2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series

Last updated August 25, 2022

The 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series is the 17th season of dirt late model racing sanctioned by the World of Outlaws. It is also the 30th anniversary since the series was originally formed in 1988. The season began with the Winter Freeze at Screven Motor Speedway on February 9, and will end with the Textron Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 3. Brandon Sheppard entered the season as the defending champion and Mike Marlar won the 2018 championship.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

No.	Race driver	Team	Chassis
1	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Rocket
1*	Chub Frank	Chub Frank Racing	Rocket
7	Rick Eckert	Paul Crow Racing	Rocket
9	Devin Moran	Tye Twarog Racing / DMR	Rocket
14	Morgan Bagley	McMillan Motorsports	Black Diamond
18c	Chase Junghans	Junghans Racing	Rocket
21jr	Billy Moyer Jr.	Moyer Motorsports	Longhorn
22	Chris Ferguson	Chris Ferguson Motorsports	Rocket
25	Shane Clanton	Shane Clanton Racing	Capital
31	Tyler Millwood	Millwood Motorsports	Barry Wright
44	Chris Madden	CMR	Barry Wright
54	David Breazeale	Fifty-Four Motorsports
75	Colton Flinner	Colton Flinner Racing	Kryptonite
91	Tyler Erb	Erb Racing	Rocket
116	Brandon Overton	Randy Weaver Racing	Longhorn
157	Mike Marlar	Delk Equipment Racing
b1	Brett Larson	Arnie Ranta Motorsports	Longhorn
c8	Timothy Culp	C Eight Motorsports	Rocket
CJ1	Rusty Schlenk	Rusty Schlenk Racing	CJ Rayburn

Schedule

DIRTvision.com will broadcast all races with live radio coverage, along with select races with live video coverage.

No.	Date	Race title	Track	TV / Stream
≠	February 9	Winter Freeze	Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Georgia
≠	February 10	Winter Freeze	Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Georgia
1	February 14	DIRTcar Nationals	Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Florida	DIRTvision.com
2	February 15
3	February 16
4	February 17
≠	March 9	Tennessee Tipoff	Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee
≠	March 10	Tennessee Tipoff	Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee
≠	March 23	Illini 100 presented by Douglas Dodge	Farmer City Raceway, Farmer City, Illinois
≠	March 24
≠	April 13
≠	April 14
5	April 20	Queen City Shootout	Whynot Motorsports Park, Meridian, Mississippi
6	April 21	Queen City Shootout	Whynot Motorsports Park, Meridian, Mississippi
7	April 27	Tennessee Tipoff	Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee
8	April 28	Tennessee Tipoff	Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee
9	May 3		Lavonia Speedway, Lavonia, Georgia
10	May 4		Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, South Carolina
11	May 5	Billy Clanton Classic	Senoia Raceway, Senoia, Georgia
≈	May 11	First In Flight 100	Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville, North Carolina
12	May 12	First In Flight 100	Fayetteville Motor Speedway, Fayetteville, North Carolina
≠	May 18	Outlaw Invasion	Atomic Speedway, Waverly, Ohio
≠	May 19	Outlaw Invasion	Atomic Speedway, Waverly, Ohio
13	June 1		411 Motor Speedway, Seymour, Tennessee
14	June 2		Volunteer Speedway, Bulls Gap, Tennessee
15	June 14		Stateline Speedway, Jamestown, New York
16	June 15		Ransomville Speedway, Ransomville, New York
17	June 16		Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, Ohio
18	June 21	Firecracker 100	Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, Pennsylvania	Dirt on DIRT
19	June 22
20	June 23
21	June 29	Vs. DIRTcar Nationals	Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, Indiana
22	June 30	Vs. DIRTcar Nationals	Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Pevely, Missouri
23	July 6		Dubuque Speedway, Dubuque, Iowa
24	July 7	Gopher 50	Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minnesota
25	July 10		Black Hills Speedway, Rapid City, South Dakota
26	July 12	TBA	TBA
27	July 13		River Cities Speedway, Grand Forks, North Dakota
28	July 14		Ogilvile Raceway, Ogilvile, Minnesota
29	July 24		Davenport Speedway, Davenport, Iowa
≈	July 27	Prairie Dirt Classic	Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Fairbury, Illinois
30	July 28	Prairie Dirt Classic	Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Fairbury, Illinois
31	July 30		Plymouth Dirt Track, Plymouth, Wisconsin
32	July 31	Sundrop Shootout	Shawano Speedway, Shawano, Wisconsin
33	August 2	USA Nationals	Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wisconsin	Dirt on DIRT
≈	August 3
34	August 4
35	August 6		Farley Speedway, Farley, Iowa
36	August 16	Fulton Bank 40	Georgetown Speedway, Georgetown, Delaware
37	August 17		Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
38	August 18		Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, Pennsylvania
39	August 19		Eriez Speedway, Eriez, Pennsylvania
40	September 21		Outlaw Speedway, Dundee, New York
41	September 22	Late Model National Open	Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
42	September 28	Outlaw Invasion	Atomic Speedway, Waverly, Ohio
43	September 29	Outlaw Invasion	Atomic Speedway, Waverly, Ohio
≈	October 12	Chi-Town Showdown	The Dirt Oval at Route 66, Joliet, Illinois
44	October 13	Chi-Town Showdown	The Dirt Oval at Route 66, Joliet, Illinois
≈	November 1	Textron Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals	The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina	DIRTvision.com Dirt on DIRT
45	November 2
46	November 3

≠ - the race was postponed or canceled
≈ - will state if the race is not for championship points

Schedule notes and changes

The Winter Freeze races at Screven Motor Speedway on February 9-10 were canceled due to weather conditions. ^[2]
The Tennessee Tipoff races at Smoky Mountain Speedway on March 9-10 was postponed due to weather conditions. The 2 races were rescheduled on April 27 & 28. ^[3]
The Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway (March 23-24, later postponed to April 13-14) was canceled due to weather conditions. ^[4]
The Outlaw Invasion at Atomic Speedway (May 18-19) was postponed to September 28-29 due to weather. ^[5]

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race / Track	Winning driver	Winning team	Hard Charger Award winner	Last Chance Showdown winner	Fastest Qualifier
1	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #9)	Tim McCreadie	Coffey-McCreadie Enterprises	Brandon Overton ( - )	Brandon Sheppard	Tim McCreadie A
					Devin Moran	Tim McCreadie A
					Mason Zeigler	Mike Marlar B
2	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #10)	Dale McDowell	Shane McDowell Racing	Dale McDowell ( - )	Chase Junghans	Scott Bloomquist A
2	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #10)	Dale McDowell	Shane McDowell Racing	Dale McDowell ( - )	Tim McCreadie	Chris Madden B
3	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #11)	Scott Bloomquist	Scott Bloomquist	Dale McDowell ( +10 )	Kyle Bronson	Scott Bloomquist A
3	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #11)	Scott Bloomquist	Scott Bloomquist	Dale McDowell ( +10 )	Josh Richards	Mike Norris B
4	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #12)	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Chub Frank ( +21 )	David Breazeale	Tyler Millwood A
4	DIRTcar Nationals (Night #12)	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Chub Frank ( +21 )	Rick Eckert	Scott Bloomquist B
5	Queen City Shootout (Night #1)	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Brent Larson ( - )	Chris Ferguson	Billy Moyer A
5	Queen City Shootout (Night #1)	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Brent Larson ( - )	Billy Moyer Jr.	Rick Rickman B
6	Queen City Shootout (Night #2)	Billy Moyer Jr.	Moyer Motorsports	Mike Marlar ( +20 )	Timothy Culp	Neil Baggett A
6	Queen City Shootout (Night #2)	Billy Moyer Jr.	Moyer Motorsports	Mike Marlar ( +20 )	Jack Sullivan	Brian Rickman B
7	Tennessee Tipoff (Night #1)	Chris Madden	CMR	Brandon Overton ( +11 )	Brandon Overton	Chris Madden
8	Tennessee Tipoff (Night #2)	Dale McDowell	Shane McDowell Racing	Shane Clanton ( +7 )	Chub Frank	Dakotah Knuckles
9	Lavonia	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Rick Eckert +10	Chase Junghans	Devin Moran
10	Cherokee	Mike Marlar	Delk Equipment Racing	Tyler Erb +11	Morgan Bagley	Chris Ferguson
11	Senoia	Chris Madden	CMR	Dale McDowell +14	Dale McDowell	Mike Marlar A
11	Senoia	Chris Madden	CMR	Dale McDowell +14	Brent Larson	Chris Madden B
12	First In Flight 100	Jimmy Owens	Ramirez Motorsports	Chris Madden +18	Dustin Mitchell	Devin Moran A
12	First In Flight 100	Jimmy Owens	Ramirez Motorsports	Chris Madden +18	Brent Larson	Jimmy Owens B
13	411	Cory Hedgecock		Chris Madden +8	Casey Roberts	Jimmy Owens
14	Bulls Gap	Jimmy Owens	Ramirez Motorsports	Shane Clanton +13	-	Chris Madden
15	Stateline	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Max Blair +10	Chub Frank	Chris Madden
15	Stateline	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Max Blair +10	Breyton Santee	Rick Eckert
16	Ransomville	Mike Marlar		Rick Eckert +8	-	Mike Marlar
17	Wayne County	Brandon Sheppard	Mark Richards Racing	Brent Larson +11	Matt Lux	Brandon Sheppard
18	Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #1	Chris Madden		Mike Norris +10	Darrell Langian	Mike Marlar
18	Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #1	Chris Madden		Mike Norris +10	Jared Miley	Brandon Sheppard
19	Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #2	Mike Norris		Brent Larson +7	Michael Maresca	Mike Marlar
19	Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #2	Mike Norris		Brent Larson +7	Gregg Satterlee	Mike Norris
20	Firecracker 100	Chris Madden		Shane Clanton +10	Shane Clanton	-
20	Firecracker 100	Chris Madden		Shane Clanton +10	Jared Miley	-
21	vs. Summer Nationals @ Terre Haute	Devin Moran		Tyler Erb +11	-	Devin Moran
						Shane Clanton
						Chris Madden

Related Research Articles

Mansfield Motor Speedway was a 0.44 mile dirt track located in Mansfield, Ohio, United States.

Concord Speedway is a defunct motorsports facility located in the town of Midland, North Carolina, southeast of Concord, North Carolina. The complex featured a 1⁄2-mile asphalt tri-oval and a 1⁄4-mile asphalt oval.

I-70 Motorsports Park, formally known as I-70 Speedway, is a multi-purpose motorsports facility near Interstate 70 east of Odessa, Missouri, USA. The track, first opened in 1969, was open yearly until its closure in 2008.

The World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series is a Dirt Super Late Model touring series currently owned by World Racing Group, and is sanctioned by the World of Outlaws & DIRTcar. The series competes on dirt ovals across the United States, primarily throughout the east coast & the midwest. The series has also raced in Canada in previous years. The series is currently sponsored by Case Construction Equipment.

Volunteer Speedway is a 4/10 mile long dirt race track located in Greene County in the eastern part of Tennessee, in Mosheim. It is known as "The World's Fastest Dirt Track". It has the nickname of "The Gap." The track is banked at 32 degrees in the corners and is known for its high speed. The track record of 10.258 seconds is held by Kasey Kahne in a sprint car.

Lernerville Speedway is a 4/10 mile dirt oval automobile race track located in Sarver, Pennsylvania, United States. It is currently owned by Tomson Scrap Metal. Lernerville currently hosts the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and the All Star Circuit of Champions sprint car series. 2022 will mark the 55th season for the track. The track features the "Fab 4" divisions weekly on Fridays from mid April through August. These divisions include the "Big Three"- 410 Sprints, Super Late Models, and Big Block Modifieds, and is the only track in the country to run all three on a weekly basis.

The 2015 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season was the 37th season of the winged sprint car series in North America. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 13, and ended with the Bad Boy Buggies World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 8. Donny Schatz entered the season as the defending series champion, and clinched the 2015 championship, his seventh overall, after a second-place finish in the National Open at Williams Grove Speedway on October 4.

The 2016 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series season was the 38th season of the winged sprint car series in North America. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 12, and ended with the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on October 29. Donny Schatz entered the season as the defending series champion, and won the 2017 championship, his eighth overall.

The 2018 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship is the 63rd season of sprint car racing sanctioned by USAC. The 2018 season will feature 45 races on dirt tracks across the United States. The season will begin with Winter Dirt Games at Bubba Raceway Park on February 15, and will end with the Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway on November 10.

The 2017 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series season is the 39th season of the winged sprint car series in North America. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 17, and will end with the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway on November 4. Donny Schatz entered the 2017 season as the defending series champion. Schatz won the series championship for the 9th time in 2017.

The 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series was the 40th season of the winged sprint car series sanctioned by World Racing Group, competing throughout the United States. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 9, and ended with the World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 3. Donny Schatz defended his 2017 championship by winning his tenth title in 2018.

The 2019 Super DIRTcar Series is the 46th season of Big Block Modified racing sanctioned by DIRTcar Northeast & World Racing Group. The season will begin with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 12 while the first points scoring race of the season will be the Highbank Holdup at Can-Am Speedway on April 13 The season will end with the Can-Am World of Outlaws World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on November 9. Matt Sheppard enters the 2019 season as the defending series champion.

The 2018 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the 13th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 2, and will end with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 20.

Hagerstown Speedway is a 0.5-mile-long (0.80 km) red clay oval auto-racing track, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Hagerstown, Maryland, situated on US Route 40. It hosts weekly local racing of Late Model Sportsman, Pure Stock, and Hobby Stock divisions, and throughout the season hosts regional and national touring series such as the Lucas Oil Late Model Series, International Motor Contest Association, and FASTRAK. Along with the car-racing schedule during the year, Monster Jam has used the track for events for several decades, along with various concerts and special events. The speedway has also hosted World of Outlaws, ARCA, and NASCAR races in the past.

Michael D. Marlar is an American professional dirt track and stock car racing driver. Marlar is the 2018 World of Outlaws Late Model Series champion. He has also competed in the NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, and Camping World Truck Series.

The Pinty's Dirt Truck Race, also known as the Pinty's Dirt Race at Bristol and the Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt, is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The inaugural race took place in 2021 in support of the NASCAR Cup Series' Food City Dirt Race.

The 2021 Pinty's Truck Race on Dirt was the 5th stock car race of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the inaugural running of the event. The race was held on Monday, March 29, 2021 in Bristol, Tennessee at a dirt version of Bristol Motor Speedway. The race was originally supposed to be run on Saturday, March 27, 2021 but due to torrential downpour over Saturday and Sunday, the race was delayed to Monday. The race would take 150 laps to complete. Martin Truex Jr., running a one-off race for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the race, marking his first career win in the Truck Series. Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Raphaël Lessard of GMS Racing would score the rest of the podium positions, scoring 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The 2021 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series is the 16th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the General Tire Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway on January 22, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 16. Tim McCreadie won the 2021 drivers' championship. Ricky Thornton Jr. was crowned 2021 Rookie of the Year.

The 2020 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was the 15th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 1, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 17. Jimmy Owens won the 2020 drivers' championship. Tanner English was crowned 2020 Rookie of the Year.

The 2019 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was the 14th season of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, a national touring series for dirt late models owned & operated by Lucas Oil. The series began with the Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway on February 1, and ended with the Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park on October 19. Jonathan Davenport won the 2019 drivers' championship. Tyler Erb was named 2019 rookie of the year.

References

↑ Fenwick, Adam (3 November 2018). "Bloomquist Dominates Finale, Marlar Claims Title". SPEED SPORT. Speed Sport. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
↑ "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Winter Freeze at Screven Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
↑ "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Tennessee Tipoff at Smoky Mountain Speedway Postponed to April 27-28". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
↑ "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - 11th Annual Illini 100 Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
↑ "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Outlaw Invasion at Atomic Shifts to Sept. 28-29". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Fenwick, Adam (3 November 2018). "Bloomquist Dominates Finale, Marlar Claims Title". SPEED SPORT. Speed Sport. Retrieved November 21, 2018.

[2] "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Winter Freeze at Screven Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[3] "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Tennessee Tipoff at Smoky Mountain Speedway Postponed to April 27-28". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[4] "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - 11th Annual Illini 100 Cancelled". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

[5] "World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series - Outlaw Invasion at Atomic Shifts to Sept. 28-29". Archived from the original on 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2018-05-18.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]