January 8, 2024 | By Ben Shelton

Pierce outguns Marlar on Night 2 of Wild West Shootout

VADO, N.M. — Despite a wind and sandstorm, the 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts was contested on Sunday afternoon at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park.

In the Dirt Track Bank Super Late Model division presented by Black Diamond Race Cars Bobby Pierce charged past Mike Marlar in turn 3 with three laps remaining to claim the $11,000 feature win.

From the outside-front-row starting spot Marlar paced the first 37 circuits before Gorsuch Performance Solutions Pole Sitter Pierce utilized a late-race restart to get to the lead and ultimately the win.

“That was an awesome race,” Pierce said in Hoker Trucking Victory Lane. “I knew it had to be that time (to complete the slide-job pass on Marlar). I knew Mikey was probably gonna come down, but I had to stick my nose in there and go for it. I figured it was only a matter of time before he probably moved up in turn one, and if he would’ve moved up he probably would’ve gotten me so I had to go for it. I don’t know how much room I gave him, but I was going for the win. We have a lot of sponsors here, and it’s cool to be in Victory Lane with them.”

Tyler Erb followed Pierce and Marlar across the finish line with Kyle Larson and Cade Dillard completing the Top-5 finishers.

In Shocker Hitch X-Mod competition presented by Border Tire, fourth-starting J.C. Morton from Springfield, Mo. overtook Saturday night’s winner, Nick Rivera on the fourth circuit and went on to claim the $1,000 triumph. Rivera, 14th-starting Lucas Rodin, Christy Barnett, and 18th-starting Josh Cain completed the Top-5 finishers.

Rounding out the night was the Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified feature presented by Rancho Milagro, and Cade Dillard picked up where he left off Saturday night. The Louisiana driver wired the caution-free feature from the second-starting spot to snare the $2,000 triumph for the second-straight night. Eighth-starting Rodney Sanders finishes second with Gary Christian, Dereck Ramirez, and 12th-starting Dan Ebert rounding out the Top 5.

Full results from the event can be found at www.WildWestShootout.net.

An Open Practice Session is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 5 – 9 p.m. MT. Grandstand and pit admission is free, and any competitors who would like to practice, the cost is $200 per car.

Then, action continues with Round #3 of the miniseries on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park with complete shows for Super Late Models ($11,000-to-win), Modifieds ($1,000-to-win), and X-Mods ($500-to-win).

The pit gate opens at 2 p.m. MT with the driver’s meeting at 3:30 p.m. and hot laps at 4:30 p.m. and racing action to follow. The grandstand gate opens at 4 p.m.

Daily general grandstand admission on Wednesday, Jan. 10 is $25 for adults, $10 for children (ages 6-12) and free for kids (ages 5-and-under). Reserved seats are $30 and can be purchased at https://www.etix.com/ticket/v/17413/vado-speedway-park .-

Pit admission is $45.

Full details are available at www.WildWestShootout.net.


SUNDAY RESULTS

DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS- 44 entries

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 4. 6-Kyle Larson[4]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[15]; 7. 18B-Shannon Babb[8]; 8. 7-Ricky Weiss[12]; 9. 2-Tyler Stevens[10]; 10. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 11. 86-Kyle Beard[9]; 12. 7T-Drake Troutman[22]; 13. 15-Justin Duty[25]; 14. 51C-Jake O'Neil[16]; 15. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[19]; 16. 18-Chase Junghans[11]; 17. 73-Rodney Sanders[17]; 18. 49T-Jake Timm[7]; 19. 25-Mikey Kile[23]; 20. 101-Forrest Trent[24]; 21. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 22. 13-Bricen James[14]; 23. 28M-Sam Mars[13]; 24. 14S-Collen Winebarger[20]; 25. 77-Preston Luckman[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Rodney Sanders[1]; 2. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[3]; 3. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[2]; 4. 25-Mikey Kile[5]; 5. 19C-Colby Moore[11]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[9]; 7. E85-Jason Strand[7]; 8. 82-Eston Whisler[4]; 9. 3-Keko Perez[10]; 10. 88-Chance Mann[8]; 11. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 12. 02-Kent Rosevear[12]; 13. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[13]; 14. 777-Pete Vargas[14]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Luckman[1]; 2. 14S-Collen Winebarger[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 5. 15-Justin Duty[4]; 6. 32B-Cody Laney[7]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson[6]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[8]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[9]; 10. 11-Jon Kirby[14]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 12. 5C-Brad Couch[10]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker[12]; 14. 2S-Stormy Scott[13]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[3]; 4. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 5. 73-Rodney Sanders[9]; 6. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[1]; 7. 25-Mikey Kile[8]; 8. E85-Jason Strand[5]; 9. 14M-Morgan Bagley[10]; 10. 19C-Colby Moore[4]; 11. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 49T-Jake Timm[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[7]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[3]; 6. 82-Eston Whisler[9]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[10]; 9. 3-Keko Perez[5]; 10. 02-Kent Rosevear[8]; 11. 777-Pete Vargas[11]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 3. 2-Tyler Stevens[5]; 4. 13-Bricen James[8]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 6. 14S-Collen Winebarger[4]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent[10]; 8. 32B-Cody Laney[6]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[9]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 11. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb[2]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 4. 51C-Jake O'Neil[3]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[6]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson[8]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 9. 5C-Brad Couch[9]; 10. 38-Thomas Hunziker[11]; 11. 11-Jon Kirby[10]

Qualifying 1: 1. 10-Kaden Honeycutt, 00:14.860[1]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:14.952[4]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.043[12]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:15.091[7]; 5. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.300[8]; 6. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:15.360[5]; 7. 19C-Colby Moore, 00:15.360[3]; 8. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.390[19]; 9. E85-Jason Strand, 00:15.456[10]; 10. 3-Keko Perez, 00:15.507[2]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:15.557[21]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.562[6]; 13. 28M-Sam Mars, 00:15.564[11]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.621[15]; 15. 25-Mikey Kile, 00:15.639[9]; 16. 02-Kent Rosevear, 00:15.642[16]; 17. 73-Rodney Sanders, 00:15.647[13]; 18. 82-Eston Whisler, 00:15.656[17]; 19. 14M-Morgan Bagley, 00:15.886[20]; 20. 88-Chance Mann, 00:16.161[18]; 21. 250-Walton Kyle Jr, 00:16.454[14]; 22. 777-Pete Vargas, 00:17.230[22]

Qualifying 2: 1. 42S-Don Shaw, 00:15.628[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.754[18]; 3. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:15.824[16]; 4. 18B-Shannon Babb, 00:15.884[3]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:15.923[19]; 6. 51C-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.949[6]; 7. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 00:15.967[4]; 8. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:16.012[11]; 9. 2-Tyler Stevens, 00:16.055[9]; 10. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:16.107[2]; 11. 32B-Cody Laney, 00:16.125[8]; 12. 15-Justin Duty, 00:16.169[12]; 13. 77-Preston Luckman, 00:16.212[5]; 14. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:16.236[22]; 15. 13-Bricen James, 00:16.289[15]; 16. 1R-BJ Robinson, 00:16.294[21]; 17. 28W-Jim Whisler, 00:16.327[7]; 18. 5C-Brad Couch, 00:16.388[20]; 19. 101-Forrest Trent, 00:16.399[17]; 20. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:16.537[14]; 21. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:16.570[10]; 22. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:16.570[13]

Pro Power Dash (8 Laps): 1. 15-Justin Duty[2]; 2. 14M-Morgan Bagley[3]; 3. 1R-BJ Robinson[6]; 4. 19C-Colby Moore[1]; 5. 3-Keko Perez[7]; 6. 82-Eston Whisler[5]; 7. 32B-Cody Laney[4]; 8. 28W-Jim Whisler[8]



A MODIFIEDS - 57 entries

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[2]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[8]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[1]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[4]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[12]; 6. 65-Tyler Davis[5]; 7. 32-DJ Shannon[9]; 8. 88-Chad Wheeler[3]; 9. 02-Tanner Mullens[13]; 10. 89-AJ Diemel[10]; 11. 4W-Tyler Wolff[18]; 12. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[11]; 13. T75-Terry Phillips[19]; 14. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[16]; 15. 2SS-Mark Smith[7]; 16. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[17]; 17. 71-Philip Houston[15]; 18. 7G-Gabe Hodges[20]; 19. 1ST-Johnny Scott[23]; 20. 45-Chase Holland[24]; 21. 69-Lucas Schott[21]; 22. 27X-Calvin Iverson[22]; 23. 64-Casey Fowler[14]; 24. G17-Fito Gallardo[6]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[2]; 2. T75-Terry Phillips[4]; 3. 69-Lucas Schott[11]; 4. 1ST-Johnny Scott[12]; 5. J17-Jake Gallardo[9]; 6. 33-Jaren Martin[3]; 7. 16-Chris Henigan[13]; 8. 111-Logan Drake[6]; 9. 57-Duke Erickson[5]; 10. 44-Christy Barnett[21]; 11. 17-Peyton Gallardo[15]; 12. 88S-Nathan Smith[16]; 13. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[14]; 14. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[18]; 15. 3J-Lewis Jackson[17]; 16. 12-Paul Miles[20]; 17. 131-Royal Jones[8]; 18. 37S-Spencer Rolenc[19]; 19. 9R-Jimmy Ray[10]; 20. 37-John Neal Reid[1]; 21. 14BT-Blake Thornell[7]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 2. 7G-Gabe Hodges[3]; 3. 27X-Calvin Iverson[5]; 4. 45-Chase Holland[6]; 5. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[10]; 6. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[7]; 7. 24-Rick Ortega[8]; 8. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[13]; 9. D25-David Tanner[15]; 10. 07T-Randy Thornell[17]; 11. J7-Jake Boles[19]; 12. 28-Tom Georges[2]; 13. 11N-Gene Nicholas[18]; 14. 71T-Billy Wilker[16]; 15. 24X-Xavier Ortega[4]; 16. 28S-Ronnie Leathem Jr[20]; 17. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 18. 77-CJ Hulsey[14]; 19. 5-Jon Mitchell[12]; 20. 34-Noah Daspit[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. G17-Fito Gallardo[2]; 2. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[1]; 3. 32-DJ Shannon[6]; 4. 24X-Xavier Ortega[3]; 5. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 6. 14BT-Blake Thornell[8]; 7. 1ST-Johnny Scott[7]; 8. 88S-Nathan Smith[5]; 9. 37S-Spencer Rolenc[4]; 10. (DNS) 44-Christy Barnett

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[1]; 2. 20-Rodney Sanders[4]; 3. 58X-Gary Christian[9]; 4. 111-Logan Drake[2]; 5. 96-Taton Hansen[5]; 6. 7G-Gabe Hodges[10]; 7. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[3]; 8. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[8]; 9. 07T-Randy Thornell[6]; 10. 12-Paul Miles[7]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2SS-Mark Smith[2]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[5]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[9]; 4. 131-Royal Jones[1]; 5. 57-Duke Erickson[6]; 6. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[8]; 7. J17-Jake Gallardo[10]; 8. 71T-Billy Wilker[4]; 9. 3J-Lewis Jackson[7]; 10. 28S-Ronnie Leathem Jr[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 37-John Neal Reid[2]; 3. 89-AJ Diemel[6]; 4. 64-Casey Fowler[8]; 5. 9R-Jimmy Ray[4]; 6. 34-Noah Daspit[3]; 7. 69-Lucas Schott[9]; 8. D25-David Tanner[7]; 9. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Chad Wheeler[4]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[6]; 3. 33-Jaren Martin[3]; 4. 24-Rick Ortega[1]; 5. 28-Tom Georges[8]; 6. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[7]; 7. 17-Peyton Gallardo[2]; 8. 16-Chris Henigan[9]; 9. 11N-Gene Nicholas[5]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[1]; 2. 71-Philip Houston[3]; 3. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[5]; 4. 45-Chase Holland[2]; 5. 27X-Calvin Iverson[6]; 6. T75-Terry Phillips[9]; 7. 5-Jon Mitchell[7]; 8. 77-CJ Hulsey[8]; 9. J7-Jake Boles[4]


X-MODS - 38 entries

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[8]; 2. A0S-Nick Rivera[1]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[14]; 4. 44-Christy Barnett[4]; 5. 3J-Josh Cain[18]; 6. 21X-Tanner Kade[12]; 7. X15-Jesse Haynie[7]; 8. 5-Reece Solander[16]; 9. 71-Nate Reinke[9]; 10. 23H-Hector Barraza[17]; 11. J2-Kris Jackson[21]; 12. 15A-Mike Anderson[13]; 13. 198-Jake Haddox[15]; 14. 44JT-Jaime Torres[19]; 15. 81-Devon Jobin[22]; 16. 21K-Brian Kleine[23]; 17. 24X-Jonathon Ortega[20]; 18. 21A-Andrew Hodges[24]; 19. 88-Andrew Fanning[3]; 20. M17-Rob Moseley[5]; 21. 14J-Jacob Hodges[6]; 22. 93-Greg Gorham[11]; 23. 12-Mike Rosales[10]; 24. 7C-John Carney[2]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23H-Hector Barraza[2]; 2. 44JT-Jaime Torres[4]; 3. J2-Kris Jackson[1]; 4. 07-Donavon Flores[7]; 5. 21A-Andrew Hodges[3]; 6. 24-Shane McNutt[5]; 7. 23B-Israel Ortega[8]; 8. 96-Dusty Riggs[10]; 9. 94-Justin Garrett[9]; 10. X0-Tyler Tallmon[11]; 11. 25K-Kale Murphrey[6]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 2. 24X-Jonathon Ortega[3]; 3. 81-Devon Jobin[2]; 4. 21K-Brian Kleine[4]; 5. 02-Deuce Teague[10]; 6. M77-Cameron Martin[6]; 7. 25-Clayton Schroer[5]; 8. 40-Ruben Ortega[7]; 9. 96V-Victor Barraza[8]; 10. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[9]; 11. (DNS) 5M-Eric McNutt

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. X15-Jesse Haynie[1]; 2. 15A-Mike Anderson[2]; 3. J2-Kris Jackson[3]; 4. 5-Reece Solander[6]; 5. 24X-Jonathon Ortega[4]; 6. 81-Devon Jobin[8]; 7. 25K-Kale Murphrey[5]; 8. 40-Ruben Ortega[7]; 9. (DNS) 5M-Eric McNutt

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[1]; 2. 88-Andrew Fanning[4]; 3. 44-Christy Barnett[6]; 4. 93-Greg Gorham[7]; 5. 21K-Brian Kleine[2]; 6. 3J-Josh Cain[10]; 7. M77-Cameron Martin[5]; 8. 25-Clayton Schroer[9]; 9. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[3]; 10. 02-Deuce Teague[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Nate Reinke[1]; 2. 7C-John Carney[5]; 3. M17-Rob Moseley[6]; 4. 21X-Tanner Kade[7]; 5. 12-Mike Rosales[10]; 6. 21A-Andrew Hodges[8]; 7. 44JT-Jaime Torres[9]; 8. 96V-Victor Barraza[4]; 9. 96-Dusty Riggs[3]; 10. X0-Tyler Tallmon[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. A0S-Nick Rivera[8]; 2. 198-Jake Haddox[1]; 3. 14J-Jacob Hodges[6]; 4. 23H-Hector Barraza[5]; 5. 19-Lucas Rodin[9]; 6. 24-Shane McNutt[2]; 7. 07-Donavon Flores[3]; 8. 23B-Israel Ortega[7]; 9. 94-Justin Garrett[4]