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Bobby added another crown jewel victory to his outstanding 2026 season Saturday night, charging from the 10th starting position to claim the 39th USA Nationals at Cedar Lake (WI) Speedway and the $100,000 top prize.

After settling into seventh during the opening laps, Bobby used an outside move on lap seven to advance to sixth as the bottom groove dominated the early stages of the 100-lap feature.

Patience proved to be the key.

Bobby remained in sixth for the next 40 laps while methodically waiting for the race to come to him. As the preferred groove began to widen, he finally broke through on lap 47, taking over fifth while trailing the leader by four seconds.

The charge quickly intensified.

By lap 53, Bobby had climbed to fourth and cut the deficit to 2.7 seconds. Two laps later, the race’s first caution flew just as he completed a pass for third, allowing him to line up on the inside of the second row for the double-file restart.

Bobby immediately capitalized.

He slid into second on the restart before another caution on lap 57 reshuffled the field. Although he briefly fell back to third, Bobby regrouped and reclaimed the runner-up spot down the backstretch on lap 66.

The race-winning move came after another restart.

Following a caution on lap 68, Bobby launched from the outside of the front row, carrying tremendous momentum around the top before sliding into the lead entering turn one.

From there, the pressure never let up.

Cautions on laps 71, 75, 79 and 94 repeatedly erased Bobby’s advantage and forced him to execute restart after restart with $100,000 on the line. Each time, he answered the challenge, rebuilding his lead to as much as 2.5 seconds while navigating heavy lapped traffic during the closing stages.

When the final checkered flag waved, Bobby crossed the finish line 1.1 seconds ahead of the field to earn his third career USA Nationals victory.

“Pretty early on I was good,” Bobby said in Victory Lane. “When we were all rolling the bottom, I was able to dip out a lane off the bottom and pass them right through the middle before getting back down. I was like, ‘Okay, we’ve got something to work with.’”

Rather than forcing the issue early, Bobby trusted the race would eventually come to him.

“I just knew to be patient,” he said. “I knew at some point in time we had to get to the top, and I went to the top.”

The decisive restart came after the lap-68 caution, when Bobby used the outside lane to perfection to take command.

“I had to time it perfectly,” Bobby said. “He actually still beat me off four, but I had such a run and I was like, ‘Man, I’ve got to go for it.’ I sent it in there, and for 100 grand on the line, it was just a nerve-wracking race to hold on to for the rest of it.”

As the closing laps unfolded, Bobby relied on experience to navigate the increasingly slick racing surface.

“The top side had really gotten slick,” he said. “Those last couple of restarts, I kind of used every trick in the book that I knew. I really didn’t know where to restart, so luckily it worked out. My guys gave me an awesome car.”

The victory carried added meaning as Bobby’s father was able to celebrate the milestone alongside the team.

“It’s super special,” Bobby said. “My dad’s the backbone of our team. He’s getting there, but it’s a slow comeback to 100 percent. To have him here, it just means the world. I’m so blessed to have my parents at the track all the time and all the help they do. It really takes a lot of people to make this all work.”

The triumph marked Bobby’s third USA Nationals crown jewel victory, his 18th World of Outlaws triumph of the season to tie the series’ single-season wins record, and the 60th World of Outlaws victory of his career.

Bobby stormed from the 12th starting position Tuesday night to capture the $15,000 Half Mile Hustle at Adams County (IA) Speedway, adding another Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory to his outstanding 2026 campaign.

A caution on the second lap found Bobby already up to ninth, but he briefly slipped back to 10th before beginning a steady march through the field. By lap five, he had climbed back to ninth and advanced to eighth just two circuits later.

The charge continued.

With 29 laps remaining, Bobby moved into seventh before making an impressive bottom-side pass entering turn one one lap later to vault into fifth.

Another strong move underneath a competitor entering turn one moved Bobby into fourth with 25 laps to go, but a caution before the lap could be completed sent him back to fifth for the restart.

It proved to be only a temporary setback.

At the completion of lap 16, Bobby had worked his way back to fourth before throwing a slider entering turn one for third. The move briefly paid off, but he climbed too high exiting the corner and dropped off the top ledge of the racing surface, surrendering the positions and falling back to fifth.

Undeterred, Bobby regrouped and returned to work.

With 20 laps remaining, he reclaimed fourth at the flagstand before pulling off one of the race’s boldest moves the following lap. Carrying tremendous momentum off the top, Bobby dove to the middle and made it three-wide at the flagstand before sliding into third entering turn one. Although he couldn’t quite make the pass stick and settled back into fourth, the aggressive charge showed he had one of the fastest cars on the track.

As the laps wound down, Bobby’s momentum only grew stronger.

With 13 laps remaining, he ripped the cushion through turns three and four to reclaim third before using the top side to perfection one lap later to move into second.

By lap 29, Bobby had closed rapidly on the race leader, whose car had begun trailing smoke.

Three laps later, Bobby made his first bid for the lead with a slide job entering turn three. The leader crossed back underneath to regain the position at the flagstand, setting up one final battle for the victory.

With five laps remaining, Bobby made the winning move.

Using a powerful run around the outside of the frontstretch, he drove around the leader entering turn one and completed the pass for good. A caution with three laps remaining erased his advantage and set up a single-file restart, but Bobby executed it flawlessly and drove away to claim the victory by 1.1 seconds.

“When I got to second was when I saw he started smoking,” Bobby said. “That was the first time I finally got clean air from me to him. It was oil and not tire smoke because it was getting on my shield. It was actually creating kind of a slip patch when I followed him off the corner, and I would lose him. We could have maybe raced it out if he didn’t have the issues, but we’ll never know. What an awesome car.”

The closing laps presented another challenge as mud quickly accumulated on Bobby’s helmet shield.

“I was wiping the shield every single straightaway,” he said. “I ran out of tear-offs probably 10 laps into the race with all that mud on the bottom.”

Bobby also praised the exciting style of racing the speedway produced.

“It was an awesome race. It was a lot of fun,” he said. “For a big track, it raced kind of like a small track. We were beating and banging on each other and throwing sliders.”

The impressive drive from 12th to Victory Lane added another memorable comeback victory to Bobby’s season and showcased the speed of the No. 32 team on yet another challenging race track.

Bobby capped off a perfect World of Outlaws Northern Swing on Tuesday night, leading all 50 laps at Norman County (MN) Raceway to claim the $20,000 top prize and extend his winning streak to six consecutive series victories.

Starting from the outside of the front row, Bobby used the momentum around the high side of turns one and two to power alongside the polesitter before taking the lead down the backstretch on the opening lap.

Once out front, Bobby quickly settled into a comfortable rhythm.

By lap nine, he had built a 0.9-second advantage before reaching lapped traffic. Two laps later, a caution flew as Bobby carefully worked his way through slower cars running side-by-side, erasing the lead he had established.

The restart made little difference.

Bobby steadily pulled away once racing resumed, stretching his lead to 1.5 seconds by lap 26. As the laps wound down, he continued to methodically slice through lapped traffic, growing his advantage to two seconds by lap 38.

Over the final dozen laps, Bobby put an exclamation point on another dominant performance.

Navigating traffic with precision, he steadily increased his lead and crossed the finish line 5.3 seconds ahead of the field to secure his 16th World of Outlaws victory of the season.

“This is just crazy,” Bobby said. “We’ve been on runs before, but it’s been a heck of a run ever since we got this new car out at Eldora. It’s been a beast.”

Bobby credited the entire team for maintaining the momentum during one of the hottest stretches of his career.

“I can’t do it without the help from everyone that helps me out,” he said. “Whether that’s the fans for their support, my sponsors, my crew, my family—it takes a lot.”

He also praised the effort that goes into staying prepared between races.

“I’ve got to give thanks to the crew,” Bobby added. “We’re working hard, and on all these in-between days of our races we’ve been working and making sure we stay on our game. That’s what it takes to win these six races in a row.”

The victory completed a sweep of the World of Outlaws Northern Swing for Bobby while extending his remarkable streak to six consecutive series wins. It also marked his 10th victory in his last 11 starts, continuing one of the most impressive runs of the season.

Bobby continued his winning ways Sunday night, capturing the $20,000 Minot Mayhem at Nodak (ND) Speedway for his fifth consecutive World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory.

Starting from the outside of the front row, Bobby wasted no time taking command of the 50-lap feature.

Using a strong run around the top of turns one and two on the opening lap, Bobby dove to the bottom going down the backstretch and briefly made it three-wide for the lead before sliding from the bottom groove to the cushion in turn four to complete an impressive opening-lap pass for the top spot.

Once out front, Bobby quickly established himself as the driver to beat.

By lap five, he had stretched his advantage to more than one second before the first caution slowed the field. Another yellow on lap 13 interrupted his growing lead of two seconds, and a third caution on lap 19 came after Bobby had again opened a lead of more than two seconds.

Each restart brought the field back together, but Bobby consistently pulled away.

By lap 26, his lead had grown to more than 3.3 seconds as he continued to set the pace around the high-banked oval.

Before the race could reach its scheduled distance, rain moved into the area and forced officials to call the event complete after 38 laps, giving Bobby the victory in the rain-shortened feature.

The triumph marked Bobby’s 15th World of Outlaws victory of the season in just 34 series starts and his fifth consecutive win with the tour.

The victory also continued one of the hottest stretches of Bobby’s career, as he has now won nine of his last 10 starts and reached the 20-win mark overall in just 54 races this season.