Bobby Earns 30th Victory With $23,023 Flo Night in America Win at Fairbury!
Bobby surged into the lead on lap 19 and stayed in control the rest of the 50-lap distance to earn his 30th victory of the season Tuesday night in the Flo Night in America race at Fairbury (IL) Speedway. "Just an awesome race,” Bobby said. “The car was way better in the feature. We worked on it all night and haven't raced this car much here lately. I'm glad that we got this thing dialed in so we've got two good race cars." With the win, Bobby is now the Flo Series points leader and is in the top spot in three different national tours.
Back-to-Back $12,000 World 100 Prelim Winner at Eldora!
Taking the lead on lap 14, Bobby stayed out front the rest of the 25-lap distance to pick up his second consecutive World 100 prelim win Friday night at Eldora (OH) Speedway. “We were just a podium car tonight,” Bobby said. “I don't think we were the winning car, so we got lucky with that. But you know we kind of tried some stuff tonight, and I didn't really like it as much as last night. So, we’ll probably end up going back to Thursday’s setup. I can't thank all my crew enough for their hard work.” Bobby earned the most points in the two preliminary nights but will start sixth in his heat race on Saturday due to the invert.
$12,000 World 100 Prelim Winner at Eldora!
Bobby took command on the sixth lap and pulled away to an over three-second margin of victory while lapping all but nine of his competitors in the 25-lap World 100 prelim race Thursday night at Eldora (OH) Speedway. "I've got a really good race car," Bobby said. "I know the track surface is going to slick off a lot in the 100-lapper, so we'll try to find the adjustment to get a little better there. But all in all, great night.”
Bobby Sets New Career Wins Mark With 27th Victory in $10,000 MLRA Wiener Nationals at Moberly!
Bobby cruised to his 27th feature win of the season in the Wiener Nationals MLRA race Sunday night at Moberly (MO) Motorsports Park. Bobby led all 30 laps from the pole as he built up a lead of over five seconds at halfway. Slower traffic allowed the field to close in, but he was able to pull away to a three second advantage at the checkers. “The lapped cars made it a little scary sometimes,” Bobby said. “I just tried to take my time and get through it the best I could and get some distance on second. The car was really good. We didn’t have to touch it too much tonight with the track staying fast. This is one of the first races in a long time that my dad hasn’t been at. They went home to get ready for Eldora, but we were on the phone a little bit tonight. I got to give a huge thanks to my crew and all these fans for coming out here tonight.” With his 27th victory, Bobby has now set a new career best in wins in a season.
$20,000 Labor Day Duel WoO Winner at Deer Creek!
Taking the lead on the second lap from the pole, Bobby held on late after his brakes failed to collect his 11th series win of the season in the 50-lap Labor Day Duel World of Outlaws Series race Saturday night at Deer Creek (MN) Speedway. He held a comfortable lead early as he sliced through heavy traffic in the caution-free race. With 15 laps to go, he lost his brakes. “Going off into the corner, you don’t know if it is going to steer,” Bobby said. “Especially if I was running the top like that. You use so much brake around the corner with these cars, you’re pedaling. It helps the car turn. It helps the car slow down. It just does a lot of stuff. So, no brakes is like driving with a blindfold. It was tough.” As a result, he had to abandon the top side of the track and move to the bottom. Shortly thereafter, the track took rubber which allowed Bobby to stay out front and hold on for the win. “I got really lucky that (the surface) took some rubber at the very end because I wouldn’t have been able to keep ‘er (running) on the top like that,” Bobby said. “I gotta give a huge shout out to this team. We’ve faced a lot of adversity through the year, especially a lot of these World of Outlaws nights, and somehow, we manage to still finish up front a lot of nights. So, thanks to them guys for their hard work. I’m still in shock how the years went so far. It’s been my best year by far really. But we stay motivated, we treat every day like it’s a new day. I wanna win ‘em all, I get greedy sometimes, but it’s been an awesome year.” Bobby’s points lead increased to 138 with nine series races to go.
16th to 2nd in WoO Back to Class Showdown at Mississippi Thunder
In what could prove to be a pivotal race in his chase for the series championship, Bobby charged through the field from his 16th starting spot to finish second in the 50-lap Back to Class Showdown World of Outlaws Series race Friday night at Mississippi Thunder (WI) Speedway. For just the second time in WoO competition and fourth time overall this season, Bobby qualified outside the top ten as he timed in 22nd fastest of the 30 cars on hand. “I was very down in the dumps for sure after qualifying,” Bobby said. “We missed it, I missed it pretty bad. We just missed the setup a little bit. The track was pretty hard tonight.” Starting eighth in his heat race, he moved up to sixth to grab the final transfer position for the feature. He had his work cut out for him in the main event starting in the eighth row with a risk of losing significant series points. Reaching the top ten on lap 14, Bobby ran into a slowing car ahead of him. As a result, his right-front tire went flat and his right-side door was crushed. “I had nowhere to go,” Bobby said. “I thought that ended our night, but the crew did a great job getting this thing pieced back together, got the tire on it. The door was like dragging the ground, but they did the best job they could.” After pitting, Bobby rejoined the field in the back. From there, he was banging the boards and bringing the sparklers in his pursuit of the front. He was second by lap 43 but was unable to get the lead over the remaining laps. “It was a very, very, fine treacherous line up there,” Bobby said. “That’s the kind of stuff I like. I’m just going to go send it… Just awesome to salvage a great points night out of this.” On a night that put Bobby in a precarious position of having to rally from the back to avoid losing points, he extended his series points lead to 122 with ten races remaining.
Bobby Reaches 25 Win Mark With His Second Consecutive $10,000 Quad Cities 150 WoO Prelim Win at Davenport!
Bobby’s hot streak continued on Friday night as he captured his second consecutive Quad Cities 150 prelim at Davenport (IA) Speedway and tenth World of Outlaws Series victory of the season. He started third in the 35-lap race and made the winning pass on lap 20. His WoO points lead is now 126 as he chases after his first national tour series title. “We didn’t know how this would go,” Bobby said. “I’m glad we stayed on the tour. I know back at Volusia, we were bummed out when those first two nights didn’t go our way. We stayed on it. I was really looking forward to running it and getting to these new tracks.” With his seventh consecutive victory, all against national tour competition, Bobby has now reached 25 wins on the season. “We’re on a heck of a roll and a huge thank you to everyone that makes this possible,” Bobby said. “Thanks to all my crew, all my family, and all my awesome sponsors. I can’t do it without them. We’re going to see how long we can ride this wave.”