{"id":24043,"date":"2016-07-11T07:47:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100.24.212.105\/?p=24043"},"modified":"2016-07-14T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T12:53:00","slug":"double-digits-for-bobby-pierce-with-quincy-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirtcar.com\/divisions\/late-models\/double-digits-for-bobby-pierce-with-quincy-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Digits for Bobby Pierce with Quincy Win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bobby Pierce<\/p><\/div>\n
The series takes Monday off as it returns to action for its final Champions Week on Tuesday at Plymouth Speedway<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n
QUINCY, Ill. – July 10, 2016 – Bobby Pierce did something Sunday night few before him have done – he scored his 10th DIRTcar Summer Nationals victory of the season after a battle with Tyler Erb at Quincy Raceways.<\/p>\n
Pierce, the 19-year-old from Oakwood, Ill., became just the fifth driver in Summer Nationals history to reach double-digit wins in a single season.<\/p>\n
Erb, also 19 years old, started on the pole but it was Pierce with his smooth line around the track that took the early lead. Erb looked for a way around and with Pierce survived a mid-race crash in front of them, but was never able to get around.<\/p>\n
“It was a different Quincy Raceway tonight,” Pierce said. “They kind of refigured the race track and made it a lot less banked. It was really bottom dominant.”<\/p>\n
“When we took the lead that early, I was like, ‘all right, just settle down here and try to find a smooth line around the race track.’ And then, once we kind of got rolling there\u2026 it got pretty simple to just stay down there and try not to make a little mistake, and it worked out for us.”<\/p>\n
Shannon Babb, in 2006, was the last driver to score 10 or more wins in a single season.<\/p>\n
The DIRTcar Summer Nationals returns to action on Tuesday for the final countdown of events and the Champions Week at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway.<\/p>\n