Race Story

Bobby Pierce Races to FloRacing Night in America Eldora Checkers.
Illinois Racer Collects $20,000 for Second Win of 2025.

ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 4, 2025) — Bobby Pierce raced from the sixth-starting spot to snare the $20,000 FloRacing Night in America presented by Kubota victory at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday night.

Hudson O’Neal led the first 24 laps from the outside-front-row starting position before Pierce took the lead, existing turn 4 on lap 25 and led the remainder of the 50-lap affair.

“The track was super fun tonight with a lot of character, but no mistake about it there’s no way I could’ve driven that way for 100 laps tonight, so it worked in this 50 lapper but wouldn’t have gone so great on Saturday,” Pierce laughed in Victory Lane. “We had that one restart, and I was a little worried because I knew I had spoiler damage and McDowell was up to third, but ultimately everything worked out. It’s kind of wild to think this winning streak we have right now at Eldora over the past year with the World (100) and the Dirt Track (World Championship).”

Eighth-starting Dale McDowell rode the low line by Nick Hoffman for third on the 30^th lap but started outside O’Neal on the lap-48 restart and couldn’t advance further. Fourth-running Devin Moran slowed on lap 48, triggering the race’s second caution and setting up a three-lap dash to the finish. Moran lost oil pressure entering turn one and attempted to make the backstretch pit opening but spun to a stop.

O’Neal and McDowell completed the podium finishers, while Hoffman finished fourth after reclaiming the spot following Moran’s woes. Garrett Alberson rounded out the Top-5 finishers.

Race Results

Event Box Score

Late Models 06-04-2025

Heat #1 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[2]; 3. 9M-Tim McCreadie[5]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 5. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[9]; 7. 7-Montana Dudley[7]; 8. 89-Mike Spatola[11]; 9. 49-Jonathan Davenport[8]; 10. S21-Seth Daniels[12]; 11. 17SR-Brody Smith[14]; 12. O7-Ben Sukup[13]; 13. 12-Jason Jameson[6]; 14. 7W-Ricky Weiss[10]; 15. 114B-Clayton Bryant[15]

Heat #2 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[6]; 4. 22st-Drake Troutman[5]; 5. O1-Tyler Erb[4]; 6. 17-Zack Dohm[2]; 7. 11B-Ross Bailes[7]; 8. 81-Jason Riggs[9]; 9. 93L-Cory Lawler[11]; 10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[10]; 11. 6-Clay Harris[12]; 12. 12R-Ryan Payne[8]; 13. 95-Jerry Bowersock[13]; 14. 55E-Eli Johnson[14]

Heat #3 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 2. 76-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[3]; 4. 10S-Garrett Smith[4]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 6. 5-Mark Whitener[11]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner[5]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[10]; 9. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[14]; 10. 83-Jensen Ford[7]; 11. 11-Evan Koehler[8]; 12. C6-Oakley Johns[13]; 13. 101-Forrest Trent[12]; 14. 17SS-Brenden Smith[9]

Heat #4 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 3. 57-Zack Mitchell[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[6]; 5. 2-Cody Overton[5]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening[4]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson[8]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[11]; 9. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 10. 25-Jason Feger[13]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[12]; 12. OO-Justin Cooper[14]; 13. 2X-John Henderson[10]; 14. 13-Dylan Thornton[7]

Heat #5 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 96-Tanner English[1]; 2. 9H-Nick Hoffman[3]; 3. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 4. 22-Chris Ferguson[4]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard[8]; 6. 15K-Wil Herrington[7]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[10]; 8. 15D-Justin Duty[5]; 9. 111-Max Blair[9]; 10. 18X-Michael Page[11]; 11. 4G-Kody Evans[13]; 12. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 13. 11A-Allen Styck[12]; 14. 71R-Rod Conley[14]

Heat #6 – (10)Laps – Top 3 Transfer
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 88-Trent Ivey[3]; 3. 25C-Shane Clanton[7]; 4. OOW-Ashton Winger[5]; 5. 14JR-Trey Mills[6]; 6. 11S-Austin Smith[2]; 7. 114-Jordan Koehler[4]; 8. 25S-Chad Simpson[8]; 9. 81F-Jadon Frame[11]; 10. O9-Michael Leach[9]; 11. 28B-Carson Brown[10]; 12. 4-Kale Green[14]; 13. 388-Jackson Hise[13]; 14. C4-Freddie Carpenter[12]

B-Feature #1 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. O1-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 22st-Drake Troutman[2]; 5. 19M-Spencer Hughes[5]; 6. 11B-Ross Bailes[8]; 7. 17-Zack Dohm[6]; 8. 89-Mike Spatola[9]; 9. S21-Seth Daniels[12]; 10. 7W-Ricky Weiss[20]; 11. 49-Jonathan Davenport[23]; 12. 81-Jason Riggs[10]; 13. 7-Montana Dudley[7]; 14. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[13]; 15. 12-Jason Jameson[18]; 16. 6-Clay Harris[15]; 17. 95-Jerry Bowersock[19]; 18. 93L-Cory Lawler[11]; 19. 114B-Clayton Bryant[22]; 20. 17SR-Brody Smith[14]; 21. 12R-Ryan Payne[17]; 22. O7-Ben Sukup[16]

B-Feature #2 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 10S-Garrett Smith[1]; 2. 5-Mark Whitener[5]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[3]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[2]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson[8]; 6. 2-Cody Overton[4]; 7. 10-Joseph Joiner[7]; 8. 43-Derrick Stewart[9]; 9. 16-Tyler Bruening[6]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert[12]; 11. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[16]; 12. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[11]; 13. 25-Jason Feger[14]; 14. 19-Dustin Sorensen[10]; 15. 101-Forrest Trent[19]; 16. 17SS-Brenden Smith[21]; 17. OO-Justin Cooper[18]; 18. 2X-John Henderson[20]; 19. 13-Dylan Thornton[22]; 20. 83-Jensen Ford[13]; 21. C6-Oakley Johns[17]

B-Feature #3 – (12)Laps – Top 2 Transfer
1. 22-Chris Ferguson[1]; 2. 14JR-Trey Mills[4]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[7]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 5. 25S-Chad Simpson[10]; 6. 15K-Wil Herrington[5]; 7. 15D-Justin Duty[9]; 8. 114-Jordan Koehler[8]; 9. 111-Max Blair[11]; 10. 81F-Jadon Frame[12]; 11. 18X-Michael Page[13]; 12. 11A-Allen Styck[19]; 13. O9-Michael Leach[14]; 14. 28B-Carson Brown[16]; 15. 71R-Rod Conley[21]; 16. 4-Kale Green[18]; 17. OOW-Ashton Winger[2]; 18. 11S-Austin Smith[6]; 19. 388-Jackson Hise[20]; 20. 4G-Kody Evans[15]

A-Feature – (50)Laps
1. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 3. 17M-Dale McDowell[8]; 4. 9H-Nick Hoffman[10]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 6. 11R-Josh Rice[5]; 7. 9M-Tim McCreadie[13]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[16]; 9. 18D-Daulton Wilson[17]; 10. 96-Tanner English[4]; 11. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 12. 1-Brandon Sheppard[28]; 13. 44-Chris Madden[7]; 14. 49-Jonathan Davenport[25]; 15. 5-Mark Whitener[23]; 16. 19R-Ryan Gustin[27]; 17. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[26]; 18. 57-Zack Mitchell[14]; 19. 157-Mike Marlar[19]; 20. 99-Devin Moran[9]; 21. 22-Chris Ferguson[21]; 22. O1-Tyler Erb[22]; 23. 10S-Garrett Smith[20]; 24. 88-Trent Ivey[12]; 25. 14JR-Trey Mills[24]; 26. 25Z-Mason Zeigler[15]; 27. 76-Brandon Overton[11]; 28. 25C-Shane Clanton[18]

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