MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Maquoketa Speedway became the site of some dirt Late Model history on Saturday night.
Bobby Pierce won the Hawkeye 100 for the second year in a row, claiming his 19th win of the season with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision. It may only be August, but the Oakwood, Ill., native’s 2026 campaign has already become the winningest season in Series history.
Entering the weekend, Pierce sat in a tie with Josh Richards, who won 18 races in 2016, and Brandon Sheppard, who did the same in 2017 and 2019. The “Smooth Operator” now stands alone at the top, and he still has a dozen races left on the schedule to add to his unbelievable tally.
Pierce’s record-breaking Maquoketa win came in dominant fashion, leading all 60 laps to take the checkers by more than four seconds.
From second in the starting order, Pierce pounded the cushion around Turns 1 and 2 on the opening lap before cutting to the inside of polesitter Hudson O’Neal down the backstretch. Pierce cleared the K&L Rumley Enterprises No. 6 in Turn 3 and slid up in front to complete the first and only lead change of the race.
“I never thought that would have happened,” Pierce said. “It took me forever to get an Outlaw win, until 2021, and by that time, I had already won the World [100], the North-South [100] years before that before I won my first Outlaw race. It was a hard time getting it, and once we did, once we started running the Series, they just started coming. It’s awesome, I just can’t thank everyone enough that’s gotten me to this point.”
The win expanded Pierce’s lead at the top of the championship standings to 113 points, a margin that reached triple digits for the first time this year. That was due in large part to a tumultuous night for his two closest challengers, Nick Hoffman and Tyler Erb.
Moments after Pierce took the lead, a spinning Clay Stuckey blocked the track for the cars behind and resulted in a massive pileup that saw both Hoffman and Erb go upside down. Both cars were able to be repaired in the work area, with Hoffman and Erb climbing back up to ninth and 11th, respectively.
O’Neal crossed the line second, enough to top the weeklong standings and claim the inaugural Hoker Trucking Iowa Super Late Model Speedweek championship.
Third went to Jonathan Davenport, who rebounded from a 23rd-place result on Friday to earn a spot on a World of Outlaws podium for the fourth time in 2026. Brian Shirley and Brandon Sheppard rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (60 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 6-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[10]; 5. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 7. 58V-Daulton Wilson[14]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[24]; 9. 9-Nick Hoffman[18]; 10. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb[15]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin[20]; 13. 14-Trey Mills[12]; 14. 16-Tyler Bruening[13]; 15. B1-Brent Larson[26]; 16. 60-Dan Ebert[7]; 17. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[25]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey[17]; 19. 43-Derrick Stewart[9]; 20. 32S-Chris Simpson[11]; 21. 38T-Dylan Thornton[16]; 22. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 23. 75-Daniel Adam[19]; 24. 19-Dustin Sorensen[22]; 25. 15D-Justin Duty[21]; 26. 74X-Ethan Dotson[23]
