NEW RICHMOND, WI — Aug. 4, 2018 — The World of Outlaws® Craftsman Late Model Series were the headliners for one of the most prestigious races in the country, the 31st annual USA Nationals. The fast 3/8s-mile high-banked dirt oval of Cedar Lake Speedway (WI) located just across the Minnesota / Wisconsin state line and northeast of Minneapolis, MN in New Richmond, WI were the hosts for the 100-lap main event of the weekend. Defending series champion, Brandon Sheppard took home the big payday as the New Berlin, IL standout grabbed the lead away from Jimmy Owens on lap 23 and would hold off Brian Shirley to pick up his second victory in a row, sweeping the weekend at Cedar Lake, his 11th series Feature Win of the season and 35th of his Outlaws career.
Sears Craftsman Feature (100 Laps): 1. 1-Brandon Sheppard [3]; 2. 3s-Brian Shirley [4]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens [2]; 4. 18c-Chase Junghans [9]; 5. 32p-Bobby Pierce [20]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar [6]; 7. 18b-Shannon Babb [8]; 8. 17M-Dale McDowell [24]; 9. 32-Chris Simpson [13]; 10. 99jr-Frank Heckenast [18]; 11. 9-Devin Moran [1]; 12. 40B-Kyle Bronson [10]; 13. 91-Tyler Erb [12]; 14. 54-David Breazeale [11]; 15. 5-Don O’Neal [14]; 16. 98-Jason Rauen [22]; 17. 7W-Ricky Weiss [7]; 18. 44-Chris Madden [21]; 19. 7-Rick Eckert [25]; 20. 28-Jimmy Mars [15]; 21. B1-Brent Larson [26]; 22. 16-Tyler Bruening [17]; 23. 49-Jonathan Davenport [5]; 24. 25F-Jason Feger [23]; 25. 25-Shane Clanton [19]; 26. 15-Nick Anvelink [16]; 27. 58-A.J. Diemel [28]; 28. 37-Rob Mayea [27]
KSE Hard Charger Award: 17M-Dale McDowell[+16] Last Chance Qualifier (15 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer: 1. 25f-Jason Feger [2]; 2. 17m-Dale McDowell [1]; 3. 51-Matt Furman [3]; 4. 58-A.J. Diemel [4]; 5. 28e Dennis Erb [5]; 6. 90-Lance Matthees [7]; 7. 6m-Jeff Massingill [6]; 8. 37-Rob Mayea [9]; 9. 8-Craig Vosbergen [11]; 10. 25j-Jared Siefert [12]; 11. 51m-Joey Moriarty [10]; 12. 15d-Justin Duty [8] Last Chance Showdown 1 (15 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 16-Tyler Bruening [2]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton [6]; 3. 44-Chris Madden [5]; 4. 7-Rick Eckert [7]; 5. 17M-Dale McDowell [1]; 6. 51-Matthew Furman [8]; 7. 28e-Dennis Erb [3]; 8. 90-Lance Matthees [12]; 9. 37-Rob Mayea [11]; 10. 8-Craig Vosbergen [9]; 11. 22-Charlie McKenna [15]; 12. 7D-Austin Theiss [10]; 13. 42s-Don Shaw [4]; 14. 21-Billy Moyer [13]; 15. 111-Steven Roberts [14]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (15 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer: 1. 99jr-Frank Heckenast [1]; 2. 32p-Bobby Pierce [3]; 3. 98-Jason Rauen [4]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger [2]; 5. 58-A.J. Diemel [7]; 6. 6m-Jeff Massingill [11]; 7. 15d-Justin Duty [8]; 8. 51m-Joey Moriarty [9]; 9. 25j-Jared Siefert [13]; 10. 71-Hudson O’Neal [5]; 11. 77-Jordan Yaggy [10]; 12. 6-AL Humphrey [14]; 13. B1-Brent Larson [6]; 14. 74-Mitch McGrath [12]
FANS Fund Dash (12 Laps): 1. 7W-Ricky Weiss [8]; 2. 25f-Jason Feger [2]; 3. 17m-Dale McDowell [10]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce [11]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal [9]; 6. 37-Rob Mayea [5]; 7. 6-Al Humphrey [3]; 8. 8-Craig Vosbergen [7]; 9. 7D-Austin Theiss [1]; 10. 32-Chris Simpson 6]; 11. 3s-Brian Shirley [4]
