Brandon Sheppard completed a flag-to-flag sweep to win the Illini 100 opener at Farmer City Raceway, recording the 89th World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of his career. Sheppard led all 40 laps of the feature and converted earlier on-track results into a clean sweep of practice, qualifying, his heat race and the main event.

The Illini 100 was part of the DIRTVision-presented World of Outlaws Late Model Series, and the victory came in Sheppard’s first home-state start of 2026. The win marked his fifth World of Outlaws victory at Farmer City Raceway.

Sheppard, who is from New Berlin, Illinois, posted the fastest lap in Thursday practice, earned the Simpson Quick Time Award in qualifying and won his Friday heat race before taking the feature.

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