2011 VERC Round of Karjala

The 2011 VERC Round of Karjala was the fifth race of the 2011 Vaughn European Racing Challenge season. It was held at the Karjala Raceway in northern Finland.

Summary
Jacob Jarrett II started on the pole, but after the first two turns, Bill Wainwright had gotten around him for the lead.

Surprisingly, there were no wrecks in the first two turns.

The first actual incident of the day was when Brian Travors got into Matt Shimoda coming out of the hairpin turn, and Shimoda would slide off into the grass, and save the car... but he still dropped eight positions to 19th.

Only moments later, Jarrett, while running in second position, would spin going into the esses! Josh Mertz makes an excellent move to avoid hitting Jarrett's car, and no one else in the top-10 was involved. Jacques Boliver got into the back of the No. 27 car as Jarrett attempted to get the car going again. This resulted in moderate damage for both.

Coming to the last set of turns, Mark Nelson, running fifth at the time, spun, and got into Buetch Mayland a bit, but Mayland got away. No one hit Nelson, and everyone continued.

On Lap 2, both Mayland (from 7th) and Shimoda (from 19th/last) spun in the esses. Mayland washed back up on the racing surface and was hit by Cameron Taylor, James Fortner, and Mike Falls.

On Lap 4, Jefferson Mikually spins in the esses, leaving Aaron Fisher with nowhere to go, and Fisher hammers the passenger side of Mikually's car, sending Mikually around a few more times, and dropping him to the bottom of the running order.

For the most part, the field stayed clean throughout the remainder of the race, and Wainwright would walk away with the win, leading all 19 laps.

Points

 * For the full points standings, click here.

Wainright took over the points lead with the victory. He holds a 29-point lead over Falls.