Bobby Pierce? Why so fast?

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  • KTMLew
    Senior Member
    • May 2007
    • 1168

    #1

    Bobby Pierce? Why so fast?

    Been on quite the roll this season. What's he got that nobody has found? Vic Hill motor?


    And Marler just out-qualified him...@ Brownstown.
  • Highside Hustler25
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 12965

    #2
    Speed, large testicles, and luck. Takes all 3 and doesn't last forever.
    8/13/16

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    • Tireguy17
      Senior Member
      • Mar 2008
      • 1173

      #3
      I think Bobby has a lot of natural talent, Bob is a great crew chief, and team is just rolling. No proof but I don’t think they have some mechanical advantage. Qualifies well and starts up front a lot of nights obviously helps.

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      • Clayton_Wetters
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2019
        • 1103

        #4
        Originally posted by Highside Hustler25 View Post
        Speed, large testicles, and luck. Takes all 3 and doesn't last forever.
        Them testicles swell up from that tire dope he's sniffing? L
        I'm a copycat wetter... 😎

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        • SLIDING SIDEWAYS
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 7658

          #5
          Originally posted by Clayton_Wetters View Post

          Them testicles swell up from that tire dope he's sniffing? L
          Sure is 😉😁🤡
          THE REAL SLIDING SIDEWAYS!

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          • MIdlmfan
            Senior Member
            • Jun 2020
            • 174

            #6
            Not to take anything away from him but holy crap does he get a lot of favorable pill draws! He would be fast no matter what but he has lots of prime qualifying spots and that is a huge part of the luck that was mentioned! He will also do things to win on the last lap that guys like 157,17m and rocket1 would not do.

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            • 427c.i.
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2007
              • 1218

              #7
              Originally posted by MIdlmfan View Post
              Not to take anything away from him but holy crap does he get a lot of favorable pill draws! He would be fast no matter what but he has lots of prime qualifying spots and that is a huge part of the luck that was mentioned! He will also do things to win on the last lap that guys like 157,17m and rocket1 would not do.
              And a lot of pat heat races.

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              • kidrock
                Senior Member
                • May 2007
                • 16433

                #8
                And to boot he's darn good at what he does.

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                • Jking24
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2017
                  • 1517

                  #9
                  Their is no doubt that Bobby is maybe one of the best natural talents to ever sit in a car but in addition to that. He has the advantage of having his dad as his crew chief. Stack on top of that the fact that he happens to be driving the chassis that at the moment has the upper hand. Then take the fact that i think vics engines are probably the most powerful engine combos out their right now. I think the big trick is that they've figured out how to tame them for drivability later in the night or the power curve just happens to fit Bobby's driving style to a tee. And then their is just maturity. The kid has been wicked fast of years but lately he keeps the fenders and spoiler in tached most nights

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                  • jog49
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2007
                    • 2551

                    #10
                    There was some talk one time that the Pierces were getting large cubic inch engines from Hill; larger than most of the competition. If a SLM race engine is producing about 2 horsepower per cubic inch and my engine is, say, 30 cubic inches bigger than your engine, I've got 60 horsepower more than you do. Al other things being equal, I'll outrun you, not once in a while but, every time. Bobby doesn't know how to drive a track any better than any of the top shelf drivers so it has to be the equipment.

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                    • Henry Every
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2023
                      • 618

                      #11
                      Just an observation but, his dad knows how to tweak a racecar to suit his driver... Many decades of experience tuning, building and racing together. There are probably a hundred subtle differences and tweaks under that car that the naked eye would never see. Its laughable to me how many jump to the conclusion they must have a device or something illegal. I personally don't care for their personalities or the drama they've often displayed, but you can't argue with their consistent performance. If Bobby ever goes his own way I doubt that level of performance would continue. He is good and he has gotten less, "Rock'em-Sock'em" or "Hail Mary Slider" than he once was, which I thinks adds to his/they're current success. JMO
                      "In the Republic of Mediocrity, Genius is Dangerous." - Robert Green Ingersoll

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                      • MIdlmfan
                        Senior Member
                        • Jun 2020
                        • 174

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Henry Every View Post
                        Just an observation but, his dad knows how to tweak a racecar to suit his driver... Many decades of experience tuning, building and racing together. There are probably a hundred subtle differences and tweaks under that car that the naked eye would never see. Its laughable to me how many jump to the conclusion they must have a device or something illegal. I personally don't care for their personalities or the drama they've often displayed, but you can't argue with their consistent performance. If Bobby ever goes his own way I doubt that level of performance would continue. He is good and he has gotten less, "Rock'em-Sock'em" or "Hail Mary Slider" than he once was, which I thinks adds to his/they're current success. JMO
                        Could not agree more about the importance of Bob Sr.! There was a race a couple of weeks ago, I forget which but the Lucas guys were there and everybody was just tail wagging so bad through the corners and Bobby looked like he was on asphalt! Bobby is a wheelman but that was a set-up clinic!

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                        • 84wedge
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2020
                          • 2094

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Tireguy17 View Post
                          I think Bobby has a lot of natural talent
                          I've heard this said before but just have a hard time believing someone is born to drive a car on a clay oval faster because of DNA. He's fast because of his father. Edit: and those illegal tires
                          Last edited by 84wedge; 10-14-2024, 10:16 AM.

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                          • kidrock
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2007
                            • 16433

                            #14
                            Well his dad isn't the one out there running against the wall hall in azz. Just saying. Yes you have to have a good car to do that, but You also have to have some talent to do that lap after lap after lap. He's won against the best in the business all year. The team and driver have been at their best most of the year.

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                            • Tyy7777
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2024
                              • 596

                              #15
                              Originally posted by 84wedge View Post

                              I've heard this said before but just have a hard time believing someone is born to drive a car on a clay oval faster because of DNA. He's fast because of his father. Edit: and those illegal tires
                              We found the Bobby Pierce Hater!

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