BY BROOKE JOHNPIER, SPORTS STAFFER
Super DIRTcar Series– Super DIRT Week 51 took place at Oswego Speedway in last week Oswego, New York, with “Money” Mat Williamson sweeping both the small-block and big-block Modified races. Since Mother Nature had other plans, the features were held on Monday (Indigenous Peoples’ Day).
“It takes an army to win either one of those races, let alone two in the same day,” Williamson said.
Williamson took home the prize of $71,000 with the combined winnings of both the 150 and 200 lap races.
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series– The World of Outlaws Sprints went to Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, Pennsylvania, for the two-night Nittany Showdown. The first event on Friday saw “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney pick up the win and the top prize of $10,000.
“We’ve obviously had an up and down year,” Courtney said. “But to close out the year I feel like we’ve been pretty consistent here to end the year. This is just awesome, man.”
Saturday’s event saw Zeb Wise score the win and a $15,000 prize. With Wise taking Saturday’s race, it made the Showdown a “Hoosier Sweep”, meaning that both drivers who won were from Indiana. Wise was having a good battle with Lance Dewease throughout the whole race, but was pretty confident he had a win in the bag.
“I knew Lance wasn’t going to go to the top in [Turns] 1 and 2, but he was just high enough on entry where it was really hard for me to get into the corner good enough to clear him off of 2,” Wise said. “I got close multiple times and just didn’t want to show my nose too early and put us in a bad spot for later. So, I kind of took my time, and I knew we had a really fast race car. Even right after Lap 1 when I was in second, I figured we’d have a shot at it for sure.”
World of Outlaws Late Model Series– The World of Outlaws Late Models also raced Friday and Saturday. The first race took place at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana, with the Hoosier Dirt Classic. “Smooth Operator” Bobby Pierce took the win, making it his 13th win of the season. He also took home a $10,000 prize. Pierce had some tire issues before the race and was nervous about how that would pertain to his performance.
“I was a little nervous on the tire choice because everyone else was almost the same, and we had one tire that was different than the rest of the field,” Pierce said. “I think that’s why I got tight, but an awesome car, awesome effort by my team again. I can’t thank those guys enough.”
The series traveled to Fairbury Speedway in Fairbury, Illinois, for the FALS Frenzy a night later. Pierce once again won, taking home his 14th win of the season and $15,000. Pierce was racing heavily throughout the race with fellow competitors Brain Shirley and Chris Madden.
“Shirley, Madden and me were all side-by-side and it made for a great race,” Pierce said. “I knew that Madden was trying to not let me or Shirley by, so he had to protect both lines at once. But it made for a fun race and I’m glad to get the win.”
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