ROSSBURG, Ohio — A young superstar and a seasoned veteran gained valuable momentum for the 52nd World 100 Friday night at Eldora Speedway. Bobby Pierce and Dale McDowell scored $12,000 victories on the final preliminary night, building their confidence entering Saturday’s 100-lap $55,000-to-win finale. Bobby Pierce and Ricky Weiss waged war for the lead in front of a packed Eldora Speedway crowd in the final ten laps of Friday’s first preliminary Feature. I got a little tight when I caught them lap cars, and I just got up there and got my spoiler knocked off, and then it got really free. “You don’t know how many times you get to be up here or come here and be competitive,” McDowell said. Rice crossed the line second, narrowly missing out on a win after leading 23 laps. He was so much better than me in the air when I caught them lap cars.

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