Bobby Pierce gets his first win UMP Dirtcar Summer Nationals win at Lincoln Speedway
Bobby Pierce– Photo by Mike Ruefer
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LINCOLN, Ill. (June 30, 2013) — Bobby Pierce is only 16 years old but he accomplished a feat on Sunday night at Lincoln Speedway that many in Dirt Late Model racing only dream about — winning a DIRTcar Summer Nationals event.
Pierce, of Oakwood, Ill., captured the $10,000 victory in dominating fashion at quarter-mile Lincoln Speedway on the 12th night of the six-week DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour, becoming the youngest winner in the 26-year history of the grueling summer series.
Pierce lined up on the outside of points leader Brandon Sheppard on the front row for the 60-lap feature, but it was three-time series champion Shannon Babb who charged from sixth to lead the 22-car field in the early going. Pierce caught and passed Babb on lap 9 then held off 2004 series champion Don O’Neal to the checkered flag.
“We’ve been trying so hard to do this, getting top-fives and coming close,” said Pierce, whose father, Bob, is a two-time DIRTcar Summer Nationals champion (1992, 1995). “It’s so hard to win these things. You’ve got the best of the best. I’m so glad to finally get one. It’s amazing.”
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Sheppard, Ryan Unzicker and last year’s champion Brian Shirley rounded out the top five.
Heat race winners included Tyler Reddick, Sheppard, Dustin Griffin and Pierce.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals Hell Tour continues on Tuesday night at Quincy Raceways located in Quincy, Illinois.
DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway: June 30, 2013
Super Late Models – Heat Race 1 June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 11R Tyler Reddick 2 1S Jack Sullivan 3 81K Randy Korte 4 9 Eric Smith 5 10S Scott Schmitt 6 58 Ray Guss Jr 7 1W Donny Walden 8 75D Billy Drake 9 10X Joseph Joiner 10 07 Lake Knutti 11 27K Greg Kimmons 12 24T Matt Taylor
Super Late Models – Heat Race 2 June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 B5 Brandon Sheppard 2 18 Shannon Babb 3 12B Kevin Weaver 4 91 Rusty Schlenk 5 96 Terry English 6 32J Jason Jaggers 7 82B Roger Brickler 8 31 Tom Thoennes 9 7 Cody Spirling 10 6K Michael Kloos 11 28E Dennis Erb, Jr 12 89 Mike Spatola
Super Late Models – Heat Race 3 June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 20 Dustin Griffin 2 96X Tanner English 3 18D Bobby Dauderman 4 5S Steve Sheppard Jr 5 89F Daren Friedman 6 116 Torin Mettille 7 21 Todd Frank 8 24 Ryan Unzicker 9 T2 Todd Bennett 10 F15 Jeremy Conaway 11 38L Ryan Little 12 07X Terry Knutti
Super Late Models – C-Main 1 June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 T2 Todd Bennett 2 10X Joseph Joiner 3 F15 Jeremy Conaway 4 07X Terry Knutti 5 07 Lake Knutti 6 27K Greg Kimmons 7 24 Ryan Unzicker 8 75D Billy Drake 9 38L Ryan Little 10 24T Matt Taylor
Super Late Models – C-Main 2 June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 4G Bob Gardner 2 77M Jason McBride 3 31 Tom Thoennes 4 7 Cody Spirling 5 10R Rick Stannridge 6 09 Jeff Riddell 7 81JR Jason Riggs 8 6K Michael Kloos 9 28E Dennis Erb, Jr 10 89 Mike Spatola
Super Late Models – B-Main June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 10S Scott Schmitt 2 96 Terry English 3 89F Daren Friedman 4 1W Donny Walden 5 116 Torin Mettille 6 32J Jason Jaggers 7 48 Tim Lance 8 21B Rich Bell 9 10X Joseph Joiner 10 82B Roger Brickler 11 T2 Todd Bennett 12 6M Wendell Wallace 13 4G Bob Gardner 14 21 Todd Frank 15 58 Ray Guss Jr 16 77M Jason McBride
Super Late Models – A-Main June 30, 2013 Pos Car # Driver
1 32P Bobby Pierce 2 1D Don ONeal 3 B5 Brandon Sheppard 4 24 Ryan Unzicker 5 48X Brian Shirley 6 96 Terry English 7 18 Shannon Babb 8 1S Jack Sullivan 9 20 Dustin Griffin 10 96X Tanner English 11 77M Jason McBride 12 11R Tyler Reddick 13 81K Randy Korte 14 21B Rich Bell 15 91 Rusty Schlenk 16 11D Brian Divley 17 10S Scott Schmitt 18 12B Kevin Weaver 19 89F Daren Friedman 20 5S Steve Sheppard Jr 21 18D Bobby Dauderman 22 9 Eric Smith
