Bobby returned to victory lane Thursday night, claiming the $10,000-to-win Gopher 50 preliminary feature at Deer Creek (MN) Speedway. The win marked his sixth World of Outlaws triumph of the season and 19th overall victory of 2025.
Starting fourth in the 30-lap feature, Bobby wasted little time moving forward. By lap six, he had settled into second, and just past halfway, he turned up the pressure on the leader. Bobby and Gustin engaged in a thrilling back-and-forth battle before Bobby surged ahead for good on lap 19.
“What an awesome race me and Gustin had,” Bobby said. “Thanks to him for racing me clean, lot of fun there. Thanks to Deer Creek for having an awesome racetrack allowing us to race like that.”
Bobby looked poised to cruise to the checkers with a 4.5-second lead until a lap-27 caution erased his advantage. The restart added some late drama, but the ‘Smooth Operator’ stayed composed and led the final 13 laps to secure the win.
“Worst timing for the caution, I didn’t know where to go,” Bobby said. “I really felt like I had a terrible restart through one and two, so I was pretty worried down the backstretch thinking I might get slid into three or something.”
In the end, the late-race challenge didn’t derail Bobby’s momentum — or his outlook heading into the rest of the Gopher 50 weekend.
“Very important just to get back in the routine of getting to win at least once every weekend, at least one,” Bobby said. “Last weekend, we just had lots of, I guess you could say bad luck, but just lots of little things that just didn’t really go my way. So it’s nice to finally have a night that went really, really smooth for us.”