Double Aught Bryan Ramey” Victory Lane.
“Even though we were out front, I had been saving my stuff the entire race,” said Sorrow of his second-career SELLM Pro division win. “I just had to pace myself. We never got the car sideways, and just managed what we had. It all worked out pretty well.”
All three of Sorrow’s wins with the series this season have come at the three-eighths-mile Anderson oval, and the 15-year-old says he just “has a feel” for the track where his older brother Justin tasted success in the past.
“I’ve always liked Anderson. My brother’s raced here forever, and he taught me everything I know about getting around this place. It’s not an easy track, but I’m comfortable here and I enjoy it.”
Sorrow stormed to the lead on the opening lap, but it wasn’t three more corners before Daytona 1 Challenger Division winner Thad Moffitt lost a right front tire entering turn three, pounding the outside wall and bringing out the first caution of the night.
The restart saw Sorrow escape with the lead as Colby Howard slid dangerously into second, nearly across the nose of Pro points leader Anthony Alfredo. The race quickly settled into a long green flag run, with Sorrow eking out a half-second margin over Howard at lap 25, the one-third benchmark.
The race would be slowed for the second time at lap 36, when debris in turn three unfurled the caution flag, but on the next restart Alfredo turned up the wick and took second from Howard – giving chase to Sorrow at the halfway point of the race.
Sorrow, however, would maintain his consistent half-second margin over Alfredo through lap 50, when he began to turn up the wick and pull out from the rest of the pack.
The yellow flag would never wave again, and down the stretch it was Sorrow who drove home to win by 3.095 seconds over Alfredo, cutting his points deficit to the Flyin’ Five down from 10 markers to just two.
Howard crossed the line third ahead of Blair Addis and Omar Jurado, who was the final car on the lead lap at the end of the race.
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RESULTS: Southeast Limited Late Model Series; Midsummer Championships; Anderson Motor Speedway; Aug. 13, 2016
A-Main (75 laps): 1. #9 – Luke Sorrow; 2. #5 – Anthony Alfredo; 3. #16 – Colby Howard; 4. #1 – Blair Addis; 5. #15 – Omar Jurado; 6. #44 – Ron Hall; 7. #5B – Tyler Brown; 8. #46 – Thad Moffitt.
CREDIT: Southeast Limited Late Model Series
