{"id":7745,"date":"2020-03-05T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonmotorsport.com\/?p=7745"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T21:39:13","slug":"woo-lm-sheppard-bloomquist-face-off-in-tennessee-doubleheader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2020\/03\/05\/woo-lm-sheppard-bloomquist-face-off-in-tennessee-doubleheader\/","title":{"rendered":"WoO LM: Sheppard, Bloomquist face off in Tennessee Doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As college basketball season winds to a close, racing season ramps up in Tennessee this weekend with a doubleheader leading up to Saturday\u2019s Tennessee Tipoff.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend will kick off with a $10,000-to-win night at Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, Tennessee on Friday night (Hot laps at 6:00 p.m. ET) \u2013 a track where <strong>Brandon Sheppard <\/strong>won last season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WoO LM: Sheppard, Bloomquist face off in Tennessee Doubleheader<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In seven races so far, Sheppard holds the points lead by 32 points over <strong>Darrell Lanigan<\/strong>, despite only capturing one win.<\/p>\n<p>The other side of that, however, is that Sheppard has only one finish outside of the top five this season.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how far back he starts \u2013 like 11<sup>th<\/sup> at Volusia \u2013 he has managed to power the Rocket1 Chassis car to the front of the pack by the checkered flag.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll be going wheel-to-wheel with <strong>Scott Bloomquist <\/strong>this weekend though.<\/p>\n<p>The leader behind Team Zero is a native at Tennessee and has done well at both tracks along with collecting a plethora of experience there in his career.<\/p>\n<p>He started off the season well at Vado before the four-race weekend at Volusia, finishing the weekend with two top-five finishes, as well as a great overall team performance.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone would be a threat to take down Sheppard this weekend, it would be Bloomquist &amp; Co.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, the series will head to Maryville, Tennessee for a $12,000 to win feature event at Smoky Mountain Speedway. Hot laps are scheduled for 5:15 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>As always fans can catch every race of the season on <a href=\"http:\/\/dirtvision.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DirtVision<\/a> and follow along for live updates on our department Twitter account,<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/racingvault\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> @RacingVault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 423px; height: 575px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"320\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 48pt;\" span=\"5\" width=\"64\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"height: 14.5pt; width: 240pt; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\" width=\"320\" height=\"19\"><strong>2020 World of Outlaws Late Model Standings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt; text-align: center;\" height=\"19\"><strong>Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>Driver<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Behind<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Brandon Sheppard<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">1008<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Darrell Lanigan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">976<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Ricky Weiss<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">954<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Chris Madden<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">918<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Scott Bloomquist<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">898<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-110<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Rick Eckert<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">886<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Chase Junghans<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">876<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Cade Dillard<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">876<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Dennis Erb Jr.<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">870<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-138<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 14.5pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 14.5pt;\" height=\"19\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" colspan=\"2\">Brian Shirley<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">844<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">-164<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As college basketball season winds to a close, racing season ramps up in Tennessee this weekend with a doubleheader leading up to Saturday\u2019s Tennessee Tipoff. 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