February 22, 2026 | By Spence Smithback, World of Outlaws Late Model Series PR

Hoffman Beats Pierce to the Flag in Swamp Cabbage 100 Duel at Hendry County

CLEWISTON, Fla.—If Hendry County Motorsports Park wasn’t on the national radar before this weekend, it most definitely is now.

The track’s inaugural visit by the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision reached its conclusion with two of the sport’s modern-day titans putting on a show for a Swamp Cabbage 100 trophy.

At the end of 60 laps of back-and-forth racing, Nick Hoffman held off Bobby Pierce to score his third World of Outlaws win of the year and swing the momentum back in his favor leaving Florida.

“This place was really good,” said Hoffman, who carries a 10-point lead over Pierce into the next stop on tour at Volunteer Speedway on March 13. “I had my doubts, I will say. Tonight’s track, the racing surface was great. Had a little bit of character, but I feel like that’s what evened it out a little bit. I didn’t plan on this, I can tell you that. I thought if I can get through this weekend with a couple decent points nights, but man, this is badass.”

After Pierce wrestled the lead away from Bilstein Pole Award winner Sam Seawright early on, Hoffman got his first look at the lead 14 laps in when he rolled the bottom of Turns 3 and 4 well enough to nose in front going into Turn 1. The next time around, Hoffman jumped the cushion in Turn 2 and let Pierce get back by, but he was bailed out by a caution for a slowing Eli Johnson that handed the lead back to Hoffman.

Late in the race, most of the field had migrated to Hoffman’s preferred inside groove, leaving the top wide open for Pierce to put a last-ditch effort together. Pierce used a strong run off the top of Turn 2 to cross down under Hoffman going into Turn 3, and Hoffman responded by moving up top himself to keep it side-by-side. The duo soon came up to the slower car of Tristan Chamberlain, and Hoffman kept Pierce pinned behind the No. 20TC long enough to clear him and get back to the bottom.

With a clear track to settle the race, Hoffman kept it low while Pierce went back to the cushion on the final lap. There wasn’t quite enough juice on the top for Pierce to make the Hail Mary work, and he came up a car length short to Hoffman at the flag stand.

“If [Pierce] was going to get it, he was going to have to earn it,” Hoffman said. “I just knew that bottom was starting to clean up and get pretty good, so he threw caution to the wind and was going for it.”

Ryan Gustin finished third for his best result of the season in World of Outlaws competition, while Drake Troutman and Ethan Dotson rounded out the top five.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision continues the 2026 season in east Tennessee at Volunteer Speedway (Friday, March 13) and Smoky Mountain Speedway (Saturday, March 14). Get tickets in advance by clicking here.

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RACE NOTES:

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


WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES (27 entries)

Saturday, February 21, 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]



CURRENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS

Points Updated: February 21, 2026

Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 1043  8 3 7 8
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 1033 -10 8 1 5 8
3 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 1010 -33 8 1 3 5
4 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 1004 -39 8 0 3 5
5 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 998 -45 8 0 4 5
6 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 986 -57 8 0 2 5
7 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 981 -62 8 0 0 5
8 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 968 -75 7 0 2 3
9 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 964 -79 8 0 2 3
10 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 949 -94 7 0 1 1