LINCOLN, Ill. — Bobby Pierce continued his recent hot streak with a victory in Monday night’s Castrol FloRacing Night in America late model main event at Lincoln Speedway.
Pierce, who earned $50,000 for winning Saturday’s Gopher 50 World of Outlaws Late Model Series race at Deer Creek Speedway, passed early leader Jason Feger on lap 12 and led the remainder of the 50-lap race for a $20,000 score.
Brandon Sheppard finished more than five seconds behind in second.
“Went green there and didn’t really know what that first start was gonna do, then when we got green a second time, that top (line) was there,” Pierce said. “We got to second pretty quickly and from then on, it was just trying to figure a way around (Jason) Feger, he was driving a heck of a race.
“We’ve had a really busy past few weeks on the road, and my team has been working so tirelessly, and I just can’t thank them and all our sponsors enough for all they do. Overall, it was awesome to get the win and have a great point’s night.”
Jason Feger, Dennis Erb Jr. and Garrett Alberson completed the top five.
Picking up a ride in Steve Sheppard Jr.’s car, Ricky Thornton Jr. raced from 20th to finish seventh.
Sheppard was the fast qualifier for the 22-car field with a lap of 13.031 seconds.
USAC sprint car point leader Logan Seavey finished 15th.
A strong field of DIRTcar Modified competitors also took to the Illinois oval for their respective 20-lap A-Main. Zeke McKenzie took the early lead in the feature event but former track champion Ray Bollinger started to apply pressure. Bollinger’s move to the high side finally paid off on lap nine when he overtook McKenzie for the lead. At the checkered, Bollinger was followed by McKinney, McKenzie, Charles Hess, and Mike Brooks.
The finish:
Bobby Pierce, Brandon Sheppard, Jason Feger, Dennis Erb Jr., Garrett Alberson, Spencer Hughes, Ricky Thornton Jr., Frank Heckenast Jr., Daulton Wilson, Myles Moos, Carson Ferguson, Shannon Babb, Ross Robinson, Tyler Erb, Logan Seavey, Brenden Smith, Kyle Hammer, Clay Harris, Jake Little, Bob Sidener, Roben Huffman, Kye Blight.