Bobby Pierce
Bobby Pierce’s amazing 2023 season just keeps getting better as he scored his 14th series win of the year in the FALS Frenzy at Fairbury Speedway. The ‘Smooth Operator’ took the lead early and maintained control of the feature for the rest of the way adding to the Friday night win at Brownstown Speedway to complete the weekend sweep.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Oakwood, Illinois earned $15,000 for his efforts on the track located in Fairbury, Illinois in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 33 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Chris Madden(12.475), 2. Jason Feger, 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Chris Simpson, 5. Cade Dillard, 6. Ryan Unzicker, 7. Mike Spatola, 8. Tanner English, 9. Tyler Bruening, 10. Jeffrey Ledford
Group B Results- 1. Nick Hoffman(12.532), 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Brian Shirley, 5. Brandon Sheppard, 6. Dennis Erb Jr., 7. Kevin Weaver, 8. Todd Cooney, 9. Mike Harrison, 10. Mike Mataragas
Heat 1 Results: 1. Chris Madden, 2. Mike Sptola, 3. Kyle Bronson, 4. Tyler Bruening
Heat 2 Results: 1. Jason Feger, 2. Ryan Unzicker, 3. Chris Simpson, 4. Tanner English
Heat 3 Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Nick Hoffman, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Kevin Weaver
Heat 4 Results: 1. Brian Shirley, 2. Ryan Gustin, 3. Dennis Erb Jr., 4. Todd Cooney
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Chris Madden, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Brian Shirley, 4. Jason Feger, 5. Nick Hoffman, 6. Mike Spatola, 7. Ryan Unzicker, 8. Ryan Gustin
Last Chance Showdown 1 Finish: 1. Cade Dillard, 2. Jeffrey Ledford, 3. Mckay Wenger
Last Chance Showdown 2 Finish: 1. Shane Clanton, 2. Gordy Gundaker, 3. Brent Larson
Feature Re-cap: When the 50-lap feature got underway it was Madden who took the early lead over Pierce, Shirley, Feger and Hoffman. Two laps later, Shirley got around Pierce for second while Hoffman took fourth away from Feger.
Shirley stepped up to challenge Madden for the race lead on lap 5. However, Pierce would take advantage of that fight to wrest second away from Shirley on lap 8.
The top-3 ran in tight formation as the battled for the top spot before Pierce passed by both Madden for the lead. However, Madden fought back by moving to the inside in hopes of retaking the lead.
Madden did in fact pass by Pierce for the lead on lap 10 then Shirley also got around Pierce for second on lap 13. One lap later, Pierce got a big run on the outside and zipped by both Madden and Shirley to take the lead for a second time.
At the halfway mark, Hoffman moved forward when he passed Madden for third as Pierce began to pull away from the pack. Hoffman moved up to fight with Shirley for second ultimately taking the position on lap 43.
A lap 46 caution for Clanton’s slowing car raised some doubt about the outcome but the No. 32 would not be denied as he sailed under the checkered flag for another victory.
Feature Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Nick Hoffman, 3. Chris Madden, 4. Brandon Sheppard, 5. Kyle Bronson, 6. Brian Shirley, 7. Tyler Bruening, 8. Ryan Unzicker, 9. Tanner English, 10. Chris Simpson, 11. Cade Dillard, 12. Ryan Gustin, 13. Brent Larson, 14. Dennis Erb Jr., 15. Gordy Gundaker, 16. Mckay Wenger, 17. Shane Clanton, 18. Todd Cooney, 19. Dustin Walker, 20. Jason Feger, 21. Trevor Gundaker, 22. Mike Spatola, 23. Jeffrey Ledford, 24. Kevin Weaver
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