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Weiss’ Saturday effort ends in eighth, behind multi-time series winner Pierce

From DirtonDirt.com Staff Reports

VADO, NM (January 13) - Taking the point with an inside move by early leader Brandon Sheppard on the second lap, pole-starter Bobby Pierce, of Oakwood, IL paced the remaining distance to win Saturday's fifth round 40-lap feature at Vado Speedway Park. Pierce's fourth straight miniseries victory guaranteed him at least a $25,000 bonus, courtesy of Penske Racing Shocks.

The second-starting Sheppard faded as low as third after leading the first lap but recovered to take the runner-up spot on a lap-34 restart and finished 1.369 seconds behind Pierce.

Ricky Weiss was the highest WISSOTA-region driver to finish, with his drive ending in eighth. Dustin Sorensen, of Rochester, Minnesota, was ninth. Winona, Minnesota’s Jake Timm was 13th, and Don Shaw was 21st.

SUMMARY

Super Dirt Late Models:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott[3]; 4. 6-Kyle Larson[16]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 6. 18B-Shannon Babb[6]; 7. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 8. 7-Ricky Weiss[12]; 9. 19-Dustin Sorensen[8]; 10. 1-Tyler Erb[17]; 11. 14S-Collen Winebarger[9]; 12. 73-Rodney Sanders[18]; 13. 49T-Jake Timm[19]; 14. 77-Preston Luckman[23]; 15. 1R-BJ Robinson[25]; 16. 25-Mikey Kile[10]; 17. 86-Kyle Beard[22]; 18. 32B-Cody Laney[15]; 19. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 20. 7T-Drake Troutman[13]; 21. 42S-Don Shaw[14]; 22. 18-Chase Junghans[21]; 23. 15-Justin Duty[24]; 24. 11-Jon Kirby[11]; 25. 13-Bricen James[20]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[2]; 3. 14S-Collen Winebarger[4]; 4. 7T-Drake Troutman[8]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[7]; 7. 77-Preston Luckman[3]; 8. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[9]; 9. 02-Kent Rosevear[10]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 11. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 3. 11-Jon Kirby[3]; 4. 32B-Cody Laney[5]; 5. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 6. 101-Forrest Trent[6]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson[8]; 8. 2-Tyler Stevens[11]; 9. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[9]; 10. 82-Ian Whisler[7]; 11. 777-Pete Vargas[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb[1]; 3. 25-Mikey Kile[5]; 4. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard[4]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[6]; 7. 15-Justin Duty[9]; 8. 5C-Brad Couch[10]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[7]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[8]; 11. 3-Keko Perez[11]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[2]; 4. 6-Kyle Larson[6]; 5. 73-Rodney Sanders[5]; 6. 13-Bricen James[3]; 7. 14M-Morgan Bagley[8]; 8. E85-Jason Strand[10]; 9. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 10. 88-Chance Mann[9]

Pro Power Dash (9 Laps): 1. 1R-BJ Robinson[1]; 2. 14M-Morgan Bagley[4]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[2]; 4. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[5]; 5. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[7]; 6. 101-Forrest Trent[3]; 7. 38-Thomas Hunziker[6]; 8. 28M-Sam Mars[8]; 9. 5C-Brad Couch[9]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 2. 49T-Jake Timm[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[3]; 4. 77-Preston Luckman[5]; 5. 1R-BJ Robinson[6]; 6. 101-Forrest Trent[4]; 7. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[7]; 8. 2-Tyler Stevens[8]; 9. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[10]; 10. 82-Ian Whisler[12]; 11. 78S-Steve Stultz[11]; 12. 02-Kent Rosevear[9]; 13. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[13]; 14. 777-Pete Vargas[14]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 13-Bricen James[4]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[1]; 4. 15-Justin Duty[5]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[8]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[6]; 7. 38-Thomas Hunziker[3]; 8. 28M-Sam Mars[10]; 9. 5C-Brad Couch[7]; 10. 88-Chance Mann[12]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 12. 28W-Jim Whisler[9]; 13. 3-Keko Perez[13]