Ben Shelton
06-07-2021, 11:09 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 7, 2021
Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard Ready for Dirt Late Model Dreams
Record Pair of Top-5 Finishes in Weekend WoO Competition
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (06/07/21) – Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket1 Racing team are busily preparing their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model for four days of racing this week at the famed Eldora Speedway.
Spanning June 9-12, over $253,000 in first-place money is on the line as the facility hosts both the 26th and 27th annual Dirt Late Model Dreams.
Sheppard, who won the $125,000 top prize in the 2019 edition of the event in the Rocket1 Racing No.1, is chomping at the bit for the opportunity.
“Eldora is just something special and to win there puts you in an elite group. Winning the 2019 Dirt Late Model Dream with this team is arguably the biggest moment of my racing career so far. We had two big events there (Eldora) last year, but they weren’t the Dream or the World, and there were no fans there because of the pandemic. Heading back there this week, knowing it’s the Dirt Late Model Dream and that fans will be packing the place, gets me fired up,” Sheppard said. “Our team may not have as many wins as we’d like at this point in the year, but we’re heading into Eldora with a great car, and we are focused on going after two more Dream titles.”
A busy four days of competition is scheduled for Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. This Wednesday twin $10,000-to-win programs will be contested as the 27th annual Dirt Late Model Dream comes to life. On Thursday night, a $127,000 finale will be held.
On Friday the 26th annual Dirt Late Model Dream, which was postponed last year by the pandemic, will come to life with twin $10,000-to-win programs. Saturday evening, the crown jewel weekend draws to a close with a $126,000-to-win, 100-lap finale.
For more information on the events, please visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
Rocket1 Racing is fresh off a weekend of racing with the World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Model Series in Indiana. Action opened on Friday evening at Circle City Raceway (Indianapolis, Ind.) as the series made its debut at the brand-new facility.
After topping his group in time trials, Sheppard secured his spot into the opening night feature with a heat race victory. Improving two spots on a challenging surface, Brandon scored a runner-up finish behind Dennis Erb Jr. Ryan Gustin, Max Blair, and Frank Heckenast Jr. completed the Top-5 finishers in the 40-lap affair.
The following night at Plymouth Speedway (Plymouth, Ind.), Brandon slipped one spot in his heat race to register a runner-up finish behind Frank Heckenast Jr. Receiving the fifth-starting position for the $10,000-to-win A-Main via the redraw, Sheppard advanced one spot in the 40-lapper to finish fourth. He followed Rick Eckert, Heckenast Jr., and Tyler Bruening across the line with Ryan Gustin coming in fifth.
Brandon now leads the latest World of Outlaws point standings by 46 markers. For complete results from these events, please visit www.WorldofOutlaws.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.
For the latest information on Rocket1Racing please visit the team website at www.Rocket1Racing.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/Rocket1Racing, www.twitter.com/Rocket1_Racing, and www.instagram.com/rocket1racing.
Contact: Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
June 7, 2021
Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard Ready for Dirt Late Model Dreams
Record Pair of Top-5 Finishes in Weekend WoO Competition
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (06/07/21) – Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket1 Racing team are busily preparing their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model for four days of racing this week at the famed Eldora Speedway.
Spanning June 9-12, over $253,000 in first-place money is on the line as the facility hosts both the 26th and 27th annual Dirt Late Model Dreams.
Sheppard, who won the $125,000 top prize in the 2019 edition of the event in the Rocket1 Racing No.1, is chomping at the bit for the opportunity.
“Eldora is just something special and to win there puts you in an elite group. Winning the 2019 Dirt Late Model Dream with this team is arguably the biggest moment of my racing career so far. We had two big events there (Eldora) last year, but they weren’t the Dream or the World, and there were no fans there because of the pandemic. Heading back there this week, knowing it’s the Dirt Late Model Dream and that fans will be packing the place, gets me fired up,” Sheppard said. “Our team may not have as many wins as we’d like at this point in the year, but we’re heading into Eldora with a great car, and we are focused on going after two more Dream titles.”
A busy four days of competition is scheduled for Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. This Wednesday twin $10,000-to-win programs will be contested as the 27th annual Dirt Late Model Dream comes to life. On Thursday night, a $127,000 finale will be held.
On Friday the 26th annual Dirt Late Model Dream, which was postponed last year by the pandemic, will come to life with twin $10,000-to-win programs. Saturday evening, the crown jewel weekend draws to a close with a $126,000-to-win, 100-lap finale.
For more information on the events, please visit www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
Rocket1 Racing is fresh off a weekend of racing with the World of Outlaws (WoO) Morton Buildings Late Model Series in Indiana. Action opened on Friday evening at Circle City Raceway (Indianapolis, Ind.) as the series made its debut at the brand-new facility.
After topping his group in time trials, Sheppard secured his spot into the opening night feature with a heat race victory. Improving two spots on a challenging surface, Brandon scored a runner-up finish behind Dennis Erb Jr. Ryan Gustin, Max Blair, and Frank Heckenast Jr. completed the Top-5 finishers in the 40-lap affair.
The following night at Plymouth Speedway (Plymouth, Ind.), Brandon slipped one spot in his heat race to register a runner-up finish behind Frank Heckenast Jr. Receiving the fifth-starting position for the $10,000-to-win A-Main via the redraw, Sheppard advanced one spot in the 40-lapper to finish fourth. He followed Rick Eckert, Heckenast Jr., and Tyler Bruening across the line with Ryan Gustin coming in fifth.
Brandon now leads the latest World of Outlaws point standings by 46 markers. For complete results from these events, please visit www.WorldofOutlaws.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.
For the latest information on Rocket1Racing please visit the team website at www.Rocket1Racing.com as well as their social media channels at www.facebook.com/Rocket1Racing, www.twitter.com/Rocket1_Racing, and www.instagram.com/rocket1racing.