2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series

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.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule Race driverTeamChassis 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.DateRace titleTrackTV / Stream ≠ February 9 Winter Freeze Screven Motor Speedway, Sylvania, Georgia ≠ February 10 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 ≠ 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 7 April 27 Tennessee Tipoff Smoky Mountain Speedway, Maryville, Tennessee 8 April 28 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 ≠ May 18 Outlaw Invasion Atomic Speedway, Waverly, Ohio ≠ May 19 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 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 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 ≈ October 12 Chi-Town Showdown The Dirt Oval at Route 66, Joliet, Illinois 44 October 13 ≈ 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. 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. The Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway (March 23–24, later postponed to April 13–14) was canceled due to weather conditions. The Outlaw Invasion at Atomic Speedway (May 18–19) was postponed to September 28–29 due to weather.

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 Devin Moran Mason Zeigler Mike Marlar 2 DIRTcar Nationals (Night #10) Dale McDowell Shane McDowell Racing Dale McDowell ( ) Chase Junghans Scott Bloomquist Tim McCreadie Chris Madden 3 DIRTcar Nationals (Night #11) Scott Bloomquist Scott Bloomquist Dale McDowell ( ) Kyle Bronson Scott Bloomquist Josh Richards Mike Norris 4 DIRTcar Nationals (Night #12) Brandon Sheppard Mark Richards Racing Chub Frank ( ) David Breazeale Tyler Millwood Rick Eckert Scott Bloomquist 5 Queen City Shootout (Night #1) Brandon Sheppard Mark Richards Racing Brent Larson ( ) Chris Ferguson Billy Moyer Billy Moyer Jr. Rick Rickman 6 Queen City Shootout (Night #2) Billy Moyer Jr. Moyer Motorsports Mike Marlar ( ) Timothy Culp Neil Baggett Jack Sullivan Brian Rickman 7 Tennessee Tipoff (Night #1) Chris Madden CMR Brandon Overton ( ) Brandon Overton Chris Madden 8 Tennessee Tipoff (Night #2) Dale McDowell Shane McDowell Racing Shane Clanton ( ) Chub Frank Dakotah Knuckles 9 Lavonia Brandon Sheppard Mark Richards Racing Rick Eckert Chase Junghans Devin Moran 10 Cherokee Mike Marlar Delk Equipment Racing Tyler Erb Morgan Bagley Chris Ferguson 11 Senoia Chris Madden CMR Dale McDowell Dale McDowell Mike Marlar Brent Larson Chris Madden 12 First In Flight 100 Jimmy Owens Ramirez Motorsports Chris Madden Dustin Mitchell Devin Moran Brent Larson Jimmy Owens 13 411 Cory Hedgecock Chris Madden Casey Roberts Jimmy Owens 14 Bulls Gap Jimmy Owens Ramirez Motorsports Shane Clanton Chris Madden 15 Stateline Brandon Sheppard Mark Richards Racing Max Blair 16 Ransomville Mike Marlar Rick Eckert Mike Marlar 17 Wayne County Brandon Sheppard Mark Richards Racing Brent Larson Matt Lux Brandon Sheppard 18 Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #1 Chris Madden Mike Norris 19 Firecracker 100 - Prelim Night #2 Mike Norris Brent Larson 20 Firecracker 100 Chris Madden Shane Clanton 21 vs. Summer Nationals @ Terre Haute Devin Moran Tyler Erb

See also 2018 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series 2018 Super DIRTcar Series

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