泥土赛道世界锦标赛：Ricky Thornton Jr. 夺分站冠军 Brandon Sheppard 加冕年度总冠军
西弗吉尼亚州 Wood County 的 Mineral Wells，West Virginia Motor Speedway 10月18日举行第46届泥土赛道世界锦标赛决赛，这也是 Lucas Oil 泥土 Late Model 系列赛2026赛季收官战。Ricky Thornton Jr. 夺得决赛冠军，Brandon Sheppard 以亚军成绩锁定系列赛年度总冠军。
这场100圈的决赛奖金为10万美元。Thornton 与 Hudson O'Neal 在前半程轮流领跑，O'Neal 的赛车在比赛中受损进站后，Thornton 重夺领先并守住优势率先冲线，收获个人职业生涯第66场系列赛胜利，当晚赢得的奖金与奖励合计22万美元。
Sheppard 在第91圈超越 Devin Moran 升至第二并保持到终点，以55分优势压过 Moran，首次夺得 Lucas Oil 系列赛年度总冠军，该总冠军奖金为25万美元。Moran 获得本场第三名。
Ricky Thornton Jr. Wins Dirt Track World Championship as Brandon Sheppard Clinches Lucas Oil Title
In Mineral Wells, Wood County, West Virginia, West Virginia Motor Speedway hosted the final of the 46th annual Dirt Track World Championship on October 18, the season finale of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Ricky Thornton Jr. won the race, while Brandon Sheppard's runner-up finish secured the series championship.
Thornton and Hudson O'Neal traded the lead through the first half of the 100-lap, $100,000-to-win feature. After O'Neal's car was damaged and he pitted, Thornton regained the lead and held it to the checkered flag, recording his 66th career series victory and earning $220,000 in winnings and bonuses for the night.
Sheppard passed Devin Moran for second on lap 91 and stayed ahead to the finish, clinching his first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series national championship by 55 points over Moran, who finished third. The championship was worth $250,000.
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