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Sheppard grabs a pair of Top-5 finishes with World of Outlaws at Jackson

Brandon Sheppard returned to the driver’s seat of his family-owned No. B5 Late Model on Wednesday afternoon at Spoon River Speedway (Banner, Ill.) for the DIRTcar Summer Nationals stop. With 32 Late Models entered, Sheppard clocked in third fastest in his group before placing second in his heat. Starting the $5,000-to-win A-Main in fifth, Brandon jumped up two spots in the 40-lapper to register a third-place finish. He finished behind Bobby Pierce and Ryan Unzicker with Brian Shirley and Jason Feger rounding out the Top-5. (Jacy Norgaard photo)

Heading north to compete in a doubleheader weekend with World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series, Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard invaded Jackson Motorplex (Jackson, Minn.) on Friday afternoon. With a heat race victory sending him into the redraw, Sheppard earned the fourth-starting position for the $10,000-to-win A-Main. Unable to close the distance on Frank Heckenast Jr. late in the race, Sheppard settled with a runner-up finish in the 40-lapper. Ryan Gustin, Chris Madden, and Brent Larson rounded out the Top-5.

On Saturday evening for the $20,000-to-win finale, Brandon topped the 16-car field in time trials before picking up a heat race win. With the redraw placing him fourth on the starting grid for the main event, Sheppard made a late-race bid to overtake race-long leader Dennis Erb Jr. on lap 48 but fell short, marking him third on the rundown when the checkered flag flew. He trailed Erb and Frank Heckenast Jr. across the line with Chris Madden and Cade Dillard completing the Top-5 finishers.

Brandon holds a 64-point advantage atop the World of Outlaws point standings.

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