FARMER CITY, IL— April 1, 2017— During night one of the two day show at Farmer City Raceway for the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series Illini 100 event, Brandon Sheppard held on to the lead from green to checkers. That’s also how the feature played out with no cautions during the 75-lap event.
World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Statistical Report; Farmer City Raceway April 1, 2017
Feature: 1. 1- Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 3s- Brian Shirley[2]; 3. 21- Billy Moyer[5]; 4. 9- Devin Moran[8]; 5. 18b- Shannon Babb[14]; 6. 32P- Bobby Pierce[19]; 7. 25- Shane Clanton[7]; 8. 44- Chris Madden[3]; 9. 91- Tyler Erb[16]; 10. 32- Chris Simpson[12]; 11. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr[11]; 12. 18c- Chase Junghans[4]; 13. 18- Eric Wells[9]; 14. 1*- Chub Frank[15]; 15. 21j- Billy Moyer Jr[17]; 16. 14m- Morgan Bagley[24]; 17. 7- Rick Eckert[23]; 18. 93- Donald Bradsher[25]; 19. 24- Ryan Unzicker[22]; 20. 2c- Joey Coulter[13]; 21. 1mm- Mike Mataragas[20]; 22. 7R- Kent Robinson[6]; 23. B12- Kevin Weaver[10]; 24. 21B- Rich Bell[18]; 25. 15- Kolby Vanderbergh[21]
Last Chance Showdown 1: 1. 21j- Billy Moyer Jr[2]; 2. 32P- Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. 15- Kolby Vanderbergh[5]; 4. C9- Steve Casebolt[8]; 5. 4G- Bob Gardner[6]; 6. 7- Rick Eckert[7]; 7. 14m- Morgan Bagley[12]; 8. 99- Kyle Hardy[4]; 9. 93- Donald Bradsher[9]; 10. 38c- John Gardner Jr[11]; 11. 29- Spencer Diercks[10]; 12. 77- Jay Morris[13]; 13. 25F- Jason Feger[3]
Last Chance Showdown 2: 1. 21B- Rich Bell[1]; 2. 1mm- Mike Mataragas[3]; 3. 24- Ryan Unzicker[[7]; 4. 11- Gordy Gundaker[2]; 5. 4-Ds- Chad Hollenbeck[8]; 6. B1- Brent Larson[5]; 7. J12- Jason Wagner[6]; 8. 44T- Matt Taylor[10]; 9. 79- Nick Kurtz[9]; 10. 1M- Eric Midkiff[12]; 11. 6P- Jose Parga[4]; DNS. 15H- Jon Henry[11]
Heat 1: 1. 9- Devin Moran[2]; 2. 1- Brandon Sheppard[1]; 3. 18- Eric Wells[4]; 4. 2c- Joey Coulter[3]; 5. 32P- Bobby Pierce[5]; 6. 25F- Jason Feger[6]; 7. 15- Kolby Vanderbergh[7]; 8. 7- Rick Eckert[10]; 9. 93- Donald Bradsher[9]; 10. 38c- John Gardner Jr[8]; 11. 77- Jay Morris[11]
Heat 2: 1. 44- Chris Madden[2]; 2. 18c- Chase Junghans[1]; 3. B12- Kevin Weaver[4]; 4. 18b- Shannon Babb[5]; 5. 21j- Billy Moyer Jr[3]; 6. 99- Kyle Hardy[4]; 7. 4G- Bob Gardner[7]; 8. C9- Steve Casebolt[9]; 9. 29- Spencer Diercks[10]; 10. 14m- Morgan Bagley[8]
Heat 3: 1. 25- Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 21- Billy Moyer[2]; 3. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr[4]; 4. 1*- Chub Frank[3]; 5. 21B- Rich Bell[5]; 6. 1mm- Mike Mataragas[6]; 7. B1- Brent Larson[8]; 8. 24- Ryan Unzicker[10]; 9. 79- Nick Kurtz[9]; 10. 15H- Jon Henry[7]
Heat 4: 1. 7R- Kent Robinson[2]; 2. 3s- Brian Shirley[3]; 3. 32- Chris Simpson[1]; 4. 91- Tyler Erb[4]; 5. 11- Gordy Gundaker[6]; 6. 6P- Jose Parga[8]; 7. J12- Jason Wagner[7]; 8. 4-Ds- Chad Hollenbeck[5]; 9. 44T- Matt Taylor[9]; 10. 1M- Eric Midkiff[10]
Group A Qualifying: 1. 1- Brandon Sheppard, 12.272; 2. 18c- Chase Junghans, 12.535; 3. 9- Devin Moran, 12.537; 4. 44- Chris Madden, 12.543; 5. 2c- Joey Coulter, 12.555; 6. 21j- Billy Moyer Jr, 12.555; 7. 18- Eric Wells, 12.573; 8. B12- Kevin Weaver, 12.577; 9. 32P- Bobby Pierce, 12.618; 10. 18b- Shannon Babb, 12.671; 11. 25F – Jason Feger, 12.687; 12. 99- Kyle Hardy, 12.717; 13. 15- Kolby Vanderbergh, 12.757; 14. 4G- Bob Gardner, 12.836; 15. 38c- John Gardner Jr, 12.894; 16. 14m- Morgan Bagley, 12.943; 17. 93- Donald Bradsher, 12.971; 18. C9- Steve Casebolt, 12.986; 19 .7- Rick Eckert, 13.041; 20. 29- Spencer Diercks, 13.097; 21. 77- Jay Morris, 13.173
Group B Qualifying: 1. 25- Shane Clanton, 12.554; 2. 32- Chris Simpson, 12.555; 3.21- Billy Moyer, 12.606; 4. 7R- Kent Robinson, 12.641; 5. 1*- Chub Frank, 12.671; 6. 3s- Brian Shirley, 12.678; 7. 99jr- Frank Heckenast Jr, 12.726; 8. 91- Tyler Erb, 12.788; 9. 21B- Rich Bell, 12.796; 10. 4-Ds- Chad Hollenbeck, 12.91; 11. 1mm- Mike Mataragas, 12.948; 12. 11- Gordy Gundaker, 13.026; 13. 15H- Jon Henry, 13.038; 14. J12- Jason Wagner, 13.044; 15. B1- Brent Larson, 13.047; 16. 6P- Jose Parga, 13.052; 17. 79- Nick Kurtz, 13.124; 18. 44T- Matt Taylor, 13.132; 19. 24- Ryan Unzicker, 13.359; 20. 1M- Eric Midkiff, 14.31
CONTINGENCY WINNERS: Craftsman/Sears ($200 Cash): Brandon Sheppard, Brian Shirley, Devin Moran, Shane Clanton, Chris Madden; Craftsman/Sears ($100 Cash): Billy Moyer; Comp Cams ($50 product certificate): Brandon Sheppard; MSD Ignition ($50 Cash): Brandon Sheppard; Quarter Master ($100 Product Certificate): Brandon Sheppard; Wrisco (Three Sheets of aluminum): Brandon Sheppard; Penske Racing Shocks ($50 Product Certificate): Eric Wells; JE Pistons ($50 Cash): Chris Simpson; VP Racing Fuels ($50 Cash): Chris Madden; Edelbrock ($50 Cash):Chase Junghans.; Comp Cams ($50 Cash): Frank Heckenast Jr.;Cometic ($50 Cash):Chase Junghans; JRI Shocks ($50 Cash):Chub Frank;Superflow Dyno’s ($50 Cash):Chub Frank; Quartermaster ($25 Product Certificate): Donald Bradsher; JE Pistons (One set of piston rings): Rick Eckert; Quartermaster ($50 Product Certificate): Ryan Unzicker; Arizona Sport Shirts ($100 Product Certificate):Joey Coulter.;JE Pistons (One set of piston rings): Brandon Sheppard; MSD Ignition ($25 Cash):Brandon Sheppard; QA-1 ($50 Cash): Shane Clanton; Rookie Bonus: Devin Moran; Bonus Bucks: Bobby Pierce
SEASON WINNERS:
Rick Eckert– 1 (Screven Motorsports Complex on Feb. 17)
Chris Madden– 1 (Screven Motorsports Complex on Feb. 18)
Shane Clanton- 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 24)
Don O’Neal- 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 25)
Brandon Sheppard– 2 (Whynot Motorsports Park on March 24, Farmer City Raceway on April 1 )
Timothy Culp- 1 (LoneStar Speedway on March 26)
Unofficial World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series Championship Standing
| Pos. | Car # | Driver | Points | Trail By |
| 1 | 1 | Brandon Sheppard | 924 | 0 |
| 2 | 91 | Tyler Erb | 860 | 64 |
| 44 | Chris Madden | 860 | 64 | |
| 3 | 7 | Rick Eckert | 856 | 68 |
| 4 | 18 | Eric Wells | 844 | 80 |
| 5 | 3S | Brian Shirley | 842 | 82 |
| 6 | 99JR | Frank Heckenast Jr. | 840 | 84 |
| 7 | 9 | Devin Moran | 838 | 86 |
| 8 | 1* | Chub Frank | 826 | 98 |
| 9 | 21JR | Billy Moyer Jr. | 814 | 110 |
| 10 | 25 | Shane Clanton | 802 | 122 |
| 11 | 14M | Morgan Bagley | 772 | 152 |
| 12 | 2C | Joey Coulter | 748 | 176 |
| 13 | 18C | Chase Junghans | 710 | 214 |
| 14 | 93 | Donald Bradsher | 684 | 240 |
| 15 | 4-D’s | Chad Hollenbeck | 482 | 442 |
| 16 | 116 | Brandon Overton | 448 | 476 |
| 17 | B1 | Brent Larson | 432 | 492 |
| 18 | 21 | Billy Moyer | 392 | 532 |
| 19 | 21 | Ivedent Lloyd Jr. | 374 | 550 |
| 20 | 2F | Dennis Franklin | 340 | 584 |
| 21 | 17M | Dale McDowell | 320 | 604 |
| 22 | C9 | Steve Casebolt | 316 | 608 |
| 23 | 16T | Tyler Bruening | 310 | 614 |
| 24 | 0F | Coleby Frye | 300 | 624 |
| 25 | C8 | Timothy Culp | 296 | 628 |
