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Message started by LMR on 11/06/15 at 8:23pm

Title: WoOLMS at Charlotte Motor Speedway - 11/6 Results
Post by LMR on 11/06/15 at 8:23pm

World of Outlaws Late Model Series
The Dirt Track At Charlotte
November 6, 2015
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Sheppard Drives Best Performance Ride To $12,000 Bad Boy Buggies World Finals Victory At Charlotte
Runner-up Clanton Clinches First-Ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series Title

CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 6, 2015) - Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., made his guest appearance driving for the Ohio-based Best Performance Motorsports team a memorable one.

Taking advantage of the pole starting spot he drew after winning a heat race, Sheppard grabbed the lead at the initial green flag and never looked back en route to a rich $12,000 victory in Friday night's 30-lap Bad Boy Buggies World Finals A-Main for the World of Outlaws Late Model Series at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.

The feature's scheduled 50-lap distance was cut by track officials due to the length of the racing program, which was stretched well past midnight by a delayed start due to morning rain and two crashes in the accompanying WoO Sprint Car division that forced breaks in the action so track crews could repair damaged catch fencing in turns two and four.

Sheppard, 22, kept Shane Clanton of Zebulon, Ga., at bay throughout the middle portion of the blockbuster doubleheader weekend's first Dirt Late Model headliner to triumph by 0.634 of a second over the 40-year-old star, who officially clinched the 2015 WoO points championship by simply starting the evening's feature.

Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., finished solid third, nearly two seconds behind the victor at the checkered flag after he started sixth. Outside-polesitter Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., slipped to a fourth-place finish in his first start driving for NASCAR Sprint Car standout Clint Bowyer's Georgia Boot-sponsored operation and Josh Richards of Shinnston, W.C., completed the top five after slipping from fourth to ninth on the race's opening circuit because he bicycled between turns one and two and lost ground.

Clanton, whose $100,000 WoO title came in his 11th season as a circuit regular, improved one spot from his third-place starting position in the event. He drew within a couple car lengths of Sheppard's Rocket Chassis machine on the final circuit but couldn't quite pull his Capital Race Car close enough to offer a serious challenge.

In the process of registering his first-ever top-five finish in World Finals competition, Clanton did manage to make Sheppard sweat at least a little bit.

"My right-rear (tire) would get to working after we'd get five or 10 laps and I'd get really tight," said Sheppard, who landed his sixth career WoO feature win. "The car would get to be a handful, especially in (slower) traffic, and I messed up one lap and jumped over the cushion down there in (turns) three and four and (Clanton) next to me (at the flagstand).

"Right then I knew I was either gonna run second in this race or I was gonna haul that thing off into one and give it all she had to stay ahead of him. So that's what I did - just drove it in there as hard as I could. Luckily, it stuck, and we made it to the finish line.

"Everything just fell our way," he added, "but everybody knows you gotta have a little luck in this game to be successful."

Sheppard was thrilled with the final result, which represented his second WoO victory of the 2015 season. He previously was triumphant on the national tour in the April 18 Illini 100 at Farmer City (Ill.) Raceway.

"It means a lot to win this," Sheppard said. "A win here at Charlotte - it's not a crown-jewel, but it should be. It's an amazing feeling to win here in front of this crowd and at a facility this nice."

And Sheppard almost didn't even enter the World Finals because his family-owned team ended its season after the Oct. 17 Dirt Track World Championship event. His friendship with Randall Edwards, the Best Performance Motorsports crew chief who has spent the 2015 tutoring the team's up-and-coming driver Matt Westfall of Pleasant Hill, Ohio, led him to an unexpected ride for the huge season-ending event.

"It was kind of a last-minute deal," Sheppard said of the details behind his teaming with Westfall and Best Performance team owner Eric Brock for the World Finals weekend. "I was originally gonna come crew for them, but Randall just said, 'Well, why don't you just come drive?' I said, 'Why not?' I guess it was a good choice.

"We just put it all together," he added. "I went up there Monday (to the team's shop in St. Henry's) and put my seat in and everything just worked out."

Four caution flags and one red flag dotted the event.

Cautions flew on lap one for Casey Roberts of Toccoa, Ga., who slowed on the backstretch; lap seven for Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., who was hampered by mechanical trouble; lap 17 when Randy Weaver of Crossville, Tenn., spun on the inside of turn four; and Brandon Overton of Evans, Ga., who slowed in turn four moments before Rick Eckert of York, Pa., Chad Hollenbeck of Kingsley, Pa., and Austin Smith of Cedartown, Ga., tangled in the second corner.

The race's lone red flag was needed for a grinding multi-car crash that occurred on lap 18. A mid-pack scramble swept up Hollenbeck, Smith and Rick Eckert of York, Pa., but no injuries were reported.

Sheppard's victory came in front of a packed grandstand at Charlotte's 4/10-mile oval as the track hosted the first of back-to-back tripleheaders featuring the WoO LMS, the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and the Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds. The World Finals conclude on Saturday with another tripleheader featuring the season finales for all three divisions. Gates open at 3 p.m., hot laps are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. and racing is set to begin at 5 p.m.

A-Main
1 1 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL (30)
2 3 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA (30)
3 6 44 Chris Madden Gaffney, SC (30)
4 2 15L Darrell Lanigan Union, KY (30)
5 4 1 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV (30)
6 15 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN (30)
7 12 6 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA (30)
8 5 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA (30)
9 18 14M Morgan Bagley Tyler, TX (30)
10 9 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY (30)
11 16 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN (30)
12 23 R5 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA (30)
13 25 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY (30)
14 8 25z Mason Zeigler Chalk Hill, PA (30)
15 26 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS (30)
16 29 77 Jordan Yaggy Rochester, MN (30)
17 27 99B Rick Briggs Bear Lake, PA (26)
18 13 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr Orland Park, IL (23)
19 19 76 Brandon Overton Appleton, GA (22)
20 17 7 Rick Eckert York, PA (18)
21 24 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN (18)
22 14 11 Austin Smith Cedartown, GA (18)
23 20 4D Chad Hollenbeck Montrose, PA (18)
24 28 18 Eric Wells Hazard, KY (18)
25 7 44L Justin Labonte Charlotte, NC (17)
26 11 116 Randy Weaver Crossville, TN (17)
27 21 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL (6)
28 10 22F Chris Ferguson Mount Holly, NC (1)
29 22 101 Casey Roberts Toccoa, GA (0)

Last Chance Showdown #1
1 76 Brandon Overton
2 101 Casey Roberts
3 1G Will Vaught
4 1M Willie Milliken
5 77B Chris Brown
6 54 Matt Westfall
7 15s Donny Schatz
8 21d Dan Stone
9 93L Pancho Lawler
10 281 Kyle Pierce
11 92 Nick Davis
12 28 Kelly Guy
13 6r Jim Rasey
14 J12 Jason Wagner
15 11 Josh Rice
16 99B Boom Briggs
17 1P Earl Pearson Jr
18 31G Bob Gordon
19 22 Gregg Satterlee
20 2 Dennis Franklin
dns 28E Dennis Erb Jr
dns 47 Tim Shaffer
dns 11P Kenny Pettyjohn

Last Chance Showdown #2
1 4-D's Chad Hollenbeck
2 R5 Chris Simpson
3 18 Eric Wells
4 1s Gary Stuhler
5 87 Walker Arthur
6 1a Austin Hubbard
7 F5 Garrett Alberson
8 93 Donald Bradsher
9 2C Joey Coulter
10 0H Dale Hollidge
11 07 Brian Ledbetter
12 68 Dan Shepherd
13 22E Russell Erwin Jr.
14 4L Brian Ligon
15 77 Jordan Yaggy
16 39c Greg Clark
17 89 Mark Parks
18 39 Tim McCreadie
dns 11K Austin Kirkpatrick
dns 17M Dale McDowell
dns 28W Jeff Wolfenbarger
dns 77A Adam Bowman

Last Chance Showdown #3
1 25F Jason Feger
2 0 Scott Bloomquist
3 4 Cody Mahoney
4 11R James Rice
5 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
6 7r Ross Robinson
7 B1 Paul Wilmoth
8 82 Andy Fries
9 75 Colton Flinner
10 14H Tyler Horst
11 99 Scott Lewis
12 14 Reid Millard
13 D8 Dustin Mitchell
14 31 Nick Latham
15 32 Dean Bowen
16 84 Jay Sessoms
17 2x John Henderson
18 5 Don O'Neal
dns 18c Chase Junghans
dns 111 Max Blair
dns KB1 Kerry King Jr.
dns 2M Allen Murray

Heat #1
1 44 Chris Madden
2 44L Justin Labonte
3 99jr Frank Heckenast Jr
4 2 Dennis Franklin
5 76 Brandon Overton
6 101 Casey Roberts
7 1M Willie Milliken
8 77B Chris Brown
9 J12 Jason Wagner
10 31G Bob Gordon
11 281 Kyle Pierce
12 47 Tim Shaffer
13 21d Dan Stone
14 28 Kelly Guy
dns 11P Kenny Pettyjohn

Heat #2
1 15L Darrell Lanigan
2 25z Mason Zeigler
3 11s Austin Smith
4 1G Will Vaught
5 99B Boom Briggs
6 22 Gregg Satterlee
7 54 Matt Westfall
8 11 Josh Rice
9 28E Dennis Erb Jr
10 93L Pancho Lawler
11 92 Nick Davis
12 6r Jim Rasey
13 1P Earl Pearson Jr
14 15s Donny Schatz

Heat #3
1 1* Chub Frank
2 15 Steve Francis
3 157 Mike Marlar
4 R5 Chris Simpson
5 93 Donald Bradsher
6 1s Gary Stuhler
7 F5 Garrett Alberson
8 2C Joey Coulter
9 07 Brian Ledbetter
10 11K Austin Kirkpatrick
11 17M Dale McDowell
12 1a Austin Hubbard
13 4L Brian Ligon
dns 77A Adam Bowman

Heat #4
1 B5 Brandon Sheppard
2 22F Chris Ferguson
3 20 Jimmy Owens
4 4-D's Chad Hollenbeck
5 18 Eric Wells
6 89 Mark Parks
7 22E Russell Erwin Jr.
8 87 Walker Arthur
9 39 Tim McCreadie
10 77 Jordan Yaggy
11 0H Dale Hollidge
12 28W Jeff Wolfenbarger
13 68 Dan Shepherd
14 39c Greg Clark

Heat #5
1 1 Josh Richards
2 116 Randy Weaver
3 7 Rick Eckert
4 25F Jason Feger
5 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
6 2x John Henderson
7 B1 Paul Wilmoth
8 31 Nick Latham
9 75 Colton Flinner
10 84 Jay Sessoms
11 14H Tyler Horst
12 KB1 Kerry King Jr.
13 32 Dean Bowen
14 99 Scott Lewis

Heat #6
1 25 Shane Clanton
2 6 Jonathan Davenport
3 14M Morgan Bagley
4 0 Scott Bloomquist
5 18c Chase Junghans
6 11R James Rice
7 4 Cody Mahoney
8 7r Ross Robinson
9 82 Andy Fries
10 D8 Dustin Mitchell
11 5 Don O'Neal
12 2M Allen Murray
13 14 Reid Millard
14 111 Max Blair

--results unofficial

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Ferguson, Lanigan grab fast-time honors to open World Finals at Charlotte