CONCORD, N.C. — It was a year of redemption for Bobby Pierce. Or as he put it: a “vengeance tour.”
After losing the 2024 title, ultimately due to a penalty at the beginning of the season that cost him points, the Oakwood, Ill., native returned with the poise of a champion.
“Sometimes you win things for the first time and you never know if you’re going to win it again,” Pierce said. “So, to do it twice is like, ‘Alright, we’re definitely meant to be here. Now, we’ll try to go and win it a third time.”
While he may not have surpassed his record from his championship season in 2023, Pierce was just as consistent. He earned 11 wins – his third straight season with double-digit wins and the most wins of all drivers – and had an average finish of 5.8, a little shy of his 5.3 average finish in 2023. Of those 11 wins, 10 were at different tracks, eight were at tracks he had never won at before with the World of Outlaws, and three were ones he had never been to before.
“Over the last three years of running the Outlaws, and venturing out, I’m definitely more well-rounded,” Pierce said. “This is my third year racing Longhorn (Chassis). Every year since I’ve been racing Outlaws full time, I’ve had a Longhorn, and we’ve kind of had to learn that over the last couple years, and I think we’re definitely getting more of a handle on… if it’s not what more to make it go fast, we definitely know, if you mess up, what not to do.”
His last win of the season at Arrowhead Speedway tied him with Billy Moyer Sr. for fifth on the all-time World of Outlaws Late Model wins list with 42 victories. And it only took him three seasons to get there.
