Bobby Pierce
A midseason charge has landed Bobby Pierce at the top of the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Late Model Series standings. That charge was aided on Saturday night at the I-94 EMR Speedway with another series triumph in the finale of the Heartland Speedweek.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Oakwood, Illinois earned $15,000 from the track located in Fergus Falls, MN in a race shown live by DirtVision.com.
A total of 29 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results: 1. Chris Madden16.490), 2. Dennis Erb Jr., 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Nick Hoffman, 5. Mike Marlar, 6. Cade Dillard, 7. Tanner English, 8. Shane Clanton, 9. Brandon Sheppard, 10. Johnny Scott
Heat 1 Results: 1. Chris Madden, 2. Tanner English, 3. Nick Hoffman, 4. Kyle Bronson, 5. Blair Nothdurft, 6. Johnny Scott
Heat 2 Results: 1. Mike Marlar, 2. Dennis Erb Jr., 3. Shane Clanton, 4. Dustin Sorensen, 5. Tyler Peterson, 6. Chad Mahder
Heat 3 Results: 1. Cade Dillard, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Brian Shirley, 5. Ryan Gustin, 6. Gordy Gundaker
Last Chance Showdown Finish: 1. Brent Larson, 2. Nick Panitzke, 3. Todd Cooney, 4. Shawn Meyer
WoO Redraw Results: 1. Dennis Erb Jr., 2. Cade Dillard, 3. Bobby Pierce, 4. Tanner English, 5. Mike Marlar, 6. Chris Madden
Feature Re-cap: The 50-lap feature got underway with Dillard leading Erb, Pierce, English and Marlar. English moved around Pierce for third on the second lap then Marlar got by Pierce for fourth one circuit later. Marlar continued to climb as he passed by English to grab third on lap 4.
Erb closed in on Dillard and those two fought over the race lead for multiple laps while Marlar and Pierce were battling for third just behind.
Pierce moved ahead of Marlar then drove up to join Dillard and Erb in their battle. Pierce moved around Dillard for second just behind Erb on lap 16 while Sheppard began to charge taking fifth from Marlar. Pierce would then catch and pass Erb for the lead on lap 21.
As Pierce then began to pull away there were multiple battles in arrears as Erb, Dillard, English, Sheppard and Marlar fought for position.
Dillard slowed to bring out a caution on lap 30. On that restart, English moved into second as Sheppard went after Erb for fourth. Pierce again pulled away from his pursuers while Sheppard rose to third on lap 37 then to the runner-up position on lap 47.
But in the end, it would be Pierce who would sail under the checkered flag to claim the victory.
Feature Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Brandon Sheppard, 3. Tanner English, 4. Ryan Gustin, 5. Dennis Erb Jr., 6. Chris Madden, 7. Kyle Bronson, 8. Nick Hoffman, 9. Mike Marlar, 10. Brian Shirley, 11. Dustin Sorensen, 12. Johnny Scott, 13. Brent Larson, 14. Tyler Peterson, 15. Shane Clanton, 16. Blair Nothdurft, 17. Nick Panitzke, 18. Todd Cooney, 19. Chad Mahder, 20. Shawn Meyer, 21. Cade Dillard, 22. James Giossi, 23. Gordy Gundaker, 24. Dustin Walker
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