Brandon Sheppard knew he had to get to the front. Starting 19th in Friday’s A-main of the night two of the 15th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals, he blasted to the front and won the race. If that was not enough he had to run the B-main. Frank Heckenast Jr would take second place with Don O’Neal in third, followed by Johnathan Davenport, and Tim Mccreadie in the top five. Sheppard’s win Friday night was just enough to land him on the pole of Saturday’s 100-lap championship A-main event. Starting alongside will be Earl Pearson Jr.
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Brandon Sheppard (19); 2. Frank Heckenast Jr. (2); 3. Don O’Neal (4); 4. Jonathan Davenport (3); 5. Tim McCreadie (10); 6. Jimmy Mars (12); 7. Tyler Bruening (1); 8. Jimmy Owens (6); 9. Chad Simpson (7); 10. Kyle Bronson (21); 11. Bobby Pierce (18); 12. Tyler Erb (20); 13. Brian Shirley (15); 14. Shannon Babb (23); 15. Jeremiah Hurst (11); 16. Billy Moyer (9); 17. Matt Furman (13); 18. Justin Duty (14); 19. Austin Rettig (16); 20. Jesse Stovall (5); 21. Shane Clanton (24); 22. Scott Ward (17); 23. Josh Richards (22); 24. Scott Bloomquist (8). Lap Leaders: Heckenast 1-19, Sheppard 20-25. Hard-charger: Sheppard.
15th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores Starting Lineups (Subject to Change)
A MAIN
1. 1S Brandon Sheppard (489) 1 Earl Pearson Jr. (488)
2. 0 Scott Bloomquist (487) 5 Don O’Neal (486)
3. 91 Tyler Erb (482) 25S Chad Simpson (480)
4. 20 Jimmy Owens (479) 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr. (473)
5. 49 Jonathan Davenport (471) 32S Chris Simpson (467)
6. 40B Kyle Bronson (464) 76 Brandon Overton (463)
7. 39 Tim McCreadie (462) 16T Tyler Bruening (461)
8. 25C Shane Clanton (459) 28M Jimmy Mars (455)
9. 18 Shannon Babb (454) 25Z Mason Zeigler (452)
10. 30 Brian Birkhofer (448) 18J Chase Junghans (448)
11. 1R Josh Richards (447) 32 Bobby Pierce (442)
12. 00S Jesse Stovall (440) 21 Billy Moyer (438)
B MAIN
1. 58H Jeremiah Hurst (435) 3S Brian Shirley (432)
2. 51 Matt Furman (432) 1777 Jared Landers (422)
3. 15D Justin Duty (420) 94 Austin Rettig (419)
4. 37 Scott Ward (418) 58 Dave Eckrich (418)
5. 14 Darrell Lanigan (416) 14J Jake Neal (407)
6. 28 Dennis Erb Jr. (403) 29D Spencer Diercks (403)
7. 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. (401) 1M Mike Mataragas (399)
8. 51M Joey Moriarty (395) 56S Chris Spieker (378)
9. 25F Jason Feger (378) 33 Nick Marolf (376)
C MAIN
1. 83 Scott James (376) 22 Greg Satterlee (375)
2. 14M Morgan Bagley (373) 14Z Zach McMillan (373)
3. 39T Rob Toland (366) B1 Brent Larson (360)
4. 1GRT Justin Zeitner (331) 93 Jay Johnson (319)
5. 54 Mike Fryer (312) 93 Brian Harris (307)
6. 4W JC Wyman (305) 6H Al Humphrey (298)
7. 22B Jonathan Brauns (297) 9 Lyle Zanker (296)
8. 40 Joel Callahan (296) 10C Junior Coover (281)