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Cade Dillard inherits Elimination Showdown win at Cedar Lake

On Thursday night Cade Dillard followed the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series to Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, Wis.) for the Elimination Showdown. With the Top 12 qualifiers from the first qualifying session making the invert, Dillard laid down the 12th fastest time, which positioned him on the pole for the elimination style feature. After four cars from the tail of each 5-lap segment getting eliminated, Cade was in contention for the lead in the final 8-lap shootout. Battling with Ricky Weiss for the top spot on the final lap, Dillard came up 0.172 seconds short at the line to finish second behind Weiss. After post-race inspection penalized Weiss three positions, Cade Dillard was awarded his third win of the season and a $3,000 payday. Rodney Sanders, Brandon Sheppard, Weiss, and Darrell Lanigan completed the Top-5 finishers. (Tim Hunt photo)

The following night in a field of 26 cars, Cade secured his spot into the $20,000-to-win A-Main with a 10-lap heat race victory. Losing four spots in the 40-lap affair, Dillard recorded a ninth place outing.

On Saturday evening, Dillard came in second in his heat race, transferring him into the redraw. Pulling the second-starting position for the $20,000-to-win finale, Cade shot out to an early race lead until Brandon Sheppard wrestled it away on the second lap. Holding off a late-race charge from Ricky Weiss, Cade Dillard notched a runner-up finish behind Brandon Sheppard with Ricky Weiss, Dennis Erb Jr., and Jimmy Mars rounding out the Top-5.

Cade has climbed to fourth in the latest World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series point standings.

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