Bobby Pierce
Bobby Pierce of Illinois led all 25 laps of the "Clash at the Mag" opener Thursday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway, earning the $5,000 victory with the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model series co-sanctioned with the COMP Cams dirt series.
Pierce (# 32), a second generation racer (son of "The Tall Cool One" Bob Pierce) picked up his first victory of 2020 after being narrowly defeated two weeks ago in the $50,000 "Stream" race in Ohio at Tony Stewart's dirt track.
Current LODLM points leader Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tennessee raced past last Friday's winner Ross Bailes of South Carolina for the runners-up spot. Georgia's Shane Clanton was fourth with Texan Tyler Erb fifth in the quickly contested non-cautioned feature.
Friday another 25 lap feature is on-tap, at the Columbus based facility near the Alabama/Mississippi state line, leading into Saturday's 100 lap / $15,000 to-Win finale.
Tennessee's Volunteer Speedway, just northeast of Knoxville, hosts a pair of World of Outlaw Late Model series features Friday and Saturday paying $10,000 to-Win each night in Bulls Gap. Both series events are broadcast live on the Internet for subscribers of Lucas Oil Racing TV and DIRTVision respectively.