2013 News | Bobby Pierce Racing

Season Concludes with 17th to 3rd Run at World Finals!

Nov 9, 2013

Bobby put a wrap on a breakout season with a 17th to third charge through one of the strongest fields of drivers he faced all year at the WoO World Finals at Charlotte on Saturday.

The weekend didn’t start out as well as it finished as Bobby and his team struggled to get a hold of the track. Mid-pack qualifying efforts on Thursday put him starting deep in his heat races on both Friday and Saturday, and the disappointment of failing to make Friday’s main event gave the team extra motivation to improve. He and his crew quickly adapted and were much improved on Saturday night. He advanced from fifth to third in his heat race before making his impressive charge to the front in the main event.

“It always takes just a couple laps to learn a new track,” Pierce said. “There’s a couple things out there that I still need to figure out, but I think after making laps yesterday and the day before, I just finally got a hold of it. Just like Eldora, after a couple nights there, I finally got it figured out.

“We all had to figure the track out and finally got a good setup for it. I was just glad to turn around a 17th-place starting spot and make a third-place finish out of it.”

Mechanical Problems Hinder Pavement Debut

Oct 26, 2013

Bobby made his pavement debut driving a crate engine car with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour on Saturday at Memphis International Raceway. While running in sixth at the halfway break, he suffered mechanical problems that forced the team to go pitside for repairs and as a result go laps down to the leader. At the finish Bobby was 12th, seven laps down. A tough end to an otherwise impressive debut weekend on the asphalt. Prior to the race, Bobby commented “I have always wanted to race in some sort of asphalt, no matter what it is or where I was going to race, just to get good experience. I think racing a crate is different than a super. As far as driving style, everything is the exact same but you have to keep your momentum in the crate. I think it’s going to be the same for pavement. We are excited for this experience.”

Heat Race Accident at DTWC Sends Bobby Home Early

Oct 18, 2013

While running sixth on the fifth lap of the heat race on Friday at Portsmouth, the third and fourth place cars got together and spun. Bobby tried to thread the needle in between the two spinning cars but ran out of room and was collected. As a result, Bobby and his team will have to head for home as the car was too heavily damaged to continue.

11th to 3rd at Magnolia’s Cotton Pickin’ 100

Oct 12, 2013

The team made the over nine hour drive south to Mississippi to race in the $20,000 to win Cotton Pickin’ 100 at Magnolia Speedway over the weekend. 52 cars were on hand as Bobby qualified sixth in his group. He was second in his heat race on Friday. Starting 11th in the main event on Saturday, Bobby advanced forward throughout the 100-lap race, climbing to a solid third at the finish. A great result at a track Bobby raced at for the very first time against a strong field of cars!

Runner-Up in UMP DIRTcar National Points

Sep 29, 2013

Bobby made a strong late season push to try to catch the leader and win the UMP DIRTcar national championship but fell just short at the end. He had a great 20-race stretch since August 10th that saw him post six wins and seven runner-up finishes among 17 top-five’s. With a second place performance in the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals as well, Bobby has enjoyed a career season in 2013.

Tri-City Sweep with Third Straight $2,000 Triumph!

Sep 27, 2013

Bobby completed the sweep of Tri-City on Friday night with his third consecutive $2,000 victory in the make-up of last week’s tripleheader. This was his fourth American Late Model Series win of the season.

Back-to-Back $2,000 Wins at Tri-City!

Sep 21, 2013

Bobby won his heat race and followed that up by picking up his third ALMS win on Saturday night, taking both $2,000 shows this weekend at Tri-City!

$2,000 Win at Tri-City!

Sep 19, 2013

Starting second in the 30-lap feature, Bobby jumped to the lead at the start and ran away from the field by over 3.5 seconds as he picked up win number nine on Thursday night at Tri-City.

24th to 6th at Belle Clair WoO

Sep 13, 2013

What looked to be a bad night early at Belle Clair’s World of Outlaws Series event Friday turned into a really good one late. While running fifth in his heat race, the J bar and drive shaft broke. Luckily Bobby was able to get a provisional spot so the #32 rolled off in the 24th position in the $10,000 feature. From there he started picking off cars until he made it all the way up to the sixth position at the finish.

Fourth in World 100 Debut!

Sep 7, 2013

Bobby made an impressive World 100 debut Saturday night at Eldora as he finished fourth in the biggest Dirt Late Model event of the season. Starting second, he led six laps early and was one of the fastest cars on the track late. A great night for the 16-year-old on a grand stage.