SHINNSTON, W.Va. (09/14/20) – Brandon Sheppard was one of 48 invitees to the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio over the weekend.
Taking the place of the 50th Annual World 100 – which was postponed to 2021 amid the Covid-19 pandemic – Sheppard drove to the Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered Rocket Chassis to a trio of Top-10 finishes in the Intercontinental Classic.
The weekend began on Thursday with a $10,000 preliminary program. After starting third in his heat race, Brandon slipped to sixth-place finish. Utilizing a fast time provisional to start the 30-lap feature, Sheppard charged through the field from his 18th starting spot to record a seventh-place outing.
Returning on Friday for another $10,000 preliminary event, Brandon finished second in his heat race to lock into the third starting position on the feature grid. Sheppard raced inside the Top-5 for most of the 30-lapper before falling to eighth in the closing laps.
With the total points from the two preliminary nights determining Saturday’s line-ups, Sheppard would start fourth in his heat race. Advancing one spot to finish third, Brandon locked into the tenth starting spot for the $50,000-to-win finale.
After drawing the caution for a flat right-rear tire near the halfway point of the 67-lap affair, Sheppard rallied from the tail of the field in the second half of the race to register a tenth-place finish in the final rundown.
Rocket1 Racing has a busy slate ahead this week. The team will make a stop a Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway for a $15,000-to-win program Tuesday before heading to I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb. for a tripleheader with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
The I-80 Nationals – which filled the void of the Knoxville Late Model Nationals that was postponed to 2021 – includes $7,000-to-win programs on Thursday and Friday. The preliminary action leads up to a $30,000-to-win finale on Saturday.
To learn more about these upcoming events, please visit www.FairburySpeedway.com and www.LucasDirt.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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