Brandon Sheppard had a commanding lead on the field during the Preliminary night of the inaugural Hawkeye 100 Weekend. He was looking for his first win of the season and trying to break a 12-race winless streak to start the season.
Alas, Cade Dillard had something to say about it.
The driver of the No. 97 passed Sheppard in the final 10 laps, sliding up onto the inside of turns 3 and 4 to make the pass for the prelim night points win.
“We had a really good car during that first feature,” Dillard said. “It definitely helps in points. We’re pretty far back there. We were just trying to go out and get wins. Just to compete with these guys in general is really tough. We’re not as consistent as we want to be, but we’ll get there.”
The field was originally scheduled to run split feature races that wouldn’t contribute to World of Outlaws series points.
However, due to just 24 late models showing up to race – with the Lucas Oil Late Model Series running elsewhere – they decided to run all of the cars in each race.
The first feature counted towards World of Outlaws points – where the points leader in Sheppard finished in the runner-up position.
The second feature, however, did not. Qualifying and each feature counted toward compiling the lineups for Saturday’s heat races.
Billy Moyer was the top point man.
“It’s always good to start on the front, so we’re happy about that,” Moyer said. “I think the track is going to be knee-deep in mud tomorrow night, so I don’t know if the first heat is a good place to be or not. The front row definitely is.”
Moyer will start at the point for heat 1, along with Dillard in heat 2 and Frank Heckenast Jr. in heat 3.
Saturday’s action is scheduled to start with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. CT. As always, all of the action can be seen live on DirtVision and ARD will have full coverage.
World of Outlaws Late Models Results
Feature 1 (WoO LMS Points Race)
1. Cade Dillard
2. Brandon Sheppard
3. Billy Moyer
4. Chris Madden
5. Bobby Pierce
6. Ryan Gustin
7. Frank Heckenast Jr.
8. Tyler Bruening
9. Spencer Diercks
10. Boom Briggs
11. Logan Martin
12. Shannon Babb
13. Gordy Gundaker
14. Dennis Erb Jr.
15. Kyle Strickler
16. Chris Simpson
17. Chad Mahder
18. Daniel Hilsabeck
19. Chase Junghans
20. Ricky Weiss
21. Richie Gustin Jr.
22. Jeremy Grady
23. Brennon Willard
24. Brent Larson
Feature 2
1. Shannon Babb
2. Frank Heckenast Jr.
3. Tyler Bruening
4. Spencer Diercks
5. Logan Martin
6. Boom Briggs
7. Ryan Gustin
8. Billy Moyer
9. Cade Dillard
10. Ricky Weiss
11. Chris Simpson
12. Gordy Gundaker
13. Chad Mahder
14. Bobby Pierce
15. Richie Gustin Jr.
16. Dennis Erb Jr.
17. Kyle Strickler
18. Brandon Sheppard
19. Chris Madden
20. Brent Larson
21. Chase Junghans
22. JeremyGrady
23. Brennon Willard
24. Daniel Hilsabeck
