Bobby Pierce and Ricky Thornton Jr. Emerge Victorious in 2025 Gateway Dirt Nationals in Dominating Fashion

Information By: GATEWAY DIRT NATIONALS – ST. LOUIS, MO – Bobby Pierce was able to emerge victorious in the 2025 Gateway Dirt Nationals on Saturday, leading all 40 laps of the Super Late Model Feature in dominating fashion enroute to his 3rd career victory inside The Dome at America’s Center. Ricky Thornton Jr. finished in 2nd, with Brandon Sheppard closely behind in third.

Thornton Jr. was the victor in the Modified class, earning his first career victory at the Gateway Dirt Nationals. Event veteran Mike Harrison was 2nd, with Carlos Ahumada Jr. rounding out the podium.

FULL RESULTS:

Super Late Models

Velocita Super Late Models Main Event A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[6]; 4. 25-Jason Feger[7]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[9]; 6. 12-Ashton Winger[11]; 7. 19M-Brenden Smith[2]; 8. 17-Zack Dohm[14]; 9. 99-Devin Moran[20]; 10. 77-Carson Hocevar[16]; 11. (DNF) 74X-Ethan Dotson[15]; 12. (DNF) 11R-Josh Rice[8]; 13. (DNF) 13-Dylan Thornton[21]; 14. (DNF) 28-Tyler Carpenter[18]; 15. (DNF) 33-Mike Harrison[4]; 16. (DNF) 99E-Dan Ebert[10]; 17. (DNF) 11T-Trevor Gundaker[19]; 18. (DNF) 49-Jonathan Davenport[12]; 19. (DNF) 19S-Dustin Sorensen[17]; 20. (DNF) 3S-Brian Shirley[13]; 21. (DNS) 5W-Mark WhitenerAllstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[1]; 2. 32S-Chris Simpson[5]; 3. 7-Donald McIntosh[6]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[9]; 5. 13-Dylan Thornton[7]; 6. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[11]; 7. 49T-Jake Timm[12]; 8. 14-Wil Herrington[10]; 9. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[4]; 10. (DNF) 99-Devin Moran[3]; 11. (DNF) 1G-Devin Gilpin[2]; 12. (DNS) 22*-Drake Troutman

MatMan Designs Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Jason Feger[2]; 2. 3S-Brian Shirley[1]; 3. 11T-Trevor Gundaker[6]; 4. 13-Dylan Thornton[4]; 5. 46-Joey Tanner[3]; 6. 99T-Dylan Thompson[9]; 7. C4-Freddie Carpenter[8]; 8. 17SR-Brody Smith[10]; 9. 75-Patrik Daniel[12]; 10. 75A-Daniel Adam[11]; 11. 45B-Scott Bell[5]; 12. (DNF) 18C-Chris Carpenter[7]

Hellraizer Jacks Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 11R-Josh Rice[2]; 2. 17-Zack Dohm[1]; 3. 1G-Devin Gilpin[3]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[4]; 5. 5S-Steve Sheppard Jr[6]; 6. 66-Jody Knowles[9]; 7. 995-Manny Falcon[10]; 8. (DNF) 130-Chase Osterhoff[7]; 9. (DNF) 96-Tanner English[5]; 10. (DNF) 128-Kylan Garner[8]; 11. (DNF) 4G-Bob Gardner[11]

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[4]; 3. 99-Devin Moran[10]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[6]; 5. 12J-Jason Jameson[3]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 7. 5-Jon Mitchell[7]; 8. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[8]; 9. 53C-Colten Burdette[9]; 10. 29-Jason Welshan[11]; 11. 24C-Tanner Collins[5]

FK Rod Ends Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 99E-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 77-Carson Hocevar[3]; 3. 11G-Gordy Gundaker[7]; 4. 14-Wil Herrington[4]; 5. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 6. 66K-Dylan Knowles[8]; 7. 8L-Jeffrey Ledford[6]; 8. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]; 9. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[10]; 10. 91-Rusty Schlenk[11]; 11. (DNS) 71-Hudson O’Neal

Illinois State Rifle Associatons Qualifier 5 (10 Laps): 1. 12-Ashton Winger[1]; 2. 19S-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[3]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[5]; 5. 99H-Kyle Hardy[6]; 6. 1*-Kyle Moore[8]; 7. 55-Benji Hicks[9]; 8. 09-Michael Leach[11]; 9. 89-Mike Spatola[7]; 10. 17A-Austin Howes[10]; 11. (DNF) 35-Dustin Linville[2]

Walker Filtration Qualifier 6 (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 28-Tyler Carpenter[5]; 3. 7-Donald McIntosh[3]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[2]; 5. 19X-Cody Bauer[7]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 7. 27K-Greg Kimmons[8]; 8. 21-Devon Morgan[6]; 9. 11-James Giossi[10]; 10. 76-Brandon Overton[11]; 11. (DNS) 40B-Kyle Bronson

PeeWees Wrecker Service Non Qualifier 1 (12 Laps): 1. 75A-Daniel Adam[1]; 2. 995-Manny Falcon[7]; 3. 32F-Derek Fetter[11]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[6]; 5. 1CJ-Justin Shaw[8]; 6. 23-Beckham Malone[10]; 7. 81-Jason Riggs[9]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[14]; 9. 60H-Kip Hughes[12]; 10. 11B-Lance Brasington[15]; 11. 44-Blaze Burwell[16]; 12. 22-Bree Whittmore[3]; 13. 1-Amelia Eisenschenk[13]; 14. (DNF) 14JR-Michael King Jr[4]; 15. (DNF) 34-Chad Wallace[2]; 16. (DNS) 93-Carson Ferguson; 17. (DNS) 84-Myles Moos; 18. (DNS) 1T-Tyler Erb

ZAMP Non Qualifier 2 (12 Laps): 1. 99-Devin Moran[2]; 2. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[12]; 3. 24-Ryan Unzicker[5]; 4. 44C-Hayden Cardwell[4]; 5. C2-Corey DeLancey[18]; 6. 81J-Jack Riggs[10]; 7. 257-Skylar Marlar[16]; 8. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[8]; 9. (DNF) 12M-Ryan Montgomery[6]; 10. (DNF) 11W-Darin Weisinger Jr[14]; 11. (DNF) M27-Mike Provenzano[19]; 12. (DNF) 555-Brock Pinkerous[1]; 13. (DNF) 9Z-Jayme Zidar[3]; 14. (DNF) 3R-Brent Robinson[17]; 15. (DNF) B89-Dakota Smith[7]; 16. (DNF) 2B-Jordan Barbee[13]; 17. (DNS) 3W-Brennon Willard; 18. (DNS) 19-Lucas Lowery; 19. (DNS) 8-Kyle Steffens; 20. (DNS) 10J-Joseph Joiner

Nightowl Designs Non Qualifier 3 (12 Laps): 1. 17A-Austin Howes[2]; 2. 11-James Giossi[3]; 3. 114-Evan Koehler[4]; 4. RH94-Kaede Loudy[6]; 5. 55E-Eli Johnson[5]; 6. 18X-Michael Page[12]; 7. LIL91-Carter Schlenk[8]; 8. 23JR-Parker Gilbertson[13]; 9. 16-Rusty Griffaw[7]; 10. 38-Derek Fisher[16]; 11. 78-Chad Zobrist[9]; 12. 28P-Jeff Provinzino[10]; 13. 15F-Chris Fetter[14]; 14. (DNF) 19T-James Trantina III[15]; 15. (DNF) 10-Jacob Magee[1]; 16. (DNF) 81F-Jadon Frame[17]; 17. (DNS) 111-Jon Woods; 18. (DNS) 18-Shannon Babb

Top 6 A Hot Laps: 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:13.065[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:13.066[5]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.328[2]; 4. 19M-Brenden Smith, 00:13.351[6]; 5. 5W-Mark Whitener, 00:13.479[4]; 6. 33-Mike Harrison, 00:13.479[3]

Modifieds

Summit Racing Equipment A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 24H-Mike Harrison[2]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 4. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[10]; 5. 6-Ryan Ayers[4]; 6. 15W-Alex Williamson[12]; 7. 12T-Dallon Murty[3]; 8. B1-Jeff Larson[7]; 9. 14-Rick Conoyer[13]; 10. 40D-Blake Adams[16]; 11. 68-Adam Stricker[14]; 12. 25-Tyler Nicely[11]; 13. 777-Trevor Neville[20]; 14. 10Y-Trent Young[6]; 15. 1D-Dean Hoffman[21]; 16. (DNF) 20-Rodney Sanders[8]; 17. (DNF) 5-Drake Troutman[9]; 18. (DNF) 25C-Joe Chisholm[17]; 19. (DNF) 30-Jordan Grabouski[19]; 20. (DNF) 02-Tanner Mullens[15]; 21. (DNF) 35-Michael Altobelli[18]

Allstar Performance Win & Your In Last Chance (10 Laps): 1. 30-Jordan Grabouski[2]; 2. 777-Trevor Neville[1]; 3. 09-Michael Ledford[4]; 4. 23-Dylan Sharp[3]; 5. 01-Peyton Taylor[11]; 6. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[5]; 7. 24C-Jim Chisholm[6]; 8. 12-Jeff Reay[8]; 9. 21K-Kyle Brown[12]; 10. 115-Brandon Smith[10]; 11. 05-Dave Wietholder[9]; 12. (DNS) 1D-Dean Hoffman

STAKT Products Qualifer 1 (10 Laps): 1. B1-Jeff Larson[3]; 2. 25-Tyler Nicely[7]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 4. 777-Trevor Neville[12]; 5. 8-Jimmy Lennex Jr[9]; 6. 05-Dave Wietholder[13]; 7. 77-Ray Bollinger[4]; 8. 7-Clay Money[14]; 9. 8S-Kyle Strickler[11]; 10. 22A-Austen Becerra[10]; 11. (DNF) 26G-Ryan Gierke[8]; 12. (DNF) 45X-Chase Holland[6]; 13. (DNF) 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 14. (DNF) 65-Tyler Davis[2]

PPM Racing Products Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders[2]; 2. 15W-Alex Williamson[1]; 3. 40D-Blake Adams[4]; 4. 30-Jordan Grabouski[10]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm[11]; 6. 99-Blake Brown[5]; 7. 115-Brandon Smith[7]; 8. 17-Nick Snell[6]; 9. C4-Dan Ems[13]; 10. 98-Joshua Hawkins[9]; 11. 44B-KC Burdette[14]; 12. 442-Aaron Johnson[3]; 13. 96M-Mike McKinney[12]; 14. (DNS) 151-Tim Ward; 15. (DNS) 97-Houston Johnson

MatMan Designs Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Drake Troutman[5]; 2. 14-Rick Conoyer[3]; 3. 25C-Joe Chisholm[4]; 4. 23-Dylan Sharp[1]; 5. 1D-Dean Hoffman[10]; 6. 01-Peyton Taylor[12]; 7. 0-Damian Kiefer[6]; 8. 8X-Kyle Steffens[8]; 9. 29J-Jordan Wever[9]; 10. 07X-Troy Morris III[13]; 11. (DNF) 4W-Tyler Wolff[7]; 12. (DNF) 18-Brad Dyer[14]; 13. (DNF) 18Z-Zane DeVilbiss[2]; 14. (DNF) 537-Jesse Rockett[11]

Deatherage Opticians Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[1]; 2. 68-Adam Stricker[2]; 3. 35-Michael Altobelli[3]; 4. 09-Michael Ledford[7]; 5. 12-Jeff Reay[6]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[9]; 7. 3G-Haleigh Gross[12]; 8. 45-Kyle Hammer[14]; 9. J82-Treb Jacoby[8]; 10. 43LV-Logan Veloz[13]; 11. 94-Austin Rettig[11]; 12. (DNF) 74M-Manix Furqueron[10]; 13. (DNF) 44-Dave Hess Jr[4]; 14. (DNF) 13-Charlie Mefford[5]

Dirt Draft Top 6 Hot Laps: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:13.393[1]; 2. 12T-Dallon Murty, 00:13.484[3]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:13.551[6]; 4. 10Y-Trent Young, 00:13.588[5]; 5. 24H-Mike Harrison, 00:13.813[2]; 6. 6-Ryan Ayers, 00:13.953[4]