Bobby Pierce’s return to Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models
Independence, Iowa (June 24, 2024) – The third podium of the Heartland Grand Tour was the charm for Bobby Pierce’s return to Victory Lane with the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models in 2024.
In a display of dirt Late Model prowess at Independence Motor Speedway, the Oakwood, IL driver grabbed the lead halfway through the 40-lap Feature to win the Monday Madness in Iowa.
Beginning the night by setting a new track record in Sea Foam Qualifying and taking a dominating win in Heat 1, Pierce commenced the Feature from the front by drawing the Bilstein Pole Award.
He didn’t take early command though, as Mooresville, NC driver Nick Hoffman took the top spot on the first lap by using the outside line of the track to clear Pierce after front-row starter Chad Simpson fell out of the race due to a mechanical issue.
Hot on Bobby’s trail was New Berlin, IL driver Brandon Sheppard, who used every lane of the racetrack to get by the Pierce.
Once the lapped traffic came into play, Pierce evaporated the half-second gap on Hoffman to take back the Feature lead.
When Hoffman got held up by a lapped car on the high line, going over the cushion and pulling a wheelie, the No.32 machine slipped by Hoffman through Turns 3 and 4 to take the lead with two laps before the halfway mark on lap 20.
The final caution with seven laps to go gave Hoffman and Sheppard one last sniff at taking the lead away from Pierce, which never came to fruition as he crossed the checkered flag to seal his third Series win of the season at the 3/8-mile track.
The Feature triumph moved Pierce up to fourth in the Series standings, sitting 120 points back from Sheppard for the lead.
“From the start, I was a little worried,” Pierce said. “I knew Nick and Brandon were (on soft tires) and when Chad fell out of the race, that gave Nick the front row. If I can just hang with him, and we did. We got him in lap traffic, and it was great. The later half of the race, the car was great.”
Sheppard got by Hoffman on the final restart to get a chance at closing in on Pierce, however, the soft tire he chose did not help the driver of the No. B5 Longhorn Factory Team Late Model get closer to Bobby as he settles for a second-place finish.
“We didn’t snug up quite as much tonight,” Sheppard said. “We had a different tire on (the car) than Bobby, and I think that hurt us more than anything. Once the track got black, my tire wasn’t as good. Once we got to lapped traffic, Bobby could squeeze through them better than we could. I think we got a really good balance on our race car, we were right there with him. I feel pretty good about it, just gotta get a little better in the race and make the right tire call next time.”
Hoffman closed out the Feature’s podium from Independence after leading the first 17 laps of the Feature. He leaves the Iowa racetrack only 14 points back from the Series points lead.
“I should’ve known better,” Hoffman said. “I probably should have crossed over on the bottom and get myself back on and not lose a spot. That’s basically what gives it away at the end of the day. I didn’t want to see that caution at the end because that’s when I gave up second. I felt like I was okay. That last five or six laps I wasn’t as good, so we’ll work on that a little bit. All in all, the car was good for us.”
Robeline, LA driver Cade Dillard finished fourth after picking up the Fox Factory Hard Charger Award with eight spots gained in the race, and Chatham, IL driver Brian Shirley rounded out the Monday Madness top five.
RECAP NOTES:
Dirt King Simulator Hottest Hot Lap: Cade Dillard
Simpson Quick Time Award: Bobby Pierce
Heat Winners: Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Chad Simpson
Bilstein Pole Award: Bobby Pierce
Fox Factory Hard Charger Award: Cade Dillard
17 entries
IMCA HOBBY STOCK BY PERFORMANCE BODIES
A Feature 1 (16 Laps): 1. 52-Joren Fisher[2]; 2. 23Z-Zach McNeese[8]; 3. 2G-Bradly Graham[1]; 4. 7B-Jim Ball Jr[3]; 5. 11B-Solomon Bennett[4]; 6. 27B-Tyler Ball[5]; 7. 3-Dalton Weepie[12]; 8. 12G-Tyler Gray[6]; 9. 33J-Carson James[14]; 10. 27-Brad Graham[9]; 11. 06S-Adam Streeter[10]; 12. 7N-Trenton Neuhaus[16]; 13. 64L-Tommy Luft[15]; 14. 20CK-Justin Ginther[11]; 15. 13K-McKenna Koch[17]; 16. 126C-Connor Clubine[7]; 17. (DNF) 17B-Garrett Ball[13]
Heat 1 (7 Laps): 1. 2G-Bradly Graham[3]; 2. 27B-Tyler Ball[1]; 3. 52-Joren Fisher[5]; 4. 06S-Adam Streeter[6]; 5. 12G-Tyler Gray[8]; 6. 20CK-Justin Ginther[4]; 7. 17B-Garrett Ball[9]; 8. 64L-Tommy Luft[7]; 9. 13K-McKenna Koch[2]
Heat 2 (7 Laps): 1. 23Z-Zach McNeese[5]; 2. 11B-Solomon Bennett[3]; 3. 126C-Connor Clubine[6]; 4. 27-Brad Graham[7]; 5. 7B-Jim Ball Jr[1]; 6. 3-Dalton Weepie[2]; 7. 33J-Carson James[4]; 8. (DNF) 7N-Trenton Neuhaus[8]
28 entries
IMCA STOCK CAR BY CHRISTIE DOOR COMPANY
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 74C-Cole Mather[2]; 2. 99D-Damon Murty[13]; 3. 18-Tom Schmitt[5]; 4. 22-Tanner Allen[3]; 5. 3-Jarod Weepie[12]; 6. 37D-Brad Derry[8]; 7. 14C-Leah Wroten[14]; 8. 75-Cole Suckow[20]; 9. 357-Brett Vanous[11]; 10. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[7]; 11. 15-Norman Chesmore[21]; 12. 69JR-Johnathon Logue[10]; 13. 3H-Ty Hill[6]; 14. (DNF) 115-Hannah Chesmore[19]; 15. (DNF) 1-Kaden Reynolds[9]; 16. (DNF) 7D-Dakoda Sellers[1]; 17. (DNF) 8E-Mitchell Evens[24]; 18. (DNF) 22K-Kevin Rose[16]; 19. (DNF) 3T-Terry Dulin[22]; 20. (DNF) 4R-Riley Hanson[18]; 21. (DNF) 34M-Dustin Vis[17]; 22. (DNF) 64-Vern Jackson[4]; 23. (DNF) 9R-Tyler Carey[23]; 24. (DNF) 85R-Bryce Carey[15]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3T-Terry Dulin[3]; 2. 9R-Tyler Carey[1]; 3. 8E-Mitchell Evens[4]; 4. 292-Blake Peeler[7]; 5. 88CW-Curtis Kline[6]; 6. (DNF) 4JR-Russell Damme Jr[2]; 7. (DNS) 35LJ-Leremy Jackson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57VG-Rowdee Van Genderen[2]; 2. 18-Tom Schmitt[3]; 3. 64-Vern Jackson[8]; 4. 357-Brett Vanous[1]; 5. 99D-Damon Murty[9]; 6. 22K-Kevin Rose[4]; 7. 115-Hannah Chesmore[6]; 8. (DNF) 9R-Tyler Carey[10]; 9. (DNF) 8E-Mitchell Evens[7]; 10. (DNF) 292-Blake Peeler[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 69JR-Johnathon Logue[1]; 2. 37D-Brad Derry[2]; 3. 3H-Ty Hill[4]; 4. 3-Jarod Weepie[7]; 5. 14C-Leah Wroten[5]; 6. 34M-Dustin Vis[9]; 7. 75-Cole Suckow[8]; 8. 4JR-Russell Damme Jr[3]; 9. (DNS) 35LJ-Leremy Jackson
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Kaden Reynolds[6]; 2. 7D-Dakoda Sellers[2]; 3. 74C-Cole Mather[3]; 4. 22-Tanner Allen[5]; 5. 85R-Bryce Carey[9]; 6. 4R-Riley Hanson[1]; 7. 15-Norman Chesmore[8]; 8. 3T-Terry Dulin[7]; 9. 88CW-Curtis Kline[4]
38 entries
IMCA MODIFIED BY WATERLOO AUTO PARTS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[1]; 2. 111-Ethan Braaksma[5]; 3. 77-Jeff Aikey[2]; 4. 4TW-Tim Ward[10]; 5. B24-Owen Barnhill[3]; 6. 99X-Dallon Murty[14]; 7. 28-Trevor Fitz[11]; 8. 71C-Troy Cordes[15]; 9. 69N-Cory Wray[9]; 10. 26J-Joel Rust[13]; 11. 38-Mitchell Hunt[19]; 12. 8-Griffin Taylor[8]; 13. 13-Jerry Flippo[22]; 14. 56K-Dustin Kroening[6]; 15. 12T-Jeff Larson[21]; 16. 72-Kolton Osborn[18]; 17. 24R-Adam Johnson[17]; 18. 59-Josh Fisher[12]; 19. 16S-Kip Siems[20]; 20. 3S-Adam Shelman[24]; 21. (DNF) 21-Brennen Chipp[4]; 22. (DNF) 38T-Dylan Thornton[7]; 23. (DNF) 12R-Bret Ramsey[23]; 24. (DNF) 7H-Marcus Hoeppner[16]
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12T-Jeff Larson[1]; 2. 12R-Bret Ramsey[3]; 3. 5-Jason Morehouse[4]; 4. 01-Ed Thomas[5]; 5. 24-Kyle Roose[7]; 6. 27-Jamie Johnson[6]; 7. F7-Patrick Flannagan[2]; 8. 72B-Jerod Ballhagen[9]; 9. (DNF) 21L-Brandon Lewis[8]
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Jerry Flippo[6]; 2. 3S-Adam Shelman[5]; 3. 70-Jerry King[4]; 4. 11B-Mike Burbridge[2]; 5. 24KB-Shane Mills[8]; 6. B7-Beckett Flannagan[9]; 7. (DNF) 0-Dirk Hamilton[1]; 8. (DNS) 415-Josh Barta; 9. (DNS) 4-Ryan Maitland
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B24-Owen Barnhill[1]; 2. 8-Griffin Taylor[3]; 3. 28-Trevor Fitz[5]; 4. 7H-Marcus Hoeppner[6]; 5. 12T-Jeff Larson[7]; 6. 415-Josh Barta[8]; 7. 27-Jamie Johnson[2]; 8. 24KB-Shane Mills[4]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jeff Aikey[2]; 2. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[6]; 3. 59-Josh Fisher[1]; 4. 24R-Adam Johnson[3]; 5. 0-Dirk Hamilton[8]; 6. 5-Jason Morehouse[4]; 7. 13-Jerry Flippo[5]; 8. 72B-Jerod Ballhagen[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 111-Ethan Braaksma[3]; 2. 69N-Cory Wray[2]; 3. 26J-Joel Rust[7]; 4. 72-Kolton Osborn[4]; 5. F7-Patrick Flannagan[6]; 6. 70-Jerry King[5]; 7. 24-Kyle Roose[1]; 8. B7-Beckett Flannagan[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 56K-Dustin Kroening[1]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[7]; 3. 99X-Dallon Murty[6]; 4. 38-Mitchell Hunt[4]; 5. 11B-Mike Burbridge[3]; 6. 01-Ed Thomas[2]; 7. (DNS) 4-Ryan Maitland
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]; 2. 21-Brennen Chipp[7]; 3. 71C-Troy Cordes[6]; 4. 16S-Kip Siems[3]; 5. 12R-Bret Ramsey[4]; 6. 3S-Adam Shelman[2]; 7. (DNF) 21L-Brandon Lewis[5]
27 entries
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL
CASE Late Mode Feature (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[12]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[3]; 6. 76-Blair Nothdurft[9]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 8. B1-Brent Larson[14]; 9. 22*-Max McLaughlin[7]; 10. 40B-Kyle Bronson[17]; 11. 16-Tyler Bruening[16]; 12. 97JR-Cody Overton[20]; 13. 19-Dustin Sorensen[15]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[19]; 15. 43-Derrick Stewart[10]; 16. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[18]; 17. 14W-Dustin Walker[23]; 18. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[11]; 19. 11-Jon Kirby[24]; 20. 58-Garrett Alberson[13]; 21. 22-Charlie McKenna[22]; 22. 17-Tim Simpson[21]; 23. 29-Spencer Diercks[8]; 24. 25-Chad Simpson[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 3. 22*-Max McLaughlin[3]; 4. 43-Derrick Stewart[5]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[7]; 8. 22-Charlie McKenna[9]; 9. 11-Jon Kirby[8]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks[3]; 4. 21-Billy Moyer Sr[4]; 5. B1-Brent Larson[7]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 7. 97JR-Cody Overton[5]; 8. 11H-Lance Hofer[8]; 9. 07-Matt Ryan[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 3. 76-Blair Nothdurft[3]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[4]; 5. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 7. 17-Tim Simpson[7]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker[8]; 9. 9*-Bobby Hansen[9]
Sea Foam Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.575[4]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.631[21]; 3. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:13.648[2]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:13.723[19]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.748[3]; 6. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:13.756[14]; 7. 22*-Max McLaughlin, 00:13.763[6]; 8. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:13.766[17]; 9. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:13.811[12]; 10. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:13.846[5]; 11. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:13.881[10]; 12. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:13.895[24]; 13. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:13.901[1]; 14. 97JR-Cody Overton, 00:13.901[25]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:13.906[11]; 16. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.990[22]; 17. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.005[16]; 18. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.153[27]; 19. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.343[23]; 20. B1-Brent Larson, 00:14.351[13]; 21. 17-Tim Simpson, 00:14.412[7]; 22. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:14.781[26]; 23. 11H-Lance Hofer, 00:14.854[9]; 24. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:14.920[8]; 25. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:15.128[20]; 26. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:15.128[15]; 27. 9*-Bobby Hansen, 00:15.128[18]
Hot Laps: 1. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:13.892[24]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.967[21]; 3. 29-Spencer Diercks, 00:14.056[17]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:14.128[3]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:14.134[14]; 6. 21-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:14.169[10]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.182[27]; 8. 97JR-Cody Overton, 00:14.184[25]; 9. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:14.185[19]; 10. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:14.214[26]; 11. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:14.234[16]; 12. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:14.273[2]; 13. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:14.305[1]; 14. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.381[4]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:14.430[11]; 16. B1-Brent Larson, 00:14.473[13]; 17. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:14.551[23]; 18. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:14.622[5]; 19. 22*-Max McLaughlin, 00:14.685[6]; 20. 76-Blair Nothdurft, 00:14.777[12]; 21. 9*-Bobby Hansen, 00:14.951[18]; 22. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:15.184[20]; 23. 17-Tim Simpson, 00:15.503[7]; 24. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:15.933[8]; 25. 11H-Lance Hofer, 00:17.106[9]; 26. 07-Matt Ryan, 00:17.106[15]; 27. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:17.106[22]
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