Ricky Thornton Jr. Wins Dirt Track World Championship as Brandon Sheppard Clinches Lucas Oil Title
In Mineral Wells, Wood County, West Virginia, West Virginia Motor Speedway hosted the final of the 46th annual Dirt Track World Championship on October 18, the season finale of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Ricky Thornton Jr. won the race, while Brandon Sheppard's runner-up finish secured the series championship.
Thornton and Hudson O'Neal traded the lead through the first half of the 100-lap, $100,000-to-win feature. After O'Neal's car was damaged and he pitted, Thornton regained the lead and held it to the checkered flag, recording his 66th career series victory and earning $220,000 in winnings and bonuses for the night.
Sheppard passed Devin Moran for second on lap 91 and stayed ahead to the finish, clinching his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national championship by 55 points over Moran, who finished third. The championship was worth $250,000.
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