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Need for Speed (access required)

By Peter Vieth
Published: November 9, 2009

To take a break from his legal work, Richmond lawyer Stephen Harper likes to take his car for a spin through the countryside. In Harper’s case, however, the car is a race-prepared Nissan Sentra and the “countryside” is the scenic three-and-a-quarter-mile road course at Virginia International Raceway (VIR) near Danville. Or perhaps the twists and ...
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