Bobby Pierce
Bobby Pierce has been on quite a strong run over the past few months and he took a step toward another big win as he scored a Thursday night North-South 100 preliminary victory. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned main event will pay $75,000 to its winner on Saturday night.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Oakwood, Illinois earned $5,000 from the track located in Union, Kentucky in a race aired live by FloRacing.com.
A total of 61 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Michael Chilton(15.229), 2. Adam Stricker, 3. Nick Hoffman, 4. Robby Hensley, 5. Garrett Alberson
Group B Results- 1. Bobby Pierce(15.477), 2. Vic Hill, 3. Ryan Gustin, 4. Garrett Smith, 5. Dave Dacus
Heat Race Results:
Heat 1 Finish- 1. Michael Chilton, 2. Garrett Alberson, 3. Tyler Erb, 4. Mike Harrison, 5. Donald McIntosh
Heat 2 Finish- 1. Nick Hoffman, 2. Josh Rice, 3. Robby Hensley, 4. Devin Moran, 5. Jimmy Owens
Heat 3 Finish- 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Dave Dacus, 4. David Breazeale, 5. Chris Ferguson
Heat 4 Finish- 1. Matt Cosner, 2. Garrett Smith, 3. Cory Hedgecock, 4. Vic Hill, 5. Brian Shirley
B-main Results: 1. Adam Stricker, 2. Max Blair, 3. Jesse Wisecarver, 4. James Rice
Feature Re-cap: The 25-lap feature took the green flag with Chilton ahead of Pierce after Pierce had attempted a side job on the first lap. Hoffman, Cosner and Gustin followed but a caution for debris from the Hoffman car slowed the pace on lap 2.
Gustin took third from Hoffman in a spirited battle on lap 4 as Chilton continued to lead Pierce. Lap 12 saw Pierce make the move to take the lead away from Chilton on lap 12 just before a lap 13 caution for debris. Gustin and Cosner moved by Chilton on the restart then set off after Pierce. However, Chilton would retake third from Cosner on lap 15.
By lap 17, Pierce had built an advantage of more than two seconds ahead of furious battle for positions in arrears. Hedgecock broke into the top-5 on lap 20 but Rice took that spot away one lap later. Rice and Hedgecock both went by Chilton to take fourth and fifth just before a lap 24 yellow flag waved for Hoffman as he slowed to a stop on the track.
Pierce won the one lap dash to the finish on the restart to grab the win.
Feature Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Josh Rice, 4. Matt Cosner, 5. Cory Hedgecock, 6. Chris Ferguson, 7. Tyler Erb, 8. Jimmy Owens, 9. Michael Chilton, 10. Max Blair, 11. Donald McIntosh, 12. Garrett Smith, 13. Garrett Alberson, 14. David Breazeale, 15. Adam Stricker, 16. Devin Moran, 17. Mike Harrison, 18. Brian Shirley, 19. Vic Hill, 20. Robby Hensley, 21. James Rice, 22. Jesse Wisecarver, 23. Dane Dacus, 24. Nick Hoffman
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