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September 27
Tyler County Speedway,
Middlebourne, WV
Sanction: Castrol FloRacing Night in America - $23,023
Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated September 27, 10:22 pm)
Still-sizzling Pierce rolls to Tyler County victory
  1. Bobby Pierce
  2. Hudson O'Neal
  3. Tim McCreadie
  4. Ricky Thornton Jr.
  5. Jonathan Davenport
  6. Garrett Alberson
  7. Mike Marlar
  8. Henry Hornsby III
  9. Dennis Erb Jr.
  10. Kyle Hardy
  11. Ryan Montgomery
  12. Mike Benedum
  13. Daulton Wilson
  14. Kris Southern
  15. Derek Stefanick
  16. Tyler Carpenter
  17. Colten Burdette
  18. Brian Baumberger
  19. Drake Troutman
  20. Shane Hitt
  21. Freddie Carpenter
  22. Jacob Hawkins
presented by
Tyler Carr
Bobby Pierce (32) repelled Hudson O’Neal (1) for a Tyler County victory.
What won the race: Picking up where he left off before taking a 16-day September break, outside front-row starter Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., led all 50 laps Wednesday at Tyler County Speedway for his second straight Castrol FloRacing Night in America victory. Pierce earned $23,023 in extending his series points lead while taking the checkers 0.931 seconds ahead of Hudson O’Neal.
Key notes: Pierce has a series-leading five career Castrol victories, including Sept. 12's victory at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway in his previous start. ... The winner of six of his last seven starts (losing only the World 100), Pierce notched his 31st overall victory of 2023. ... He's won 15 of 19 starts since Aug. 1. ... The most serious incident in Tyler County's 50-lapper was Shane Hitt's rollover on the backstretch on the fifth lap; he wasn't injured.
On the move: Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., started ninth and finished fifth.
Winner's sponsors: Pierce’s Longhorn Chassis is sponsored by Hoker Trucking, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Cajun Pools & Spas, Bloomington Normal Truck Performance, Carnaghi Towing & Repair, Floyd’s Waste Systems, Vic Hill Race Engines, Swift Springs, Bilstein Shocks, Toyota of Danville, Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body Shop, Extreme Electric, Fast1 Speed Shop, Performance Bodies, A Plus Vacuum, Lekg Tree Service, Bert Transmission by Budda, Velocita-USA, Robert and Sons Aluminum, VP Racing Fuels and FK Rod Ends.
Points chase: After Tyler County: 1. Bobby Pierce (672); 2. Hudson O'Neal (657); 3. Jonathan Davenport (591); 4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (587); 5. Tim McCreadie (585); 6. Dennis Erb Jr. (527); 7. Brandon Sheppard (507); 8. Mike Marlar (504); 9. Tanner English (393); 10. Devin Moran (330).
Current weather: Overcast, 64°F
Car count: 31
Fast qualifier: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Time: 12.368 seconds
Polesitter: Garrett Alberson
Heat race winners: Garrett Alberson, Bobby Pierce, Hudson O'Neal
Consolation race winners: Tyler Carpenter
Next series race: October 12, Tri-County Racetrack (Brasstown, NC) $23,023
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
From staff reports

MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. — With little racing experience at Tyler County Speedway, Bobby Pierce wasn't particularly confident about finding success at the high-banked quarter-mile bullring when penciling it onto his 2023 racing calendar.

"You know, this is one of them racetracks we were looking at on the schedule saying, 'Man if we, if we get a top-five or something like that, that's a win,' " Pierce said.

But the Pierce who was crafting his 2023 schedule and the Pierce who's on the winningest stretch of his racing career is two different drivers, so no one was too surprised Wednesday when he led all 50 laps for his second consecutive Castrol FloRacing Night in America victory.

To take the checkers at Tyler County "is just unbelievable," the 26-year-old Oakwood, Ill., driver, but he added it to a list of unbelievable performances going back to Aug. 1.

Pierce, who has 31 victories overall in 2023, has 15 victories in 19 starts going back to the beginning of August, and Tyler County marks his sixth victory in his last seven feature starts (losing on at Eldora Speedway's World 100).

Even taking a 16-day break after his Sept. 12 Castrol victory at Fairbury — earning $23,023 just like he did at Tyler County — didn't slow the momentum of a driver who's leading the points not only on the Castrol circuit but also the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series and XR Super Series.

Pierce turned back a late-race challenge from Hudson O'Neal of Martinsville, Ind., taking the checkers 0.931 seconds ahead of the West Virginia-based Rocket Chassis house car while Tim McCreadie of Watertown, N.Y., finished third. Ricky Thornton Jr. of Chandler, Ariz., who overcame a heat race wreck, was fourth and Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., Castrol's 2021 winner at Tyler County, rounded out the top five.

Pierce deftly handled lapped traffic most of the way and adjusted his line to keep O'Neal at bay before a lap-45 caution that gave him some breathing room over the final five laps.

"I was a little nervous whole race because I don't have many laps here. The dirty air was really hard. When you get behind a (lapped car) it would just set your car over. It was tough, man. It was hard to see in a lapped traffic, the caution came out and had some clean air that kind of helped," Pierce said. "Hudson showed his nose and I was like, 'Man, I gotta keep blocking the slider, because it's possibly coming.' It was kind of hurting my lap times when I was doing that, but it's just kind of what I had to do there. I guess he eventually jumped the cushion a little bit and I got back away from him, but an awesome night."

O'Neal would've like to have had a shot at Pierce without the slowdown in the final stages.

"I didn't need the yellow. I felt like I had a better shot with him in lapped traffic. I felt like my car was really, really maneuverable everywhere and, yeah, once we had that caution, like (Pierce) said, just clean air and being able to predict your own line and keep your car loaded's everything," O'Neal said. "I thought I was gonna have a run at him, and then he moved down and took my line away from me just a little bit. And then that was it. ... This the best I've ever ran here, so I'll take it."

The most serious incident in Tyler County's 50-lapper drew a red flag when, following a lap-five restart, Shane Hitt barrel-rolled down the backstretch. Hitt's car ended up on its wheels and he wasn't injured. Hitt got out of shape exiting turn two, making contact with Mike Marlar and then sliding in front of Colten Burdette, who had nowhere to go in sending Hitt's car rolling.

Besides the red flag, three yellow flags slowed the action, including a lap-45 yellow when Burdette got into the turn-four fence.

The first start was called back, and another caution flew on lap five for debris that fell from Freddie Carpenter's car after hit got into the guardrail.

Notes: Pierce was making his second appearance at Tyler County and first in five years. ... The feature ended at 8:58 p.m. ... There was some feisty action in the heats. ... DirtonDirt.com's top-ranked driver Ricky Thornton Jr. ran into trouble in the opening heat after contact with McCreadie while they battled for the lead. Thornton sustained heavy contact from Jacob Hawkins, Tim Dohm and Travis Brown. Brown and Dohm were unable to continue, while Thornton soldiered on to finish third. ... In the third heat, Daulton Wilson and Logan Roberson made heavy contact on the second lap, sending Roberson spinning; Roberson settled for ninth while Wilson finished seventh after changing flat front tires.

Feature lineup

Row 1: Alberson, Pierce
Row 2: O'Neal, McCreadie
Row 3: Montgomery, Hornsby III
Row 4: Thornton, D. Erb Jr.
Row 5: Davenport, Benedum
Row 6: Marlar, F. Carpenter
Row 7: Jac. Hawkins, Troutman
Row 8: Hardy, Hitt
Row 9: Burdette, Wilson
Row 10: T. Carpenter, Southern
Row 11: Baumberger, Stefanick
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