All-Tech hosts the opening weekend of the Wieland Winternationals.
Key notes: The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Wieland Winternationals continues with Friday’s 50-lap, $12,000-to-win second round at All-Tech Raceway. … The three-race All-Tech swing concludes with Saturday’s 50-lap, $15,000-to-win finale. … Brandon Sheppard slipped by Brandon Overton and led the final 25 laps of Thursday’s 40-lap season opener, earning $10,000. Sheppard secured his second straight Georgia-Florida Speedweeks victory, adding to Feb. 14’s DIRTcar Nationals finale at nearby Volusia Speedway, worth $20,000. … Overton, of Evans, Ga., settled for fourth as he seeks his fifth overall victory of the young season. … Hudson O’Neal also enters chasing his fifth win of the year. … Ricky Thornton Jr. has four Lucas Oil wins at All-Tech since 2023, earning more than $50,000 over that span, including last year’s first two opening rounds. … Defending series champ Devin Moran denied Thornton of a sweep of last year’s All-Tech weekend after capturing the $15,000 finale. Moran finished second to Sheppard in Thursday’s opener. … 604 Crates join Friday’s action with time trials and heat races before Saturday’s consolations and 50-lap, $5,000-to-win Steve Whitener Memorial; Crown Vics also join the action for Saturday’s finale. … Pits open at 2 p.m. and grandstands open at 3 with hot laps at 6, daily. … Watch live on FloRacing.
Who to watch: Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., eyes his second Lucas Oil win and third straight Speedweeks victory.
Points chase: Before All-Tech Friday: 1. Brandon Sheppard (250); T2. Hudson O’Neal (230); T2. Devin Moran (230); 4. Brandon Overton (220); 5. Carson Ferguson (205); 6. Josh Rice (200); 7. Dan Ebert (195); 8. Brian Shirley (190); 9. Kyle Bronson (185); 10. Mark Whitener (180).
Expected entrants: Among drivers expected to join the top 10 in series standings: Ricky Thornton Jr., Garrett Alberson, Chris Madden, Max Blair, Tyler Bruening, Cory Hedgecock, Dillon McCowan, Dallon Murty, Clay Harris, Blair Nothdurft, Clay Stuckey, Daniel Hilsabeck, Ross Robinson, Justin Weaver, Jadon Frame, Tyler Millwood, Preston Luckman, Tyler Wyant, Cory Lawler, Kale Green and more.
Current weather: Clear, 81°F
Next series race: February 21, All-Tech Raceway (Ellisville, FL) $15,000
From staff reports
ELLISVILLE, Fla. — Updates from Friday’s Wieland Winternationals second round, highlighted by a 50-lap, $12,000-to-win feature for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned Super Late Models (results unofficial):
Friday’s schedule
(All times local)
1:30 p.m. - Pits closed and cleared
2 p.m. - Pits reopen
2:30 p.m. - Registration and tech opens
3 p.m. - Grandstands open
5:15 p.m. - Registration and tech closes
5:30 p.m. - Drivers’ meeting
6 p.m. - On-track activity
- 604 Crate hot laps
- Late Model hot laps
- Late Model time trials (2 laps)
- 604 Crate time trials
Opening ceremonies
- Late Model heats (8 laps)
- 604 Crate heats (8 laps)
- Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Feature events
- Late Models (50 laps)
