Bobby earned another $20,000 payday Wednesday night, winning the FloRacing Night in America feature at Lincoln Park (IN) Speedway.
Starting third in the 50-lap main event, Bobby settled into the third position during the opening circuits before an early caution on the second lap regrouped the field.
Choosing the outside lane for the restart, Bobby powered into second down the backstretch and quickly challenged for the lead. He pulled alongside the race leader entering turn one before another caution slowed the action with 42 laps to go.
On the ensuing restart, Bobby briefly slid into the lead entering turn one but couldn’t make the pass stick, settling back into second.
The decisive moment came on lap 11.
With the race leader suffering a flat tire, Bobby inherited the top spot. The remaining distance was anything but easy, however, as Bobby had to fend off a series of restarts to keep the field behind him.
A caution with 36 laps to go erased his early advantage, while another yellow on lap 27 interrupted his rhythm just as he began working through lapped traffic.
By lap 33, Bobby had stretched his lead to 1.4 seconds. Heavy side-by-side lapped traffic with eight laps remaining briefly allowed the runner-up to close within a car length before another caution on the next lap erased Bobby’s advantage once again.
On the ensuing restart, Bobby quickly regained control and rebuilt his lead to 1.4 seconds over the closing laps to secure the $20,000 victory.
“That’s one of the toughest cushions we’ve had this year,” Bobby said. “It’s very nerve-wracking, but it was fun to run. It was so different in each corner.”
The victory also carried extra significance after a pair of recent crown jewel races.
“Feel like we got that monkey off our back from the World and the North-South,” Bobby said. “We put our heads down, went back to work. This car is really fast. I think we got a good package. We’re going to keep working on it and improving it.”
Following the victory, Bobby directed the event’s $2,000 Angel Donor charitable contribution to Megan’s Mission Foundation, which supports childhood cancer research.
“First off, thank you. Whoever does that, that’s really cool,” Bobby said. “For the duration of the month and into October, we’re doing a Megan’s Mission Foundation ribbon deal on the roof. Thank you to everyone that did that. It’s going to go to Megan’s Mission to help fight childhood cancer and everything they do. I know they’ve been working hard to find a cure for that specific cancer. Shout out to the Bugg family and Gary with Low Voltage Solutions for working that deal together.”
The victory marked another $20,000 payday for Bobby and the No. 32 team as they continue to build momentum late in the season.