Bobby Pierce Scores MARS Nippy 50 Night One Win Friday At Maquoketa Speedway

Information By: MIDWEST AUTO RACING SERIES – MAQUOKETA, IA – ‘The Smooth Operator’ Bobby Pierce took home the Friday victory for the Nippy 50 at Maquoketa Speedway, opening the 2025 Season for the MARS Late Model Championship.

Pierce finished ahead of Ricky Thornton Jr. and Brandon Sheppard who completed the podium. Brian Shirley was fourth with Garrett Alberson rounded out the top five.

March 28, 2025
Maquoketa Speedway
Maquoketa, IA

2nd annual Nippy 50 Presented by D & E Outside Services

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[11]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley[4]; 5. 58-Garrett Alberson[7]; 6. 96-Tanner English[14]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 8. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[19]; 9. 38T-Dylan Thornton[18]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert[9]; 11. 18B-Shannon Babb[13]; 12. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[8]; 13. 32-Chris Simpson[15]; 14. 4G-Bob Gardner[21]; 15. 99-Mckay Wenger[22]; 16. 25-Jason Feger[1]; 17. 15-Justin Duty[6]; 18. 10-Daryn Klein[16]; 19. 25S-Chad Simpson[17]; 20. (DNF) 75-Daniel Adam[20]; 21. (DNF) 24-Ryan Unzicker[10]; 22. (DNF) 11G-Gordy Gundaker[12]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 25S-Chad Simpson[1]; 2. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 3. 43-Derrick Stewart[2]; 4. 15K-Justin Kay[7]; 5. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[13]; 7. 4G-Bob Gardner[4]; 8. 99-Mckay Wenger[5]; 9. 3-Brennon Willard[14]; 10. 6-Jake Neal[10]; 11. 35-Parker Foster[11]; 12. 5S-Steve Sheppard[8]; 13. (DNS) 89-Mike Spatola; 14. (DNS) 26-Matt Menzie

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 2. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 3. 25W-Allen Weisser[2]; 4. 15C-Curt Schroeder[5]; 5. 51-Matt Furman[4]; 6. 10T-Jeff Tharp[9]; 7. 38J-Jake Little[11]; 8. 18-Jacob Stuhr[7]; 9. GT1-Guy Taylor[8]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 11. 46-Mark Pflueger[13]; 12. 26P-Glen Powell[12]; 13. 30-Mark Voigt[10]; 14. (DNS) 70-Shawn Mulvany

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 2. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[3]; 4. 18B-Shannon Babb[5]; 5. 25S-Chad Simpson[6]; 6. 56-Tony Jackson Jr[7]; 7. 99-Mckay Wenger[4]; 8. 15K-Justin Kay[9]; 9. 21B-Rich Bell[10]; 10. 35-Parker Foster[11]; 11. (DNS) 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[4]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 4. 32-Chris Simpson[3]; 5. 43-Derrick Stewart[5]; 6. 4G-Bob Gardner[7]; 7. 89-Mike Spatola[6]; 8. 5S-Steve Sheppard[9]; 9. 6-Jake Neal[8]; 10. 26-Matt Menzie[11]; 11. (DNS) 3-Brennon Willard

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 15-Justin Duty[5]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[4]; 4. 96-Tanner English[6]; 5. 38T-Dylan Thornton[2]; 6. 75-Daniel Adam[3]; 7. 15C-Curt Schroeder[9]; 8. 18-Jacob Stuhr[7]; 9. 10T-Jeff Tharp[10]; 10. 38J-Jake Little[8]; 11. 46-Mark Pflueger[11]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 2. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[4]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[3]; 4. 10-Daryn Klein[2]; 5. 25W-Allen Weisser[7]; 6. 51-Matt Furman[6]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 8. GT1-Guy Taylor[5]; 9. 30-Mark Voigt[9]; 10. 26P-Glen Powell[10]; 11. (DNS) 70-Shawn Mulvany

Qualifying 1: 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:13.320[5]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.348[6]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:13.451[10]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.462[2]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:13.466[4]; 6. 32-Chris Simpson, 00:13.526[12]; 7. 99-Mckay Wenger, 00:13.606[8]; 8. 25-Jason Feger, 00:13.658[16]; 9. 18B-Shannon Babb, 00:13.778[19]; 10. 43-Derrick Stewart, 00:13.843[18]; 11. 25S-Chad Simpson, 00:13.922[21]; 12. 89-Mike Spatola, 00:13.931[3]; 13. 56-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:13.946[22]; 14. 4G-Bob Gardner, 00:14.027[17]; 15. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:14.058[7]; 16. 6-Jake Neal, 00:14.104[9]; 17. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:14.162[13]; 18. 5S-Steve Sheppard, 00:14.253[20]; 19. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:14.384[14]; 20. 3-Brennon Willard, 00:14.403[1]; 21. 35-Parker Foster, 00:14.863[15]; 22. 26-Matt Menzie, 00:15.185[11]

Qualifying 2: 1. 32P-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.480[13]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.627[17]; 3. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:13.677[16]; 4. 10-Daryn Klein, 00:13.722[6]; 5. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:13.736[20]; 6. 11G-Gordy Gundaker, 00:13.766[3]; 7. 24-Ryan Unzicker, 00:13.883[8]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:13.894[5]; 9. 15-Justin Duty, 00:13.942[1]; 10. GT1-Guy Taylor, 00:14.072[9]; 11. 96-Tanner English, 00:14.111[15]; 12. 51-Matt Furman, 00:14.131[7]; 13. 18-Jacob Stuhr, 00:14.169[12]; 14. 25W-Allen Weisser, 00:14.229[11]; 15. 38J-Jake Little, 00:14.413[22]; 16. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:14.600[4]; 17. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:14.775[14]; 18. 30-Mark Voigt, 00:14.784[10]; 19. 10T-Jeff Tharp, 00:15.165[19]; 20. 26P-Glen Powell, 00:15.399[21]; 21. 46-Mark Pflueger, 00:15.668[2]; 22. (DNS) 70-Shawn Mulvany, 00:15.668