Pierce takes Peoria Speedway Wednesday special

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Bobby Pierce is beginning to like Peoria Speedway. The 14 year-old from Oakwood picked up his 2nd UMP DirtCar Super Late Model win of the year on a beautiful Wednesday night despite fighting an ill-handling race car.
The 30 lap feature began with front row starters Brian Diveley and Scott Schmitt going side-by side for the entire first lap, and the duo were door-to-door going down the backstretch on lap 2. As Diveley and Schmitt entered turn 3, they both slipped up the track, leaving the bottom groove open for Pierce, who had started 3rd.
Pierce dove on the bottom going into turn 3, making it 3-wide for the lead, and made the pass coming out of turn 4 on lap 2. Todd Bennett had followed Pierce on the low side of the track, and moved into 2nd by lap 4 and began the race-long chase of Pierce. Bennett chased Pierce as they entered lapped traffic on lap 13, but Pierce handled the traffic like a seasoned veteran and had a clear track again by lap 20.
Over the last 10 laps, Bennett could close on Pierce but could never make the pass and had to settle for 2nd as the 30 laps went caution-free. Billy Drake finished 3rd, with Tim Lance in 4th driving a Bob Gardner entry. 15th-starting Steve Lance, Jr. made a spectacular run to finish 5th.
“I saw Schmitt and Diveley both slip up a little going into 3 there, so I dove underneath them and got the lead”, said Pierce about the winning pass. “The right front tire started giving up at the end there, so I had to steer with the brake to hold Todd off. We were lucky to get this win, this is great.”
TOP 10
1. 32- Bobby Pierce
2. T2-Todd Bennett
3. 75-Billy Drake
4. 38-Tim Lance
5. 32J-Jason Jaggers
6. 10x-Scott Schmitt
7. 4-Mike Mullvain
8. 83x-Nathan Balenseifen
9. 40-Charley Hess
10. 21b-Richie Bell

25 UMP Late Models on hand

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lance jr. finished 4th

[lets get along]

Bobby has won 3 features. 2 at Peoria nd ! at Farmercity Raceway