Brandon Sheppard climbs from his car in victory lane after winning Monday night’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series feature at East Bay Raceway Park. Photo by Mike Horne
Brandon Sheppard picked up his first career East Bay Raceway Park victory on Monday night during the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Winternationals at the Tampa, Florida speedway.
Sheppard – who started fourth on the grid – drove to the win after taking the lead on the fifth lap.
Earl Pearson, Jr. finished in second, followed by Devin Moran in third, Kyle Bronson in fourth and Brian Shirley in fifth.
Shirley led the first four circuits of the 25-lap main event until Sheppard came from the outside of the second row to take over the top spot. Sheppard then held off Pearson, who had started seventh, for the victory. It was Sheppard’s fifth career LOLMDS win.
“It’s good to finally get a win at East Bay,” Sheppard said. “We have been coming here for several years and to do it on opening night this year feels great. In a short race like this you must get to the front as soon as you can. The car was good all night long. We could pass cars low and high and then we finally cleared Shirley. It was a good race up front.”
Once Sheppard had the lead, he had to wait through two caution flags inside the final five laps of the race. Pearson slipped under Moran on a lap 20 restart for second place and held that spot to the finish.
“These young guys are wearing me out,” said Pearson. “It was a total turnaround from Golden Isles. The crew has worked hard on this car and the Larry Wallace Racing Engine was super-strong tonight as well. To come from where we did in just 25 laps we should be set-up well for the rest of the week.”
Moran realized that his slipping out of the groove with five laps to go cost him a shot at the win.
“It was driver error,” he said. “But I had fun tonight running up front like I did. Hopefully this bodes well for the rest of the season.”
Austin Hubbard, Josh Richards, Tyler Erb, Hudson O’Neal and Gregg Satterlee rounded out the top ten finishers.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
East Bay Raceway Park – Tampa, FL
Race Results – Feb. 13, 2017
| FINISH | START | CAR # | DRIVER NAME | HOMETOWN | EARNINGS |
| 1 | 4 | 1S | Brandon Sheppard | New Berlin, IL | $5,000 |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | Earl Pearson, Jr. | Jacksonville, FL | $3,000 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | Devin Moran | Dresden, OH | $2,000 |
| 4 | 3 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | Brandon, FL | $1,500 |
| 5 | 1 | 3s | Brian Shirley | Chatham, IL | $1,000 |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Austin Hubbard | Bridgeville, DE | $800 |
| 7 | 16 | 1R | Josh Richards | Shinnston, WV | $750 |
| 8 | 9 | 91 | Tyler Erb | New Waverly, TX | $700 |
| 9 | 19 | 71 | Hudson O’Neal | Martinsville, IN | $650 |
| 10 | 10 | 22 | Gregg Satterlee | Rochester Mills, PA | $600 |
| 11 | 21 | 39 | Tim McCreadie | Watertown, NY | $550 |
| 12 | 12 | 27 | Michael Lake | Uniontown, PA | $500 |
| 13 | 8 | 21JR | Billy Moyer, Jr. | Batesville, AR | $500 |
| 14 | 15 | 28E | Dennis Erb, Jr. | Carpentersville, IL | $500 |
| 15 | 17 | 6T | Tim Dohm | Cross Lanes, WV | $500 |
| 16 | 23 | 22G | Greg Oakes | Franklinville, NY | $500 |
| 17 | 26 | 15 | Steve Francis | Bowling Green, KY | $500 |
| 18 | 18 | 92 | Nick Davis | Millsboro, DE | $500 |
| 19 | 2 | 240 | Doug Drown | Wooster, OH | $500 |
| 20 | 22 | 14c | Corey Conley | Wellsburg, WV | $500 |
| 21 | 13 | 7w | Ricky Weiss | Headingley, MB | $500 |
| 22 | 14 | H1 | Jared Miley | South Park, PA | $500 |
| 23 | 24 | B1 | Brent Larson | Lake Elmo, MN | $500 |
| 24 | 25 | 20 | Jimmy Owens | Newport, TN | $500 |
| 25 | 11 | 94 | Austin Rettig | Sikeston, MO | $500 |
| 26 | 20 | k0 | Tyler Carpenter | Parkersburg, WV | $500 |
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