5.23.23 World of Outlaws Late Models Results

Stateline Speedway

Nick Hoffman’s first trip to Stateline Speedway will always be memorable.

The Mooresville, NC driver led all but one lap Tuesday night to score his first career World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model Series win.

Hoffman and Gordy Gundaker brought the 24-car field to the green flag as both drivers fought for the top spot on Lap 1.

Gundaker had the early advantage on the inside, nosing ahead of Hoffman on the backstretch and holding that momentum as they finished the first lap.

But on Lap 2, it was a different story.

The “Thrill from Mooresville” kept his Tye Twarog Racing #9 car rolling on the outside, this time his momentum pushing him ahead of Gundaker off of Turn 2.

That burst of speed allowed Hoffman to clear Gundaker as they entered Turn 3, pulling ahead to lead Lap 2.

“I knew he had to take off first, but I knew if I could just roll speed through the middle of the racetrack and keep him pinched down where he couldn’t circle, I knew I could maybe clear him after a lap or so,” Hoffman said.

“That’s kind of what happened there. I was able to stay to his outside, and obviously, we’re buddies, so he isn’t going to run me into the fence. I was able to roll speed fast enough to get all the way alongside him coming to the first lap and then clear him off of [Turn] 2.”

It was a lead Hoffman wouldn’t relinquish. And despite a late charge from Max Blair, it was enough to put his name in the history books as the 101st different winner in World of Outlaws CASE Late Models history.

“It’s just really unbelievable to do it at a place I’ve never been before,” Hoffman said. “Obviously Max [Blair] was going to be the heaviest hitter here. I feel like everyone was looking at him as the guy to beat.

“Our racecar is so good right now. We just have to keep it rolling.”

Hoffman’s $10,000 victory vaulted him to fourth in the points standings—34 points behind Chris Madden.

Blair settled for second, hoping to grab a second World of Outlaws win at Stateline.

The Centerville, PA driver moved past Gundaker for second on Lap 12 before he made a last-ditch effort to get by Hoffman in the final five laps.

As Hoffman caught the back of the field, Blair swung his Rocket Chassis to the top of the racetrack but couldn’t get enough grip to make the pass.

Blair said he thought if the race stayed green, he might’ve had a shot at passing Hoffman.

“I gave it one last effort with a couple of laps to go, there just wasn’t enough left,” Blair said. “I think if it would’ve stayed green earlier in the race when there was lap traffic when you could still move around a little bit, maybe we had a shot at it, maybe we didn’t.”

“We’ll take second and roll on down the road.”

Bobby Pierce took advantage of a Lap 25 restart to move from fifth to third, grabbing his second podium finish of the 2023 World of Outlaws season.

Pierce quickly moved to the top when the green came out, getting around Madden.

After he cleared the Series points leader, he only needed a few more laps to get around Gundaker, thundering his Longhorn Chassis into third on Lap 29.

It’s the Oakwood, IL driver’s second straight top five finish, enough to move him into fifth in points, 52 behind Madden.

“Fortunately enough, those guys got kind of bottled on the bottom,” Pierce said. “I hit my marks pretty good, but not great. But it was enough to get around Madden. Then I got next to Gordy, and on the next lap, I passed him.

“It was a really good run for falling back to fifth.”

Gundaker crossed the line fourth, and original Dirty Dozen member Chub Frank rounded out the top five.

Madden finished sixth, extending his points lead over Ryan Gustin to 22 points.

UP NEXT: The World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models head to Sharon Speedway in Hartford, OH, for the Battle at the Border May 25-27. The Series will battle in three complete shows, including a 60-lap, $25,000-to-win finale on Saturday, May 27.

WORLD OF OUTLAWS LATE MODELS
CASE Late Mode Feature (40 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 2. 111-Max Blair[3]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce[4]; 4. 11-Gordy Gundaker[1]; 5. 1*-Chub Frank[7]; 6. 44-Chris Madden[6]; 7. 96V-Tanner English[5]; 8. 40B-Kyle Bronson[8]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard[10]; 10. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[13]; 11. 3S-Brian Shirley[12]; 12. B5-Brandon Sheppard[14]; 13. 19R-Ryan Gustin[15]; 14. 25-Shane Clanton[16]; 15. B1-Brent Larson[11]; 16. 99B-Boom Briggs[24]; 17. 30-Todd Cooney[9]; 18. 36-Logan Martin[21]; 19. 9K-Mike Knight[22]; 20. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[17]; 21. 1ST-Johnny Scott[18]; 22. 76-Steve Kania[20]; 23. 14W-Dustin Walker[23]; 24. 9S-Breyton Santee[19]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (10 Laps): 1. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 2. 9S-Breyton Santee[5]; 3. 36-Logan Martin[1]; 4. 22G-Greg Oakes[3]; 5. 1Z-Logan Zarin[4]; 6. X3-Wyatt Scott[7]; 7. 96-Mike Smith[11]; 8. 14W-Dustin Walker[12]; 9. 40-Dutch Davies[10]; 10. 2-Dan Stone[8]; 11. 22B-Darrell Bossard[9]; 12. 7J-Kyle Bedell[6]; 13. (DNS) 6JR-Parker Martin

Last Chance Showdown 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1ST-Johnny Scott[2]; 2. 76-Steve Kania[3]; 3. 9K-Mike Knight[1]; 4. 12B-Andy Boozel[6]; 5. 0-Ryan Scott[7]; 6. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[5]; 7. 29G-Jason Genco[12]; 8. B22-Bump Hedman[10]; 9. 20-Doug Eck[8]; 10. 20E-Nicholas Eck[9]; 11. 1V-John Volpe[4]; 12. (DNS) 7T-Drake Troutman; 13. (DNS) 99B-Boom Briggs

Case No.1 Engine Oil Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 96V-Tanner English[2]; 3. 30-Todd Cooney[4]; 4. 44H-Dave Hess Jr[3]; 5. 36-Logan Martin[5]; 6. 22G-Greg Oakes[6]; 7. 9S-Breyton Santee[7]; 8. X3-Wyatt Scott[10]; 9. 22B-Darrell Bossard[8]; 10. 96-Mike Smith[9]; 11. (DNS) 6JR-Parker Martin

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Gordy Gundaker[1]; 2. 44-Chris Madden[5]; 3. B1-Brent Larson[3]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[2]; 6. 1Z-Logan Zarin[6]; 7. 7J-Kyle Bedell[8]; 8. 2-Dan Stone[7]; 9. 40-Dutch Davies[9]; 10. 14W-Dustin Walker[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair[1]; 2. 1*-Chub Frank[4]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 5. 9K-Mike Knight[6]; 6. 76-Steve Kania[8]; 7. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich[9]; 8. 0-Ryan Scott[7]; 9. 20E-Nicholas Eck[10]; 10. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 11. (DNS) 99B-Boom Briggs

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 2. 40B-Kyle Bronson[3]; 3. 3S-Brian Shirley[2]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[4]; 5. 1ST-Johnny Scott[5]; 6. 1V-John Volpe[7]; 7. 12B-Andy Boozel[6]; 8. 20-Doug Eck[9]; 9. B22-Bump Hedman[10]; 10. 29G-Jason Genco[8]

Qualifying Group A (2 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:16.675[19]; 2. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 00:16.708[20]; 3. 96V-Tanner English, 00:16.773[5]; 4. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:16.805[12]; 5. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:17.080[15]; 6. B1-Brent Larson, 00:17.335[4]; 7. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:17.346[18]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:17.352[9]; 9. 36-Logan Martin, 00:17.412[21]; 10. 44-Chris Madden, 00:17.437[2]; 11. 22G-Greg Oakes, 00:17.594[3]; 12. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:17.724[13]; 13. 9S-Breyton Santee, 00:17.776[11]; 14. 2-Dan Stone, 00:17.795[16]; 15. 22B-Darrell Bossard, 00:17.802[14]; 16. 7J-Kyle Bedell, 00:17.892[1]; 17. 96-Mike Smith, 00:17.896[7]; 18. 40-Dutch Davies, 00:17.933[17]; 19. X3-Wyatt Scott, 00:17.948[10]; 20. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:18.411[6]; 21. (DNS) 6JR-Parker Martin

Qualifying Group B (2 Laps): 1. 111-Max Blair, 00:16.860[11]; 2. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:17.013[15]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:17.047[3]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:17.089[14]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:17.175[8]; 6. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:17.307[9]; 7. 1*-Chub Frank, 00:17.350[5]; 8. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:17.414[12]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:17.432[21]; 10. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:17.596[4]; 11. 9K-Mike Knight, 00:17.603[13]; 12. 12B-Andy Boozel, 00:17.791[1]; 13. 0-Ryan Scott, 00:18.007[17]; 14. 1V-John Volpe, 00:18.082[6]; 15. 76-Steve Kania, 00:18.106[10]; 16. 29G-Jason Genco, 00:18.182[7]; 17. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:18.252[2]; 18. 20-Doug Eck, 00:18.350[16]; 19. 20E-Nicholas Eck, 00:18.453[19]; 20. B22-Bump Hedman, 00:18.652[18]; 21. 99B-Boom Briggs[20]

Hot Laps: 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:16.986[29]; 2. 96V-Tanner English, 00:16.996[5]; 3. 40-Dutch Davies, 00:17.161[17]; 4. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:17.203[35]; 5. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:17.229[33]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:17.236[9]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:17.245[19]; 8. 111-Max Blair, 00:17.274[32]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs, 00:17.283[41]; 10. 1*-Chub Frank, 00:17.304[26]; 11. 22G-Greg Oakes, 00:17.338[3]; 12. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:17.388[18]; 13. 11-Gordy Gundaker, 00:17.401[20]; 14. 44-Chris Madden, 00:17.408[2]; 15. 9-Nick Hoffman, 00:17.456[36]; 16. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:17.477[42]; 17. 44H-Dave Hess Jr, 00:17.497[15]; 18. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:17.503[25]; 19. 40B-Kyle Bronson, 00:17.555[30]; 20. 1V-John Volpe, 00:17.565[27]; 21. 2-Dan Stone, 00:17.602[16]; 22. 0G-Deshawn Gingerich, 00:17.657[23]; 23. 28-Dennis Erb Jr, 00:17.697[12]; 24. 9S-Breyton Santee, 00:17.697[11]; 25. 9K-Mike Knight, 00:17.706[34]; 26. 22B-Darrell Bossard, 00:17.716[14]; 27. 12B-Andy Boozel, 00:17.720[22]; 28. X3-Wyatt Scott, 00:17.776[10]; 29. 0-Ryan Scott, 00:17.783[38]; 30. 1Z-Logan Zarin, 00:17.924[13]; 31. 76-Steve Kania, 00:17.976[31]; 32. B1-Brent Larson, 00:18.012[4]; 33. 36-Logan Martin, 00:18.114[21]; 34. 96-Mike Smith, 00:18.203[7]; 35. 29G-Jason Genco, 00:18.211[28]; 36. B22-Bump Hedman, 00:18.250[39]; 37. 20E-Nicholas Eck, 00:18.320[40]; 38. 7J-Kyle Bedell, 00:18.332[1]; 39. 14W-Dustin Walker, 00:18.349[6]; 40. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:18.488[24]; 41. 20-Doug Eck, 00:18.503[37]; 42. 6JR-Parker Martin, 00:18.503[8]