World of Outlaws Maribel Late Model Showdown

For the sixth week in a row, Bobby Pierce is a winner at the highest level of dirt Late Model racing.

His 50th career win with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision in mid-May at Georgetown Speedway was merely the start of another epic hot streak for the “Smooth Operator.” The following week, Pierce bagged $75,000 at the Show-Me 100, then another $30,000 three days later at the Connor Bobik Memorial. June began with Pierce’s long-awaited maiden Dirt Late Model Dream victory before he turned his focus back to World of Outlaws action and reached double-digit Series wins at West Virginia Motor Speedway last weekend.

From there, the tour rolled north for 141 Speedway’s inaugural World of Outlaws event, and Pierce picked up right where he left off. In his first start at the Maribel, WI facility since 2018, the Oakwood, IL native went wire-to-wire to earn another $25,000 at the end of 60 laps.

The early portion of the race was a duel between a pair of red, white and blue cars in Pierce and Drake Troutman, with both drivers swapping lanes through traffic looking for a way through. Troutman briefly got side-by-side with Pierce at times, but before he could make a move stick, the engine expired under the hood of the No. 22* and ended his race.

That misfortune moved Tyler Erb up to second ahead of Tristan Chamberlain in third, who won his Heat Race and was having one of the most competitive nights of his World of Outlaws career. Pierce pulled away from both of them on the restart, but a dozen laps later, some light rain started to fall which put the race under a red flag with 31 laps complete.

Teams were allowed to return to the pits and make changes during the delay, giving the rest of the field a chance to dial in their car to outrun the No. 32. They all came up empty handed in the second half of the race though, as Pierce went unchallenged on the way to his first 141 victory.

“There at the end, I was getting really loose,” Pierce said. “Definitely didn’t like to see a caution, so I’m glad we didn’t have any. I’ve got to thank my crew for the quick turnaround back there, we were fixing the spoiler, put fresh tires on, put a little fuel in it and that was all the time we really had. I do thank them for getting the race in, I know these fans want to see all 60 laps, but it just made it tricky for me because I was in the lead.”

McCreadie climbed to second to earn a spot on the podium for the first time since his Selinsgrove Speedway win, while Nick Hoffman rebounded from a rough weekend at West Virginia with a third-place result.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision continues the northern swing with a stop at Ogilvie Raceway on Monday, June 22. Get your tickets in advance by clicking here.

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RACE NOTES:

Ethan Dotson set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.

Tim McCreadie won the Simpson Quick Time Award.

Tim McCreadie won Heat 1.

Tristan Chamberlain won STAKT Products Heat 2.

Dylan Thornton won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.

Bobby Pierce won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.

Gordy Gundaker and Dallon Murty won the Last Chance Showdowns.

Bobby Pierce won the Bilstein Pole Award.

Dallon Murty won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.

Trey Mills won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.

Tim McCreadie was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.

Nick Hoffman was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.

Ethan Dotson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.

Tyler Erb was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.

Dallon Murty was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.

Trey Mills was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.

Ryan Gustin was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.

Jake Timm was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.

Dylan Thornton was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.

Daulton Wilson was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.

Tristan Chamberlain was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.

Dennis Erb Jr. was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.

Tim Ward was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.

Logan Zarin was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.

Feature (60 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[4]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[8]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[7]; 6. 13-Dallon Murty[18]; 7. 14-Trey Mills[14]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin[10]; 9. 49-Jake Timm[9]; 10. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 11. 58V-Daulton Wilson[19]; 12. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 13. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[11]; 14. 4TW-Tim Ward[16]; 15. 7B-Joel Bennett[20]; 16. 15A-Nick Anvelink[12]; 17. B1-Brent Larson[15]; 18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[24]; 19. 19-Nick Panitzke[23]; 20. 55E-Eli Johnson[25]; 21. 11-Gordy Gundaker[17]; 22. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 23. 7-Ross Robinson[22]; 24. 42-Terry Casey[21]; 25. 3-Brett Swedberg[13]