Brandon Sheppard Returns to Summer Nationals Victory Lane in Clarksville Finale, Clinches Week 3 Title
Photo by Tyler Carr
Brandon Sheppard reminded fans what a “Tennessee ass whooping” looks like.
Controlling the final DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models appearance at Clarksville Speedway, the 2013 tour champion tied in-state royalty Scott Bloomquist in all-time wins for his first career Week title.
Sheppard began the night with a win on the Heat race, then started on the outside of the front row with fellow Illinois driver Jason Feger leading the field to the green flag.
While Feger had a slight edge on the bottom lane to lead the opening lap, Sheppard’s high-line advantage overmatched him as the No. B5 rocketed to the lead off the final corner on the second lap.
After getting clear of Feger, Sheppard adjusted to the bottom lane to keep a healthy distance between the No. 25 Longhorn Chassis throughout the 30-lap Feature. In lapped traffic, Sheppard was able to pass three cars to challenge Feger while he followed behind Tyler Erb around the 1/4-mile racetrack.
Sheppard’s lead over the field was diminished with four laps to go after Josh Putnam’s left rear tire exploded, brought out the only caution of the night, and gave Feger a second chance at scoring his fifth Hell Tour win of 2025.
“B-Shepp” stayed precise with his driving on the final restart of the race by keeping his Rocket Chassis to the bottom line as he led the final four laps for his first Summer Nationals win since 2021.
The Clarksville Speedway finale marked the 28th win of his career, and completes a week where he appeared on every podium of Week 3.
“Man, we’ve had a great car all week long,” Sheppard said. “I just, for some reason, haven’t been able to put a full night together. Tonight, we were able to do that. Our qualifying efforts have been getting better all week. And, the boys have been working very hard, and we appreciate it.”
DIRTCAR LATE MODEL RESULTS
Feature (30 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan[4]; 4. 27M-Rodney Melvin[3]; 5. 81F-Jadon Frame[7]; 6. 14-Haiden Cowan[5]; 7. 14JR-Trey Mills[8]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[9]; 9. 81-Jason Riggs[10]; 10. 28B-Carson Brown[6]; 11. 5-Mark Whitener[14]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham[12]; 13. 59-Dillard Hatchett[13]; 14. 29-Christian Hanger[19]; 15. 31M-Tyler Millwood[17]; 16. 1-Tyler Erb[18]; 17. 38-Thomas Hunziker[20]; 18. 388-Jackson Hise[22]; 19. (DNF) 212-Josh Putnam[11]; 20. (DNF) 15F-Richard Frost[15]; 21. (DNF) 63-Michael Luna[16]; 22. (DNF) 54JR-Larry Barber Jr[21]
Last Chance Showdown (B-Main) (10 Laps): 1. 31M-Tyler Millwood[4]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 3. 18-David Seibers[5]; 4. 55-Eli Johnson[2]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 6. 18X-Michael Seibers[10]; 7. 54JR-Larry Barber Jr[6]; 8. 29-Christian Hanger[16]; 9. 38-Thomas Hunziker[9]; 10. 16A-Steven Ashby[17]; 11. 388-Jackson Hise[8]; 12. 89-Jeremy Anderson[14]; 13. 83-Jensen Ford[12]; 14. 127-Robert Ardry[13]; 15. (DNS) 22-Bree Whittmore; 16. (DNS) 17SS-Brenden Smith; 17. (DNS) 10C-Matt Cooper
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 27M-Rodney Melvin[1]; 2. 14-Haiden Cowan[2]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 4. 59-Dillard Hatchett[4]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 6. 18-David Seibers[6]; 7. 38-Thomas Hunziker[7]; 8. 127-Robert Ardry[8]; 9. 16A-Steven Ashby[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25F-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 81F-Jadon Frame[3]; 3. 212-Josh Putnam[1]; 4. 15F-Richard Frost[7]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[5]; 6. 22-Bree Whittmore[8]; 7. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 8. 10C-Matt Cooper[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 28B-Carson Brown[3]; 3. 81-Jason Riggs[5]; 4. 5-Mark Whitener[2]; 5. 55-Eli Johnson[4]; 6. 54JR-Larry Barber Jr[7]; 7. 18X-Michael Seibers[6]; 8. 89-Jeremy Anderson[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 14JR-Trey Mills[4]; 3. 21-Mario Gresham[6]; 4. 63-Michael Luna[8]; 5. 31M-Tyler Millwood[5]; 6. 388-Jackson Hise[7]; 7. 83-Jensen Ford[3]; 8. 29-Christian Hanger[2]
Qualifying A (2 Laps): 1. 27M-Rodney Melvin, 00:13.350[5]; 2. 212-Josh Putnam, 00:13.663[17]; 3. 14-Haiden Cowan, 00:13.739[2]; 4. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:13.749[14]; 5. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:13.772[3]; 6. 81F-Jadon Frame, 00:13.776[15]; 7. 59-Dillard Hatchett, 00:13.780[9]; 8. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.874[12]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:13.881[7]; 10. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:14.006[4]; 11. 18-David Seibers, 00:14.056[10]; 12. 10C-Matt Cooper, 00:14.093[8]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:14.242[11]; 14. 15F-Richard Frost, 00:14.275[13]; 15. 127-Robert Ardry, 00:14.498[16]; 16. 22-Bree Whittmore, 00:14.562[1]; 17. 16A-Steven Ashby, 00:15.105[6]
Qualifying B (2 Laps): 1. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.718[11]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.870[5]; 3. 5-Mark Whitener, 00:13.944[12]; 4. 29-Christian Hanger, 00:13.947[1]; 5. 28B-Carson Brown, 00:13.958[9]; 6. 83-Jensen Ford, 00:13.997[3]; 7. 55-Eli Johnson, 00:14.012[8]; 8. 14JR-Trey Mills, 00:14.017[7]; 9. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:14.024[2]; 10. 31M-Tyler Millwood, 00:14.043[13]; 11. 18X-Michael Seibers, 00:14.132[16]; 12. 21-Mario Gresham, 00:14.148[15]; 13. 54JR-Larry Barber Jr, 00:14.198[4]; 14. 388-Jackson Hise, 00:14.204[10]; 15. 89-Jeremy Anderson, 00:14.321[6]; 16. 63-Michael Luna, 00:14.472[14]
DIRTCAR SUMMER NATIONALS OVERALL DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 29, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 935 -0 4 8 11 16 WEEK 1 CHAMP
2 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 877 -58 3 7 12 16
3 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 743 -192 0 2 9 16
4 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 724 -211 0 2 8 16
5 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 656 -279 0 2 5 14
6 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 645 -290 1 1 4 12
7 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 601 -334 0 1 3 10
8 #28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 588 -347 0 6 7 11
9 #29 Christian Hanger Winchester, TN 573 -362 0 1 2 13
10 #15 Clay Stuckey Shreveport, LA 557 -378 0 0 0 13
11 #388 Jackson Hise Ocala, FL 531 -404 0 0 1 7
12 #17SS Brenden Smith Dade City, FL 520 -415 0 0 1 7
13 #B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 510 -425 1 6 7 7 WEEK 3 CHAMP
14 #99JR Frank Heckenast Frankfort, IL 492 -443 0 2 5 12
15 #22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 473 -462 3 3 6 10
16 #17SR Brody Smith Dade City, FL 440 -495 0 0 0 1
17 #18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL 431 -504 0 3 5 8
18 #28B Carson Brown New London, NC 427 -508 0 0 2 7
19 #10 Joseph Joiner Milton, FL 420 -515 0 2 5 8
20 #21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 408 -527 1 3 4 8
26 #19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 339 -596 1 4 6 6 WEEK 2 CHAMP
DIRCAR SUMMER NATIONALS WEEK 3 FINAL STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 28, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 285 -0 0 4 4 4
2 #1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 264 -21 1 3 4 4
3 #25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 262 -23 2 2 4 4
4 #40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 203 -82 0 1 3 4
5 #31M Tyler Millwood Kingston, GA 201 -84 0 1 2 4
6 #14JR Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 199 -86 1 1 1 4
7 #75 Dillon McCowan Urbana, MO 180 -105 0 0 2 4
8 #5 Mark Whitener Middleburg, FL 175 -110 0 0 1 4
9 #17SS Brenden Smith Dade City, FL 172 -113 0 0 1 4
10 #388 Jackson Hise Ocala, FL 158 -127 0 0 0 3
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TYLER NICELY SWEEPS SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS WEEKEND, JOINS TOP FIVE IN ALL-TIME WINS AT CLARKSVILLE
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- In just three races with the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals, Tyler Nicely is back on his roll after the weekend return.
The Owensboro, KY driver dominated the Sunday night finale at Clarksville Speedway en route to his second consecutive Feature win of 2025 while joining a new level of records on the UMP Modified tour.
Starting on the outside of the front row, Nicely witnessed polesitter Trent Young securing the lead on the first two starts. However, cautions were thrown after each time, resetting each driver’s strategy. On the third restart, Nicely used the cushion of Turns 1-2 to claim the lead over Young.
While Nicely’s No. 25 Elite Chassis paced the field around the quarter-mile bullring, Young struggled to match the speed as the gap grew to 2.6 seconds by the halfway mark.
When lapped traffic began to hamper Nicely’s ability to grow the lead, the No. 10Y Diamond Chassis began to reel Nicely back into his sights as the distance cut to 1.4 seconds within the final five laps.
Young reached the back bumper of the Nicely when the white flag waved, but he was unable to attempt a pass as Nicely’s 13th Summit Modified Nationals win helped him surpass Michael Long for fifth on the all-time wins list.
“(Young) fooled me twice, so shame on me if he fooled me the third time,” Nicely said. “I just made my angle a little bit better down (in Turn 4) to come to the green (flag), and I was just gonna drive it into Turn 1 as hard as I could. I knew it was gonna be crucial to get out there to the lead.”
Up Next: The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Late Models and DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals head to Arkansas for the Week 4 opener at Old No. 1 Speedway on Monday night, June 30.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch every DIRTcar Summer Nationals race live on DIRTVision.
UMP MODIFIED RESULTS
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 10Y-Trent Young[1]; 3. 94-Austin Rettig[4]; 4. 98-Zac Harris[3]; 5. 45H-Chase Holland[16]; 6. 27G-Jason Garver[6]; 7. 75-Daniel Adam[9]; 8. 121-Caleb Slaughter[7]; 9. 06-Cage Ashby[11]; 10. 151-Zach Resinger[8]; 11. 4-Brenden Heizer[10]; 12. C5-Charlie Jackson[13]; 13. 42-Jacob Bryant[15]; 14. 60-Jim Manka[17]; 15. 777-Trevor Neville[12]; 16. (DNF) 182-Ryan Williams[5]; 17. (DNS) 12L-Lucas Lee
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10Y-Trent Young[1]; 2. 98-Zac Harris[2]; 3. 182-Ryan Williams[3]; 4. 121-Caleb Slaughter[4]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 6. 06-Cage Ashby[9]; 7. C5-Charlie Jackson[8]; 8. 42-Jacob Bryant[7]; 9. 60-Jim Manka[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[1]; 2. 94-Austin Rettig[5]; 3. 27G-Jason Garver[6]; 4. 151-Zach Resinger[8]; 5. 4-Brenden Heizer[7]; 6. (DNF) 777-Trevor Neville[2]; 7. (DNF) 12L-Lucas Lee[3]; 8. (DNF) 45H-Chase Holland[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:14.673[6]; 2. 98-Zac Harris, 00:14.810[7]; 3. 182-Ryan Williams, 00:14.822[4]; 4. 121-Caleb Slaughter, 00:14.938[2]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:14.965[8]; 6. 60-Jim Manka, 00:15.009[3]; 7. 42-Jacob Bryant, 00:15.770[5]; 8. C5-Charlie Jackson, 00:15.909[9]; 9. (DQ) 06-Cage Ashby, 00:15.352[1]
Qualifying 2: 1. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:14.353[4]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:14.392[5]; 3. 12L-Lucas Lee, 00:14.620[6]; 4. 45H-Chase Holland, 00:14.795[1]; 5. 94-Austin Rettig, 00:14.838[3]; 6. 27G-Jason Garver, 00:14.906[7]; 7. 4-Brenden Heizer, 00:15.655[2]; 8. 151-Zach Resinger, 00:16.070[8]
SUMMIT MODIFIED NATIONALS DRIVER STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 26, 2025
Pos # Driver Hometown Points Gap Wins Top 5 Top 10 Features
1 #777 Trevor Neville Mackinaw, IL 525 -0 1 6 7 9
2 #45H Chase Holland Success, MS 420 -105 0 3 5 9
3 #66 Cole Falloway Owensboro, KY 364 -161 0 3 7 7
4 #23B Ethan Boomsma Wheatfield, IN 348 -177 0 0 1 6
5 #1A Steve Meyer Caseyville, IL 316 -209 0 1 3 8
6 #75 Daniel Adam Peru, IL 287 -238 0 1 2 5
7 #37 Michael Ledford Pontiac, IL 256 -269 1 3 3 4
8 #8A Austin Holcombe Elm City, NC 200 -325 0 1 3 5
9 #J82 Treb Jacoby O'fallon, MO 199 -326 3 3 3 3
10 #99 Hunt Gossum Mayfield, KY 193 -332 1 2 3 3
11 #24Z Zeke McKenzie Claypool, IN 189 -336 0 1 1 2
12 #1H Ben Harmon Brooks, KY 186 -339 0 1 1 3
13 #5S Owen Steinkoenig Highland, IL 174 -351 0 1 2 4
14 #18L Michael Long Fowler, IL 167 -358 1 2 2 3
15 #21L Derek Losh Rensselaer, IN 150 -375 1 2 2 2
16 #14C Rick Conoyer Wentzville, MO 149 -376 0 0 2 4
17 #77 Ray Bollinger Kewanee, IL 140 -385 0 2 2 2
18 #10M Chris Morefield Edwards, IL 134 -391 0 1 1 2
19 #11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL 127 -398 0 0 0 2
20 #3F Carson Friedman Fairbury, IL 127 -398 0 0 0 1
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Quicksilver Street Stocks
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 48M-Joseph Bobo McGhee[1]; 2. 99-Cody Hodges[3]; 3. 82-Zac Harris[2]; 4. 5-Floyd Clinard Jr[5]; 5. 929-Graydon Hall[9]; 6. 18-Luke Rutter[8]; 7. 52-Kyle Smithson[6]; 8. 16K-Cody Jordan[7]; 9. 42T-Miles Thalmann[13]; 10. 55-Ryan Clinard[10]; 11. 33-Michael Hendrickson[15]; 12. 88S-Travis Sneed[11]; 13. 12-Brandon Duvall[12]; 14. 48-Bradley McGhee[14]; 15. (DNS) 182-Randle Sweeney; 16. (DNS) 24-Devin Joiner
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 48M-Joseph Bobo McGhee[1]; 2. 99-Cody Hodges[2]; 3. 5-Floyd Clinard Jr[4]; 4. 16K-Cody Jordan[5]; 5. 929-Graydon Hall[3]; 6. 88S-Travis Sneed[8]; 7. 42T-Miles Thalmann[6]; 8. 33-Michael Hendrickson[7]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 82-Zac Harris[2]; 2. 182-Randle Sweeney[3]; 3. 52-Kyle Smithson[4]; 4. 18-Luke Rutter[7]; 5. 55-Ryan Clinard[6]; 6. 12-Brandon Duvall[5]; 7. 48-Bradley McGhee[1]; 8. (DNS) 24-Devin Joiner
Qualifying 1: 1. 48M-Joseph Bobo McGhee, 00:15.167[8]; 2. 48-Bradley McGhee, 00:15.325[15]; 3. 99-Cody Hodges, 00:15.403[9]; 4. 82-Zac Harris, 00:15.497[13]; 5. 929-Graydon Hall, 00:15.536[16]; 6. 182-Randle Sweeney, 00:15.629[11]; 7. 5-Floyd Clinard Jr, 00:15.633[4]; 8. 52-Kyle Smithson, 00:15.693[14]; 9. 16K-Cody Jordan, 00:15.762[1]; 10. 12-Brandon Duvall, 00:15.878[3]; 11. 42T-Miles Thalmann, 00:15.880[2]; 12. 55-Ryan Clinard, 00:15.975[5]; 13. 33-Michael Hendrickson, 00:16.046[7]; 14. 18-Luke Rutter, 00:17.205[10]; 15. 88S-Travis Sneed, 00:17.205[12]; 16. (DNS) 24-Devin Joiner
Mod Lite
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11-Joseph Dunlap[2]; 2. 07-Matthew Filkins[3]; 3. 55-Robbie Throop[1]; 4. 02-Chris Crutcher[4]; 5. 34-Chris Pinkston[7]; 6. 23T-Brian Teeters[8]; 7. 28-Keith Fain[5]; 8. 33-Damon Warren[6]; 9. 76-Jeffrey Loomis[10]; 10. 10K-Kyle Davidson[9]
Heat 1 (6 Laps): 1. 55-Robbie Throop[1]; 2. 07-Matthew Filkins[4]; 3. 28-Keith Fain[3]; 4. 34-Chris Pinkston[5]; 5. 10K-Kyle Davidson[2]
Heat 2 (6 Laps): 1. 11-Joseph Dunlap[1]; 2. 02-Chris Crutcher[2]; 3. 33-Damon Warren[4]; 4. 23T-Brian Teeters[3]; 5. (DNS) 76-Jeffrey Loomis
Qualifying 1: 1. 55-Robbie Throop, 00:15.056[2]; 2. 11-Joseph Dunlap, 00:15.121[8]; 3. 10K-Kyle Davidson, 00:15.297[4]; 4. 02-Chris Crutcher, 00:15.312[10]; 5. 28-Keith Fain, 00:15.366[1]; 6. 23T-Brian Teeters, 00:15.414[9]; 7. 07-Matthew Filkins, 00:15.508[5]; 8. 33-Damon Warren, 00:15.737[6]; 9. 34-Chris Pinkston, 00:15.742[7]; 10. 76-Jeffrey Loomis, 00:16.395[3]
Mod Lite 900
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22K-Nicholas Killebrew[1]; 2. 9-Brandon Shaw[3]; 3. 82C-Michael Georgeson[2]
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