DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Oakshade Raceway
July 16, 2016
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Jon Henry Scores at Oakshade as Bobby Pierce Wins the Championship
Pierce walks away with championship after a dominating season

WAUSEON, Ohio - July 16, 2016 - Jon Henry dominated the DIRTcar Summer Nationals finale at Oakshade Raceway on Saturday night as he scored the 18th Annual Birthday Race. As Henry of Ada, Ohio, celebrated his race win, 19-year-old Bobby Pierce celebrated his second straight series championship.

Henry started the night's feature on the outside pole and quickly took control of the race. Henry held off Jason Feger, who took the previous night's win and Pierce who charged into second late in the race.

Through three restarts Henry easily dispatched his competition and even with lapped traffic late in the feature, Henry crossed the finish line nearly two seconds ahead of Pierce, who finished in second.

The $10,000 victory is the biggest of Henry's career.

"It's unreal," Henry said. "It's something I always dreamed to do… it's very emotional, to be honest with you. It doesn't really sink in, but it's gonna sink in probably here soon - tomorrow and the next week and the next month - that we were able to accomplish something that we've always wanted to do and in front of a great crowd."

For Pierce, the second place finish wrapped up a dominating season that saw him in victory lane 10 times, score three of the five weekly championships and easily secure the DIRTcar Summer Nationals championship, his second straight.

"I wanted to get that last (win) so I could be 50/50 (11 wins in 22 features), but it's been a great Hell Tour," Pierce said. "It's really cool to do it again. There's a lot of competition with this series, and venturing out to other places… not only did we win the championship, but we ran really good at a lot of tracks that I'm not really used to running at. I'm pretty proud of the team and everyone who helped us out."

Pierce is the first repeat Summer Nationals champion since Dennis Erb Jr. won three in a row from 2007 to 2009. He also became just the fifth driver in Summer Nationals history to cross over the double-digit win mark, joining greats Shannon Babb, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer and Don O'Neal.

DIRTcar Summer Nationals Statistical Report; Oakshade Raceway; Wauseon, Ohio

A-Main: 1. Jon Henry (Ada, OH), 2. Bobby Pierce (Oakwood, IL), 3. Matt Miller (Findlay, OH), 4. Kent Robinson (Bloomington, IN), 5. Wayne Chinn (Bradford, OH), 6. Ryan Unzicker (El Paso, IL), 7. Gordy Gundaker (St Charles, MO), 8. Brian Ruhlman (Clarklake, MI), 9. Devin Shiels (Britton, MI), 10. Devin Moran (Dresden, OH), 11. Steve Kester (Holland, OH), 12. Bob Gardner (East Peoria, IL), 13. Casey Noonan (Toledo, OH), 14. Rob Anderzack (Metamora, OH), 15. Rusty Schlenk (Weston, OH), 16. Taylor Scheffler (Waukesha, WI), 17. Mason Zeigler (Uniontown, PA), 18. Jason Feger (Bloomington, IL), 19. Curtis Roberts (Coleman, MI), 20. Jeep Van Wormer (Pinconning, MI), 21. Steve Casebolt (Richmond, TN), 22. Nick Kurtz (Greenville, MI).