Bobby Pierce charges to Illini 100 victory at Farmer City
Photo by Emily Schwanke
FARMER CITY, Ill.—Farmer City Raceway will always hold a special place in Bobby Pierce’s heart, and he added an extra reason why on Saturday night.
The 1/4-mile bullring is less than an hour from his hometown in Oakwood, IL, and it’s one of the places where he learned how to drive a Late Model in the early years of his career. Fast forward to 2021, and Farmer City was the site of his first win with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series presented by DIRTVision.
Five years later, Pierce became a four-time Farmer City winner after getting the best of fellow Illinois native Brandon Sheppard at the front of the Illini 100 finale.
“What a race it was. Farmer City was badass,” Pierce said. “Hats off to Lance [Spieker], everyone here at Farmer City, whoever did track prep. Heat Races weren’t a lot of fun, but that’s what it took to get the Feature to be awesome. Hats off to the track prep crew, what a race it was, being able to come through the field. [Turns] 1 and 2 were all over the place for a while until it went to the bottom. They got [Turns] 3 and 4 dialed in tonight, we were making passes on the bottom, I don’t know the last time we’ve done that here.”
The first third of the race was controlled by Drake Troutman, who was in search of his first win of the year in the G.R. Smith Motorsports No. 22*. But his time out front came to an end on Lap 22, when Friday night winner Brandon Sheppard rolled the middle of Turns 1 and 2 to get alongside. Sheppard and Troutman remained side-by-side for several laps in a signature Farmer City tussle until Sheppard eventually prevailed up high.
By the time Sheppard was starting to get comfortable, Pierce had climbed from 10th in the starting order to second and was knocking on his door. With 19 laps to go, Pierce looked to Sheppard’s inside entering Turn 1, then threw a slider at the opposite end of the track to take the lead.
The race had stayed green to that point and continued to do so until Lap 49, when Tristan Chamberlain spun and collected Brian Shirley and Tim McCreadie. Shirley rolled over on his side in the pileup but climbed out of the car unhurt.
It was all Pierce on the final restart, as he cruised home to his fifth Series win of 2026 and the 47th of his career, bringing him within one of Shane Clanton in fourth on the all-time wins list.
Behind Pierce, Nick Hoffman came home second to maintain his points lead by two, while Sheppard stood on the podium for the second time in as many nights in third. Daulton Wilson and Tyler Erb rounded out the top five.
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RACE NOTES:
Bobby Pierce set the Dirt King Simulators Fastest Hot Lap.
Nick Hoffman won the Simpson Quick Time Award.
Nick Hoffman won Heat 1.
Brandon Sheppard won STAKT Products Heat 2.
Trey Mills won Keyser Manufacturing Heat 3.
Drake Troutman won Jarrett Rifles Heat 4.
Brian Shirley and Jason Feger won the Last Chance Showdowns.
Drake Troutman won the Bilstein Pole Award.
Tyler Erb won the FOX Factory Hard Charger Award.
Daulton Wilson won the MD3 Rookie of the Race Award.
Nick Hoffman was the WELD Racing Second-Place Finisher.
Brandon Sheppard was the WIX Filters Third-Place Finisher.
Daulton Wilson was the ARP Fourth-Place Finisher.
Tyler Erb was the MSD Fifth-Place Finisher.
Drake Troutman was the Swift Springs Sixth-Place Finisher.
Josh Rice was the Penske Racing Shocks Seventh-Place Finisher.
Mike Spatola was VP Racing Fuels Eighth-Place Finisher.
Shannon Babb was the Lifeline Ninth-Place Finisher.
Dustin Sorensen was the COMP Cams 10th-Place Finisher.
Trey Mills was the Quarter Master 11th-Place Finisher.
Dennis Erb Jr. was the Cometic Gaskets 12th-Place Finisher.
Ryan Gustin was the Quarter Master 13th-Place Finisher.
Frank Heckenast Jr. was the ARP 14th-Place Finisher.
Austin Howes was the Arizona Sport Shirts 18th-Place Finisher.
WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES RESULTS (39 entries)
WoO Late Model Feature (60 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[10]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman[3]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 4. 58V-Daulton Wilson[7]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[24]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 7. 11R-Josh Rice[9]; 8. 89-Mike Spatola[11]; 9. 18-Shannon Babb[6]; 10. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 11. 14-Trey Mills[4]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[14]; 13. 19R-Ryan Gustin[23]; 14. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[12]; 15. 9M-Tim McCreadie[8]; 16. 74X-Ethan Dotson[25]; 17. 1Z-Logan Zarin[26]; 18. 17A-Austin Howes[22]; 19. 75-Daniel Adam[20]; 20. 24-Ryan Unzicker[15]; 21. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[5]; 22. 3S-Brian Shirley[17]; 23. 25-Jason Feger[18]; 24. 99-Devin Moran[19]; 25. 40B-Kyle Bronson[13]; 26. 38J-Jake Little[21]
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 3. 38J-Jake Little[4]; 4. 33-Mike Harrison[5]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 6. 122-Timmy Dick[9]; 7. 1M-Mike Mataragas[3]; 8. 33H-Roben Huffman[6]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 10. 1Z-Logan Zarin[11]; 11. 30-Mike Glasscock[8]; 12. B1-Brent Larson[10]
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[2]; 3. 17A-Austin Howes[5]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 5. ZT1-Zach Taylor[6]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 7. 4G-Bob Gardner[3]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]; 9. 729-Mike Winn[10]; 10. K67-Braiden Keller[8]; 11. 99M-Caden McWhorter[11]
WoO Late Model Heat Race 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 9M-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[5]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[2]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[8]; 6. 1M-Mike Mataragas[7]; 7. 33-Mike Harrison[4]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 9. 122-Timmy Dick[9]; 10. 1Z-Logan Zarin[10]
STAKT Products Heat Race 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 58V-Daulton Wilson[7]; 3. 89-Mike Spatola[3]; 4. 24-Ryan Unzicker[4]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[6]; 6. 38J-Jake Little[8]; 7. 33H-Roben Huffman[10]; 8. 30-Mike Glasscock[9]; 9. B1-Brent Larson[2]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]
Keyser Mfg Heat Race 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Trey Mills[1]; 2. 18-Shannon Babb[4]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[6]; 5. 25-Jason Feger[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[9]; 7. 17A-Austin Howes[8]; 8. 55E-Eli Johnson[7]; 9. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 10. 99M-Caden McWhorter[10]
Jarrett Rifles Heat Race 4 (8 Laps): 1. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 2. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[2]; 3. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[4]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam[5]; 6. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 7. ZT1-Zach Taylor[7]; 8. K67-Braiden Keller[8]; 9. 729-Mike Winn[9]
Group A Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman, 12.830[5]; 2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 12.966[7]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 13.064[2]; 4. B1-Brent Larson, 13.076[1]; 5. 9M-Tim McCreadie, 13.101[8]; 6. 89-Mike Spatola, 13.123[4]; 7. 33-Mike Harrison, 13.179[9]; 8. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 13.250[10]; 9. 11R-Josh Rice, 13.264[3]; 10. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 13.290[14]; 11. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 13.329[6]; 12. 99-Devin Moran, 13.389[15]; 13. 1M-Mike Mataragas, 13.400[16]; 14. 58V-Daulton Wilson, 13.450[13]; 15. 3S-Brian Shirley, 13.576[11]; 16. 38J-Jake Little, 13.639[17]; 17. 122-Timmy Dick, 13.698[19]; 18. 30-Mike Glasscock, 13.814[12]; 19. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 13.919[20]; 20. 33H-Roben Huffman, 14.009[18]
Group B Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 14-Trey Mills, 13.110[18]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb, 13.172[17]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert, 13.204[14]; 4. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain, 13.223[10]; 5. 32-Bobby Pierce, 13.226[19]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman, 13.272[16]; 7. 18-Shannon Babb, 13.429[8]; 8. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 13.433[3]; 9. 25-Jason Feger, 13.460[6]; 10. 75-Daniel Adam, 13.511[9]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 13.565[5]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 13.576[7]; 13. 55E-Eli Johnson, 13.630[15]; 14. ZT1-Zach Taylor, 13.647[1]; 15. 17A-Austin Howes, 13.707[4]; 16. K67-Braiden Keller, 13.845[11]; 17. 4G-Bob Gardner, 13.909[13]; 18. 729-Mike Winn, 13.924[12]; 19. 99M-Caden McWhorter, 13.924[2]
CURENT WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODEL SERIES STANDINGS
Points Updated: April 11, 2026
Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 9 Nick Hoffman Mooresville, NC 2198 16 4 14 16
2 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 2196 -2 16 5 11 16
3 9M Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 2059 -139 16 1 6 10
4 58V Daulton Wilson Fayetteville, NC 2040 -158 15 0 4 8
5 1 Tyler Erb New Waverly, TX 2025 -173 16 0 5 9
6 19R Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 2020 -178 16 0 4 8
7 22* Drake Troutman Hyndman, PA 2006 -192 16 0 4 9
8 74X Ethan Dotson Bakersfield, CA 1992 -206 15 0 3 8
9 19 Dustin Sorensen Rochester, MN 1937 -261 16 0 0 7
10 28 Dennis Erb Carpentersville, IL 1931 -267 16 0 2 5
11 14 Trey Mills St. Augustine, FL 1851 -347 12 0 0 3
12 20TC Tristan Chamberlain Richmond, IN 1819 -379 16 0 0 1
13 1Z Logan Zarin Hookstown, PA 1776 -422 13 0 0 0
14 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN 1744 -454 14 0 0 0
15 55E Eli Johnson Clewiston, FL 1650 -548 8 0 0 0
16 T1 Todd Morrow Penton, AL 1488 -710 8 0 0 0
17 49M Luke Morey Zeeland, MI 1236 -962 6 0 0 0
18 44 Chris Madden Gray Court, SC 1159 -1039 10 1 5 5
19 49 Jake Timm Winona, MN 1136 -1062 10 0 0 1
20 16 Sam Seawright Fort Payne, AL 1079 -1119 9 0 0 4
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DIRTcar UMP Modifieds (32 entries)
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[1]; 2. 96M-Mike McKinney[15]; 3. 66-Cole Falloway[4]; 4. 3-Carson Friedman[9]; 5. 27-Beau DeYoung[8]; 6. 0-Damian Kiefer[3]; 7. 09-Michael Ledford[14]; 8. 24-Zeke McKenzie[10]; 9. 89-Austin Friedman[13]; 10. B5-Matthew Baker[2]; 11. 45-Kyle Hammer[12]; 12. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[17]; 13. 150-Collin Alexander[7]; 14. 77-Ray Bollinger[5]; 15. 2-Brayden Doyle[6]; 16. 5-Steven Brooks[20]; 17. 777-Trevor Neville[21]; 18. 99-Charlie Mohr[19]; 19. (DNF) C40-Mike Chasteen Jr[18]; 20. (DNF) 21-Lyndon Whitfill[11]; 21. (DNF) 28M-Frank Marshall[16]; 22. (DNF) 05-Dave Wietholder[22]
Equiplinc Trucks B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[2]; 2. 99-Charlie Mohr[1]; 3. 05-Dave Wietholder[4]; 4. 72A-Austin Lynn[3]; 5. 43A-Larry Anderson[6]; 6. 26-Anthony Carter[5]; 7. (DNS) 114-Austin Hubbard; 8. (DNS) 01B-Donnie Boyer
B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. C40-Mike Chasteen Jr[2]; 2. 5-Steven Brooks[1]; 3. 292-Josh Allen[4]; 4. 27B-Kyle Barker[8]; 5. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt[3]; 6. 21D-John Dimmitt[5]; 7. 777-Trevor Neville[6]; 8. (DNS) 14-Dalton Lane
Willy's Carb Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Matthew Baker[1]; 2. 77-Ray Bollinger[2]; 3. 3-Carson Friedman[3]; 4. 89-Austin Friedman[4]; 5. 99-Charlie Mohr[6]; 6. 72A-Austin Lynn[7]; 7. 26-Anthony Carter[8]; 8. (DNF) 114-Austin Hubbard[5]
Lethal Chassis Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18L-Michael Long[2]; 2. 150-Collin Alexander[1]; 3. 21-Lyndon Whitfill[4]; 4. 96M-Mike McKinney[5]; 5. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig[3]; 6. 05-Dave Wietholder[6]; 7. 43A-Larry Anderson[7]; 8. (DNS) 01B-Donnie Boyer
Allgaier Performance Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 0-Damian Kiefer[2]; 2. 2-Brayden Doyle[1]; 3. 24-Zeke McKenzie[3]; 4. 09-Michael Ledford[6]; 5. 5-Steven Brooks[4]; 6. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt[7]; 7. 21D-John Dimmitt[8]; 8. (DNF) 14-Dalton Lane[5]
Vanquish Racecars Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 66-Cole Falloway[1]; 2. 27-Beau DeYoung[3]; 3. 45-Kyle Hammer[6]; 4. 28M-Frank Marshall[5]; 5. C40-Mike Chasteen Jr[4]; 6. 292-Josh Allen[7]; 7. 777-Trevor Neville[2]; 8. (DNF) 27B-Kyle Barker[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. B5-Matthew Baker, 14.026[11]; 2. 150-Collin Alexander, 14.123[6]; 3. 77-Ray Bollinger, 14.129[5]; 4. 18L-Michael Long, 14.142[16]; 5. 3-Carson Friedman, 14.152[10]; 6. 5S-Owen Steinkoenig, 14.173[3]; 7. 89-Austin Friedman, 14.195[4]; 8. 21-Lyndon Whitfill, 14.254[14]; 9. 114-Austin Hubbard, 14.282[12]; 10. 96M-Mike McKinney, 14.329[7]; 11. 99-Charlie Mohr, 14.348[8]; 12. 05-Dave Wietholder, 14.447[13]; 13. 72A-Austin Lynn, 14.467[2]; 14. 43A-Larry Anderson, 14.697[15]; 15. 26-Anthony Carter, 15.089[1]; 16. 01B-Donnie Boyer, 15.676[9]
Qualifying 2: 1. 2-Brayden Doyle, 13.909[14]; 2. 66-Cole Falloway, 13.944[9]; 3. 0-Damian Kiefer, 14.063[12]; 4. 777-Trevor Neville, 14.074[1]; 5. 24-Zeke McKenzie, 14.155[3]; 6. 27-Beau DeYoung, 14.195[13]; 7. 5-Steven Brooks, 14.200[5]; 8. C40-Mike Chasteen Jr, 14.234[8]; 9. 14-Dalton Lane, 14.363[4]; 10. 28M-Frank Marshall, 14.365[11]; 11. 09-Michael Ledford, 14.374[15]; 12. 45-Kyle Hammer, 14.468[2]; 13. Z1-Zac Oedewaldt, 14.524[7]; 14. 292-Josh Allen, 14.555[6]; 15. 21D-John Dimmitt, 14.748[10]; 16. 27B-Kyle Barker, 14.836[16]
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