Bobby has put together an impressive stretch of races as he has not finished lower then third since August 9th. With three wins, six second places, and two thirds, he hopes to keep it going this weekend as he makes his much anticipated debut in the most prestigious Late Model event of them all, the World 100.
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Win #8 at Quincy!
Running in third late in the feature on Sunday at Quincy, Bobby jumped to the top side of the track and drove by the top two drivers in a photo finish at the line, earning his eighth win of the season and second of the weekend.
Win #7 at Tri-City!
Bobby scored his seventh win Friday at Tri-City. He also won his heat race.
$2,000 ALMS Win at Quincy!
Bobby started on the pole and led every lap en route to his sixth win of the season on Sunday night at Quincy’s $2,000 ALMS Series race.
10th at Cedar Lake’s USA Nationals
Bobby picked up a top ten finish at one of the sport’s crown jewel events on Saturday night, the $50,000 USA Nationals at Cedar Lake. He started fifth after winning his heat race but the car was a little too tight to make a run at the win but the team is very pleased with the weekend overall.
17th to 3rd at Fairbury’s Prairie Dirt Classic
At a race that his father has won five times, Bobby looked to add his name to the Prairie Dirt Classic win list on Saturday night at Fairbury. He rallied from the 17th starting position to lead 61 of the 100 laps but fell just short at the finish after an exciting three car battle for the $20,000 payday.
Runner-Up in UMP Summer National Points!
Bobby wrapped up his first “Hell Tour” with a solid second place points run. He earned four wins (three of them worth $10,000), 21 top 5’s, 25 top 10’s out of 26 total races with an average finish of 4.65 and no provisional starts. “We came into this deal just looking for a couple wins maybe, not really worrying about the points too much until we figured out we had a shot at it. There was a point I was behind Brandon over 100 points. Just to reel him in like that it lets us know we were doing a really good job.”
Bobby Joins Elite Group with Three $10,000 Summer National Wins!
Bobby joins just a handful of drivers who have won three $10,000 Summer National races as he once again rode the low groove to another dominant victory Saturday night, leading the final 15 laps of 34 Raceway’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature for his fourth victory on the month-long series and second in as many nights. Much like he did Friday at Kankakee County Speedway and earlier on the tour at Lincoln Speedway and LaSalle Speedway, the fourth-starting Pierce kept his No. 32 machine glued to the bottom of the racetrack throughout Saturday’s 40-lap race. He moved by race-long leader Brian Birkhofer on lap 26 and never looked back, winning by a straightaway in a race slowed by just one caution.
“I think once you get rolling along, you get hard to beat,” said Pierce, who earned his third $10,000 payday in the past two weeks. “My dad chose the right tires. We were kinda debating on that the whole night, but we picked the right ones.”
Bobby Rolls to Third Summer Nationals Win at Kankakee!
Starting 11th in the 50-lap UMP Summer Nationals feature Friday night at Kankakee, Bobby used the very bottom of the track to work his way to the lead on lap 24. From there he went unchallenged, building up a half-track advantage as he lapped all the way up to the seventh position, on his way to winning his third “Hell Tour” feature, his second $10,000 triumph.
“I didn’t think I was gonna be able to do it from 11th, but I was watching the track and seen that the bottom was really coming in a lot. I knew that I was good down here last year when I got second so I just had to keep doing the same thing over and over again and hitting my marks.”
Bobby Rules LaSalle, Claims Second Summer Nationals Win!
Bobby overtook Tyler Reddick following a mid-race restart and led the remaining distance of Thursday’s UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at LaSalle Speedway, earning $5,000 for his second victory on the month-long tour. The seventh-starting Pierce cruised through the second half of the 40-lap race and won by more than a straightaway.
“It was almost the same deal as Lincoln — just catfishing it there around the bottom,” said Pierce, who won Lincoln’s event with a similarly dominating performance on Sunday. “I had to work for this one though; it was a little bit more tough. I had to start farther back.”