Bobby continued his remarkable run Wednesday night, winning the Fergus Falls Frenzy at I-94 (MN) Speedway and collecting the $12,000 top prize in World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition.
The evening began on a high note as Bobby established a new track record in qualifying before winning his heat race to earn the fourth starting position for the 40-lap feature.
At the drop of the green flag, Bobby quickly moved into third down the backstretch. One lap later, he dove to the bottom entering turn one and briefly pulled alongside the leader before settling back into third.
A caution on lap three regrouped the field, and Bobby capitalized on the restart.
Using the momentum around the top side, he powered into second before pulling off a bottom-to-top slide job entering turn one on lap four to take command of the race.
From there, Bobby never looked back.
As he built his advantage, Bobby entered lapped traffic on lap 13 with a lead of more than one second. One lap later, his advantage had grown to 1.5 seconds before he was forced to take evasive action down the backstretch to avoid a slowing lapped car just as the caution flag waved.
The close call didn’t slow him down.
Following another restart on lap 20, Bobby again drove away from the field, steadily increasing his advantage to more than two seconds by lap 31.
A caution with five laps remaining brought the field back to his rear bumper, and another yellow on lap 39 set up a single-file restart for a two-lap dash to the finish.
Despite the late pressure, Bobby executed a flawless restart and was never seriously challenged, crossing the finish line to secure his 13th World of Outlaws victory of the season and the 55th of his career.
“I hated seeing that caution with two to go because I really had a rhythm there,” Bobby said. “This is great. To start this whole trip, these 10 races with three wins, this is just incredible. Definitely would not have thunk that heading into it.”
Bobby credited the consistency of the entire team for the recent success.
“We’ve been on runs like this in the past, just getting win after win,” he said. “We’re just fortunate to have a good car and have a good crew and good sponsors behind us and fan support too. That’s what it takes. It takes a little community and everyone working really hard and staying consistent. Not falling out of races is one thing, but when you can win them, that’s even better.”
The victory marked Bobby’s seventh win in his last eight starts, continuing one of the hottest stretches of the season for the No. 32 team.