‚The Reaper‘ Harvests $40,000 Prize

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. — Ryan Gustin is at his greatest when the large cash is on the road.

Two of his greatest wins final season got here within the $100,000-to-win USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway and the $50,000-to-win Bayou Traditional at Boothill Speedway.

By means of the primary 19 races of the 2026 World of Outlaws Late Mannequin Sequence introduced by DIRTVision season, Gustin was uncharacteristically winless.

However with $40,000 up for grabs within the finale of the Dairyland Showdown at Mississippi Thunder Speedway, the “Reaper” discovered a approach to strike.

After scoring three-straight regional wins prior to now two weeks, it appeared as if the Cooney Motorsports No. 19r workforce had shaken off their sluggish begin to the season. They opened the weekend at Mississippi Thunder with a third-place end on Thursday, then improved to second on Friday. When Saturday’s 50-lapper rolled round, Gustin and workforce put all of the items collectively for a wire-to-wire victory.

The race was on between the likes of Nick Hoffman, Jonathan Davenport and Michael Leach early on, however none of them had something for Gustin out entrance. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Bobby Pierce joined the get together after beginning fifteenth, and he shortly disposed of all of them and began to run down Gustin.

Within the span of six laps, Pierce reduce the hole to Gustin from two seconds to half a second when the warning flag flew with 4 to go. Two extra strong restarts later, Gustin ensured Pierce by no means bought shut sufficient to attempt any last-lap heroics and made his approach to World of Outlaws Victory Lane for the sixteenth time in his profession.

“I regarded up there on the board and seen 32,” Pierce stated. “I figured he was most likely going to attempt fireplace on the cushion, however I didn’t need to go away a lane down there on the identical time. Simply tried to hit that grip the perfect I may, after which the primary one, I turned left off of it. I simply felt like I wasn’t happening the backstretch. Preparing for the slider, attempting to do one thing, however he was by no means there. Then that second one, I simply type of attacked it just a little bit more durable simply to not go away the door open, I don’t know the way shut he was or something like that.”

Pierce crossed the road second to chop Hoffman’s factors lead down to a few, whereas Davenport had his greatest end of the week in third. Nick Hoffman and Daulton Wilson accomplished the remainder of the highest 5.

The end:

Characteristic (50 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[15]; 3. 49D-Jonathan Davenport[7]; 4. 9-Nick Hoffman[1]; 5. 58V-Daulton Wilson[8]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[9]; 7. 09-Michael Leach[4]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[23]; 9. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 10. 22*-Drake Troutman[17]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard[14]; 12. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 13. 13-Dallon Murty[11]; 14. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[20]; 15. 76-Blair Nothdurft[13]; 16. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[22]; 17. 28M-Sam Mars[19]; 18. 14-Trey Mills[12]; 19. 15A-Nick Anvelink[21]; 20. B1-Brent Larson[3]; 21. 1Z-Logan Zarin[24]; 22. 14S-Collen Winebarger[6]; 23. 55E-Eli Johnson[25]; 24. 32S-Chris Simpson[18]; 25. 49-Jake Timm[10]