DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Belle Clair Speedway
June 29, 2016
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Bobby Pierce Returns to the Top with Win at Belle Clair Speedway
The series returns to action Thursday at Springfield Raceway



by Aaron Fiedler
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (June 29) - After rare bad luck at Clarksville Speedway on Tuesday night, Bobby Pierce rebounded on Wednesday to win at Belle-Clair Speedway and claim his sixth DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of the season.

Jason Feger looked to be the driver to beat early as he tried for his first Summer Nationals victory of the season. On the green, he jumped ahead of Ryan Unzicker. Through the opening laps, Unzicker tried to run down Feger and nearly had him when a caution flag flew.

After the caution, Feger pulled away as Pierce battled into third and then began challenging Unzicker for second. Through traffic, the top three stayed tight and Pierce was able to take over second on lap 30. On a restart with 10 laps remaining, Pierce took his shot. Feger bobbled on the back straight and Pierce took the lead.

"I was just kind of being patient, waiting for him to hopefully to do that," Pierce said. "And right when he did that, at the same time I had a heckuva run, and I just decided to take it right there, and luckily it paid off."

Feger finished in second with Unzicker in third.

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals continues to roll Thursday night with a stop at Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Mo.

A-Main
1 5 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
2 2 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
3 3 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
4 1 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus, MO
5 6 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL
6 14 C8 Timothy Culp Sheridan, AR
7 8 27M Rodney Melvin Benton, IL
8 9 1S Rick Salter Aviston, IL
9 12 11 Gordy Gundaker St Charles, MO
10 11 10 Daryn Klein Fairview Heights, IL
11 15 16H Mike Hammerle St Charles, MO
12 19 4G Bob Gardner East Peoria, IL
13 10 86B Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
14 17 27K Greg Kimmons Pleasant Plains, IL
15 22 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN
16 21 27F Corey Ford Belleville, IL
17 4 78 Chad Zobrist Highland, IL
18 13 T4 Adam Tischhauser Mulberry Grove, IL
19 20 6K Michael Kloos Trenton, IL
20 16 27S Mike Schulte Summer Field, IL
21 18 25M Myles Moos Lincoln, IL
22 7 44 Matt Taylor Springfield, IL

B-Main
1 1 27K Greg Kimmons
2 2 25M Myles Moos
3 3 6K Michael Kloos
4 4 30V Mark Voigt
5 5 94 Austin Rettig
6 8 87 Jason Zobrist
7 13 0 Dewayne Kiefer
8 16 1M Jim Moon
9 9 B1 Brent Larson
10 12 25X Frankie Martin
11 15 15R Richard Frost
12 14 1X Daniel Hopper
13 10 27F Corey Ford
14 6 4 Jason Suhre
15 17 21T Trevor Thornton
16 7 4G Bob Gardner
17 11 9G Larry Greer

C-Main
1 1 0 Dewayne Kiefer
2 2 1X Daniel Hopper
3 4 15R Richard Frost
4 5 1M Jim Moon
5 6 21T Trevor Thornton
6 3 33X Tim Manville
7 7 12S Rick Standridge

Heat #1
1 2 78 Chad Zobrist
2 1 32 Bobby Pierce
3 4 1S Rick Salter
4 3 T4 Adam Tischhauser
5 7 27K Greg Kimmons
6 5 94 Austin Rettig
7 6 B1 Brent Larson
8 8 0 Dewayne Kiefer
9 9 1M Jim Moon

Heat #2
1 1 24 Ryan Unzicker
2 2 44 Matt Taylor
3 5 10 Daryn Klein
4 8 16H Mike Hammerle
5 4 6K Michael Kloos
6 3 4G Bob Gardner
7 6 9G Larry Greer
8 7 33X Tim Manville
9 9 12S Rick Standridge

Heat #3
1 2 16 Rusty Griffaw
2 1 18 Shannon Babb
3 3 86B Kyle Beard
4 5 C8 Timothy Culp
5 6 25M Myles Moos
6 4 4 Jason Suhre
7 7 27F Corey Ford
8 9 1X Daniel Hopper
9 8 21T Trevor Thornton

Heat #4
1 1 25 Jason Feger
2 2 27M Rodney Melvin
3 3 11 Gordy Gundaker
4 5 27S Mike Schulte
5 4 30V Mark Voigt
6 7 87 Jason Zobrist
7 8 25X Frankie Martin
8 6 15R Richard Frost


Event Photos courtesy of Jim Denhamer










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