Pierce Goes Back-to-Back in Preliminary Action at Huset’s
(Photo by Tylan Porath Photography)
BRANDON, SD (July 19, 2024) – Bobby Pierce held off a hard-charging Devin Moran in the final laps to win back-to-back with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Huset’s Speedway. Pierce was in control from the start of Friday’s 40-lap main event but a stumble in turn four allowed Moran to close in the final laps.
Pierce would cross the finish line in first for his seventh win in his last eight starts. Moran finished in second by 0.615 seconds as he recorded his 13th consecutive top four finish. Tim McCreadie rounded out the Big River Steel Podium with his third place run after passing Daulton Wilson on the final lap dropping Wilson to fourth at the finish. Current Lucas Oil Late Model Championship points leader Ricky Thornton Jr. rounded out the top five.
For the second night in a row, Pierce jumped out to the lead this time from the Victory Fuel pole. McCreadie moved into second on lap one and stayed behind Pierce for several laps until Wilson took the runner-up spot away from McCreadie on lap 20.
Wilson held the runner-up spot behind Pierce until lap 28 when Moran was able to clear him. At that point, Moran was several car lengths back from Pierce until Pierce rode the berm on lap 33 allowing Moran to cut a full second off his lead. Pierce was able to hold off Moran in the closing laps to pick up his second straight win at Huset’s.
In Lucas Oil Victory Lane, for the 19th time in his career, Pierce had to breathe a sigh of relief after a heart-stopping moment in turn four that nearly cost him the race.
“It woke me up, that’s for sure,” said the Oakwood, Illinois driver whose sizable lead nearly evaporated with seven laps to go. “It was getting choppy on entrance in three and I think I just bottomed out, and when it started, I couldn’t get it back and was stuck up there for a second. I didn’t think I was ever going to get out. I finally realized it was Devin [Moran] in second and I didn’t know what he had on for tires, but whatever he did he was gaining on us for sure and he was the best car at the end, so we got lucky.”
Moran, who has not finished outside of the top four in any race since June 20th at Lernerville, came home in second.
“We were running fourth at about the halfway point. I kept trying to look at the scoreboard, but you are always on the wheel here. I got by Daulton [Wilson] and then a few laps later I was able to get by Timmy [McCreadie]. When Bobby got up on that cushion, I thought I had a real chance to catch him. We were good off turn two and I was able to gain more ground on him. Our car was more maneuverable I think at end than he [Pierce] was. I can’t wait for Saturday night,” said Moran who will be seeking his first career Silver Dollar Nationals.
McCreadie was able to sneak by Wilson on the final lap to get to third.
“We were good early and then we got shuffled back a few spots on those restarts. We were able to finally get rolling again there at the end. We just needed it to stay green longer than it did there a couple of times. I was able to roll to the outside of the 18D car there on the last lap. We are getting closer. Hopefully Saturday night we can bring home a win for the team and all the sponsors.”
The winner’s Bobby Pierce Racing, Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Low Voltage Solutions, Hoker Trucking, Churchill Transport, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Rio Grande Waste Services, Toyota of Danville, Collins Brothers Towing, Carnaghi Towing and Repair, Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body Shop, Olde Tyme Ice Cream, A Plus Vacuum, Leka Tree Service, and VP Race Fuels.
26 entries
LUCAS OIL LATE MODEL DIRT SERIES
SDN A-Main – Night 2 (40 Laps): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 3. 1-Tim McCreadie[4]; 4. 18D-Daulton Wilson[6]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[10]; 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 8. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[3]; 9. 17SS-Brenden Smith[8]; 10. 71-Hudson O’Neal[15]; 11. 25C-Chad Simpson[9]; 12. 93F-Carson Ferguson[18]; 13. 111-Max Blair[14]; 14. 49-Jonathan Davenport[22]; 15. 1T-Tyler Erb[20]; 16. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]; 17. 99B-Boom Briggs[16]; 18. 6-Clay Harris[17]; 19. 93-Cory Lawler[25]; 20. 07-Ben Sukup[23]; 21. 10-Junior Coover[24]; 22. 15C-Curt Schroeder[19]; 23. 7-Ross Robinson[11]; 24. 157-Mike Marlar[26]; 25. 37-Scott Ward[21]; 26. 7T-Drake Troutman[12]
Penske Shocks Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[4]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 6. 99B-Boom Briggs[6]; 7. 93F-Carson Ferguson[8]; 8. 37-Scott Ward[7]; 9. 10-Junior Coover[9]
Summit Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[5]; 4. 7-Ross Robinson[3]; 5. 111-Max Blair[7]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 8. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 9. (DNS) 93-Cory Lawler
Earnhardt Technologies Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[1]; 2. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 3. 25C-Chad Simpson[2]; 4. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 5. 71-Hudson O’Neal[7]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[4]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[6]; 8. 07-Ben Sukup[8]
Qualifying: 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.802[6]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:12.969[7]; 3. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:13.021[15]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.085[10]; 5. 99-Devin Moran, 00:13.097[14]; 6. 25C-Chad Simpson, 00:13.122[2]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.188[22]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:13.194[3]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:13.203[4]; 10. 1-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.205[5]; 11. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.251[16]; 12. 6-Clay Harris, 00:13.252[9]; 13. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.305[8]; 14. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.306[12]; 15. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:13.319[18]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:13.397[21]; 17. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.404[26]; 18. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:13.524[17]; 19. 37-Scott Ward, 00:13.534[1]; 20. 111-Max Blair, 00:13.557[11]; 21. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:13.566[25]; 22. 93F-Carson Ferguson, 00:13.655[24]; 23. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:13.717[20]; 24. 07-Ben Sukup, 00:13.799[13]; 25. 10-Junior Coover, 00:13.921[23]; 26. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:14.037[19]
Hot Laps | GROUP 1: 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.313[6]; 2. 25C-Chad Simpson, 00:13.427[2]; 3. 1-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.459[5]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.534[7]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.605[8]; 6. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:13.760[4]; 7. 6-Clay Harris, 00:13.904[9]; 8. 7-Ross Robinson, 00:13.935[3]; 9. 37-Scott Ward, 00:14.494[1]
Hot Laps | GROUP 2: 1. 99-Devin Moran, 00:13.059[5]; 2. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:13.333[9]; 3. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:13.444[1]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:13.493[8]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.614[7]; 6. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.679[3]; 7. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:13.760[6]; 8. 111-Max Blair, 00:13.781[2]; 9. 07-Ben Sukup, 00:13.919[4]
Hot Laps | GROUP 3: 1. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:13.279[3]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:13.386[7]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.476[4]; 4. 93F-Carson Ferguson, 00:13.741[6]; 5. 93-Cory Lawler, 00:13.797[2]; 6. 10-Junior Coover, 00:13.874[5]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:14.119[8]; 8. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:14.125[1]
28 entries
MALVERN BANK SLMR SERIES
Kosiski Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 62-Justin Zeitner[11]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski[5]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck[2]; 4. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 5. 35D-Dylan Sillman[13]; 6. 22-Charlie McKenna[17]; 7. 52-Brian Kosiski[14]; 8. 32C-Chad Holladay[3]; 9. 10T-Jeff Tharp[18]; 10. 91-Gabe Umbarger[1]; 11. 20-Trevor Anderson[10]; 12. 4-JC Wyman[4]; 13. 44-Troy Daly[21]; 14. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[16]; 15. 76-Zach Zeitner[15]; 16. 76H-Jason Hahne[12]; 17. 2C-Carey Umbarger[19]; 18. 1-Jake Bridge[24]; 19. 04-Tad Pospisil[8]; 20. 4J-Lee Grosz[9]; 21. 85-Josh Leonard[7]; 22. 27-Tyler Myers[22]; 23. 24M-Cody Martin[20]; 24. 56-Chris Spieker[23]
Predator Custom Trailers B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Charlie McKenna[2]; 2. 10T-Jeff Tharp[3]; 3. 2C-Carey Umbarger[5]; 4. 24M-Cody Martin[4]; 5. 44-Troy Daly[7]; 6. 27-Tyler Myers[10]; 7. 87-Curt Kranz[1]; 8. 1-Jake Bridge[8]; 9. 10X-Robert Bitz[11]; 10. 7X-Jesse Glenz[6]; 11. 56-Chris Spieker[9]; 12. 15M-Shane DeMey[12]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4J-Lee Grosz[2]; 2. 24-Bill Leighton[6]; 3. 35D-Dylan Sillman[3]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 5. 87-Curt Kranz[4]; 6. 1-Jake Bridge[7]; 7. 56-Chris Spieker[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 99D-Darrel DeFrance[1]; 2. 32C-Chad Holladay[4]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck[5]; 4. 10T-Jeff Tharp[3]; 5. 85-Josh Leonard[6]; 6. 7X-Jesse Glenz[2]; 7. 15M-Shane DeMey[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4-JC Wyman[5]; 2. 91-Gabe Umbarger[4]; 3. 53-Andrew Kosiski[6]; 4. 22-Charlie McKenna[3]; 5. 44-Troy Daly[1]; 6. 2C-Carey Umbarger[2]; 7. 27-Tyler Myers[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Trevor Anderson[2]; 2. 24M-Cody Martin[1]; 3. 76-Zach Zeitner[3]; 4. 52-Brian Kosiski[4]; 5. 76H-Jason Hahne[5]; 6. 62-Justin Zeitner[6]; 7. 10X-Robert Bitz[7]
Qualifying 1: 1. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:13.342[6]; 2. 85-Josh Leonard, 00:13.466[4]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:13.481[12]; 4. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:13.514[11]; 5. 87-Curt Kranz, 00:13.524[13]; 6. 32C-Chad Holladay, 00:13.545[14]; 7. 35D-Dylan Sillman, 00:13.559[1]; 8. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:13.652[3]; 9. 4J-Lee Grosz, 00:13.691[2]; 10. 7X-Jesse Glenz, 00:13.710[8]; 11. 56-Chris Spieker, 00:13.770[7]; 12. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:13.789[10]; 13. 1-Jake Bridge, 00:13.810[9]; 14. 15M-Shane DeMey, 00:13.811[5]
Qualifying 2: 1. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:13.462[9]; 2. 62-Justin Zeitner, 00:13.481[13]; 3. 4-JC Wyman, 00:13.486[7]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:13.498[8]; 5. 91-Gabe Umbarger, 00:13.498[12]; 6. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:13.608[14]; 7. 22-Charlie McKenna, 00:13.647[10]; 8. 76-Zach Zeitner, 00:13.682[2]; 9. 2C-Carey Umbarger, 00:13.683[5]; 10. 20-Trevor Anderson, 00:13.699[1]; 11. 44-Troy Daly, 00:14.040[3]; 12. 24M-Cody Martin, 00:14.098[11]; 13. 27-Tyler Myers, 00:14.198[4]; 14. 10X-Robert Bitz, 00:14.470[6]
