Brandon Sheppard moved to the lead near the halfway point of Wednesday night’s DIRTcar Racing Late Model feature, and went on to score the victory in DIRTcar Nationals action at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park.
Sheppard powered forward from his fourth place starting spot, and by lap 10 began working to get around Brian Shirley for the lead.
The duo battled side-by-side, swapping the lead several times before Sheppard finally took the lead for good.
From there, Sheppard drove to the win and a coveted Gator Trophy.
Zebulon, Georgia’s Shane Clanton finished in second, with Shirley in third, Darrell Lanigan in fourth and Rodney Sanders in fifth.
Donny Schatz, Tyler Erb, Tim McCreadie, Jason Fitzgerald and Chris Madden rounded out the top ten.
In DIRTcar UMP Modified action, Nick Hoffman took the DIRTcar Nationals championship while J.E. Stalder, Jonathan Taylor and Jacob Hawkins scored wins in the triple feature races.
DIRTcar Nationals officials announced Wednesday afternoon that night nine of the event was cancelled due to heavy rains in the area. The DIRTcar Nationals will resume on Thursday, February 23.
For more information, visit DirtcarNationals.com.
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL
DIRTcar Nationals – Feb. 21, 2017
UMP DIRTcar Racing Late Models
1. 1- Brandon Sheppard
2. 25- Shane Clanton
3. 3s- Brian Shirley
4. 14- Darrell Lanigan
5. 20- Rodney Sanders
6. 15s- Donny Schatz
7. 9- Tyler Erb
8. 39- Tim McCreadie
9. 7F- Jason Fitzgerald
10. 44- Chris Madden
11. 17M- Dale McDowell
12. 18- Eric Wells
13. 7- Rick Eckert
14. 7W- Ricky Weiss
15. 11- Austin Hubbard
16. 9- Devin Moran
17. 4-D’s- Chad Hollenbeck
18. 28E- Dennis Erb, Jr.
19. 21- Billy Moyer, Jr.
20. 99B- Boom Briggs
21. 7m- Donald McIntosh
22. 18c- Chase Junghans
23. 40B- Kyle Bronson
24. 38s- Kenny Pettyjohn
DIRTcar UMP Modifieds
Feature 1
1. 17JE-J.E. Stalder
2. 28X-Robert Garnes
3. 69-A.J. Fike
4. 9S-Slater McCray
5. 01-Jared Spalding
6. 18I-Jason Intoppa
7. 2J-Troy Johnson
8. 7S-Paul Shead
9. Z06-Larry Mott
10. 71M-Shayne Meadows
11. 07-Jeff Thomas
12. 17A-Charles O’Neal
13. 00-Will Norris
Feature 2
1. 5-Jonathan Taylor
2. 88-Matt Crafton
3. 2×4-Chase Collins
4. 67-Garrett Stewart
5. 8A-Austin Holcombe
6. D4-Dave Jamieson
7. 64JR-Billy Workman, Jr.
8. 22T-Tony Anderson
9. 28B-Jason Brookover
10. 12K-Scotty Kincaid
11. 9G-Erny Gingerich
12. 4-Mike Learman
13. 11N-Gene Nichols
14. 1-Blake Spalding
Feature 3
1. 13-Jacob Hawkins
2. 2-Nick Hoffman
3. 8-Kyle Strickler
4. 77-Ray Bollinger
5. 90-Jason Beaulieu
6. 45J-Johnny Broking
7. 36-Kenny Wallace
8. K9-Will Krup
9. 49-Brian Ruhlman
10. 9-Ken Schrader
11. 54-Larry Burkins
12.17T-Tyler Evans
13. 35-David Stremme
DNS: 65-Josh Rice
