Tyler Erb Scores Second WOO Late Model Win of 2026 at West Virginia
Photo by Emily Schwanke
MINERAL WELLS, Va.—Tyler Erb had to wait until the 26th race of the 2026 World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision season to get his first win, but he only needed three more to get his second.
Two weeks after the biggest win of his career, a $100,00 score in the Blaster 57 Special at Mansfield Speedway, “Terbo” returned to Victory Lane at West Virginia Motor Speedway to collect another $30,000 as the winner of the RACEFEST Summer Championship.
It was a dominant performance from the driver of the Best Performance Motorsports No. 1, as Erb led all but one of the 60 laps in Saturday’s Feature. That one lap he missed out on was the first one, which was led by Erb’s fellow Rocket Chassis pilot, Brandon Sheppard, who started on the Bilstein Pole.
After Sheppard took the lead off of Turn 2 on the opening lap, Erb dove to the bottom of Turns 3 and 4 and tried to slide up in front of Sheppard off the corner, but he wasn’t clear and let Sheppard slip back by. Erb did the same thing going into Turn 1, and that time, he made the move stick. Sheppard gave the low line a try in the next set of corners, but Erb defended the slider line in what turned out to be the winning move.
It was all Erb the rest of the way, as he remained committed to the top through to the finish whether he was in clean air or stuck in thick traffic. Several other competitors, including Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal and Drake Troutman kept Erb honest and got several restarts to take a shot at him, but none were able to find a way around. The new short-track layout at West Virginia put on some excellent racing for second on back, but Erb maintained a comfortable margin at the front to claim the sixth World of Outlaws win of his career.
“That was a lot of fun,” Erb said. “Elbows up, hard racing. It really worked out into our favor. Last night, I felt really good, just probably wasn’t as committed to the top as I was tonight. Just was able to get the lead, Shepp kind of beat me there and then I slid him. I ran really hard, I felt like, for a minute, just trying to get going. Once we hit lap cars, I was like, ‘Well, the lap cars are on the bottom, that’s good, they can’t pass me down there.’ It definitely makes you feel a little bit easier just having clean air, not having to worry about anybody doing anything crazy.”
Troutman came out ahead of O’Neal in their battle for second in the closing laps. Behind them, Bobby Pierce and Ethan Dotson completed the top five.
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RACE NOTES:
Dennis Erb Jr. set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Hudson O’Neal won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Hudson O’Neal won Heat 1.
Brandon Sheppard won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Drake Troutman won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Tyler Erb won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Carson Ferguson and Chris Ferguson won the Last Chance Showdowns.
Brandon Sheppard won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Tyler Carpenter won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.
Drake Troutman was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Hudson O’Neal was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Bobby Pierce was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Ethan Dotson was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Dennis Erb Jr. was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Josh Rice was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Tim McCreadie was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Ryan Montgomery was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Chris Ferguson was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Tyler Carpenter was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Nick Hoffman was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Brandon Sheppard was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Carson Ferguson was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Brent Larson was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES RESULTS (39 entries)
WoO Late Model Feature (60 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 3. 71-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[11]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 7. 11-Josh Rice[12]; 8. 9M-Tim McCreadie[7]; 9. 12-Ryan Montgomery[13]; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson[18]; 11. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[20]; 12. 9-Nick Hoffman[16]; 13. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 14. 93-Carson Ferguson[17]; 15. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 16. 53C-Colten Burdette[25]; 17. 14-Trey Mills[23]; 18. B1-Brent Larson[22]; 19. 71R-Rod Conley[26]; 20. 1Z-Logan Zarin[24]; 21. S21-Seth Daniels[27]; 22. 19R-Ryan Gustin[14]; 23. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[9]; 24. 58V-Daulton Wilson[8]; 25. 49-Luke Morey[15]; 26. 19-Dustin Sorensen[21]; 27. 55E-Eli Johnson[19]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 93-Carson Ferguson[2]; 2. 55E-Eli Johnson[4]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 4. 75-Eddie Carrier Jr[1]; 5. 1Z-Logan Zarin[5]; 6. 71C-RJ Conley[10]; 7. 17-Zack Dohm[6]; 8. 39-Henry Hornsby III[8]; 9. 0-Troy Frazier[12]; 10. 14-Trey Mills[7]; 11. 47W-Brandon Weigle[9]; 12. 99H-Kyle Hardy[11]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Chris Ferguson[2]; 2. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[3]; 3. B1-Brent Larson[5]; 4. 18C-Miles Cook II[4]; 5. S21-Seth Daniels[7]; 6. 71R-Rod Conley[1]; 7. 6-Travis Carr[9]; 8. 11A-Allen Clark[11]; 9. 12L-Dave Loudin[6]; 10. 53C-Colten Burdette[8]; 11. C4-Freddie Carpenter[10]
WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 4. 12-Ryan Montgomery[6]; 5. 75-Eddie Carrier Jr[5]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[9]; 7. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 8. 14-Trey Mills[4]; 9. 47W-Brandon Weigle[7]; 10. 99H-Kyle Hardy[10]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[3]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 4. 49-Luke Morey[5]; 5. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 6. 55E-Eli Johnson[4]; 7. 17-Zack Dohm[7]; 8. 39-Henry Hornsby III[8]; 9. 71C-RJ Conley[9]; 10. 0-Troy Frazier[10]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[3]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 71R-Rod Conley[5]; 6. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[7]; 7. B1-Brent Larson[6]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[8]; 9. 6-Travis Carr[9]; 10. 11A-Allen Clark[10]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 3. 11-Josh Rice[2]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 5. 22-Chris Ferguson[5]; 6. 18C-Miles Cook II[6]; 7. 12L-Dave Loudin[7]; 8. 53C-Colten Burdette[8]; 9. C4-Freddie Carpenter[9]
Group A Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 71-Hudson O'Neal, 14.215[13]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson, 14.263[14]; 3. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 14.373[6]; 4. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 14.404[1]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 14.426[16]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 14.445[10]; 7. 14-Trey Mills, 14.452[4]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson, 14.453[15]; 9. 75-Eddie Carrier Jr, 14.478[7]; 10. 49-Luke Morey, 14.482[3]; 11. 12-Ryan Montgomery, 14.493[11]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 14.515[20]; 13. 47W-Brandon Weigle, 14.523[2]; 14. 17-Zack Dohm, 14.583[12]; 15. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 14.598[17]; 16. 39-Henry Hornsby III, 14.666[19]; 17. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 14.676[18]; 18. 71C-RJ Conley, 14.841[9]; 19. 99H-Kyle Hardy, 14.992[5]; 20. 0-Troy Frazier, 15.116[8]
Group B Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman, 14.269[4]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb, 14.293[15]; 3. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 14.342[12]; 4. 11-Josh Rice, 14.373[9]; 5. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 14.504[7]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 14.576[5]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 14.577[11]; 8. 9-Nick Hoffman, 14.598[13]; 9. 71R-Rod Conley, 14.743[8]; 10. 22-Chris Ferguson, 14.792[2]; 11. B1-Brent Larson, 14.838[19]; 12. 18C-Miles Cook II, 14.847[16]; 13. 28C-Tyler Carpenter, 14.857[14]; 14. 12L-Dave Loudin, 14.896[17]; 15. S21-Seth Daniels, 14.948[3]; 16. 53C-Colten Burdette, 14.973[10]; 17. 6-Travis Carr, 14.976[18]; 18. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 15.120[6]; 19. 11A-Allen Clark, 15.281[1]
CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: June 13, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 4068 29 10 21 29
2 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 4024 -44 29 6 23 27
3 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 3841 -227 29 2 13 21
4 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 3787 -281 29 0 10 19
5 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 3753 -315 29 2 9 18
6 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 3698 -370 28 0 6 17
7 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 3689 -379 29 1 8 14
8 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 3618 -450 28 0 7 13
9 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 3570 -498 29 0 2 13
10 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 3538 -530 29 0 3 9
11 14 Trey Mills ST. Augustine, FL 3524 -544 25 0 1 10
12 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond, IN 3304 -764 29 0 0 2
13 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN 3253 -815 26 0 1 1
14 1Z Logan Zarin Hookstown, PA 3238 -830 25 0 0 1
15 55E Eli Johnson Clewiston, FL 3040 -1028 18 0 0 0
16 71 Hudson O'Neal Martinsville, IN 1852 -2216 12 2 7 10
17 1S Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 1668 -2400 13 2 8 10
18 T1 Todd Morrow Penton, AL 1488 -2580 8 0 0 0
19 49 Jake Timm Winona, MN 1472 -2596 13 0 0 1
20 49 Luke Morey Zeeland, MI 1438 -2630 7 0 0 0
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