July 24, 2025 | By Ben Sheton

Bobby Pierce Wins Again in FloRacing Night in America at Fairbury

FAIRBURY, Ill.—From the sixth-starting spot Bobby Pierce charged to the lead by lap 13 of Wednesday night’s FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota event at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway.

The Oakwood, Ill. Driver withstood multiple challenges for the lead from Ricky Thornton Jr. before pulling away late to take the $20,000 triumph in the sixth running of the One For the Road presented by I-Beam Sliding Doors.

“It was a hot one in the car tonight. Ricky (Thornton Jr.) was putting the pressure on me for sure and it was a lot of fun,” Pierce said. “I knew any second he was gonna throw a slider in there, and I was just waiting on it. It seemed like I’d get a couple laps that were good, he’d get a couple laps that were good. I watched him and J.D. (Jonathan Davenport) go at it hard in the heat race and I was like ‘man, I don’t want that to happen cause I just want to get away and sail off in the lead,’ luckily at the very end we did.”

Dennis Erb Jr. and Ryan Unzicker led the field to the green for the 50-lap feature. Erb Jr. led the first lap with Unzicker charging past on the second lap. The El Paso, Ill. Racer led the next 11 circuits before the sixth-starting Pierce took control on the 13th lap

While Pierce never surrendered the lead again, he endured multiple advanced from Thornton Jr. While the lead duo battled, ninth-starting Jonathan Davenport advanced to third with 18th-starting Hudson O’Neal motoring to fourth and Unzicker rounding out the Top-5 finishers.

Bobby Pierce leads the latest series standings over Jonathan Davenport with Ricky Thornton Jr., Brandon Sheppard, Brian Shirley, Hudson O’Neal, Nick Hoffman, Ryan Gustin, Dennis Erb Jr., and Garrett Alberson rounding out the current Top 10.

Through six events this season Bobby Pierce has won three times with Jonathan Davenport, Devin Moran, and Hudson O’Neal all visiting Victory Lane as well.

FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota continues the 2025 season on Thursday, Sept. 11 with the $20,000-to-win Scott Bloomquist Memorial at Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, Tenn.).

2025 FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota Purse
1)$20,000 2)$10,000 3)$5,000 4)$4,000 5)$3,000 6)$2,750 7)$2,500 8)$2,300 9)$2,200 10)$2,000 11)$1,500 12)$1,250 13)$1,100 $14)1,050 15-24)$1,000
Total - $68,650

Entry Fee: $100 | Non-Qualifier Money: $50

For more information on the facility, please visit www.VolunteerSpeedway.com.


RESULTS

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[9]; 4. 6H-Hudson O'Neal[18]; 5. 24-Ryan Unzicker[2]; 6. 96-Tanner English[4]; 7. 74X-Ethan Dotson[10]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 9. 25-Jason Feger[14]; 10. 18-Shannon Babb[5]; 11. 1-Brandon Sheppard[15]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin[23]; 13. 9H-Nick Hoffman[19]; 14. 3S-Brian Shirley[12]; 15. 17SS-Brenden Smith[13]; 16. 75-Dillon McCowan[17]; 17. 89-Mike Spatola[8]; 18. 76-Brandon Overton[7]; 19. 51F-Matt Furman[11]; 20. 58-Garrett Alberson[22]; 21. 16-Tyler Bruening[20]; 22. 18D-Daulton Wilson[24]; 23. 1T-Tyler Erb[25]; 24. 25C-Shane Clanton[21]; 25. 22*-Drake Troutman[26]; 26. 10-Daryn Klein[16]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9H-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 25C-Shane Clanton[2]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 4. 15D-Justin Duty[10]; 5. 9-Tim McCreadie[4]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[16]; 7. 1*-Chub Frank[3]; 8. K67-Braiden Keller[8]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar[19]; 10. 17A-Austin Howes[6]; 11. 21B-Rich Bell[12]; 12. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 13. 12-Doug Drown[14]; 14. M27-Mike Provenzano[11]; 15. 55E-Eli Johnson[20]; 16. 17SR-Brody Smith[15]; 17. 729-Mike Winn[18]; 18. 17KN-Brock Morris[17]; 19. (DNF) 38-Thomas Hunziker[9]; 20. (DNF) 18D-Daulton Wilson[24]; 21. (DNS) 111-Max Blair; 22. (DNS) 50-Kayden Clatt; 23. (DNS) 130-Chase Osterhoff; 24. (DNS) 49T-Jake Timm

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[10]; 3. 14-Caden McWhorter[1]; 4. 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 5. 18J-Chase Junghans[9]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[6]; 7. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[2]; 8. 0-Jake O'Neil[20]; 9. 38J-Jake Little[5]; 10. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 11. 09-Michael Leach[11]; 12. 48-Hunter Kohn[8]; 13. 11-Austin Smith[7]; 14. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[18]; 15. 1T-Tyler Erb[12]; 16. 95-Jerry Bowersock[21]; 17. (DNS) 81-Jason Riggs; 18. (DNS) 14C-Doug Carls; 19. (DNS) 33-Mike Harrison; 20. (DNS) 26M-Myles Moos; 21. (DNS) 2-Cody Overton; 22. (DNS) 42-Mckay Wenger; 23. (DNS) 81F-Jadon Frame; 24. (DNS) 25W-Allen Weisser

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[1]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[3]; 3. 17SS-Brenden Smith[2]; 4. 9H-Nick Hoffman[5]; 5. 9-Tim McCreadie[6]; 6. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[7]; 7. 15D-Justin Duty[9]; 8. 111-Max Blair[10]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[8]; 10. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 11. (DNF) 130-Chase Osterhoff[11]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 25C-Shane Clanton[4]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[5]; 6. K67-Braiden Keller[7]; 7. M27-Mike Provenzano[8]; 8. 12-Doug Drown[10]; 9. 17KN-Brock Morris[11]; 10. 55E-Eli Johnson[9]; 11. (DNS) 49T-Jake Timm

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 18-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 51F-Matt Furman[4]; 3. 75-Dillon McCowan[8]; 4. 1*-Chub Frank[6]; 5. 17A-Austin Howes[10]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[7]; 7. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[3]; 9. 729-Mike Winn[11]; 10. (DNF) 50-Kayden Clatt[5]; 11. (DNF) 18D-Daulton Wilson[1]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker[1]; 2. 89-Mike Spatola[6]; 3. 25-Jason Feger[3]; 4. 14-Caden McWhorter[8]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson[5]; 6. 11-Austin Smith[2]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[11]; 8. 81-Jason Riggs[10]; 9. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[9]; 10. (DNF) 2-Cody Overton[4]; 11. (DNS) 42-Mckay Wenger

Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Tanner English[3]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 10-Daryn Klein[1]; 4. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[6]; 5. 38J-Jake Little[5]; 6. 48-Hunter Kohn[10]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[9]; 8. (DNF) 14C-Doug Carls[11]; 9. (DNF) 26M-Myles Moos[4]; 10. (DNF) 0-Jake O'Neil[7]; 11. (DNF) 81F-Jadon Frame[8]

Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 3. 6H-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[8]; 6. 18J-Chase Junghans[6]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[5]; 8. 33-Mike Harrison[9]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 10. 95-Jerry Bowersock[7]; 11. (DNS) 25W-Allen Weisser

Qualifying 1: 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:12.758[16]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:13.003[26]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:13.089[32]; 4. 17SS-Brenden Smith, 00:13.094[18]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.104[23]; 6. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:13.163[5]; 7. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:13.182[30]; 8. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.184[24]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:13.197[14]; 10. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:13.220[1]; 11. 25C-Shane Clanton, 00:13.225[28]; 12. 51F-Matt Furman, 00:13.241[29]; 13. 9H-Nick Hoffman, 00:13.255[12]; 14. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:13.270[33]; 15. 50-Kayden Clatt, 00:13.283[22]; 16. 9-Tim McCreadie, 00:13.312[10]; 17. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:13.327[31]; 18. 1*-Chub Frank, 00:13.347[25]; 19. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 00:13.423[6]; 20. K67-Braiden Keller, 00:13.449[17]; 21. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:13.473[4]; 22. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.475[11]; 23. M27-Mike Provenzano, 00:13.492[27]; 24. 75-Dillon McCowan, 00:13.500[7]; 25. 15D-Justin Duty, 00:13.521[3]; 26. 55E-Eli Johnson, 00:13.525[9]; 27. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:13.538[8]; 28. 111-Max Blair, 00:13.545[19]; 29. 12-Doug Drown, 00:13.559[13]; 30. 17A-Austin Howes, 00:13.653[15]; 31. 130-Chase Osterhoff, 00:13.653[2]; 32. 17KN-Brock Morris, 00:13.793[20]; 33. 729-Mike Winn, 00:13.954[21]

Qualifying 2: 1. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:13.025[16]; 2. 10-Daryn Klein, 00:13.031[8]; 3. 6H-Hudson O'Neal, 00:13.057[31]; 4. 11-Austin Smith, 00:13.077[27]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:13.077[7]; 6. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.088[24]; 7. 25-Jason Feger, 00:13.116[6]; 8. 96-Tanner English, 00:13.140[4]; 9. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:13.146[5]; 10. 2-Cody Overton, 00:13.198[21]; 11. 26M-Myles Moos, 00:13.215[12]; 12. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:13.237[30]; 13. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:13.253[33]; 14. 38J-Jake Little, 00:13.264[15]; 15. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:13.264[17]; 16. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:13.284[13]; 17. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford, 00:13.300[19]; 18. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:13.307[3]; 19. 42-Mckay Wenger, 00:13.320[11]; 20. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:13.332[29]; 21. 95-Jerry Bowersock, 00:13.357[18]; 22. 14-Caden McWhorter, 00:13.372[1]; 23. 81F-Jadon Frame, 00:13.379[10]; 24. 6-Clay Harris, 00:13.394[14]; 25. 19S-Dustin Sorensen, 00:13.492[28]; 26. 09-Michael Leach, 00:13.493[23]; 27. 33-Mike Harrison, 00:13.530[26]; 28. 81-Jason Riggs, 00:13.544[22]; 29. 48-Hunter Kohn, 00:13.658[9]; 30. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:13.897[25]; 31. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.465[20]; 32. (DNS) 25W-Allen Weisser, 00:13.264; 33. (DNS) 14C-Doug Carls


Entries: 66

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Lap: Garrett Alberson (13.236 sec.)
Sunoco Race Fuels Fast Qualifier Group A (& Overall): Dennis Erb Jr. (12.758 sec.)
Sunoco Race Fuels Fast Qualifier Group B: Ryan Unzicker (13.025 sec.)
Integra Racing Shocks Heat Race #1 Winner: Dennis Erb Jr.
K1 Race Gear Heat Race #2 Winner: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Buzze Racing Heat Race #3 Winner: Shannon Babb
Eibach Springs Heat Race #4 Winner: Ryan Unzicker
Deatherage Opticians Heat Race #5 Winner: Tanner English
Dave Poske Performance Products Heat Race #6 Winner: Bobby Pierce
Coltman Farms B-Main Winners: Nick Hoffman, Tyler Bruening
Provisionals: Ryan Gustin, Daulton Wilson
Emergency Provisionals: Tyler Erb, Drake Troutman
Lap Leaders:
Hoosier Tire Winners: Mike Provenzano, Matt Furman
$150 Drawing Winners: Eli Johnson, Myles Moos


FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota Points
(After 07/23/25)

1)Bobby Pierce – 489 pts
2)Jonathan Davenport – 402 pts

3)Ricky Thornton Jr. – 375 pts
4)Brandon Sheppard – 330 pts
5)Brian Shirley – 327 pts
6)Hudson O’Neal – 324 pts
7)Nick Hoffman – 321 pts
8)Ryan Gustin – 321 pts
9)Dennis Erb Jr. – 279 pts
10)Garrett Alberson – 273 pts
11)Devin Moran – 270 pts
12)Brandon Overton – 236 pts
13)Ethan Dotson – 232 pts
14)Tanner English – 219 pts
15)Daulton Wilson – 213 pts