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Sheppard rockets to DIRTcar Nationals Late Model win

By Event PR

Brandon Sheppard powered to his first World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series victory of the year Wednesday night as a part of the DIRTcar Nationals at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park.

While Sheppard was smooth and mistak -free up front in the 50-lap, $10,000-to-win feature, it was a wild race behind him with cars charging and fading all night.

Don O’Neal was as far back as 16th before mounting a surge to second, while former DIRTcar Nationals champion Josh Richards battled all race on top and bottom of the half-mile dirt oval to finish third.

Chase Junghans’ hot start continued with a fourth-place run for his third top-five in three races, and Blairsville, Georgia’s Jonathan Davenport rounded out the top five by powering from 15th to fifth.

“The first win has been avoiding me for a long time it seems,” said Sheppard. “We’ve got a great team and a great race car and we’ve been right there every night. We just haven’t had things fall quite our way. Finally, things are playing our way so hopefully we can keep it rolling.”

In Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds action, Billy Decker, Larry Wight and Billy Pauch put on a thrill-show to kick off their portion of the DIRTcar Nationals.

Decker moved around the track looking for a fast lane to victory lane as he fended off Wight in the low groove and Pauch up high. Wight and Pauch circled the half-mile almost side-by-side for the final 11 laps as they tried to find a way past Decker.

Wight wound up second with the Pauch in third as Decker picked up the $2,000 win.

Anthony Perrego finished in fourth, with Pat Ward in fifth.

The DIRTcar Nationals continues on Thursday night, featuring the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Models and Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds. For more information, visit DIRTcarNationals.com.

DIRTcar Nationals
Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL
World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series – February 13, 2019

1. Brandon Sheppard
2. Don O’Neal
3. Josh Richards
4. Chase Junghans
5. Jonathan Davenport
6. Dale McDowell
7. Darrell Lanigan
8. Brian Shirley
9. Shane Clanton
10. Chris Madden
11. Hudson O’Neal
12. Kent Robinson
13. Devin Moran
14. Brandon Overton
15. Jimmy Owens
16. Kyle Bronson
17. Kyle Hardy
18. Dennis Erb, Jr.
19. Scott James
20. Brent Larson
21. Mike Norris
22. Scott Bloomquist
23. Tyler Erb
24. Ricky Weiss
25. Mike Marlar
26. Ivedent Lloyd, Jr.
27. Blake Spencer

Super DIRTcar Series Big-Block Modifieds
1. Billy Decker
2. Larry Wight
3. Billy Pauch
4. Anthony Perrego
5. Pat Ward
6. Erick Rudolph
7. Matt Sheppard
8. Brett Hearn
9. Rick Laubach
10. Mat Williamson
11. Ryan Godown
12. Peter Britten
13. Demetrios Drellos
14. Kim Britt
15. Stewart Friesen
16. Danny Johnson
17. Jessey Mueller
18. Kyle Coffey
19. Will Thomas
20. Jack Lehner
21. Mario Clair
22. Jeremy Smith
23. Tim Fuller
24. Justin Haers
25. Yan Bussiere
DNS: Tyler Siri

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