2023 DTWC

Race Story

SHEPPARD WINS RACE, O’NEAL WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

Brandon Sheppard held off Hudson O’Neal and Devin Moran at the checkered flag in what is surely one of the wildest races in Eldora history. The 100-lap affair had eight different drivers lead an official lap at the line. O’Neal won the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Championship in a last lap pass of Moran as the two converged on Sheppard near the finish line as he began to run out of fuel. Video highlights are posted below.

Race Results

Event Box Score

LOLMDS – Qualifying
1. 20-Jimmy Owens, 15.165; 2. 8S-Brian Shirley, 15.197; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 15.363; 4. 99-Devin Moran, 15.440; 5. 39-Tim McCreadie, 15.441; 6. 69-Jon Hodgkiss, 15.444; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce, 15.456; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson, 15.471; 9. OO-Carson Ferguson, 15.513; 10. 96V-Tanner English, 15.536; 11. 25-Jason Feger, 15.546; 12. 6JR-Parker Martin, 15.580; 13. 9H-Nick Hoffman, 15.582; 14. 12-Jason Jameson, 15.628; 15. 28C-Tyler Carpenter, 15.672; 16. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 15.719; 17. 17M-Dale McDowell, 15.720; 18. 111-Steven Roberts, 15.721; 19. 22s-G.R. Smith, 15.727; 20. 21H-Robby Hensley, 15.790; 21. 3-Austin Neely, 15.884; 22. 18B-Shannon Babb, 15.897; 23. 111B-Max Blair, 15.913; 24. 99B-Boom Briggs, 16.080; 25. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick, 16.157; 26. 88G-Chad Green, 16.283; 27. O3-Gregg Haskell, 16.423; 28. 20C-Duane Chamberlain, 16.488; 29. 79-Bill Lewis, 16.542; 30. 5N-Dustin Nobbe, 16.743; 31. 316-Mike Bargo, 17.148; 32. 10-Garrett Smith, 15.370; 33. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 15.427; 34. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 15.468; 35. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 15.477; 36. 157-Mike Marlar, 15.492; 37. 1H-Hudson O’Neal, 15.504; 38. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 15.512; 39. 6-Ross Bailes, 15.570; 40. 89M-Mike Spatola, 15.574; 41. 76-Brandon Overton, 15.582; 42. 11-Spencer Hughes, 15.605; 43. 11A-Austin Smith, 15.629; 44. 1T-Tyler Erb, 15.700; 45. 15K-Cody Overton, 15.724; 46. 88-Trent Ivey, 15.776; 47. O-Scott Bloomquist, 15.835; 48. 7-Ross Robinson, 15.881; 49. 22F-Chris Ferguson, 15.961; 50. 187-David McCoy, 15.987; 51. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 16.050; 52. 49B-Brian Ruhlman, 16.060; 53. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 16.066; 54. 174-Ethan Dotson, 16.229; 55. S8-Chris Stotts, 16.273; 56. 16-Tyler Bruening, 16.307; 57. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 16.377; 58. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 16.399; 59. 63-Terry Rushlow, 16.447; 60. 95J-Jerry Bowersock, 16.598; 61. 8-Rob Anderzack, 18.012; 62. 29-Clint Keenan, 99.991

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 9H-Nick Hoffman[5]; 5. 96V-Tanner English[4]; 6. C4-Freddie Carpenter[6]; 7. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[9]; 8. 22*-G.R. Smith[7]; 9. 316-Mike Bargo[11]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 39-Tim McCreadie[2]; 2. 8S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell[6]; 4. 12-Jason Jameson[5]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 6. 111B-Max Blair[8]; 7. 21H-Robby Hensley[7]; 8. 88G-Chad Green[9]; 9. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 10. 79-Bill Lewis[10]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. OO-Carson Ferguson[3]; 3. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[5]; 4. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[2]; 5. 6JR-Parker Martin[4]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[8]; 7. 3-Austin Neely[7]; 8. O3-Gregg Haskell[9]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 4. 10-Garrett Smith[1]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 6. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[8]; 7. 187-David McCoy[7]; 8. O-Scott Bloomquist[6]

Heat #5 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]; 3. 174-Ethan Dotson[8]; 4. 6-Ross Bailes[3]; 5. 7W-Ricky Weiss[9]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[7]; 7. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[10]; 8. 11-Spencer Hughes[4]; 9. 7-Ross Robinson[6]; 10. 15K-Cody Overton[5]

Heat #6 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[1]; 3. 22F-Chris Ferguson[6]; 4. 89M-Mike Spatola[3]; 5. 130-Chase Osterhoff[9]; 6. 88-Trent Ivey[5]; 7. S8-Chris Stotts[8]; 8. 49B-Brian Ruhlman[7]; 9. 11A-Austin Smith[4]

B-Feature #1 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 9H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[3]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 4. C4-Freddie Carpenter[5]; 5. 12-Jason Jameson[2]; 6. 22*-G.R. Smith[9]; 7. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[7]; 8. 21H-Robby Hensley[8]; 9. 316-Mike Bargo[11]; 10. 88G-Chad Green[10]; 11. 111B-Max Blair[6]; 12. 79-Bill Lewis[13]

B-Feature #2 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 10-Garrett Smith[2]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 6JR-Parker Martin[3]; 4. 99B-Boom Briggs[5]; 5. 187-David McCoy[8]; 6. 3-Austin Neely[7]; 7. O-Scott Bloomquist[10]; 8. O3-Gregg Haskell[9]; 9. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 10. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[1]

B-Feature #3 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 7W-Ricky Weiss[3]; 2. 89M-Mike Spatola[2]; 3. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 4. 88-Trent Ivey[6]; 5. 11-Spencer Hughes[9]; 6. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 7. 49B-Brian Ruhlman[10]; 8. 130-Chase Osterhoff[4]; 9. S8-Chris Stotts[8]; 10. 15K-Cody Overton[13]; 11. 6-Ross Bailes[1]

Jim Dunn Feature – (25)Laps
1. 12-Jason Jameson[6]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[4]; 4. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[11]; 5. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[10]; 6. 3-Austin Neely[9]; 7. 88G-Chad Green[19]; 8. 187-David McCoy[7]; 9. 49B-Brian Ruhlman[13]; 10. 316-Mike Bargo[17]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin[1]; 12. 79-Bill Lewis[23]; 13. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[20]; 14. 22*-G.R. Smith[8]; 15. C4-Freddie Carpenter[3]; 16. 130-Chase Osterhoff[16]

A-Feature – (100)Laps
1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[14]; 2. 1H-Hudson O’Neal[6]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[1]; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie[3]; 5. 17M-Dale McDowell[15]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce[13]; 7. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]; 8. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 9. 10-Garrett Smith[20]; 10. 49-Jonathan Davenport[2]; 11. 1T-Tyler Erb[23]; 12. 58-Garrett Alberson[27]; 13. 18D-Daulton Wilson[10]; 14. OO-Carson Ferguson[11]; 15. 7W-Ricky Weiss[21]; 16. 22F-Chris Ferguson[18]; 17. 11-Spencer Hughes[28]; 18. 76-Brandon Overton[8]; 19. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[17]; 20. 8S-Brian Shirley[9]; 21. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 22. 96V-Tanner English[22]; 23. 111B-Max Blair[25]; 24. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[26]; 25. 174-Ethan Dotson[16]; 26. 9H-Nick Hoffman[19]; 27. 89M-Mike Spatola[24]; 28. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[12]

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Steel Blocks – Qualifying
1. D19-Dillan Stake, 17.404; 2. 43M-Mike Sprouse, 17.575; 3. 34-Kyle Wiser, 17.691; 4. 11B-Lance Brasington, 17.731; 5. 22S-Brian Speelman, 17.872; 6. 15K-Cody Overton, 17.894; 7. 2-Rick Mardis, 17.930; 8. 9C-Dustin Canfield, 17.964; 9. B4-Brandon Brown, 18.129; 10. 43-Dustin Sprouse, 18.152; 11. 5k-Levi Crowl, 18.159; 12. 5-Dustin Carter, 18.193; 13. 23-Derek Rogers, 18.219; 14. 31-Marshall Hereygers, 18.223; 15. 44M-Lucas McDonald, 18.298; 16. 55W-Ashlee Scott, 18.306; 17. O3-Oliver Gentry, 18.329; 18. 58-Evyian Terry, 18.439; 19. X-Trace Settles, 18.514; 20. 25-Ted Johnson Jr , 18.768; 21. 1B-Shane Bailey, 18.962; 22. 9M-Derrick Meadors , 19.038; 23. 51-Devin Shiels, 19.140; 24. 81G-DJ Garrett, 19.330; 25. 97R-Jake Riethmeier , 19.376; 26. 5C-Jacob Curnutte, 19.602; 27. 63-Matt Whitten, 19.625; 28. O6-Jordan Van Hal, 19.773; 29. G15-Jacob Gamber, 19.844; 30. 22-Jace Owens, 20.223; 31. 64-Michael McGinnis , 20.270; 32. 17-David Ellis, 99.991; 33. 44B-KC Burdette, 16.736; 34. 22B-Jonathan Brauns, 16.874; 35. 11W-Jeff Watson, 16.891; 36. 22A-Tucker Anderson, 16.940; 37. 28-Taylor Puckett, 17.107; 38. 56-BJ Gregory , 17.146; 39. O1G-Matt Glanden, 17.169; 40. C43-Cody VanDeWynckel, 17.174; 41. 24R-Robert Bostic, 17.210; 42. 32×2-Jacob Wiblin, 17.396; 43. P3-Jeff Robertson, 17.451; 44. 5M-Zach Milbee , 17.578; 45. B34-Bub Crum , 17.608; 46. GRS1-Daniel Hill, 17.637; 47. K37-Drew Kennedy, 17.870; 48. 34C-Pete Crum , 17.929; 49. 10-Michael Meyers, 17.957; 50. 22F-Nick Fenner, 17.967; 51. C2-Corey DeLancey, 18.067; 52. 77-William Rose, 18.082; 53. 81M-Matt Melvin, 18.141; 54. 97T-Kevin Terry, 18.150; 55. A7-Kelby Abels, 18.200; 56. 29H-Cory Almond, 18.463; 57. 92-Shaun Lawton, 18.468; 58. 99-Cody Lear, 18.498; 59. 75-Toma Johnson , 18.523; 60. 702-Ronald Keyser, 18.768; 61. 49-Kyle Lear, 18.987; 62. 22V-Anthony Voyles, 19.837; 63. 422-Caleb Schryer, 20.158; 64. 5J-Jeff Lanham, 99.992

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. D19-Dillan Stake[1]; 2. 11B-Lance Brasington[2]; 3. 2-Rick Mardis[3]; 4. 23-Derek Rogers[5]; 5. 55W-Ashlee Scott[6]; 6. 43-Dustin Sprouse[4]; 7. 64-Michael McGinnis [11]; 8. O6-Jordan Van Hal[10]; 9. 9M-Derrick Meadors [8]; 10. 97R-Jake Riethmeier [9]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 43M-Mike Sprouse[1]; 2. O3-Oliver Gentry[6]; 3. 51-Devin Shiels[8]; 4. 9C-Dustin Canfield[3]; 5. G15-Jacob Gamber[10]; 6. 25-Ted Johnson Jr [7]; 7. 22S-Brian Speelman[2]; 8. 31-Marshall Hereygers[5]; 9. 5k-Levi Crowl[4]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 15K-Cody Overton[2]; 2. B4-Brandon Brown[3]; 3. 5-Dustin Carter[4]; 4. 44M-Lucas McDonald[5]; 5. 34-Kyle Wiser[1]; 6. 1B-Shane Bailey[7]; 7. 58-Evyian Terry[6]; 8. 22-Jace Owens[10]; 9. 63-Matt Whitten[9]; 10. 81G-DJ Garrett[8]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 44B-KC Burdette[1]; 2. 22A-Tucker Anderson[2]; 3. O1G-Matt Glanden[3]; 4. C2-Corey DeLancey[7]; 5. 92-Shaun Lawton[9]; 6. 34C-Pete Crum [6]; 7. 32×2-Jacob Wiblin[4]; 8. 422-Caleb Schryer[11]; 9. B34-Bub Crum [5]; 10. 97T-Kevin Terry[8]

Heat #5 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 22B-Jonathan Brauns[1]; 2. GRS1-Daniel Hill[5]; 3. C43-Cody VanDeWynckel[3]; 4. 28-Taylor Puckett[2]; 5. 77-William Rose[7]; 6. A7-Kelby Abels[8]; 7. 49-Kyle Lear[10]; 8. 99-Cody Lear[9]; 9. P3-Jeff Robertson[4]

Heat #6 – (8)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 5M-Zach Milbee [4]; 2. 56-BJ Gregory [2]; 3. 11W-Jeff Watson[1]; 4. 24R-Robert Bostic[3]; 5. 81M-Matt Melvin[7]; 6. 29H-Cory Almond[8]; 7. 22F-Nick Fenner[6]; 8. 22V-Anthony Voyles[10]; 9. 75-Toma Johnson [9]; 10. K37-Drew Kennedy[5]

B-Feature #1 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 44M-Lucas McDonald[3]; 2. 55W-Ashlee Scott[4]; 3. 23-Derek Rogers[1]; 4. 22-Jace Owens[15]; 5. 58-Evyian Terry[12]; 6. 81G-DJ Garrett[21]; 7. 64-Michael McGinnis [10]; 8. 97R-Jake Riethmeier [19]; 9. 43-Dustin Sprouse[7]; 10. 9C-Dustin Canfield[2]; 11. 22S-Brian Speelman[11]; 12. 63-Matt Whitten[18]; 13. G15-Jacob Gamber[5]; 14. 25-Ted Johnson Jr [8]; 15. O6-Jordan Van Hal[13]; 16. 9M-Derrick Meadors [16]; 17. 34-Kyle Wiser[6]; 18. 1B-Shane Bailey[9]; 19. 5k-Levi Crowl[17]

B-Feature #2 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. C2-Corey DeLancey[1]; 2. 28-Taylor Puckett[2]; 3. 81M-Matt Melvin[6]; 4. 92-Shaun Lawton[4]; 5. A7-Kelby Abels[8]; 6. 99-Cody Lear[14]; 7. 97T-Kevin Terry[19]; 8. B34-Bub Crum [16]; 9. 10-Michael Meyers[20]; 10. 77-William Rose[5]; 11. 24R-Robert Bostic[3]; 12. 29H-Cory Almond[9]; 13. 34C-Pete Crum [7]; 14. P3-Jeff Robertson[17]; 15. 22F-Nick Fenner[12]; 16. 32×2-Jacob Wiblin[10]; 17. 22V-Anthony Voyles[15]; 18. 49-Kyle Lear[11]; 19. 422-Caleb Schryer[13]; 20. 75-Toma Johnson [18]

A-Feature – (25)Laps
1. 15K-Cody Overton[5]; 2. 44B-KC Burdette[2]; 3. 28-Taylor Puckett[22]; 4. 23-Derek Rogers[23]; 5. 5M-Zach Milbee [6]; 6. 5-Dustin Carter[17]; 7. 51-Devin Shiels[15]; 8. C2-Corey DeLancey[20]; 9. O3-Oliver Gentry[9]; 10. 92-Shaun Lawton[24]; 11. A7-Kelby Abels[26]; 12. 43M-Mike Sprouse[3]; 13. 58-Evyian Terry[25]; 14. 44M-Lucas McDonald[19]; 15. GRS1-Daniel Hill[10]; 16. 56-BJ Gregory [12]; 17. B4-Brandon Brown[11]; 18. 11W-Jeff Watson[18]; 19. 22A-Tucker Anderson[8]; 20. 11B-Lance Brasington[7]; 21. C43-Cody VanDeWynckel[16]; 22. 2-Rick Mardis[13]; 23. 55W-Ashlee Scott[21]; 24. 22B-Jonathan Brauns[4]; 25. D19-Dillan Stake[1]; 26. O1G-Matt Glanden[14]

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