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Sorensen top performer as World of Outlaws visit Hendry Co. Speedway Feb. 20-21

From series reports

CLEWISTON, FL (Feb. 20-21) - Hendry County Motorsports Park didn’t take long to make a fan out of Bobby Pierce and Nick Hoffman.

In the World of Outlaws Late Model Series debut race at the south Florida track, the “Smooth Operator” charged his way to the front for his first series win since August 2025, while Hoffman won on Saturday.

On Friday, a different red car looked like the one to beat early in the night, as Drake Troutman earned the quick time, won his heat and pulled the pole starting spot. The World of Outlaws sophomore outdueled Hoffman early in the feature to hold the lead until the No. 32 came knocking.

After disposing of Hoffman in third and second-running Daulton Wilson, Pierce made it side-by-side for the lead on the outside of Troutman on lap eight. A strong run off of turn two the next time around put Pierce in command, and he stretched his lead to north of five seconds until Tyler Erb went around in turn one to bring out the only caution of the night with five laps remaining.

Ethan Dotson emerged as Pierce’s closest challenger on the restart, but Pierce held strong on the cushion and drove home to the checkers.

Rochester, Minnesota’s Dustin Sorensen finished seventh, Rochester, Minnesota’s Jake Timm was 10th, Lake Elmo’s Brent Larson was 17th, and Brent’s son Matthew was 20th.

On Saturday, Hoffman held off Pierce to score his third World of Outlaws win of the year and swing the momentum back in his favor leaving Florida.

After Pierce wrestled the lead away from polesitter Sam Seawright early on, Hoffman got his first look at the lead 14 laps in when he rolled the bottom of turns three and four well enough to nose in front going into turn one. The next time around, Hoffman jumped the cushion in turn two and let Pierce get back by, but he was bailed out by a caution for a slowing Eli Johnson, which handed the lead back to Hoffman.

Late in the race, most of the field had migrated to Hoffman’s preferred inside groove, leaving the top wide open for Pierce to put a last-ditch effort together. Pierce used a strong run off the top of turn two to cross down under Hoffman going into turn three, and Hoffman responded by moving up top himself to keep it side-by-side. The duo soon came up to the slower car of Tristan Chamberlain, and Hoffman kept Pierce pinned behind the No. 20TC long enough to clear him and get back to the bottom.

With a clear track to settle the race, Hoffman kept it low while Pierce went back to the cushion on the final lap. There wasn’t quite enough juice on the top for Pierce to make the Hail Mary work, and he came up a car length short to Hoffman at the flag stand.

Regional open Late Model drivers Sorensen (Rochester, MN), Larson (Lake Elmo, MN), and Timm (Winona, MN) all qualified for the feature. Sorensen finished sixth, Larson was 13th, and Timm was 14th.

SUMMARY

February 20, 2026

WoO Late Models:

Feature (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 3. 58V-Daulton Wilson[5]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[1]; 5. 9-Nick Hoffman[2]; 6. 9M-Tim McCreadie[4]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 8. 16-Sam Seawright[6]; 9. 19R-Ryan Gustin[12]; 10. 49-Jake Timm[11]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb[8]; 12. 99B-Boom Briggs[9]; 13. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[10]; 14. 35-Christian Augspurger[13]; 15. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[15]; 16. 49M-Luke Morey[19]; 17. B1-Brent Larson[17]; 18. 1Z-Logan Zarin[20]; 19. 14-Trey Mills[18]; 20. 8-Matthew Larson[14]; 21. 12-Ryan Montgomery[21]; 22. T1-Todd Morrow[22]; 23. 46-Doug Horton[24]; 24. 55E-Eli Johnson[23]

February 21, 2026

Feature (60 Laps): 1. 9-Nick Hoffman[4]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 4. 22*-Drake Troutman[12]; 5. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[10]; 7. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 8. 28-Dennis Erb Jr[13]; 9. 99B-Boom Briggs[14]; 10. 16-Sam Seawright[1]; 11. 58V-Daulton Wilson[9]; 12. 49M-Luke Morey[21]; 13. B1-Brent Larson[3]; 14. 49-Jake Timm[18]; 15. 20TC-Tristan Chamberlain[15]; 16. 12-Ryan Montgomery[11]; 17. 9M-Tim McCreadie[16]; 18. 35-Christian Augspurger[20]; 19. 55E-Eli Johnson[8]; 20. 14-Trey Mills[17]; 21. 46-Doug Horton[24]; 22. T1-Todd Morrow[22]; 23. 18I-Jason Intoppa[23]; 24. 1Z-Logan Zarin[19]