Return to WoO Action this Week at Richmond and Brushcreek
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (04/19/21) – Rocket1 Racing with driver Brandon Sheppard competed in Maryland and Pennsylvania over the weekend with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model.
After a slow start to the weekend on Saturday, the team bounced back for a podium performance on Sunday evening.
“We dug ourselves a hole in qualifying at Hagerstown (Speedway) on Saturday, and faced an uphill battle the rest of the night. On Sunday at Port Royal Speedway we had one of our best qualifying performances of the year and we parlayed that into a podium finish in the feature,” Sheppard noted. “As bad of luck as we’ve been having it was nice to end the weekend with a top three finish.”
Rocket1 Racing was back on the road on Saturday afternoon as they invaded Hagerstown Speedway (Hagerstown, Md.) to kick off the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) doubleheader weekend.
Drawing 42 entries for the Red Nininger Tribute, Sheppard slipped one spot in his heat race to finish seventh. Failing to place third or better in his B-Main, Brandon was granted a provisional into the $15,000-to-win A-Main. Coming one spot shy of a Top-10, finish, Sheppard marched through the field 12 spots in the 50-lapper to place 11th.
On Sunday afternoon at Port Royal Speedway (Port Royal, Pa.) for the River Valley 40, Brandon clocked in fastest in his time trial group before picking up an eight-lap heat race victory. With $10,000 on the line in the feature, Sheppard dropped one spot to finish third, trailing Jonathan Davenport and Shane Clanton to the checkers. Chris Ferguson and Stormy Scott completed the Top-5 finishers in the 40-lap affair.
For complete results from these events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com.
This weekend – April 23-24 – Brandon and Rocket1 Racing take the World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Model Series point’s lead into battle in a pair of $10,000-to-win events in Kentucky and Ohio. Action opens on Friday at Kentucky’s Richmond Raceway before moving to Ohio’s Brushcreek Motorsports Complex for the 4B4EVER 40 on Saturday.
For complete results from these events as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.WorldofOutlaws.com.
Rocket1 Racing would like to thank all of their marketing partners, which include Valvoline, Seubert Calf Ranches, Rocket Chassis, Ace Metal Works, Durham Racing Engines, FiveStar RaceCar Bodies, Gunters Honey, Hoosier Racing Tire, Integra Racing Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, Petroff Towing, Slavic Custom Racing Shirts & Decals, Sweet Manufacturing, Sunoco Race Fuels, Accu-Force Shock Service, ATL Fuel Cells, Aurora Rod Ends, Barnes Dry Sump Oil Systems, Bazell Race Fuels, Beyea Custom Headers, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Brinn Transmissions, Cometic Gasket, COMP Cams, CP Carrillo, Dohm Cycles, Edelbrock, Fibreworks Composites, Hardrock Powder Coating, Howe Racing Enterprises, Jones Racing Products, Kenny’s Components, Maxima Racing Oils, MSD, NGK Spark Plugs, Tel Tac, Performance Bodies, Peterson Fluid Systems, Powers Performance, Performance Rod & Custom, Quarter Master, QuickCar Racing Products, Rocket Pre-Owned Motors, Safecraft, Show Trucks Unlimited, Simpson, Stealth Carburetors, Strange Oval, Suave Talk, Total Power Valvoline Pro-V Racing, Walker Performance Filtration, Weld Racing, Wiles Driveshafts, Wilwood Brakes, Winters Performance Products, Wrisco Aluminum, Xceldyne Valvetrain, and MSR Mafia Marketing Services.
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Ben Shelton, Owner
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