Bobby Pierce earned $20,000
Bobby Pierce used a late race slide job to capture the XR Super Series feature on Monday night at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds. It was the first XR win of the season for the ‘Smooth Operator’ and it followed his big win on Saturday at Deer Creek Speedway.
The Longhorn Chassis driver from Oakwood, Illinois earned $20,000 from the track located in Dubuque, Iowa in a race aired live by XRplus.
A total of 40 cars were signed in for competition
Qualifying Results:
Group A Results- 1. Ricky Thornton Jr.(14.191), 2. Devin Moran, 3. Mike Marlar, 4. Jonathan Davenport, 5. Dennis Erb Jr.
Group B Results- 1. Tyler Bruening(14.523), 2. Hudson O’Neal, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Bobby Pierce, 5. Max Blair
Heat 1 Results: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., 2. Mike Marlar, 3. Dennis Erb Jr., 4. Ryan Gustin
Heat 2 Results: 1. Devin Moran, 2. Daulton Wilson, 3. Chad Simpson, 4. Brandon Overton
Heat 3 Results: 1. Brandon Sheppard, 2. Max Blair, 3.. Tyler Bruening, 4. Garrett Alberson
Heat 4 Results: 1. Hudson O’Neal, 2. Bobby Pierce, 3. Ross Robinson, 4. Tyler Erb
B-main 1 Finish: 1. Jonathan Davenport, 2. Tanner English, 3. Chris Simpson
B-main 2 Finish: 1. Drake Troutman, 2. Brent Larson, 3. Ethan Dotson
Feature Re-cap: The 50-lap feature began with Thornton leading Moran, Sheppard, O’Neal and Marlar. By the end of the third lap, Thornton had already built a lead of 1.5 seconds. However, a lap 5 caution for Alberson erased that advantage.
A multi-car mishap involving Erb, Bruening and Chad Simpson brought out another yellow flag just after the lap 5 restart.
O’Neal moved around Sheppard third on lap 6 as Thornton continued to lead Moran. Pierce began to move forward on lap 10 when he assumed the fourth spot but a lap 11 caution for a spin by Sheppard as he and Pierce were racing for positions within the top-5 would again interrupt the action.
O’Neal moved to second on the lap 11 restart behind Thornton. But once again, the yellow flag would be unfurled on lap 15 when leader Thornton slowed with a flat right rear tire.
O’Neal inherited the lead when green flag racing resumed with Moran, Marlar, Pierce and Daulton Wilson trailing. A crash involving Tyler Erb and Luke Merfield brought out a caution on lap 18. Under caution, leader O’Neal pulled into the pit area with a flat tire.
Following the restart, Moran rose to the lead followed by Pierce, Marlar, Wilson and Dennis Erb Jr. One lap later, Erb took fourth away from Wilson. Sheppard recovered from earlier troubles to take fifth from Wilson just before the halfway mark.
Sheppard continued to rise on lap 26 when he passed Erb.
Pierce and Moran swapped the lead on lap 28 with Marlar closing fast from third. Pierce continued to harass Moran as the race moved inside the 20-to-go point as those two began to separate from the pack. Sheppard grabbed third away from Marlar on lap 39 as Moran and Pierce again exchanged the top spot.
The top-3 of Moran, Pierce and Sheppard ran in tight formation just past lap 40 but a caution came out on lap 42. Erb made a bid to pass both Moran and Pierce on the restart but the move wouldn’t stick.
Marlar spun on lap 45 to bring the yellow again.
Pierce passed Moran for the lead on lap 47 then from that point the No. 32 drove away to eventually score the win.
Feature Results: 1. Bobby Pierce, 2. Devin Moran, 3. Brandon Sheppard, 4. Ricky Thornton Jr., 5. Hudson O’Neal, 6. Dennis Erb Jr., 7. Ryan Gustin, 8. Brian Shirley, 9. Max Blair, 10. Tanner English, 11. Brent Larson, 12. Daulton Wilson, 13. Mike Marlar, 14, Chris Simpson, 15. Drake Troutman, 16. Tyler Erb, 17. Ross Robinson, 18. Luke Merfield, 19. Jonathan Davenport, 20. Brandon Overton, 21. Chad Simpson, 22. Tyler Bruening, 23. Garrett Alberson, 24. Ethan Dotson
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