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Overton second in Duel in the Desert prelim at Las Vegas Dirt Track

Brandon Overton and the Wells Motorsports team trekked to Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track (Las Vegas, Nev.) on Thursday to compete in the tripleheader event with the XR Super Series.

In a field of 42 Late Models, Overton followed up the fourth-quickest lap in his group with a runner-up performance in his heat. Starting the $20,000-to-win preliminary in eighth, Brandon gained three spots in the 40-lapper to register a fifth-place finish. He followed Shane Clanton, Tim McCreadie, Jonathan Davenport, and Tanner English across the line.

For another round of prelims on Friday, Brandon came in first in his heat before improving one spot in the 40-lap feature to finish second. He chased race-long pacesetter Jonathan Davenport to the checkers with Shane Clanton coming in third.

On Saturday, Overton secured his spot into the $40,000-to-win Duel in the Desert finale with an eight-lap heat race triumph. Starting in third, Brandon lost ground early but worked his way back up to third before experiencing suspension issues on lap 27 that ended his night.

Full results from the weekend are available at www.RaceXR.com.

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