Bobby added another crown jewel win to his résumé as he captured his first career Dirt Track World Championship victory on Saturday night at Eldora (OH) Speedway. He started 14th in the 100-lap Lucas Series race but didn’t stay there long. By lap 19, Bobby had reached the top five. He ran between fifth and seventh until making his run to the front in the second half of the race.
“Around the halfway point, I was worried,” Bobby said. “Sometimes I saw those other guys, and they would pull away. I got stalemated. When that caution came out on lap 65, I had just found that line down there in turns three and four, and I knew I had to get back down there. I think I restarted fourth and got to third with about 30 laps to go. I was pretty nervous because I knew I had a car that could win the race right then. So, I had to calm myself down.”
Bobby took second with 25 circuits remaining and made the winning pass on lap 84. From there, he ran away to an over eight-second advantage at the finish, scoring his career-best 35th win of the season.
“I have been eyeing this race since it moved from Portsmouth to here,” Bobby said. “I saw the hoodies and shirts with the guys’ names on them who had won this race before, and I wanted to be one of those names on the back of those.”