DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Macon Speedway
July 7, 2016
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Lady Luck Blesses Bobby Pierce in Summer Nationals Win at Macon
The series returns to action on Friday at Farmer City Raceway



MACON, Ill. (July 7) - Kevin Weaver was poised to win Thursday night at Macon Speedway but bad luck sidelined him, giving red-hot Bobby Pierce another DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory.

Jason Feger led the feature early with Weaver hot on his tail. Weaver took over the top spot from Feger on lap 25 and led big until mechanical issues sidelined Weaver on lap 38.

Weaver's bad luck was Pierce's good luck as inherited the lead and through the remaining laps pulled away from the field.

"That's what it takes to get this many wins. You've got to have luck," Pierce said. "You can be running first and break like Weaver did. He was super fast tonight. I was just kind of waiting for the track to slick off a little bit. I was just kind of biding my time, but he was really fast. I was going to be pretty worried."

Feger finished in second with Bob Gardner in third, Chuck Mitchell in fourth and Daryn Klein in fifth.

The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to action on Friday night at Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Ill.

A-Main
1 3 32 Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL
2 2 25 Jason Feger Bloomington, IL
3 11 4G Bob Gardner East Peoria, IL
4 10 134 Chuck Mitchell Jacksonville, IL
5 8 10 Daryn Klein Fairview Heights, IL
6 4 24 Ryan Unzicker El Paso, IL
7 6 11D Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
8 16 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus, MO
9 17 7H Joseph Hughs Springfield, IL
10 23 38J Jake Little Springfield, IL
11 13 33H Roben Huffman Clinton, IL
12 18 51C Dean Carpenter Coldwater, MS
13 14 11 Gordy Gundaker St Charles, MO
14 21 27K Greg Kimmons Pleasant Plains, IL
15 20 45 Don Hammer Clinton, IL
16 19 44 Matt Taylor Springfield, IL
17 22 98 Danny Smith Argenta, IL
18 5 12B Kevin Weaver Gibson City, IL
19 12 42 Mckay Wenger Fairbury, IL
20 7 C8 Timothy Culp Sheridan, AR
21 1 2 Allen Murray San Antonio, TX
22 15 10X Jim Black Bonne Terre, MO
23 9 18 Shannon Babb Moweaqua, IL

Heat #1
1 2 32 Bobby Pierce
2 1 24 Ryan Unzicker
3 4 C8 Timothy Culp
4 5 134 Chuck Mitchell
5 7 33H Roben Huffman
6 8 16 Rusty Griffaw
7 3 44 Matt Taylor
8 6 74A Russ Adams

Heat #2
1 2 25 Jason Feger
2 1 12B Kevin Weaver
3 3 10 Daryn Klein
4 5 4G Bob Gardner
5 6 11 Gordy Gundaker
6 7 7H Joseph Hughs
7 4 45 Don Hammer
8 8 98 Danny Smith

Heat #3
1 1 2 Allen Murray
2 2 11D Brian Diveley
3 3 18 Shannon Babb
4 4 42 Mckay Wenger
5 6 10X Jim Black
6 7 51C Dean Carpenter
7 5 27K Greg Kimmons


Event Photos courtesy of Jim Denhamer














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