February 21, 2026 | By Spence Smithback, World of Outlaws Late Model Series PR

Pierce Collects First World of Outlaws Trophy of 2026 in Hendry County Debut

CLEWISTON, Fla.—Hendry County Motorsports Park didn’t take long to make a fan out of Bobby Pierce.

In the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision’s debut race at the south Florida track, the “Smooth Operator” charged his way to the front for his first Series win since August of 2025.

It’s the second year in a row that Pierce has won his first World of Outlaws race of the year at the first stop after Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals. Last year, that occasion came at Smoky Mountain Speedway in March. This year, it came in the same state six days after leaving Volusia Speedway Park.

A different red car looked like the one to beat early in the night, as Drake Troutman earned the Simpson Quick Time Award in Qualifying, won his Heat Race and pulled the Bilstein Pole Award. The World of Outlaws sophomore outdueled Nick Hoffman early in the Feature to hold the lead until the No. 32 came knocking.

After disposing of Hoffman in third and second-running Daulton Wilson, Pierce made it side-by-side for the lead on the outside of Troutman on Lap 8. A strong run off of Turn 2 the next time around put Pierce in command, and he stretched his lead to north of five seconds until Tyler Erb went around in Turn 1 to bring out the only caution of the night with five laps remaining.

Ethan Dotson emerged as Pierce’s closest challenger on the restart, but Pierce held strong on the cushion and drove home to the checkers.

“I was really nervous because the track was really getting where, I feel like the bottom and the top were the same speed,” Pierce said after the 43rd World of Outlaws win of his career, breaking a tie with Billy Moyer for fifth on the all-time wins list. “The lap cars, I was just staying right there with them, I wasn’t really passing them. I was pretty nervous on the restart, Dotson there on my inside. Luckily, I got a good exit off of [Turn] 2, and then from there on, it was just hit my marks, hit my marks, don’t jump the cushion. It got to the point where you had to get up on it to really get any traction because it got a black slick lane below it. Pretty hard track to drive, but a fun track, fun event.”

Dotson, Wilson and Troutman all recorded season-best finishes with the World of Outlaws in second, third and fourth, respectively, while Hoffman occupied the last spot in the top five.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision returns to Hendry County Motorsports Park on Saturday, Feb. 21, for the 60-lap Swamp Cabbage 100 finale. Tickets will be available at the gate.

Want to watch the World of Outlaws? Stream every race live on DIRTVision.


RACE NOTES:

Bobby Pierce set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Drake Troutman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Drake Troutman won Jarrett Rifles Heat 1.
Bobby Pierce won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Daulton Wilson won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Luke Morey won the Last Chance Showdown.
Drake Troutman won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Dustin Sorensen won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.
Ethan Dotson was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Daulton Wilson was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Nick Hoffman was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Tim McCreadie was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Dustin Sorensen was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Sam Seawright was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Ryan Gustin was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Jake Timm was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Tyler Erb was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Boom Briggs was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Tristan Chamberlain was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Christian Augspurger was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Logan Zarin was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.


WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL RESULTS (27 entries)

Friday, February 20, 2026

WoO Late Model Feature (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 3. 58V-Daulton Wilson[5]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[4]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 8. 16-Sam Seawright[6]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 10. 49-Jake Timm[11]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb[8]; 12. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 14. 35-Christian Augspurger[13]; 15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[15]; 16. 49M-Luke Morey[19]; 17. B1-Brent Larson[17]; 18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[20]; 19. 14-Trey Mills[18]; 20. 8-Matthew Larson[14]; 21. 12-Ryan Montgomery[21]; 22. T1-Todd Morrow[22]; 23. 46-Doug Horton[24]; 24. 55E-Eli Johnson[23]

Last Chance Showdown (10 Laps): 1. 49M-Luke Morey[1]; 2. 1Z-Logan Zarin[4]; 3. 12-Ryan Montgomery[8]; 4. T1-Todd Morrow[2]; 5. 46-Doug Horton[6]; 6. 18I-Jason Intoppa[5]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[3]; 8. 91-Tim Barron[9]; 9. J4-John Garvin Jr[7]

WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 16-Sam Seawright[4]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[3]; 5. 35-Christian Augspurger[5]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 7. 49M-Luke Morey[7]; 8. 1Z-Logan Zarin[8]; 9. J4-John Garvin Jr[9]

STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[1]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 5. 8-Matthew Larson[5]; 6. B1-Brent Larson[6]; 7. T1-Todd Morrow[8]; 8. 18I-Jason Intoppa[9]; 9. 12-Ryan Montgomery[7]

Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58V-Daulton Wilson[2]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 3. 99B-Boom Briggs[3]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[5]; 6. 14-Trey Mills[6]; 7. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]; 8. 46-Doug Horton[8]; 9. 91-Tim Barron[9]

WoO Late Model Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman, 13.875[10]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 13.972[17]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman, 14.005[27]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 14.009[11]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce, 14.011[26]; 6. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 14.078[5]; 7. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 14.175[24]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb, 14.229[23]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs, 14.237[19]; 10. 16-Sam Seawright, 14.250[18]; 11. 49-Jake Timm, 14.280[15]; 12. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 14.313[9]; 13. 35-Christian Augspurger, 14.324[4]; 14. 8-Matthew Larson, 14.392[8]; 15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 14.464[25]; 16. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 14.489[1]; 17. B1-Brent Larson, 14.489[21]; 18. 14-Trey Mills, 14.517[6]; 19. 49M-Luke Morey, 14.527[22]; 20. 12-Ryan Montgomery, 14.531[16]; 21. 55E-Eli Johnson, 14.573[13]; 22. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 14.609[7]; 23. T1-Todd Morrow, 14.819[2]; 24. 46-Doug Horton, 15.203[3]; 25. J4-John Garvin Jr, 15.231[20]; 26. 18I-Jason Intoppa, 15.868[12]; 27. 91-Tim Barron, 16.421[14]



CIRRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL STANDINGS

Points updated February 20, 2026

Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 1032  7 2 6 7
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 1024 -8 7 1 4 7
3 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 1010 -22 7 1 3 5
4 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 996 -36 7 0 3 4
5 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 984 -48 7 0 3 4
6 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 968 -64 7 0 1 4
7 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 957 -75 7 0 0 4
8 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 950 -82 7 0 2 2
9 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 944 -88 6 0 1 2
10 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 933 -99 6 0 1 1