Bobby Pierce tops Gateway Dirt Nationals opener
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Dirt Late Model racing's indoor spectacle, the Kubota Gateway Dirt Nationals at The Dome at America’s Center, takes over Downtown St. Louis for the event's ninth running this week.
Taking advantage of his team winning the Hellraizer Jacks Pit Stop Challenge, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., took the command for good on lap four and never looked back for his third career Gateway Dirt Nationals prelim victory and fifth overall triumph inside The Dome at America's Center.
Second-starting Mike Harrison led the opening three laps before ceding the lead to Pierce, who dispatched the Highland, Ill., veteran using a barrage of slide jobs. Along with Pierce and Harrison, third-finishing Brandon Sheppard are locked into Saturday's main event.
THURSDAY RESULTS
Two stoppages slowed the 25-lSuper Late Models
Velocita A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 33-Mike Harrison[2]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[7]; 6. 12-Ashton Winger[8]; 7. 25-Jason Feger[12]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin[11]; 9. 35-Dustin Linville[6]; 10. 46-Joey Tanner[10]; 11. 12J-Jason Jameson[9]; 12. 32S-Chris Simpson[3]; 13. 13-Dylan Thornton[18]; 14. 74X-Ethan Dotson[14]; 15. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[15]; 16. 45B-Scott Bell[19]; 17. 24C-Tanner Collins[13]; 18. (DNF) 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[16]; 19. (DNF) 11T-Trevor Gundaker[17]
Mittler Brothers Machine B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24C-Tanner Collins[2]; 2. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[8]; 5. 18C-Chris Carpenter[5]; 6. 89-Mike Spatola[9]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[11]; 8. 99T-Dylan Thompson[7]; 9. 55-Benji Hicks[10]; 10. 75A-Daniel Adam[12]; 11. 99-Devin Moran[4]; 12. 44C-Hayden Cardwell[3]
UCoat It B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 2. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[4]; 3. 13-Dylan Thornton[6]; 4. 99H-Kyle Hardy[3]; 5. 5-Jon Mitchell[1]; 6. C4-Freddie Carpenter[10]; 7. 1*-Kyle Moore[5]; 8. 53C-Colten Burdette[11]; 9. 17SR-Brody Smith[9]; 10. 10-Jacob Magee[12]; 11. (DNF) 34-Chad Wallace[8]; 12. (DNF) 11-James Giossi[7]
MatMan Designs Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Mike Harrison[2]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[10]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[4]; 4. 99-Devin Moran[9]; 5. 99T-Dylan Thompson[8]; 6. 55-Benji Hicks[3]; 7. 14JR-Michael King Jr[5]; 8. 09-Michael Leach[1]; 9. 23-Beckham Malone[7]; 10. S21-Seth Daniels[11]; 11. (DNF) 81F-Jadon Frame[6]
NDLMHOF Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 2. 12J-Jason Jameson[8]; 3. 45B-Scott Bell[1]; 4. 24C-Tanner Collins[9]; 5. 18C-Chris Carpenter[3]; 6. 45-Kyle Hammer[7]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[4]; 8. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[10]; 9. (DNF) 18X-Michael Page[2]; 10. (DNF) 38-Derek Fisher[5]
Stakt Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32S-Chris Simpson[1]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 3. 44C-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 4. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 89-Mike Spatola[3]; 6. 75A-Daniel Adam[5]; 7. 12M-Ryan Montgomery[7]; 8. 81J-Jack Riggs[8]; 9. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[10]; 10. C2-Corey DeLancey[9]
FK Rod Ends Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 12-Ashton Winger[3]; 3. 5-Jon Mitchell[2]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 5. 11-James Giossi[8]; 6. C4-Freddie Carpenter[7]; 7. 93-Carson Ferguson[11]; 8. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[10]; 9. 60H-Kip Hughes[9]; 10. 44-Blaze Burwell[6]; 11. 18-Shannon Babb[4]
Superior Fuel Cells Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 2. 46-Joey Tanner[1]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 4. 1*-Kyle Moore[5]; 5. 34-Chad Wallace[6]; 6. 53C-Colten Burdette[8]; 7. RH94-Kaede Loudy[9]; 8. 28P-Jeff Provinzino[4]; 9. 15F-Chris Fetter[10]; 10. (DNS) 1T-Tyler Erb
Safecraft Safety Equipment Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Dustin Linville[2]; 2. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 99H-Kyle Hardy[7]; 4. 13-Dylan Thornton[8]; 5. 17SR-Brody Smith[4]; 6. 10-Jacob Magee[3]; 7. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[9]; 8. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[5]; 9. (DNF) 257-Skylar Marlar[6]; 10. (DNF) M27-Mike Provenzano[10]
Hellraizer Jacks Qualifying A: 1. 09-Michael Leach, 00:11.795[6]; 2. 45B-Scott Bell, 00:11.831[2]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:11.842[12]; 4. 33-Mike Harrison, 00:11.861[5]; 5. 18X-Michael Page, 00:11.894[7]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:11.951[8]; 7. 55-Benji Hicks, 00:11.979[14]; 8. 18C-Chris Carpenter, 00:11.985[3]; 9. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:12.062[19]; 10. 11T-Trevor Gundaker, 00:12.102[18]; 11. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:12.116[4]; 12. 44C-Hayden Cardwell, 00:12.136[25]; 13. 14JR-Michael King Jr, 00:12.137[11]; 14. 38-Derek Fisher, 00:12.139[16]; 15. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:12.164[20]; 16. 81F-Jadon Frame, 00:12.165[21]; 17. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:12.226[24]; 18. 19S-Dustin Sorensen, 00:12.262[23]; 19. 23-Beckham Malone, 00:12.299[9]; 20. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:12.338[10]; 21. 12M-Ryan Montgomery, 00:12.350[15]; 22. 99T-Dylan Thompson, 00:12.357[27]; 23. 12J-Jason Jameson, 00:12.358[31]; 24. 81J-Jack Riggs, 00:12.444[13]; 25. 99-Devin Moran, 00:12.590[29]; 26. 24C-Tanner Collins, 00:12.611[26]; 27. C2-Corey DeLancey, 00:12.672[28]; 28. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:12.913[17]; 29. LIL91-Carter Schlenk, 00:12.966[30]; 30. 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr, 00:13.079[22]; 31. (DNS) S21-Seth Daniels, 00:13.079
Hellraizer Jacks Qualifying B: 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:12.011[6]; 2. 46-Joey Tanner, 00:12.195[11]; 3. 25-Jason Feger, 00:12.302[7]; 4. 5-Jon Mitchell, 00:12.327[4]; 5. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:12.388[29]; 6. 35-Dustin Linville, 00:12.392[3]; 7. 12-Ashton Winger, 00:12.407[23]; 8. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:12.428[18]; 9. 10-Jacob Magee, 00:12.536[10]; 10. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:12.539[16]; 11. 28P-Jeff Provinzino, 00:12.545[12]; 12. 17SR-Brody Smith, 00:12.589[9]; 13. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:12.592[8]; 14. 1*-Kyle Moore, 00:12.638[5]; 15. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:12.645[26]; 16. 44-Blaze Burwell, 00:12.687[1]; 17. 34-Chad Wallace, 00:12.725[19]; 18. 257-Skylar Marlar, 00:12.738[30]; 19. C4-Freddie Carpenter, 00:12.745[14]; 20. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:12.746[21]; 21. 99H-Kyle Hardy, 00:12.755[27]; 22. 11-James Giossi, 00:12.781[28]; 23. 53C-Colten Burdette, 00:12.798[13]; 24. 13-Dylan Thornton, 00:12.808[31]; 25. 60H-Kip Hughes, 00:12.865[17]; 26. RH94-Kaede Loudy, 00:12.999[15]; 27. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:13.052[22]; 28. 1CJ-Justin Shaw, 00:13.195[25]; 29. 15F-Chris Fetter, 00:13.300[2]; 30. M27-Mike Provenzano, 00:13.705[24]; 31. (DNS) 93-Carson Ferguson
Modifieds
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 12T-Dallon Murty[3]; 3. 10Y-Trent Young[12]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[4]; 5. 23-Dylan Sharp[16]; 6. 65-Tyler Davis[18]; 7. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[11]; 8. B1-Jeff Larson[17]; 9. 14-Rick Conoyer[13]; 10. 77-Ray Bollinger[15]; 11. 25C-Joe Chisholm[10]; 12. 58X-Gary Christian[6]; 13. 5-Drake Troutman[7]; 14. 45X-Chase Holland[14]; 15. (DNF) 0-Damian Kiefer[9]; 16. (DNF) 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 17. (DNF) 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 18. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[8]
Abilene Race Rads B Feature (8 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[1]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[2]; 3. 8X-Kyle Steffens[4]; 4. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[3]; 5. 29J-Jordan Wever[6]; 6. 22A-Austen Becerra[5]; 7. 1D-Dean Hoffman[8]; 8. 8S-Kyle Strickler[10]; 9. 537-Jesse Rockett[12]; 10. 777-Trevor Neville[14]; 11. 01-Peyton Taylor[9]; 12. 05-Dave Wietholder[13]; 13. 07X-Troy Morris III[7]; 14. 7-Clay Money[15]; 15. (DNS) 18-Brad Dyer
Truform Race Products Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 3. 0-Damian Kiefer[4]; 4. 14-Rick Conoyer[3]; 5. B1-Jeff Larson[6]; 6. 22A-Austen Becerra[5]; 7. 01-Peyton Taylor[8]; 8. 05-Dave Wietholder[7]
Deatherage Opticians Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian[2]; 3. 25C-Joe Chisholm[6]; 4. 45X-Chase Holland[3]; 5. 65-Tyler Davis[7]; 6. 29J-Jordan Wever[5]; 7. 8S-Kyle Strickler[8]; 8. (DNF) 777-Trevor Neville[4]
Dirtcarlift Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Tyler Nicely[2]; 2. 5-Drake Troutman[3]; 3. 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[8]; 4. 77-Ray Bollinger[1]; 5. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[4]; 6. 07X-Troy Morris III[6]; 7. (DNF) 18-Brad Dyer[7]; 8. (DNF) 7-Clay Money[5]
ZAMP Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 12T-Dallon Murty[1]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[2]; 3. 10Y-Trent Young[3]; 4. 23-Dylan Sharp[4]; 5. 8X-Kyle Steffens[5]; 6. 1D-Dean Hoffman[6]; 7. 537-Jesse Rockett[7]
Wehrs Machine Qualifying: 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:12.858[8]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:12.869[7]; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger, 00:12.961[2]; 4. 12T-Dallon Murty, 00:12.964[1]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:12.989[24]; 6. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:12.990[4]; 7. 25-Tyler Nicely, 00:13.029[13]; 8. 26G-Ryan Gierke, 00:13.063[25]; 9. 14-Rick Conoyer, 00:13.065[6]; 10. 45X-Chase Holland, 00:13.076[11]; 11. 5-Drake Troutman, 00:13.129[12]; 12. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:13.171[21]; 13. 0-Damian Kiefer, 00:13.207[10]; 14. 777-Trevor Neville, 00:13.320[30]; 15. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr, 00:13.352[9]; 16. 23-Dylan Sharp, 00:13.417[29]; 17. 22A-Austen Becerra, 00:13.418[17]; 18. 29J-Jordan Wever, 00:13.432[14]; 19. 7-Clay Money, 00:13.437[22]; 20. 8X-Kyle Steffens, 00:13.445[23]; 21. B1-Jeff Larson, 00:13.476[16]; 22. 25C-Joe Chisholm, 00:13.495[18]; 23. 07X-Troy Morris III, 00:13.557[19]; 24. 1D-Dean Hoffman, 00:13.570[28]; 25. 05-Dave Wietholder, 00:13.627[20]; 26. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:13.696[31]; 27. 18-Brad Dyer, 00:13.714[27]; 28. 537-Jesse Rockett, 00:13.718[26]; 29. (DNF) 01-Peyton Taylor, 00:13.718[3]; 30. (DNF) 8S-Kyle Strickler, 00:13.718[5]; 31. (DNF) 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss, 00:13.718[15]ap feature: lap seven for fence repairs, which drew the red flag for approximately 10 minutes, and lap 15 for debris.
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