As Brandon Sheppard stood in the pit area of The Dirt Track at Charlotte in Concord, N.C., last month accepting congratulatory handshakes and hugs for a dramatic victory in the opening-night Textron Off Road World Finals feature that put a cherry on top of his 2017 World of Outlaws Craftsman Late Model Series championship season, his biggest fan — and, often, biggest critic — was a few feet way wearing a smile that matched the one on the 24-year-old racer’s face.

That ecstatic person was MORE