SPRING VALLEY – Brandon Sheppard's dream season continued Saturday at Deer Creek Speedway, as the polished Late Model driver from New Berlin, Ill., won the 40th annual Gopher 50 charity Late Model race.
Sheppard earned his 11th World of Outlaws Late Models Series feature victory of the year, and his first-ever win at Deer Creek. He earned $10,000 with the victory.
In the USRA Modifieds division, Rochester's Dustin Sorensen also continued his torrid start to this season. Sorensen earned his fourth win of the year at Deer Creek, and his biggest paycheck to date. He took the lead seven laps into the 35-lap A Main and led the rest of the way to earn $5,000.
This story will be updated.
GOPHER 50 RESULTS
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(Saturday, at Deer Creek Speedway)
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODELS
Qualifying– 1. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, Ill.) 14.495, 2. Chase Junghans (Manhattan, Kan.) 14.531, 3. Brent Larson (Lake Elmo) 14.635, 4. Tyler Bruening (Decorah, Iowa) 14.661, 5. Chris Simpson (Oxford, Iowa) 14.698, 6. Chad Simpson (Mt. Vernon, Iowa) 14.734, 7. Jimmy Mars (Menomonie, Wis.) 14.736, 8. Shane Clanton (Zebulon, Ga.) 14.749, 9. Cade Dillard (Robeline, La.) 14.760, 10. Brett Swedberg (Shawano, Wis.) 14.819,
11. Boom Briggs (Bear Lake, Pa.) 14.873, 12. Dennis Erb Jr. (Carpentersville, Ill.) 14.898, 13. Jason Rauen (Farley, Iowa) 14.931, 14. Pat Doar (New Richmond, Wis.) 14.986, 15. Ricky Weiss (Headingley, Manitoba, Canada) 15.005, 16. Jeremy Grady (Story City, Iowa) 15.036, 17. A.J. Diemel (Elk Mound, Wis.) 15.221, 18. Lance Matthees (Winona) 15.238, 19. John Kaanta (Elk Mound, Wis.) 15.253, 20. Paul Parker (Kaukauna, Wis.) 15.294,
21. Darrell Lanigan (Union, Ky.) 15.294, 22. Jeff Massingill (Keewatin) 15.317, 23. Justin Reed (Camp Point, Ill.) 15.394, 24. Blake Spencer (St. Augustine, Fla.) 15.586, 25. John Emerson (Waterloo, Iowa) 15.676, 26. Lucas Peterson (Grand Meadow) 17.041, 27. Jake Timm (Winona) DNQ.
Heat 1– 1. Sheppard, 2. Mars, 3. Swedberg, 4. Bruening, 5. Rauen, 6. Grady, 7. Kaanta, 8. Massingill, 9. Emerson. Heat 2– 1. Clanton, 2. Junghans, 3. Chris Simpson, 4. Briggs, 5. Diemel, 6. Doar, 7. Reed, 8. Peterson, 9. Parker. Heat 3– 1. Chad Simpson, 2. Larson, 3. Weiss, 4. Lanigan, 5. Timm, 6. Dillard, 7. Erb, 8. Spencer, 9. Matthees.
Last Chance Showdown (top 4 transfer to A Main)– 1. Kaanta, 2. Erb, 3. Reed, 4. Massingill, 5. Matthees, 6. Spencer, 7. Parker, 8. Emerson, 9. Peterson.
Gopher 50– 1. Sheppard, 2. Weiss, 3. Mars, 4. Lanigan, 5. Junghans, 6. Clanton, 7. Kaanta, 8. Briggs, 9. Larson, 10. Erib, 11. Chad Simpson, 12. Doar, 13. Dillard, 14. Grady, 15. Timm, 16. Reed, 17. Parker, 18. Spencer, 19. Rauen, 20. Bruening, 21. Diemel, 22. Swedberg, 23. Massingill, 24. Chris Simpson.
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Lap leaders: Clanton 1-33, Sheppard 34-50.
Laps led: Clanton 33, Sheppard 17.
USRA MODIFIEDS
Heat 1– 1. Erik Kanz (Winona), 2. Ryan Gustin (Marshalltown, Iowa), 3. Devon Havlik (Iowa Falls, Iowa), 4. Blake Arndt (Brownsdale), 5. Ryan Ruter (Kanawha, Iowa), 6. David Baxter (Eau Claire, Wis.), 7. Greg Jensen (Albert Lea), 8. Tammy Soma Clark (Rochester), 9. Adam Hensel (Baldwin, Wis.), 10. Christopher Elliott (Webster City, Iowa). Heat 2– 1. Jake Timm (Winona), 2. Zack Vanderbeek (New Sharon, Iowa), 3. A.J. Diemel (Elk Mound, Wis.), 4. Kevin Stoa (Albert Lea), 5. Jacob Dahle (Morristown), 6. Cory Crapser (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), 7. Tony Schill (Oakdale), 8. Mark Noble (Blooming Prairie), 9. Doug Hillson (Blooming Prairie). Heat 3– 1. Brandon Davis (Hayfield), 2. Josh Angst (Winona), 3. Rodney Sanders (Happy, Texas), 4. Charlie Steinberg (Kasson), 5. Steve Wetzstein (West Concord), 6. Darwyn Karau (Kasson), 7. JT Wasmund (Pine Island), 8. Joe Horgdal (Kasson), 9. Joe Ludemann (Grand Meadow). Heat 4– 1. Dustin Sorensen (Rochester), 2. Chet Atkinson (Hugo), 3. Chris Oertel (Marshfield, Wis.), 4. Joel Alberts (Mantorville), 5. Shawn Ryan (Waterloo, Iowa), 6. A.J. Hoff (Mantorville), 7. Jacob Stark (Austin), 8. Miah Christensen (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 9. Jason Cummins (New Richland).
B Main 1 (top 6 transfer to A Main)– 1. Wetzstein, 2. Stoa, 3. Schill, 4. Baxter, 5. Hensel, 6. Steinberg, 7. Noble, 8. Horgdal, 9. Karau, 10. Jensen, 11. Hillson, 12. Arndt, 13. Elliott. B Main 2 (top 6 to A Main)– 1. Alberts, 2. Crapser, 3. Dahle, 4. Ruter, 5. Ryan, 6. Ludemann, 7. Hoff, 8. Soma Clark, 9. Stark, 10. Christensen, 11. Wasmund, 12. Cummins.
A Main– 1. Sorensen, 2. Sanders, 3. Vanderbeek, 4. Davis, 5. Angst, 6. Timm, 7. Crapser, 8. Alberts, 9. Kanz, 10. Wetzstein, 11. Diemel, 12. Schill, 13. Oertel, 14. Ludemann, 15. Atkinson, 16. Baxter, 17. Hensel, 18. Dahle, 19. Steinberg, 20. Havlik, 21. Stoa, 22. Gustin, 23. Ryan, 24. Ruter.
Lap leaders: Vanderbeek 1-3, Kanz 4-6, Sorensen 7-35.
Laps led: Sorensen 29, Kanz 3, Vanderbeek 3.
