Bobby Pierce earned his second globed trophy on Saturday night in dramatic fashion as he took the lead for the fourth and final time with just three laps to go. The race saw eight lead changes at the line among four different drivers and it all happened in front of the largest crowd in Eldora Speedway history. 108 total drivers participated in the event.
Heat #1 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1-Tim McCreadie[3]; 3. 11R-Josh Rice[6]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]; 5. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson[5]; 7. 219-Gavin Cowan[9]; 8. 57-Zack Mitchell[8]; 9. 126-Kaede Loudy[11]; 10. 14-Haiden Cowan[14]; 11. 29-Clint Keenan[18]; 12. 17D-Zach Dohm[4]; 13. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[13]; 14. M27-Mike Provenzano[16]; 15. 1B-Rusty Ballenger[10]; 16. 95-Jerry Bowersock[12]; 17. 5N-Dustin Nobbe[17]; 18. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[15]
Heat #2 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 25-Shane Clanton[4]; 3. 30-Ryan Gustin[3]; 4. 10-Joseph Joiner[1]; 5. 72-Mike Norris[6]; 6. 25F-Jason Feger[5]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb[7]; 8. 6H-Clay Harris[12]; 9. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[10]; 10. 15-Clay Stuckey[8]; 11. 12D-Doug Drown[11]; 12. C4-Freddie Carpenter[13]; 13. 8A-Rob Anderzack[16]; 14. 117-Jackson Lovelady[14]; 15. 69-Jon Hodgkiss[15]; 16. 7B-Jeff Babcock[9]; 17. 14W-Terry Wolfenbarger[17]; 18. 21H-Kenneth Howell[18]
Heat #3 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[3]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 4. 93-Carson Ferguson[1]; 5. 12-Jason Jameson[4]; 6. 79-Donald McIntosh[6]; 7. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[9]; 8. 31-Tyler Millwood[8]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 10. 18M-Matt Dooley[10]; 11. 48-Tim Lance[14]; 12. 28B-Carson Brown[12]; 13. 4-Travis Stemler[11]; 14. S21-Seth Daniels[16]; 15. 17-Shannon Thornsberry[13]; 16. 25L-Steve Lance Jr.[15]; 17. 316-Mike Bargo[17]; 18. 7C-Nick Cox[18]
Heat #4 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[1]; 3. 44-Chris Madden[4]; 4. 96-Tanner English[8]; 5. 10S-Garrett Smith[2]; 6. 19M-Spencer Hughes[6]; 7. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[7]; 8. C6-Oakley Johns[12]; 9. 49M-Luke Morey[17]; 10. 83-Jensen Ford[5]; 11. 7R-Kent Robinson[13]; 12. O-Manny Falcon[15]; 13. 6W-Ben Watkins[9]; 14. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 15. 145-Chase Frohnapfel[16]; 16. 89-Mike Spatola[11]; 17. 21-Robby Hensley[14]; 18. 5D-Bryant Dickinson[18]
Heat #5 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal[3]; 3. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 4. 87-Ross Bailes[2]; 5. 18C-Chase Junghans[9]; 6. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 7. 31AUS-Kye Blight[15]; 8. 22-Chris Ferguson[7]; 9. 45-Kyle Hammer[14]; 10. 18-Shannon Babb[12]; 11. 17SS-Brenden Smith[10]; 12. 1N-Casey Noonan[13]; 13. 88-Trent Ivey[8]; 14. 114-Jordan Koehler[5]; 15. 39-Brandon Moore[18]; 16. P3-Jeff Robertson[17]; 17. 64-Luke Anstett[16]; 18. 103-Jason Riggs[11]
Heat #6 – (15)Laps – Top 3 Transfer 1. 17M-Dale McDowell[3]; 2. 11-Brandon Overton[1]; 3. 8S-Brian Shirley[2]; 4. 68-Adam Stricker[5]; 5. 7-Ricky Weiss[9]; 6. 1G-Devin Gilpin[12]; 7. 14H-Wil Herrington[4]; 8. 777-Jared Landers[7]; 9. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[10]; 10. C8-Timothy Culp[6]; 11. 91-Steven Roberts[8]; 12. 11B-Stacy Boles[15]; 13. 25B-Mike Benedum[14]; 14. 11C-Tyler Collins[16]; 15. 101-Forrest Trent[11]; 16. 13-Cody Sommer[13]; 17. 12W-Ashton Winger[17]; 18. 17C-Andy Clark[18]
B-Feature #1 – (20)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[1]; 2. 79-Donald McIntosh[8]; 3. 93-Carson Ferguson[3]; 4. 40B-Kyle Bronson[6]; 5. 28C-Tyler Carpenter[11]; 6. 57-Zack Mitchell[12]; 7. 72-Mike Norris[4]; 8. 29-Clint Keenan[21]; 9. 31-Tyler Millwood[14]; 10. 6H-Clay Harris[13]; 11. 114-Jordan Koehler[25]; 12. 15-Clay Stuckey[19]; 13. 126-Kaede Loudy[15]; 14. 12-Jason Jameson[5]; 15. 14-Haiden Cowan[18]; 16. 22S-Gregg Satterlee[16]; 17. 10-Joseph Joiner[2]; 18. 48-Tim Lance[23]; 19. 18M-Matt Dooley[20]; 20. 219-Gavin Cowan[9]; 21. 1T-Tyler Erb[10]; 22. 2S-Stormy Scott[17]; 23. 12D-Doug Drown[22]; 24. 25F-Jason Feger[7]; 25. 17D-Zach Dohm[24]
B-Feature #2 – (20)Laps – Top 4 Transfer 1. 96-Tanner English[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 3. 87-Ross Bailes[2]; 4. 7-Ricky Weiss[5]; 5. 18C-Chase Junghans[4]; 6. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[17]; 7. 68-Adam Stricker[3]; 8. 7R-Kent Robinson[21]; 9. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[9]; 10. C8-Timothy Culp[20]; 11. C6-Oakley Johns[12]; 12. 1G-Devin Gilpin[8]; 13. 19M-Spencer Hughes[6]; 14. 49M-Luke Morey[15]; 15. 45-Kyle Hammer[16]; 16. 31AUS-Kye Blight[10]; 17. 83-Jensen Ford[18]; 18. 91-Steven Roberts[23]; 19. 17SS-Brenden Smith[22]; 20. O-Manny Falcon[24]; 21. 14H-Wil Herrington[11]; 22. 777-Jared Landers[14]; 23. 22-Chris Ferguson[13]; 24. 18-Shannon Babb[19]; 25. 88-Trent Ivey[25]
A-Feature – (100)Laps 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 17M-Dale McDowell[1]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 1-Tim McCreadie[7]; 5. 99-Devin Moran[5]; 6. 23V-Cory Hedgecock[10]; 7. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 8. 10S-Garrett Smith[20]; 9. 30-Ryan Gustin[14]; 10. 25-Shane Clanton[8]; 11. 71-Hudson O’Neal[11]; 12. B5-Brandon Sheppard[24]; 13. 96-Tanner English[22]; 14. 11R-Josh Rice[13]; 15. 79-Donald McIntosh[23]; 16. 87-Ross Bailes[26]; 17. 18D-Daulton Wilson[15]; 18. 11-Brandon Overton[12]; 19. 44-Chris Madden[16]; 20. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 21. 8S-Brian Shirley[18]; 22. 8-Kyle Strickler[19]; 23. 20-Jimmy Owens[21]; 24. 74X-Ethan Dotson[9]; 25. 93-Carson Ferguson[25]; 26. 40B-Kyle Bronson[27]; 27. 7-Ricky Weiss[28]; 28. 9-Nick Hoffman[17]
Photos by Mike Campbell