Ben Shelton
08-29-2022, 11:13 PM
Brandon Sheppard Wins Rumble by the River Prelim
Portsmouth Raceway Park and Tyler County Speedway Up Next
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (08/29/22) – Brandon Sheppard picked up a $5,000 prelim victory on Friday night during Port Royal Speedway’s Rumble by the River opening night.
The win came behind the wheel of the Rocket1 Racing / Valvoline / Seubert Calf Ranches No. 1 Ace Metal Works / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“In Friday’s feature we fired off really good there and could really carry good speed. The track slowed down, and I was getting a little tight off the corner there. The car was phenomenal,” Sheppard said. “On Saturday night we were good early in the feature, but as the race went on we were just a little off from where we needed to be and finished ninth.”
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) competition brought Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard to Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway on Friday evening for the opening round of the two-day Rumble by the River.
With the 51-car field split into two groups for a pair of preliminary features, Sheppard laid down the fastest time in his group before placing first in his heat.
Leading flag-to-flag in his 25-lap prelim, Brandon cruised to his 10th win of the season aboard the Rocket1 Racing No. 1 entry. He earned a $5,000 payday ahead of Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar, and Michael Norris.
Rolling off on the front row of his heat race on Saturday, Brandon secured his spot into the $50,000-to-win Rumble by the River with a runner-up finish. Racing in the Top 10 throughout the 50-lap affair, Sheppard crossed the finish line in ninth.
Brandon sits second in the latest LOLMDS point standings.
For full results from the event as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The team has a pair of LOLMDS events on tap over the course of the Labor Day weekend. Action opens on Saturday at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park with a $15,000-to-win program before shifting to Tyler County Speedway (Middlebourne, W.V.) on Sunday evening for the $30,000-to-win, 54th annual Hillbilly 100.
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, Five Star 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, E3 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 MyRacePass 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 .
PR Contact:
Ben Shelton (ben.shelton@myracepass.com)
Portsmouth Raceway Park and Tyler County Speedway Up Next
SHINNSTON, W.Va. (08/29/22) – Brandon Sheppard picked up a $5,000 prelim victory on Friday night during Port Royal Speedway’s Rumble by the River opening night.
The win came behind the wheel of the Rocket1 Racing / Valvoline / Seubert Calf Ranches No. 1 Ace Metal Works / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model.
“In Friday’s feature we fired off really good there and could really carry good speed. The track slowed down, and I was getting a little tight off the corner there. The car was phenomenal,” Sheppard said. “On Saturday night we were good early in the feature, but as the race went on we were just a little off from where we needed to be and finished ninth.”
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) competition brought Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard to Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway on Friday evening for the opening round of the two-day Rumble by the River.
With the 51-car field split into two groups for a pair of preliminary features, Sheppard laid down the fastest time in his group before placing first in his heat.
Leading flag-to-flag in his 25-lap prelim, Brandon cruised to his 10th win of the season aboard the Rocket1 Racing No. 1 entry. He earned a $5,000 payday ahead of Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Owens, Mike Marlar, and Michael Norris.
Rolling off on the front row of his heat race on Saturday, Brandon secured his spot into the $50,000-to-win Rumble by the River with a runner-up finish. Racing in the Top 10 throughout the 50-lap affair, Sheppard crossed the finish line in ninth.
Brandon sits second in the latest LOLMDS point standings.
For full results from the event as well as the latest series standings, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The team has a pair of LOLMDS events on tap over the course of the Labor Day weekend. Action opens on Saturday at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park with a $15,000-to-win program before shifting to Tyler County Speedway (Middlebourne, W.V.) on Sunday evening for the $30,000-to-win, 54th annual Hillbilly 100.
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, Five Star 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, E3 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 MyRacePass 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 .
PR Contact:
Ben Shelton (ben.shelton@myracepass.com)