ERIE, Pa. — Dennis Erb Jr. won his first World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series feature since Nov. 4, 2017 on Saturday night at Eriez Speedway.
Catching local favorite and race-long leader Boom Briggs, Erb capitalized on Briggs’ lap-41 mistake to assume the lead. From there, he drove to a 3.081-second victory.
The sixth-career World of Outlaws triumph for Dennis Erb Jr. and his lone crew member, Heather Lyne, makes them one-for-one in Eriez Speedway competition with a win in their debut at the three-eighths-mile track.
Snapping an 82-race winless drought, it’s Erb’s first win of the season and his first with the series since November 4, 2017 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte.
“The longer that race was going, the better I was,” noted Erb. “I had a harder tire than those guys, so the car kept steering better and better, and I could charge the corner harder. He was loose and left the lane open there, so I had to capitalize on it. All three of us had a really great race together. This is my first time here and they gave us a good race track. Looking forward to the next time.”
Following Erb to the stripe was Boom Briggs with a second-place finish.
“At 9 a.m. this morning, there wasn’t even a rear clip on this car, so hats off to my amazing crew,” Briggs said on his whirlwind weekend. “I got my lear rear too cold there at the end and Dennis had the harder right front on. I just couldn’t steer that good and I got too tight after the last caution. When I saw Dennis underneath me, I couldn’t turn down across his nose, he’s raced me clean all year long, so I had to do the same. Hats off to Heather and him, I actually got him to smile now.”
Rounding out the podium was Brandon Sheppard, who extended his championship points lead. Ashton Winger and Alex Ferree rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (50 laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb [1][$10,000]; 2. 1J-Boom Briggs [2][$5,000]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard [4][$3,000]; 4. 12-Ashton Winger [15][$2,500]; 5. 4-Alex Ferree [6][$2,000]; 6. 97-Cade Dillard [12][$1,700]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans [16][$1,400]; 8. 7-Ricky Weiss [18][$1,300]; 9. 1x-Chub Frank [3][$1,200]; 10. 4s-David Scott [11][$1,100]; 11. X3-Wyatt Scott [20][$1,050]; 12. 29V-Darrell Lanigan [10][$1,000]; 13. B1-Brent Larson [21][$950]; 14. 44-Dave Hess [5][$900]; 15. 9k-Mike Knight [14][$850]; 16. 76-Steve Kania [17][$800]; 17. 33-Chris Hackett [22][$770]; 18. 19-Bob Dorman [24][$750]; 19. 0-Scott Bloomquist [23][$730]; 20. 53-John Volpe [9][$700]; 21. 32-Bobby Pierce [8][$700]; 22. 111L-Matt Lux [7][$700]; 23. 12B-Andy Boozel [19][$700]; 24. 2v-Chad Valone [13][$700]. Lap Leader(s): Briggs 1-40; Erb 41-50. Hard Charger: 12-Ashton Winger[+11]