CONCORD, NC— Nov. 4, 2017— The World of Outlaws Craftsman® Late Model Series hit the track for the last time in 2017 on Saturday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte for the Textron Off Road World Finals. Saving the best for last, the late model series was the final feature to take on the 4/10s-mile oval. When the checker flag waved after 50-laps it was Dennis Erb Jr. who came out on top in front of a sold-out show.
Craftsman Club Feature: 1. 28- Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 2. 157- Mike Marlar[1]; 3. 20- Jimmy Owens[9]; 4. 1- Brandon Sheppard[6]; 5. 39- Tim McCreadie[8]; 6. 49- Jonathan Davenport[15]; 7. 17M- Dale McDowell[4]; 8. 1r- Josh Richards[3]; 9. 72c- Jason Covert[7]; 10. 25- Shane Clanton[2]; 11. 0- Scott Bloomquist[11]; 12. 116- Brandon Overton[21]; 13. 44- Chris Madden[20]; 14. 71- Hudson O’Neal[17]; 15. 101- Casey Roberts[19]; 16. 91- Tyler Erb[12]; 17. 22*- Brian Shirley[27]; 18. 9- Devin Moran[25]; 19. CJ1- Rusty Schlenk[13]; 20. 0h- Dale Hollidge[16]; 21. 7- Rick Eckert[24]; 22. 18- Eric Wells[26]; 23. 11- Jared Hawkins[21]; 24. 14m- Morgan Bagley[29]; 25. 1*- Chub Frank[28]; 26. 18c- Chase Junghans[14]; 27. 40- Ross Bailes[10]; 28. 18K- Brandon Kinzer[23]; 29. 31m- Tyler Millwood[18]
Last Chance Showdown 1: 1. 101- Casey Roberts[1]; 2. 11- Jared Hawkins[2][; 3. 14- Darrell Lanigan[5]; 4. 2H- Nick Hoffman[3]; 5. 25F- Jason Feger[4]; 6. 4G- Kody Evans[8]; 7. 55s- Gary Stuhler[9]; 8. 22*- Brian Shirley[19]; 9. 32- Dustin Mitchell[7];10. 14m- Morgan Bagley[11];11. 69- Carder Miller[12];12. ’06- Mike Lupfer[15];13. C4- Freddie Carpenter[20];14. 55- Benji Hicks[6];15. ’07- Brian Ledbetter[17];16. 9- Devin Moran[13];DNS. 3v- Kyle Hardy[14];DNS. 5- Don O’Neal[16];DNS. KB- Kerry King[18];DNS. 22- Chris Ferguson[20]
Last Chance Showdown 2: 1. 44- Chris Madden[2]; 2. 18K- Brandon Kinzer[1]; 3. 15s- Donny Schatz[3]; 4. 92- Nick Davis[4]; 5. 14- Zach McMillan[6]; 6. 7r- Ross Robinson[7]; 7. 72- Dan Stone[8]; 8. 82- Andy Fries[9]; 9. 2c- Joey Coulter[15]; 10. 32B- Clay Daly[11]; 11. 1*- Chub Frank[14]; 12. 49R- Brian Ruhlman[19]; 13. 12- Jason Jameson[12]; 14. 43D- Tom Decker III[18]; 15. 39c- Greg Clark[16]; 16. 8- Matt Sponaugle[10]; 17. 25z- Mason Zeigler[5]; DNS. 89- Justin Williams[13]; DNS. 56- Russ King[17]
Last Chance Showdown 3: 1. 116- Brandon Overton[1]; 2. 7- Rick Eckert[3]; 3. 18- Eric Wells[2]; 4. 36- Logan Martin[6]; 5. 111- Steven Roberts[7]; 6. C9- Steve Casebolt[4]; 7. 31- Bob Gordon[15]; 8. 151- Kyle Lear[10]; 9. 6- Blake Spencer[12]; 10. 1G- Ryan King[5]; 11. 4s- Chad Ruhlman[13]; 12. 14H- Tyler Horst[14]; 13. 15- Steve Francis[9]; DNS. 41R- T.J. Reaid[8]; DNS. B1- Brent Larson[11]; DNS. 14c- Corey Conley[16]; DNS. R1- Riley Hickman[17]; DNS. 28c- Tyler Carpenter[18]
Heat 1: 1. 1r- Josh Richards[1]; 2. 72c- Jason Covert[4]; 3. CJ1- Rusty Schlenk[3]; 4. 101- Casey Roberts[6]; 5. 2H- Nick Hoffman[2]; 6. 14- Darrell Lanigan[7]; 7. 32- Dustin Mitchell[10]; 8. 55s- Gary Stuhler[11]; 9. 14m- Morgan Bagley[9]; 10. 9- Devin Moran[8]; 11. ’06- Mike Lupfer[12]; 12. ’07- Brian Ledbetter[13]; 13. 22*- Brian Shirley[5]
Heat 2:1. 28- Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 2. 39- Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 18c- Chase Junghans[2]; 4. 11- Jared Hawkins[7]; 5. 25F- Jason Feger[8]; 6. 55- Benji Hicks[9]; 7. 4G- Kody Evans[11]; 8. C4- Freddie Carpenter[5]; 9. 69- Carder Miller[10]; 10. 3v- Kyle Hardy[4]; 11. 5- Don O’Neal[6]; DNS. KB- Kerry King[12]; DNS. 22- Chris Ferguson[13]
Heat 3: 1. 157- Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 20- Jimmy Owens[3]; 3. 49- Jonathan Davenport[6]; 4. 18K- Brandon Kinzer[2]; 5. 15s- Donny Schatz[5]; 6. 25z- Mason Zeigler[10]; 7. 7r- Ross Robinson[9]; 8. 82- Andy Fries[12]; 9. 32B- Clay Daly[8]; 10. 89- Justin Williams[7]; 11. 2c- Joey Coulter[4]; DNS. 56- Russ King[11]
Heat 4: 1. 17M- Dale McDowell[1]; 2. 40- Ross Bailes[3]; 3. 0h- Dale Hollidge[2]; 4. 44- Chris Madden[4]; 5. 92- Nick Davis[5]; 6. 14z- Zach McMillan[7]; 7. 72- Dan Stone[6]; 8. 8- Matt Sponaugle[9]; 9. 12- Jason Jameson[11]; 10. 1*- Chub Frank[10]; 11. 39c- Greg Clark[12]; 12. 43D- Tom Decker III[13]; 13. 49R- Brian Ruhlman[8]
Heat 5: 1. 1- Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 0- Scott Bloomquist[2]; 3. 71- Hudson O’Neal[3]; 4. 116- Brandon Overton[6]; 5. 7- Rick Eckert[8]; 6. 1G- Ryan King[4]; 7. 111- Steven Roberts[5]; 8. 15- Steve Francis[7]; 9. B1- Brent Larson[11]; 10. 4s- Chad Ruhlman[10]; 11. 31- Bob Gordon[12]; DNS. R1 -Riley Hickman[9]
Heat 6: 1. 25- Shane Clanton[3]; 2. 91- Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 31m- Tyler Millwood[4]; 4. 18- Eric Wells[5]; 5. C9- Steve Casebolt[6]; 6. 36- Logan Martin[7]; 7. 41R- T.J. Reaid[1]; 8. 151- Kyle Lear[9]; 9. 6- Blake Spencer[12]; 10. 14H- Tyler Horst[11]; 11. 14c- Corey Conley[8]; DNS. 28c- Tyler Carpenter[10]
SEASON WINNERS:
Brandon Sheppard– 18 (Whynot Motorsports Park on March 24, Farmer City Raceway on April 1, Fayetteville Motor Speedway on May 6, Wayne County Speedway on May 27, Senoia Raceway on June 3, Brighton Speedway on June 17, Lernerville Speedway on June 25, Federated Auto Part Raceway at I-55 on July 1, Hibbing Raceway on July 13, Fayette County Speedway on July 26, Fairbury American Legion Speedway on July 30, Oshkosh SpeedZone Raceway on Aug. 1, Port Royal Speedway on Aug. 19, Eriez Speedway on Aug. 20, Lakeside Speedway on Sept. 22, Salina Highbanks Speedway on Sept. 23, 81 Speedway on Sept. 24, The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Nov. 3)
Chris Madden– 6 (Screven Motorsports Complex on Feb. 18, Deer Creek Speedway on July 8, Ogilvie Raceway on July 12, Cedar Lake Speedway on Aug. 5, Merritt Speedway on Aug. 27, Dirt Oval at Route 66 Raceway on Oct. 14)
Shane Clanton– 5 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 24, Cherokee Speedway on May 6, Tazewell Speedway on June 3, River Cities Speedway on June 14, Merritt Speedway on Aug. 26)
Brandon Overton- 2 (Smoky Mountain Speedway on May 13, Lernerville Speedway on June 24)
Rick Eckert– 2 (Screven Motorsports Complex on Feb. 17, Shawano Speedway on Aug. 2)
Devin Moran- 2 (Atomic Speedway on May 26, Georgetown Speedway on Aug. 18)
Don O’Neal- 1 (Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 25)
Timothy Culp- 1 (LoneStar Speedway on March 26)
Brian Shirley-1 (Farmer City Raceway on April 2)
Mike Marlar- 1 (Duck River Raceway Park on May 14)
Max Blair– 1 (McKean County Raceway on June 20)
Jeff Rine- 1 (Selinsgrove Speedway on Sept. 3)
Dennis Erb Jr.- 1 (The Dirt Track at Charlotte on Nov. 4)
Unofficial World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series Championship Standings:
| Pos. | Car # | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Brandon Sheppard | 5816 |
| 2 | 44 | Chris Madden | 5490 |
| 3 | 25 | Shane Clanton | 5426 |
| 4 | 9 | Devin Moran | 5368 |
| 5 | 7 | Rick Eckert | 5300 |
| 6 | 91 | Tyler Erb | 5286 |
| 7 | 18 | Eric Wells | 5138 |
| 8 | 14M | Morgan Bagley | 5048 |
| 1* | Chub Frank | 5048 | |
| 10 | 99JR | Frank Heckenast Jr. | 4958 |
| 11 | 2C | Joey Coulter | 3008 |
| 12 | 18C | Chase Junghans | 2864 |
| 13 | 3S | Brian Shirley | 2712 |
| 14 | 157 | Mike Marlar | 2220 |
| 15 | B1 | Brent Larson | 1924 |
| 16 | 93 | Donald Bradsher | 1486 |
| 17 | 40B | Kyle Bronson | 1456 |
| 19 | 116 | Brandon Overton | 1374 |
| 18 | 32 | Bobby Pierce | 1358 |
| 20 | 5 | Don O’Neal | 1260 |
