Daulton Wilson wins first World of Outlaws Late Model race at Stateline
NXTbets Pro | Published On: July 9, 2026
Wilson breaks through
Daulton Wilson won his first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series race in the Rick Briggs Memorial powered by Dave Warren Powersports at Stateline Speedway in Busti, New York, and he did it in controlled fashion from start to finish. Wilson led all 40 laps in the Big Frog/Viper Motorsports No. 58V car, turned a clean sweep of the night’s key preliminaries into the main event pole, and held that advantage through the feature. The win paid $15,000 and made the Fayetteville, North Carolina, driver the 105th different winner in World of Outlaws history. It also gave him the breakthrough he had been chasing after coming close earlier this summer at East Alabama Motor Speedway and Bedford Speedway. Wilson left Stateline with the kind of result that confirms the speed he showed in the buildup and with a night that gave him control of every stage of the program. He won Simpson Quick Time, captured his heat race and won the pole draw, then converted that momentum into a flag-to-flag victory that never left doubt once the feature began. The sequence mattered. Wilson built the night around execution, then finished it with the first series victory of his career.
Stateline results
Zack Mitchell pushed the winner the furthest and finished second in his first start for G.R. Smith Motorsports, giving his new team a strong opening run in one of the sport’s toughest weekly stops. Nick Hoffman came home third, Dave Hess Jr. finished fourth and Bobby Pierce completed the top five. Hoffman’s return to Stateline carried added context because he scored his first World of Outlaws win at the track last year. Pierce’s fifth-place finish also ended his bid for a seventh consecutive World of Outlaws victory, a streak that had carried into the event and placed extra attention on every lap he ran in the feature. Pierce entered the night with a 76-point lead in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series title race, which kept the points picture centered on him even as the win streak ended. The front of the order reflected a mix of momentum and transition. Mitchell turned in a strong first outing with his new team, Hoffman stayed near the front at a track that already holds a series milestone for him, and Hess and Pierce rounded out a top five that stayed close enough to pressure Wilson without taking the lead away from him. The result sheet told the story of a feature that stayed tight behind the leader but still belonged to Wilson from the opening lap.
World of Outlaws swing
The victory opened the World of Outlaws Late Model Series three-race eastern swing, and the schedule now moves to Sharon Speedway for the Battle at the Border. That stop includes an opener that pays $12,000 to win and a finale worth $20,000 to win, giving the series another high-value weekend after Stateline handed out $15,000 to the winner. The swing already delivered one milestone with Wilson’s first career victory, and it keeps a familiar set of title and track storylines in play. Pierce remains the driver to catch in the championship race after carrying that 76-point edge into the weekend, while Hoffman returns from a track where he has already banked a series breakthrough. Wilson’s win also adds another name to the long list of World of Outlaws Late Model Series winners, a list that now includes 105 different drivers. That number reflects how difficult the series remains to conquer and how valuable a flag-to-flag win can be when a driver strings together a fast car, a clean prelim night and a feature run with no mistakes. Stateline gave Wilson all of that. Sharon now offers the next test in a stretch that should keep the series moving fast and keep the focus on the front of the field.
