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.
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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