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Brandon Sheppard romps to LOLMDS victory at East Bay

By Series PR
Posted 2:00PM on Friday 9th February 2018 ( 6 years ago )

TAMPA, Fla. - Brandon Sheppard charged from the 21st starting spot to win Thursday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at Tampa, Florida’s East Bay Raceway Park.

Sheppard won the Winternationals opener on Monday night. Thursday night, he took the lead from Tyler Erb on lap 22 and then held off Hall-of-Famer Scott Bloomquist for the win.

Jimmy Owens led the first two laps of the 40-lap main event before Kyle Bronson took the top spot. Bronson led one circuit until ninth-place starter Tyler Erb surged by him for the lead of the race. Erb then held the point until Sheppard’s charge from the inside of row 11 was complete, taking the lead which he never relinquished.

“I was very concerned those last nine laps,” said Owens. “I was having trouble seeing my signal guys. I didn’t really know how close they were to me. I swear I kept hearing a rattling in my left rear. I don’t what that was about. We worked hard to get up there. It was gritty out there on the surface. We qualified a little better than we have been. We got in that wreck in the heat and then we broke a driveshaft and knocked the rear end out of it before having to come out of the B-Main, it was long night for sure.

“My team just never quit on me. Thanks to Mark Richards, Steve Baker, everybody at Rocket Chassis, my crew, Dan, Austin, J.T., Brian, and everyone else. Thanks to my dad and grandpa back home. This race is for my grandpa, he had pretty serious neck surgery this morning. Thanks to them for giving me a racing career to begin with. My girlfriend, son, daughter, and everybody who was watching back home.”

Trailing Sheppard and Bloomquist to the finish line were Devin Moran in third, followed by Josh Richards in fourth, and Tyler Erb in fifth.

Brandon Overton, Jimmy Owens, Earl Pearson, Jr., Chub Frank, and Bobby Pierce rounded out the top ten.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
East Bay Winternationals – February 8, 2018

FINISH START CAR # DRIVER NAME HOMETOWN EARNINGS
1 21 1s Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL $7,000
2 1 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN $3,500
3 11 9 Devin Moran Dresden, OH $2,000
4 6 1R Josh Richards Shinnston, WV $1,500
5 9 91 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX $1,400
6 7 116 Brandon Overton Evans, GA $1,300
7 3 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $1,200
8 23 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. Jacksonville, FL $1,100
9 22 1* Chub Frank Bear Lake, PA $1,000
10 25 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL $950
11 2 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL $1,000
12 16 14m Morgan Bagley Gladewater, TX $850
13 14 14 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY $800
14 20 7MM Michael Maresca Hannawa Fallls, NY $750
15 12 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL $725
16 17 C8 Timothy Culp Prattsville, AR $700
17 8 22* Brian Shirley Chatham, IL $700
18 4 21JR Billy Moyer, Jr. Batesville, AR $700
19 5 22 Gregg Satterlee Indiana, PA $650
20 15 5 Don O’Neal Martinsville, IN $625
21 26 11 Austin Hubbard Bridgeville, DE $625
22 19 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $600
23 10 12J Jason Jameson Lawrenceburg, IN $600
24 24 71 Hudson O’Neal Martinsville, IN $600
25 13 99B Boom Briggs Bear Lake, PA $600
26 18 d8 Dustin Mitchell Selma, NC $600
Brandon Sheppard scored the victory in Thursday night's Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winternationals action at East Bay Raceway Park.

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