Brandon Sheppard and Rocket1 Racing followed the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series to Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, Wis.) on Friday afternoon to kick off the two-day Dairyland Showdown. Drawing 38 cars, Sheppard broke the track record in time trials to claim the fast time honors before picking up a 10-lap heat…
Rocket1 Racing and driver, Brandon Sheppard entered new territory over the weekend with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model. The team trekked northwest to Iowa’s Boone Speedway for the inaugural Hawkeye 100. The high-profile weekend ending with a podium finish for the Rocket1 Racing contingent.…
Rocket1 Racing entered a single event over the weekend with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model. The team’s lone venture came at Kentucky’s Richmond Raceway, where Brandon Sheppard piloted the team’s car to a ninth-place finish. “Track position was crucial at Richmond on Friday night,…
Rocket1 Racing with driver Brandon Sheppard competed in Maryland and Pennsylvania over the weekend with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model. (Heath Lawson photo) After a slow start to the weekend on Saturday, the team bounced back for a podium performance on Sunday evening. “We…
On Friday night, Rocket1 Racing and pilot Brandon Sheppard invaded the famed Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tenn.) as the half-mile oval was covered in dirt for the two-day Bristol Bash. In a field of 29 World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series entries, Sheppard followed up the fifth fastest lap in his time trial…
Rocket1 Racing with driver Brandon Sheppard entered the annual Illini 100 over the weekend with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered XR1 Rocket Chassis Super Late Model. At a track, where Sheppard has turned hundreds of laps in his young career, the Illinois competitor raced to a pair of Top-5 finishes…
Brandon Sheppard and the Rocket1 Racing team returned to the World of Outlaws Late Model Series circuit on Friday at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, S.C. The 42-car field was split into two groups, running two 25-lap feature events on the opening night of the Rock Gault Memorial doubleheader. After qualifying third in his group and…
Rocket1 Racing and Brandon Sheppard hit the road with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) over the weekend. LOLMDS competition took the team to Indiana and Ohio with their Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches / XR1 Rocket Chassis / Durham Racing Engine Super Late Model. Saturday found Rocket1 Racing at Brownstown (Ind.)…
Rocket1 Racing invaded Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tenn. on Saturday night and when the final checkered flag of the night had dropped, Brandon Sheppard had recorded his eleventh Top-10 finish of the season. Piloting the Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered Rocket Chassis, Sheppard posted the eighth-fastest lap in his time…
Rocket1 Racing invaded Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla. last week to close out their 2021 Florida Speedweeks with the 50th Annual DIRTcar Nationals. Brandon Sheppard came away with a trio of Top-10 finishes in the Valvoline No. 1 Seubert Calf Ranches/ Durham Racing Engines-powered Rocket Chassis. Sheppard was one of 51 entries to converge…