Brandon Sheppard has been the hottest driver on the planet this season, and he showed why on Friday night at the Terre Haute Action Track when the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series battled the DIRTcar Summer Nationals.
While Sheppard, of New Berlin, IL, maintained the top spot and charged to a dominating victory, Bobby Pierce surged from eighth to finish second with legends Darrell Lanigan, Billy Moyer and Shannon Babb rounding out the top five. The victory was Sheppard’s second on the Summer Nationals tour this season, but the first in his #1 Rocket XR1 Outlaw ride as he also won in his family-owned car at Jacksonville Speedway.
In the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals Feature, Will Krup led the first 19 and a half laps, but Nick Hoffman swung by on the outside coming off turn two on the final lap to earn his third third consecutive victory and fourth overall on the tour this summer.
Hoffman, of Mooresville, NC, chased Krup from the outset, but when the white flag flew Krup was dealing with traffic that allowed Hoffman to pick his way to the lead and hold off Krup to the checkers. Tyler Nicely was third with Hunt Gossum and David Stremme rounding out the top five.
Late Model Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard [1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce [8]; 3. 29-Darrell Lanigan [2]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer [5]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb [15]; 6. 3S-Brian Shirley [7]; 7. 157-Mike Marlar [11]; 8. 7W-Ricky Weiss [3]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast, Jr. [9]; 10. 25-Shane Clanton [6]; 11. B1-Brent Larson [13]; 12. 97-Cade Dillard [14]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb, Jr. [4]; 14. 99B-Boom Briggs [10]; 15. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [21]; 16. 25F-Jason Feger [19]; 17. 18J-Chase Junghans [20]; 18. 6-Blake Spencer [17]; 19. 14S-Steve Godsey [16]; 20. 31AUS-Paul Stubber [18]; 21. 25H-Chuck Hummer [22]; 22. 10-Paul Parker [12]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 18-Shannon Babb[+10].
Modified Feature (20 Laps) – 1. 2-Nick Hoffman [3]; 2. K19-Will Krup [1]; 3. 25N-Tyler Nicely [8]; 4. 99-Hunt Gossum [6]; 5. 35-David Stremme [2]; 6. 50-Tyler Weiss [9]; 7. 36-Kenny Wallace [7]; 8. 7-Spencer Hughes [5]; 9. 1S-Brian Shaw [4]; 10. 8K-Levi Kissinger [11]; 11. MB4-Marty Lindeman [16]; 12. 92-Kenny Carmichael, Sr. [22]; 13. 55-Justin Jones [17]; 14. 99T-Tyler Loughmiller [19]; 15. 5L-Wes Leigh [13]; 16. 77-James Shipman [20]; 17. 12K-Daren Krockenberger [18]; 18. J1-Roger Jackson [21]; 19. 87-David Shain [14]; 20. 1D-Dean Hoffman [10]; 21. 1JR-Brian Przepiora, Jr. [24]; 22. X-Jesse Snyder [15]; 23. 6B-Dave Baldwin [12]; 24. 4UW-Bobby Regot [23]; KSE Hard Charger Award: 92-Kenny Carmichael, Sr.[+10].
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