$48,000-to-win The Biggest Dirt Race in the World™ on Saturday Night at Eldora
ROSSBURG, Ohio (September 12, 2015) – For the second time this week, Brandon Sheppard and Billy Moyer won A-Features as part of the 45th World 100 weekend at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.
Moyer, from Batesville, Arkansas, won Sunday’s Baltes Classic A-Feature and took the checkered flag in Saturday’s afternoon program that was rescheduled from Friday due to rain.
Sheppard won the second A-Feature after scoring a victory on the opening night of the World 100 on Thursday. Each driver won $5,000.
Moyer held off the hard-charging Mike Marlar, who started eighth, trading slide-jobs throughout the event. Marlar, from Winfield, Tenneessee, made a run at him coming out of turn four, but Moyer scored the win.
“I knew he was elbows up and on the gas,” Moyer said. “We bent the nose with 10 to go and didn’t have nearly the same car after that. I was just hanging on and it wouldn’t turn. I was just playing with the pedals trying to get it to turn.”
The all-time World 100 win leader with six wins in The Biggest Dirt Race In The World™, Moyer has also won each time he has been victorious in the previous Sunday night event.
Marlar was second, while Shannon Babb, Don O’Neal and 2015 Dream winner Jonathan Davenport rounded out the top-five. O’Neal started 12th, while Davenport started 20th.
Sheppard of New Berlin, Illinois, started second but took the lead early and had control of the race until a late restart with two laps remaining. Matt Westfall, from Pleasant Hill, Ohio, challenged him, but Sheppard went high on the track and scored his second victory this week.
“This car is amazing right now,” Sheppard said. “I’ve got a lot of support on this car. I knew the top was going to be ok on that last restart and I took it and it worked.”
Westfall was second, while Darrell Lanigan, Steve Francis and Jared Landers rounded out the top-five.
After the races were complete, Eldora officials brought up top qualifier Chris Ferguson to spin the “Wheel of MisFortune.” His spin landed on five.
Tonight, there will be the traditional six heat races of 15 laps in distance. Pre-invert lineups established by average finish from preliminary nights in staggered order with ties broken by
1) Best finish from Thursday or Friday races 2) Fastest qualifying time 3) Postmark of entry blank
The inversion will be five per the Wheel of Misfortune. Cars finishing first, second and third in the heat races advance to the World 100. Cars finishing fourth through 11th advance to a B-Feature, in order of finishing position.
Heats one, two and three will determine the first B-Feature and heats four, five and six will determine the second B-Feature. There will be two B-Features of 20 laps in distance. Cars finishing first through fifth will advance to the World 100. The remaining cars may choose to restart in their current running order for a B-Scramble of five laps in distance.
The two fastest qualifiers not advancing through the Heat Races will start 19th and 20th in the World 100 (if they finished in a B-Feature qualifying position, they will be removed and the finish of that Heat Race adjusted accordingly).
The World 100 will be 100 laps in distance, starting 30 cars.
Fans who can’t make it to Eldora in person this weekend can still watch all the action live by purchasing the live Pay-Per-View video broadcast of all three nights of action that is available at http://live.eldoraspeedway.com
(Event was postponed Friday due to weather and held Saturday afternoon)
DIRTcar UMP Late Models
Qualifying (listed overall by time) 1.22F-Chris Ferguson, 14.866; 2.99M-Devin Moran, 15.002; 3.7M-Donald McIntosh, 15.083; 4.777-Jared Landers, 15.118; 5.11-Josh Rice, 15.142; 6.21B-Chris Brown, 15.180; 7.1-Josh Richards, 15.193; 8.1H-Vic Hill, 15.237; 9.11R-James Rice, 15.249; 10.6-Jonathan Davenport, 15.303; 11.18B-Shannon Babb, 15.331; 12.18J-Chase Junghans, 15.347; 13.25F-Jason Feger, 15.357; 14.32P-Bobby Pierce, 15.360; 15.7R-Kent Robinson, 15.368; 16.4B-Jackie Boggs, 15.377; 17.28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. , 15.383; 18.89-Mike Spatola, 15.414; 19.71C-RJ Conley, 15.423; 20.7W-Ricky Weiss, 15.474; 21.47-Alex Ferree, 15.479; 22.0-Scott Bloomquist, 15.486; 23.157-Mike Marlar, 15.489; 24.20C-Duane Chamberlain, 15.493; 25.C9-Steve Casebolt, 15.495; 26.28E-Dennis Erb Jr. , 15.508; 27.5-Don O’Neal, 15.521; 28.29-Darrell Lanigan, 15.539; 29.44M-Chris Madden, 15.550; 30.25C-Shane Clanton, 15.563; 31.49-Brian Ruhlman, 15.598; 32.88-Andrew Reaume, 15.607; 33.31-Nick Latham, 15.613; 34.54W-Matt Westfall, 15.635; 35.28M-Jimmy Mars, 15.637; 36.B5-Brandon Sheppard, 15.645; 37.75P-Terry Phillips, 15.657; 38.15V-Kolby Vandenbergh, 15.660; 39.1N-Casey Noonan, 15.672; 40.15F-Steve Francis, 15.672; 41.87-Walker Arthur, 15.693; 42.55-Jeep VanWormer, 15.702; 43.20-Jimmy Owens, 15.711; 44.11G-Gordy Gundaker, 15.714; 45.1*-Chub Frank, 15.722; 46.17T-Shannon Thornsberry, 15.739; 47.D8-Dustin Linville, 15.743; 48.97-Michael Chilton, 15.756; 49.240-Doug Drown, 15.758; 50.90-Brian Rickman, 15.760; 51.99L-Scott Lewis, 15.771; 52.9N-Ted Nobbe, 15.775; 53.39-Tim McCreadie, 15.776; 54.21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. , 15.781; 55.17M-Dale McDowell, 15.785; 56.F5-Garrett Alberson, 15.829; 57.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 15.839; 58.86B-Neil Baggett, 15.868; 59.15H-Jon Henry, 15.873; 60.11S-Rusty Schlenk, 15.882; 61.21D-Dan Stone, 15.891; 62.32H-Austin Hubbard, 15.894; 63.81JR-Jason Riggs, 15.896; 64.11A-Austin Smith, 15.906; 65.33-Tim Manville, 15.906; 66.11B-Tommy Bailey, 15.912; 67.21-Billy Moyer, 15.914; 68.8V-Craig Vosbergen, 15.936; 69.25L-Steve Lance, 15.961; 70.ID=10123- , 15.961; 71.86R-Rick Rickman, 15.969; 72.B4U-Brad Eitniear, 15.971; 73.83-Scott James, 15.973; 74.22S-Gregg Satterlee, 15.999; 75.15C-Wayne Chinn, 16.004; 76.99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. , 16.043; 77.45H-Don Hammer, 16.075; 78.ID=23858- , 16.075; 79.14M-Morgan Bagley, 16.076; 80.25Z-Mason Zeigler, 16.105; 81.49C-Chad Ruhlman, 16.119; 82.93-Jay Johnson, 16.169; 83.51M-Mack McCarter, 16.178; 84.68-Dan Shepherd, 16.217; 85.R1-Riley Hickman, 16.224; 86.3s-Brian Shirley, 16.254; 87.R5-Chris Simpson, 16.262; 88.9-Jason Croft, 16.277; 89.18K-Brandon Kinzer, 16.284; 90.1P-Earl Pearson Jr., 16.293; 91.3c-Charlie LaPlant, 16.368; 92.42-Doug Sanders, 16.415; 93.28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger, 16.492; 94.76K-Butch Kruckeberg, 16.845; 95.96-John Mayes, 16.860; 96.07-Brian Ledbetter, 16.989; 97.5*-Bryant Dickinson, 17.075; 98.79-Shane Unger, 17.111; 99.8A-Rob Anderzack, 17.160; 100.69-Jonny Huck, 17.166; 101.27-Lauren Longbrake, 17.222; 102.5N-Dustin Nobbe, 17.415; 103.14H-Rodney Hamblin, 17.500; 104.4C-Ernie Cordier, 17.851; 105.51G-Cameron Guidi, 18.341; 106.54N-Chris Nash, 99.991; 107.116-Randy Weaver, 99.992; 108.30-Mark Voigt, 99.993;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps) 1. 7R-Kent Robinson[1] ; 2. 99M-Devin Moran[3] ; 3. 1H-Vic Hill[2] ; 4. 39-Tim McCreadie[8] ; 5. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4] ; 6. 4B-Jackie Boggs[5] ; 7. 89-Mike Spatola[6] ; 8. 87-Walker Arthur[7]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps) 1. 7W-Ricky Weiss[5] ; 2. 55-Jeep VanWormer[6] ; 3. 25F-Jason Feger[1] ; 4. 86R-Rick Rickman[7] ; 5. 11-Josh Rice[3] ; 6. 18J-Chase Junghans[2] ; 7. 7M-Donald McIntosh[4] ; 8. 96-John Mayes[8]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps) 1. 18B-Shannon Babb[2] ; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[1] ; 3. 21B-Chris Brown[4] ; 4. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [6] ; 5. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[5] ; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [8] ; 7. 11R-James Rice[3] ; 8. 88-Andrew Reaume[7] ; 9. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[9]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps) 1. 777-Jared Landers[4] ; 2. 32P-Bobby Pierce[3] ; 3. 42-Doug Sanders[7] ; 4. 79-Shane Unger[8] ; 5. 51G-Cameron Guidi[9] ; 6. 47-Alex Ferree[2] ; 7. B4U-Brad Eitniear[5] ; 8. 90-Brian Rickman[1] ; 9. 83-Scott James[6]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps) 1. 1-Josh Richards[4] ; 2. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [3] ; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[2] ; 4. 97-Michael Chilton[1] ; 5. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[5] ; 6. 68-Dan Shepherd[7] ; 7. 76K-Butch Kruckeberg[8] ; 8. 14H-Rodney Hamblin[9] ; 9. 21D-Dan Stone[6]
Heat 6, Group F – (8 Laps) 1. 71C-RJ Conley[4] ; 2. 31-Nick Latham[2] ; 3. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3] ; 4. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[6] ; 5. 17T-Shannon Thornsberry[1] ; 6. 15C-Wayne Chinn[8] ; 7. 11A-Austin Smith[7] ; 8. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[9] ; 9. 9N-Ted Nobbe[5]
Heat 7, Group G – (8 Laps) 1. 15H-Jon Henry[1] ; 2. 25C-Shane Clanton[2] ; 3. 0-Scott Bloomquist[3] ; 4. 6-Jonathan Davenport[4] ; 5. 33-Tim Manville[6] ; 6. 3s-Brian Shirley[8] ; 7. 32H-Austin Hubbard[5] ; 8. 93-Jay Johnson[7] ; 9. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[9]
Heat 8, Group H – (8 Laps) 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2] ; 2. 29-Darrell Lanigan[4] ; 3. 86B-Neil Baggett[6] ; 4. 28M-Jimmy Mars[3] ; 5. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[8] ; 6. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[1] ; 7. 81JR-Jason Riggs[7] ; 8. 99L-Scott Lewis[5] ; 9. 8A-Rob Anderzack[9]
Heat 9, Group I – (8 Laps) 1. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [2] ; 2. 20-Jimmy Owens[3] ; 3. 44M-Chris Madden[4] ; 4. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[6] ; 5. 25L-Steve Lance[1] ; 6. 07-Brian Ledbetter[8] ; 7. 4C-Ernie Cordier[9] ; 8. 3c-Charlie LaPlant[7] ; 9. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[5]
Heat 10, Group J – (8 Laps) 1. 240-Doug Drown[2] ; 2. D8-Dustin Linville[3] ; 3. C9-Steve Casebolt[4] ; 4. 17M-Dale McDowell[1] ; 5. 14M-Morgan Bagley[6] ; 6. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[7] ; 7. 9-Jason Croft[8] ; 8. 45H-Don Hammer[5] ; 9. 27-Lauren Longbrake[9]
Heat 11, Group K – (8 Laps) 1. 21-Billy Moyer[1] ; 2. 5-Don O’Neal[4] ; 3. 75P-Terry Phillips[3] ; 4. R1-Riley Hickman[6] ; 5. 69-Jonny Huck[7] ; 6. 1N-Casey Noonan[2]
Heat 12, Group L – (8 Laps) 1. 54W-Matt Westfall[4] ; 2. 15F-Steve Francis[3] ; 3. 1*-Chub Frank[2] ; 4. R5-Chris Simpson[6] ; 5. 11B-Tommy Bailey[5] ; 6. 28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger[8] ; 7. F5-Garrett Alberson[1] ; 8. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[7]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps) 1. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [2] ; 2. 97-Michael Chilton[3] ; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie[1] ; 4. 20C-Duane Chamberlain[5] ; 5. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr. [8] ; 6. 11R-James Rice[11] ; 7. 11S-Rusty Schlenk[6] ; 8. 22F-Chris Ferguson[4] ; 9. 88-Andrew Reaume[14] ; 10. 89-Mike Spatola[10] ; 11. 68-Dan Shepherd[9] ; 12. 76K-Butch Kruckeberg[12] ; 13. 5*-Bryant Dickinson[17]
B-Main 2 – (10 Laps) 1. 11-Josh Rice[4] ; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[3] ; 3. 11A-Austin Smith[12] ; 4. 86R-Rick Rickman[1] ; 5. 9N-Ted Nobbe[18] ; 6. 96-John Mayes[13] ; 7. 51G-Cameron Guidi[5] ; 8. 15C-Wayne Chinn[9] ; 9. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[15] ; 10. 79-Shane Unger[2] ; 11. 17T-Shannon Thornsberry[6]
B-Main 3 – (10 Laps) 1. 6-Jonathan Davenport[1] ; 2. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[2] ; 3. R1-Riley Hickman[3] ; 4. 33-Tim Manville[4] ; 5. 3s-Brian Shirley[7] ; 6. 93-Jay Johnson[13] ; 7. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[17] ; 8. 51M-Mack McCarter[12] ; 9. 25L-Steve Lance[5] ; 10. 32H-Austin Hubbard[10] ; 11. 69-Jonny Huck[6] ; 12. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[16] ; 13. 07-Brian Ledbetter[8] ; 14. 4C-Ernie Cordier[11]
B-Main 4 – (10 Laps) 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[2] ; 2. 28M-Jimmy Mars[1] ; 3. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[4] ; 4. R5-Chris Simpson[3] ; 5. 49C-Chad Ruhlman[8] ; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[5] ; 7. 81JR-Jason Riggs[10] ; 8. F5-Garrett Alberson[12] ; 9. 15V-Kolby Vandenbergh[7] ; 10. 11B-Tommy Bailey[6] ; 11. 28W-Jeff Wolfenbarger[9] ; 12. 99L-Scott Lewis[13] ; 13. 45H-Don Hammer[14] ; 14. 9-Jason Croft[11] ; 15. 8A-Rob Anderzack[16] ; 16. 18K-Brandon Kinzer[15] ; 17. 27-Lauren Longbrake[17]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps) 1. 21-Billy Moyer[1] ; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[8] ; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb[5] ; 4. 5-Don O’Neal[12] ; 5. 6-Jonathan Davenport[20] ; 6. 99M-Devin Moran[7] ; 7. 0-Scott Bloomquist[16] ; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[4] ; 9. 25C-Shane Clanton[10] ; 10. 20-Jimmy Owens[11] ; 11. 21JR-Billy Moyer Jr. [3] ; 12. 44M-Chris Madden[17] ; 13. 28C-Eddie Carrier Jr. [9] ; 14. 75P-Terry Phillips[18] ; 15. 15H-Jon Henry[2] ; 16. 1P-Earl Pearson Jr.[22] ; 17. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr. [19] ; 18. 97-Michael Chilton[21] ; 19. 21B-Chris Brown[14] ; 20. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[15] ; 21. 1H-Vic Hill[13] ; 22. R1-Riley Hickman[24] ; 23. 1-Josh Richards[6] ; 24. 39-Tim McCreadie[23]
A-Main 2 – (25 Laps) 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2] ; 2. 54W-Matt Westfall[3] ; 3. 29-Darrell Lanigan[10] ; 4. 15F-Steve Francis[12] ; 5. 777-Jared Landers[6] ; 6. 32P-Bobby Pierce[8] ; 7. 55-Jeep VanWormer[7] ; 8. D8-Dustin Linville[11] ; 9. 7W-Ricky Weiss[4] ; 10. 25F-Jason Feger[13] ; 11. 17M-Dale McDowell[20] ; 12. 71C-RJ Conley[5] ; 13. 28M-Jimmy Mars[22] ; 14. 11-Josh Rice[19] ; 15. 240-Doug Drown[1] ; 16. 1*-Chub Frank[18] ; 17. 49-Brian Ruhlman[15] ; 18. 31-Nick Latham[9] ; 19. 8V-Craig Vosbergen[24] ; 20. 11A-Austin Smith[23] ; 21. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[21] ; 22. 42-Doug Sanders[14] ; 23. C9-Steve Casebolt[17] ; 24. 86B-Neil Baggett[16]
Courtesy Heath Lawson
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