Second Season Victory for Aaron Pierce in Summit City Classic
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (July 1, 2017) – Aaron Pierce scored his second season victory in the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil on Saturday, July 1 at Baer Field (Ind.) Motorsports Park in the Summit City Sprint Car Shootout.
The feature victory at Baer Field for Pierce marks the third win in the last five series events at the half-mile oval. On Saturday night, Pierce set fast time in qualifying then earned a thrilling victory in the 30-lap main event.
Following Pierce across the finish line was Bobby Santos Jr., who finished 1.073 seconds behind the race winner. Jason Blonde completed the podium finishers. Kevin Feeney and Chris Neuenschwander rounded out the top-five finishers. Geoff Kaiser finished sixth with Dorman Snyder, Doug Stepke, Chad Delagrange and Tom Geren Jr. completing the top 10.
In preliminary action, Blonde won Dowker Engines Heat Race #1 with Pierce taking the checkers in Royal Purple Synthetic Oil Heat # 2. Pierce was top qualifier at 14.997 seconds at 120.024 mph.
The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil is back in action on Saturday, July 8 at New Paris (Ind.) Speedway.
| A MAIN RESULTS | ||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | LAPS | |
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 30 | |
| 2 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 30 | |
| 3 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 30 | |
| 4 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 30 | |
| 5 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 30 | |
| 6 | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | 30 | |
| 7 | 99 | Dorman Snyder | 30 | |
| 8 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 29 | |
| 9 | 4 | Chad Delagrange | 26 | |
| 10 | 11g | Tom Geren Jr. | 24 | |
| 11 | 11 | Tom Paterson | 9 | |
| 12 | 64 | Ryan Litt | 6 | |
| 13 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 5 | |
| 14 | 100 | Jim Payne | 2 | |
| 15 | 1x | Ron Koehler | 2 | |
| HEAT RACE #1 RESULTS | |||
| POS | # | DRIVER | |
| 1 | 42 | Jason Blonde | |
| 2 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | |
| 3 | 11g | Tom Geren Jr. | |
| 4 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | |
| 5 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | |
| 6 | 4 | Chad Delagrange | |
| 7 | 64 | Ryan Litt | |
| HEAT RACE #2 RESULTS | |||
| POS | # | DRIVER | |
| 1 | 99 | Dorman Snyder | |
| 2 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | |
| 3 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | |
| 4 | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | |
| 5 | 25 | Doug Stepke | |
| 6 | 11 | Tom Paterson | |
| 7 | 100 | Jim Payne | |
| 8 | 1x | Ron Koehler | |
| QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | TIME | DIFF | MPH | |||
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 14.997 | – | 120.024 | |||
| 2 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 15.179 | 0.182 | 118.585 | |||
| 3 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 15.222 | 0.225 | 118.250 | |||
| 4 | 22A | Bobby Santos Jr. | 15.406 | 0.409 | 116.838 | |||
| 5 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 15.474 | 0.477 | 116.324 | |||
| 6 | 10k | Geoff Kaiser | 15.795 | 0.798 | 113.960 | |||
| 7 | 61 | Kevin Feeney | 15.820 | 0.823 | 113.780 | |||
| 8 | 99 | Dorman Snyder | 15.973 | 0.976 | 112.690 | |||
| 9 | 64 | Ryan Litt | 15.976 | 0.979 | 112.669 | |||
| 10 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 16.098 | 1.101 | 111.815 | |||
| 11 | 11g | Tom Geren Jr. | 16.238 | 1.241 | 110.851 | |||
| 12 | 11 | Tom Paterson | 16.549 | 1.552 | 108.768 | |||
| 13 | 4 | Chad Delagrange | 16.857 | 1.860 | 106.781 | |||
| 14 | 100 | Jim Payne | 25.818 | 10.821 | 69.719 | |||
| 15 | 1x | Ron Koehler | No Time | |||||
