DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Jacksonville Speedway
June 21, 2016
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Bobby Pierce Continues to Roll with Jacksonville Win Summer Nationals kicks off Heartland Tour week
by Aaron Fiedler
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (June 21) - Bobby Pierce continued his Summer Nationals dominance Tuesday night at Jacksonville Speedway's ILMO Propane Wildman Kelly Classic as he battled Mike Marlar to score his third win so far this season.
Pierce, the 19-year-old reigning Summer Nationals champion, came into the Heartland Tour kick off at Jacksonville after the first Monday break. After setting a new track record of 11.783 during qualifying, Pierce started the 40-lap feature in sixth with Marlar on the pole.
Pierce very quickly powered through the field once the green flag fell and found his way around the leader Marlar on lap 14. Through the remaining laps, Pierce was in a class all his own as Marlar looked for some way to catch the No. 32. Just before a caution on lap 37, Pierce nearly had the entire field lapped, having caught the battle for third at that point.
Pierce easily closed out the night with his second win in a row and third in five races. It was his 10th career Summer Nationals victory.
"Man, it's starting off really good," Pierce said. "I just hope it keeps going."
Marlar, who has consistently been up front through the still young Summer Nationals tour, closed out the night in second with Michael Kloos getting a hard fought third place finish.
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to action on Wednesday at Farley Speedway in Farley, Iowa.
A-Main
1 6 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
2 1 157 Mike Marlar Winfield, TN
3 2 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
4 4 12B Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
5 7 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
6 16 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
7 5 28E Dennis Erb, Jr Carpentersville, IL
8 8 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
9 10 134 Chuck Mitchell Jacksonville, IL
10 17 15 Kolby Vandenbergh Ashland, IL
11 21 27K Greg Kimmons Pleasant Plains, IL
12 9 B5 Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL
13 18 7B Mark Burgtorf Quincy, IL
14 20 16H Mike Hammerle St Charles, MO
15 19 C8 Timothy Culp Sheridan, AR
16 3 61 Caleb Ashby Cunningham, TN
17 22 45 Don Hammer Clinton, IL
18 12 4G Bob Gardner East Peoria, IL
19 13 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
20 14 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL
21 11 11 Gordy Gundaker St Charles, MO
22 15 1ST Justin Reed Camp Point, IL
B-Main
1 4 25 Jason Feger
2 2 15 Kolby Vandenbergh
3 7 7B Mark Burgtorf
4 3 16B Bo Brockway
5 5 45 Don Hammer
6 1 B1 Brent Larson
7 8 27C Chris Cowling
8 13 16 Rusty Griffaw
9 12 C8 Timothy Culp
10 10 33H Billy Hough
11 9 22 Daniel Jacober
12 6 16H Mike Hammerle
13 11 27K Greg Kimmons
Heat #1
1 2 61 Caleb Ashby
2 1 12B Kevin Weaver
3 3 18 Shannon Babb
4 4 134 Chuck Mitchell
5 6 24 Ryan Unzicker
6 7 B1 Brent Larson
7 5 25 Jason Feger
8 8 7B Mark Burgtorf
9 9 33H Billy Hough
10 10 16 Rusty Griffaw
Heat #2
1 1 6K Michael Kloos
2 4 28E Dennis Erb, Jr
3 2 11D Brian Diveley
4 3 11 Gordy Gundaker
5 9 27M Rodney Melvin
6 5 15 Kolby Vandenbergh
7 6 45 Don Hammer
8 8 27C Chris Cowling
9 7 27K Greg Kimmons
Heat #3
1 2 157 Mike Marlar
2 1 32 Bobby Pierce
3 3 B5 Brandon Sheppard
4 5 4G Bob Gardner
5 6 1ST Justin Reed
6 7 16B Bo Brockway
7 9 16H Mike Hammerle
8 8 22 Daniel Jacober
9 4 C8 Timothy Culp
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