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Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
September 5, 2018
Brandon Overton Records Career-Win in Hillbilly 100
48th Annual World 100 Up Next
Calera, AL (09/05/18) – Brandon Overton piloted his Franklin Fence & Erosion Control #76 BCI Asphalt/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Vic Hill Racing Engine Super Late Model to a career achievement on Sunday night when he bagged the $50,000 winner’s check in the 50th annual Hillbilly 100.
“We had the worst two nights of racing I think I could have (the past two nights),†an emotional Overton said in victory lane. “Last week at Mansfield not making the race with all the circumstances … it’s miserable. We went home and ran regional a little bit and was doing good. We kind of got out here and was going to show everybody what we were made of and got beat down pretty quick.
“Different parts of the country, they just race a little different. The only way to figure it out is to stay out here and race. We was about to get lapped last night and everything and then came back tonight and won. I can’t thank Todd (Pruitt) and (Grant) Pearl and my fiancée and Billy Franklin and everybody that’s behind me (enough).â€
Sunday night found 42 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries in action at Tyler County Speedway (Middlebourne, West Virginia) for the 50th annual Hillbilly 100.
Posting a runner-up finish in his heat race behind Mike Benedum, Overton locked into the eighth-starting position for the feature. Slipping past race-leader Jared Hawkins on lap-69, Brandon held the top spot for the ensuing 30 circuits en route to capturing his sixth win of the season in the Franklin Enterprises #76 entry and the $50,000 payday that came with it.
Jared Hawkins, Mason Zeigler, Jimmy Owens, and Gregg Satterlee rounded out the Top-5 finishers in the 100-lap affair.
“I knew I had a good car, I was just trying to bide my time and not kill my tires trying to pass them,†Overton said. “One time I almost turned around and hit Gregg (Satterlee) in the left front. I didn’t mean to do that. It’s just tight racing. It’s a bullring. I love this place. I almost won my first Outlaw race here and Josh (Richards) passed me with a couple to go. So I feel like it owed me one.â€
Earlier in the weekend Overton battled adversity in LOLMDS competition. He finished 20th on Friday evening at Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, Kentucky) and then recorded an 18th-place finish in Saturday night’s Bob Miller Memorial at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
For full results from these events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The team now turns its attention to this weekend’s 48th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio), where they will be chasing another mega win. The weekend opens on Thursday and Friday with twin $10,000-to-win programs each night. On Saturday night the granddaddy of all Dirt Late Model events will be held when the $51,000-to-win World 100 finale will be run.
If you can’t be there in person you can watch all of the pay-per-view action live at www.DirtOnDirt.com or www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
Brandon Overton, David Breazeale, and Billy Franklin Racing would like to thank all of their principle and associate sponsors including Franklin Fence & Erosion Control, BCI Asphalt, R.W Powell Construction, FK Rod Ends, Textron, Bozard Ford & Lincoln, Big A’s Custom Graphics, Big Dog Tree & Stump Removal, Hoosier Race Tire South, Good Hope Land and Timber Management, 31 Construction LLC, Wayne Davis Construction, Queen City Appraisals, Showtime Properties, Washington Trucking, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Jerry Mann Logging, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Beckwith Forestry Services, Clardy Construction, and MSR Mafia Marketing & Website Services.
For more information on Franklin Enterprises, please visit www.DavidBreazeale.com and www.BrandonOverton76.com .
Ben Shelton (msrmafia@gmail.com)
September 5, 2018
Brandon Overton Records Career-Win in Hillbilly 100
48th Annual World 100 Up Next
Calera, AL (09/05/18) – Brandon Overton piloted his Franklin Fence & Erosion Control #76 BCI Asphalt/ XR1 Rocket Chassis/ Vic Hill Racing Engine Super Late Model to a career achievement on Sunday night when he bagged the $50,000 winner’s check in the 50th annual Hillbilly 100.
“We had the worst two nights of racing I think I could have (the past two nights),†an emotional Overton said in victory lane. “Last week at Mansfield not making the race with all the circumstances … it’s miserable. We went home and ran regional a little bit and was doing good. We kind of got out here and was going to show everybody what we were made of and got beat down pretty quick.
“Different parts of the country, they just race a little different. The only way to figure it out is to stay out here and race. We was about to get lapped last night and everything and then came back tonight and won. I can’t thank Todd (Pruitt) and (Grant) Pearl and my fiancée and Billy Franklin and everybody that’s behind me (enough).â€
Sunday night found 42 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) entries in action at Tyler County Speedway (Middlebourne, West Virginia) for the 50th annual Hillbilly 100.
Posting a runner-up finish in his heat race behind Mike Benedum, Overton locked into the eighth-starting position for the feature. Slipping past race-leader Jared Hawkins on lap-69, Brandon held the top spot for the ensuing 30 circuits en route to capturing his sixth win of the season in the Franklin Enterprises #76 entry and the $50,000 payday that came with it.
Jared Hawkins, Mason Zeigler, Jimmy Owens, and Gregg Satterlee rounded out the Top-5 finishers in the 100-lap affair.
“I knew I had a good car, I was just trying to bide my time and not kill my tires trying to pass them,†Overton said. “One time I almost turned around and hit Gregg (Satterlee) in the left front. I didn’t mean to do that. It’s just tight racing. It’s a bullring. I love this place. I almost won my first Outlaw race here and Josh (Richards) passed me with a couple to go. So I feel like it owed me one.â€
Earlier in the weekend Overton battled adversity in LOLMDS competition. He finished 20th on Friday evening at Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, Kentucky) and then recorded an 18th-place finish in Saturday night’s Bob Miller Memorial at Portsmouth Raceway Park (Portsmouth, Ohio).
For full results from these events, please visit www.LucasDirt.com .
The team now turns its attention to this weekend’s 48th annual World 100 at Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio), where they will be chasing another mega win. The weekend opens on Thursday and Friday with twin $10,000-to-win programs each night. On Saturday night the granddaddy of all Dirt Late Model events will be held when the $51,000-to-win World 100 finale will be run.
If you can’t be there in person you can watch all of the pay-per-view action live at www.DirtOnDirt.com or www.EldoraSpeedway.com .
Brandon Overton, David Breazeale, and Billy Franklin Racing would like to thank all of their principle and associate sponsors including Franklin Fence & Erosion Control, BCI Asphalt, R.W Powell Construction, FK Rod Ends, Textron, Bozard Ford & Lincoln, Big A’s Custom Graphics, Big Dog Tree & Stump Removal, Hoosier Race Tire South, Good Hope Land and Timber Management, 31 Construction LLC, Wayne Davis Construction, Queen City Appraisals, Showtime Properties, Washington Trucking, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Jerry Mann Logging, X-Treme Graphics by J-Rod, Beckwith Forestry Services, Clardy Construction, and MSR Mafia Marketing & Website Services.
For more information on Franklin Enterprises, please visit www.DavidBreazeale.com and www.BrandonOverton76.com .