West Virginia Motor Speedway results and video highlights from the $100,000-to-win season finale on a Sunday night for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
The 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series season is set to come to a close with the Dirt Track World Championship. The 1/3-mile of West Virginia Motor Speedway is set to pay $100,000 to the race winner.
View DTWC race results for the Lucas Late Models below.
Ricky Thronton Jr and Hudson O’Neal set the front row. Brandon Sheppard and Devin Moran are in a championship battle with Moran trailing by 45 points ahead of this race. 100 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
DTWC
Race Report
Green flag, Thornton Jr slides from the bottom to the top. O’Neal crosses under him and O’Neal leads into turn three.
80 to go, Thornton Jr is all over the fuel cell of O’Neal. The leaders work heavy lap traffic.
Moran and Sheppard run side-by-side for 4th and the series championship.
68 to go, Thornton Jr works the inside of O’Neal. They nearly rub doors and Thornton Jr is clear for the lead! O’Neal fights back on the top.
66 to go, O’Neal boxes Thornton Jr behind lap traffic on the bottom. O’Neal reclaims the lead.
63 to go, Daniel Hilsabeck is around, caution.
46 to go, the caution is out.
Green, O’Neal leads Thornton Jr. Sheppard clears Moran for 5th.
43 to go, caution for debris.
Green, O’Neal leads. O’Neal clears Sheppard for 5th.
38 to go
38 to go, Moran works the bottom and he clears Davenport for 3rd. The championship battle is alive.
34 to go, Moran is all over the bumper of Thornton Jr. He makes contact with the right rear as they battle for the bottom.
26 to go, Brandon Overton slows with a flat tire, caution. Tyler Erb also heads to the pit lane.
Green, O’Neal leads Thornton Jr and O’Neal.
25 to go, O’Neal jumps the cushion into turn three! He tags the wall! O’Neal slows with an issue! All the tires are still up. The caution is out.
Green, Thornton Jr leads as O’Neal and Sheppard run side-by-side for 2nd. Dan Ebert knocks the cushion and he clears Davenport for 4th.
11 to go, Drake Troutman slows, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads as Moran misses the bottom and Sheppard takes 2nd away.
10 to go, Hicks slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads Sheppard and Moran.
Ricky Thornton Jr wins the Dirt Track World Championship at West Virginia Motor Speedway! Brandon Sheppard is the 2026 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion!
West Virginia Motor Speedway
Race Results
October 18, 2026
The following includes full Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series results:
Practice (B Mains)
Hot Laps | B-MAIN 1: 1. 09-Michael Leach, 13.590[7]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler, 13.629[2]; 3. 49M-Luke Morey, 13.901[10]; 4. 39-Henry Hornsby III, 14.038[4]; 5. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 14.292[1]; 6. 76-Brandon Overton, 14.417[3]; 7. 7*-Logan Hitt, 14.457[11]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley, 14.578[5]; 9. 12L-Dave Loudin, 14.690[12]; 10. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 14.904[6]; 11. 3-Chase Hunley, 15.837[8]; 12. R3X-Matthew Bosley, 15.981[14]; 13. (DNS) 10-Garrett Smith; 14. (DNS) K2-Kristopher Southern; 15. (DNS) U2-Kristin Uhler; 16. (DNS) 72X-James Nicely Uhler; 17. (DNS) 00-Justin Cooper
Hot Laps | B-MAIN 2: 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.603[9]; 2. 6-Clay Harris, 13.621[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 13.635[4]; 4. 5T-Drake Troutman, 13.671[1]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith, 13.709[6]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.796[5]; 7. 27L-Michael Lake, 13.959[3]; 8. 28-Tyler Carpenter, 14.037[8]; 9. 12R-Ryan Payne, 14.174[13]; 10. 17KN-Brock Morris, 14.418[7]; 11. W1-Cory Workman, 14.490[11]; 12. 50-Kevin Davis, 14.508[10]; 13. 32X-Chad Roush, 14.669[14]; 14. S8-Jordan Stotts, 14.790[15]; 15. (DNS) 47W-Brandon Weigle; 16. (DNS) J0Y-James Joy; 17. (DNS) 8W-Wyatt Ervin
Hot Laps | B-MAIN 3: 1. 12M-Ryan Montgomery, 13.495[7]; 2. 99H-Kyle Hardy, 13.698[1]; 3. 44-Dave Hess Jr, 13.815[4]; 4. 11M-Michael Chilton, 13.834[10]; 5. 55-Benji Hicks, 13.882[3]; 6. 9 11-Corey DeLancey, 13.949[6]; 7. 31-Lincoln Smith, 14.015[2]; 8. 0-Braeden Dillinger, 14.044[9]; 9. 14-Corey Conley, 14.116[15]; 10. 22M-Corey Miller, 14.242[8]; 11. 2-Brandon Francis, 14.377[5]; 12. 21G-Corey Galbreath, 14.486[14]; 13. 69-Jon Hodgkiss, 14.672[12]; 14. (DNS) C9-Brandon Morrow; 15. (DNS) 17K-Kenny Newhouse; 16. (DNS) 44M-Lucas McDonald
B Mains
Fast Shafts B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 2. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[2]; 3. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[1]; 4. 09-Michael Leach[7]; 5. 39-Henry Hornsby III[4]; 6. 18C-Chris Carpenter[6]; 7. 7*-Logan Hitt[11]; 8. 3S-Brian Shirley[5]; 9. 49M-Luke Morey[10]; 10. 12L-Dave Loudin[12]; 11. 3-Chase Hunley[8]; 12. R3X-Matthew Bosley[14]; 13. (DNS) 10-Garrett Smith; 14. (DNS) K2-Kristopher Southern; 15. (DNS) U2-Kristin Uhler; 16. (DNS) 72X-James Nicely Uhler; 17. (DNS) 00-Justin Cooper
UNOH B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 2. 5T-Drake Troutman[1]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[4]; 4. 17SR-Brody Smith[6]; 5. 27L-Michael Lake[3]; 6. 28-Tyler Carpenter[8]; 7. W1-Cory Workman[11]; 8. 32X-Chad Roush[14]; 9. 50-Kevin Davis[10]; 10. 32-Bobby Pierce[5]; 11. 17KN-Brock Morris[7]; 12. 74X-Ethan Dotson[9]; 13. 12R-Ryan Payne[13]; 14. S8-Jordan Stotts[15]; 15. (DNS) 47W-Brandon Weigle; 16. (DNS) J0Y-James Joy; 17. (DNS) 8W-Wyatt Ervin
MyRacePass B-Main 3 (12 Laps): 1. 99H-Kyle Hardy[1]; 2. 44-Dave Hess Jr[4]; 3. 55-Benji Hicks[3]; 4. 22M-Corey Miller[8]; 5. 31-Lincoln Smith[2]; 6. 14-Corey Conley[11]; 7. 0-Braeden Dillinger[9]; 8. 2-Brandon Francis[5]; 9. 21G-Corey Galbreath[16]; 10. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 11. 9 11-Corey DeLancey[6]; 12. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[14]; 13. 11M-Michael Chilton[10]; 14. (DNS) 44M-Lucas McDonald; 15. (DNS) C9-Brandon Morrow; 16. (DNS) 17K-Kenny Newhouse
Non-Qualifier
Jim Dunn Non-Qualifier (25 Laps): 1. 55-Benji Hicks[1]; 2. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 3. 7*-Logan Hitt[11]; 4. 27L-Michael Lake[6]; 5. 31-Lincoln Smith[7]; 6. 28-Tyler Carpenter[9]; 7. 49M-Luke Morey[16]; 8. 22M-Corey Miller[4]; 9. 18C-Chris Carpenter[8]; 10. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[20]; 11. 9 11-Corey DeLancey[22]; 12. 0-Braeden Dillinger[13]; 13. 12L-Dave Loudin[19]; 14. 32X-Chad Roush[14]; 15. 3-Chase Hunley[21]; 16. 39-Henry Hornsby III[5]; 17. 50-Kevin Davis[17]; 18. W1-Cory Workman[12]; 19. R3X-Matthew Bosley[23]; 20. 21G-Corey Galbreath[18]; 21. 2-Brandon Francis[15]; 22. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[24]; 23. 14-Corey Conley[10]; 24. 09-Michael Leach[2]
DTWC
Feature Results
LOLMDS A-Main (100 Laps):
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]
2. 1-Brandon Sheppard[6]
3. 99-Devin Moran[4]
4. 17-Zack Dohm[14]
5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]
6. 60-Dan Ebert[7]
7. 111-Max Blair[11]
8. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]
9. 28E-Dennis Erb Jr[8]
10. 11-Josh Rice[9]
11. 76-Brandon Overton[19]
12. 22F-Chris Ferguson[10]
13. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]
14. 6-Clay Harris[20]
15. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[26]
16. 58-Garrett Alberson[12]
17. 3S-Brian Shirley[25]
18. 1T-Tyler Erb[16]
19. 8-Dillon McCowan[5]
20. 75-Eddie Carrier Jr[13]
21. 5T-Drake Troutman[23]
22. 55-Benji Hicks[28]
23. 93F-Carson Ferguson[18]
24. 44-Dave Hess Jr[24]
25. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[22]
26. 19R-Ryan Gustin[15]
27. 17SS-Brenden Smith[27]
28. 99H-Kyle Hardy[21]
West Virginia Motor Speedway
Video Highlights
Links
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