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MERIDIAN, MS\u00ad\u2013 April 20, 2018\u2013 The World of Outlaws Craftsman\u00ae Late Model Series returned to action on Friday evening at Whynot Motorsports Park for the first of two nights for the inaugural Queen City Shootout. This was the Series first race in 62 days due to several cancellations for weather, but Mother Nature finally showed some mercy and the 50-lap feature was worth the wait.<\/em>\u00a0The 2017 World of Outlaws champion Brandon Sheppard charged from 12th to collect his second win of the 2018 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was definitely not an easy one there. [Chris] Madden and Big Billy [Moyer] did a great job,\u201d said Sheppard. \u201cThe track was really tricky tonight. The line kept changing all over the place. I could roll the middle there pretty good for a little bit, and then I could go to the bottom, and then I could move up, and then the middle got dirty there. We had a good car early, I think we just ran the wrong line in qualifying.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dominant New Berlin, IL driver qualified 21st overall earlier in the day which placed him fifth in his heat race. Sheppard was able to finish third in his heat which secured his transfer spot into the $10,000-to-win feature event. In the first lap of the race, Sheppard had remarkably gained four positions. By lap 13, Sheppard had bypassed Moyer for second and began chasing down pole-sitter and race-long leader, Madden. Known for his patient approach to taking over the lead position, Sheppard made the pass for the top spot on lap 41 when the perfect time arose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m pretty sure it was hard to lead that race in the first half since like I said, the line was moving around all over the place,\u201d continued Sheppard. \u201cYou know I could see where [Madden] was messing up a little bit. I found a little bit of a line there coming off of [turn] two, to where I could get up underneath him if he moved up again, and that\u2019s what happened. Everything just worked out for us. We were really fortunate to be in a position to take the lead there.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, Madden was running around the bottom of the racetrack and slightly shifted his line up on the backstretch opening the door for Sheppard to charge through to command the lead. Madden continued to chase down Sheppard throughout the remaining laps in the feature. With five laps to go, the driver of Gray Court, SC headed to the top of the race track hoping to find the extra momentum he needed to reclaim the lead but while doing so, he opened the door for Moyer to steal second and was forced to settle for third.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just got too tight right there from about the middle of the race on and when I caught those lapped cars, and I couldn\u2019t use the whole racetrack, I got in some trouble there,\u201d said Madden. \u201cI couldn\u2019t stay down off of two over there and use the moisture like I could. I left the door open and Brandon was there to fill the spot. He was better than we were at the end of the race to steer around the bottom. We tried to go up top to get by Sheppard so we gave up second for third and that\u2019s OK. We were trying to get the win instead of running second.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just had to hit your marks perfect,\u201d said Moyer. \u201cWe are happy to get a second here for sure. We had fun. We had a good racetrack. You know, we could move around on there, I thought it was a pretty neat deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series will return to the quarter-mile dirt track at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday for the finale of the inaugural Queen City Shootout.<\/p>\n

Whynot Motorsports Park Abbreviated\u00a0Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Craftsman Club Feature (50 Laps):<\/strong>\u00a01. 1-Brandon Sheppard [12]; 2. 21-Billy Moyer [3]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [1]; 4. 1x-Chub Frank [11]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar [8]; 6. 7-Rick Eckert [14]; 7. 18c-Chase Junghans [20]; 8. B1-Brent Larson [24]; 9. 14m-Morgan Bagley [13]; 10. 21jr-Billy Moyer [18]; 11. 1c-Chad Thrash [4]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [23]; 13. 97-Cade Dillard [22]; 14. 54-David Breazeale [15]; 15. 18s-Jack Sullivan [9]; 16. 86-Rick Rickman [7]; 17. C8-Timothy Culp [25]; 18. 91-Tyler Erb [16]; 19. 6-Blake Spencer [26]; 20. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [19]; 21. 25-Shane Clanton [6]; 22. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 23. 4-Michael Arnold [10]; 24. 22-Chris Ferguson [17]; 25. 77-Gavin Landers [5]; 26. 9-Devin Moran [21]<\/p>\n

Qualifying Flight-A:<\/strong>\u00a01. 21-Billy Moyer, 12.589; 2. 4-Michael Arnold, 12.661; 3. 21xxx-Neil Baggett, 12.694; 4. 1b-BJ Robinson, 12.755; 5. 25-Shane Clanton, 12.797; 6. 1c-Chad Thrash, 12.88; 7. 14z-Zack McMillan, 12.889; 8. 77-Gavin Landers, 12.898; 9. 18s-Jack Sullivan, 12.9; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson, 12.902; 11. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk, 12.914; 12. 10-Spencer Hughes, 12.953; 13. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 12.961; 14. 777-Jared Landers, 12.984; 15. 9-Devin Moran, 12.994; 16. 7-Rick Eckert, 13.053; 17. 116-Brandon Overton, 13.07; 18. 5-Jon Mitchell, 13.173; 19. 94-Austin Rettig, 13.22; 20. 6-Blake Spencer, 13.634<\/p>\n

Qualifying Flight-B<\/strong>: 1. 86-Rick Rickman, 12.685; 2. 91-Tyler Erb, 12.709; 3. 90-Brian Rickman, 12.731; 4. 44-Chris Madden, 12.79; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer, 12.881; 6. 97-Cade Dillard, 12.884; 7. B1-Brent Larson, 12.904; 8. 51m-Joey Moriarty, 12.929; 9. 54-David Breazeale, 12.941; 10. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 12.946; 11. 18c-Chase Junghans, 12.949; 12. 157-Mike Marlar, 12.961; 13. 3-Shay Knight, 13.02; 14. 6r-Robbie Stuart, 13.029; 15. C8-Timothy Culp, 13.149; 16. 44s-Dave Hess, 13.189; 17. 1x-Chub Frank, 13.26; 18. 15-Chris Smith, 13.323; 19. 99B-Boom Briggs, 13.594<\/p>\n

PFC Fast Time Award:<\/strong>\u00a0Billy Moyer, 12.589<\/p>\n

Heat #1 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer:<\/strong>\u00a01. 21-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [3]; 3. 18s-Jack Sullivan [5]; 4. 14m-Morgan Bagley [7]; 5. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [6]; 6. 14z-Zack McMillan [4]; 7. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [2]; 8. 9-Devin Moran [8]; 9. 94-Austin Rettig [10]; 10. 116-Brandon Overton [9]<\/p>\n

Heat #2 – Flight (A) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer:<\/strong>\u00a01. 1c-Chad Thrash [3]; 2. 77-Gavin Landers [4]; 3. 4-Michael Arnold [1]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [8]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson [5]; 6. 777-Jared Landers [7]; 7. 1b-BJ Robinson [2]; 8. 10-Spencer Hughes [6]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [9]; 10. 6-Blake Spencer [10]<\/p>\n

Heat #3 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer:<\/strong>\u00a01. 90-Brian Rickman [2]; 2. 86-Rick Rickman [1]; 3. 1x-Chub Frank [9]; 4. 54-David Breazeale [5]; 5. 21jr-Billy Moyer [3]; 6. 18c-Chase Junghans [6]; 7. B1-Brent Larson [4]; 8. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [8]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [10]<\/p>\n

Heat #4 – Flight (B) (10 Laps) – Top 4 Transfer:<\/strong>\u00a01. 44-Chris Madden [2]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar [6]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [5]; 4. 91-Tyler Erb [1]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard [3]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [7]; 7. 15-Chris Smith [9]; 8. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 9. 51m-Joey Moriarty [4]<\/p>\n

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer:<\/strong>\u00a01. 22-Chris Ferguson [2]; 2. CJ1-Rusty Schlenk [1]; 3. 9-Devin Moran [7]; 4. 21xxx-Neil Baggett [5]; 5. 777-Jared Landers [4]; 6. 94-Austin Rettig [9]; 7. 10-Spencer Hughes [8]; 8. 6-Blake Spencer [12]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell [10]; 10. 14z-Zack McMillan [3]; 11. 1b-BJ Robinson [6]; 12. 116-Brandon Overton [11]<\/p>\n

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( 10 Laps):<\/strong>\u00a01. 21jr-Billy Moyer [1]; 2. 18c-Chase Junghans [3]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard [2]; 4. B1-Brent Larson [5]; 5. 44s-Dave Hess [8]; 6. 6r-Robbie Stuart [4]; 7. 3-Shay Knight [7]; 8. 15-Chris Smith [6]; 9. C8-Timothy Culp [9]; 10. 99B-Boom Briggs [11]; 11. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10]<\/p>\n

Points Top 25:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pos.<\/td>\nCar<\/td>\nDriver<\/td>\nTotal<\/td>\nDiff<\/td>\nEarnings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nBrandon Sheppard<\/td>\n446<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n$30,450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n44<\/td>\nChris Madden<\/td>\n436<\/td>\n-10<\/td>\n$18,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nRick Eckert<\/td>\n418<\/td>\n-28<\/td>\n$10,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n157<\/td>\nMike Marlar<\/td>\n412<\/td>\n-34<\/td>\n$8,810<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n18c<\/td>\nChase Junghans<\/td>\n412<\/td>\n-34<\/td>\n$7,760<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n1x<\/td>\nChub Frank<\/td>\n406<\/td>\n-40<\/td>\n$8,190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nShane Clanton<\/td>\n382<\/td>\n-64<\/td>\n$8,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n116<\/td>\nBrandon Overton<\/td>\n378<\/td>\n-68<\/td>\n$4,410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n14m<\/td>\nMorgan Bagley<\/td>\n368<\/td>\n-78<\/td>\n$3,590<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nB1<\/td>\nBrent Larson *R<\/td>\n366<\/td>\n-80<\/td>\n$3,140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n9<\/td>\nDevin Moran<\/td>\n360<\/td>\n-86<\/td>\n$5,950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n54<\/td>\nDavid Breazeale *R<\/td>\n352<\/td>\n-94<\/td>\n$3,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n91<\/td>\nTyler Erb<\/td>\n352<\/td>\n-94<\/td>\n$4,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n21jr<\/td>\nBilly Moyer Jr<\/td>\n348<\/td>\n-98<\/td>\n$3,360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nC8<\/td>\nTimothy Culp *R<\/td>\n338<\/td>\n-108<\/td>\n$2,970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nChris Ferguson *R<\/td>\n336<\/td>\n-110<\/td>\n$2,855<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nCJ1<\/td>\nRusty Schlenk *R<\/td>\n320<\/td>\n-126<\/td>\n$2,380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n17M<\/td>\nDale McDowell<\/td>\n294<\/td>\n-152<\/td>\n$14,610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n99B<\/td>\nBoom Briggs<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n-156<\/td>\n$1,290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n0<\/td>\nScott Bloomquist<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n-156<\/td>\n$13,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n1r<\/td>\nJosh Richards<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n-160<\/td>\n$9,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n39<\/td>\nTim McCreadie<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n-160<\/td>\n$14,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n49<\/td>\nJonathan Davenport<\/td>\n284<\/td>\n-162<\/td>\n$7,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nBlake Spencer<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n-174<\/td>\n$440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nDennis Erb<\/td>\n270<\/td>\n-176<\/td>\n$4,850<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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