STUART, Iowa – Bobby Pierce was not going to be denied during Thursday night’s Midwest Latemodel Racing Ass’n stop at Stuart Int’l Speedway.
Pierce charged forward from 13th on the grid to win the 40-lap main event at the high-banked, quarter-mile clay oval, beating Chris Simpson to the checkered flag.
In the process, Pierce picked up Casey’s General Store Hard Charger honors on the night.
Simpson chased the familiar red No. 32 valiantly but was forced to settle for second in the end, followed by Tyler Bruening, Will Vaught and Jordan Yaggy.
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Billy Moyer finished sixth in the 23-car field.
The finish:
Bobby Pierce, Chris Simpson, Tyler Bruening, Will Vaught, Jordan Yaggy, Billy Moyer, Chad Simpson, Mitch McGrath, Richie Gustin, Logan Martin, Jake Neal, Jeremy Grady, J.C. Wyman, Allen Murray, Brian Kosiski, Dave Eckrich, Jay Johnson, Chad Holladay, Jesse Stovall, Andrew Kosiski, Terry Phillips, Payton Looney, Joseph Gorby.