January 11, 2024 | By Ben Shelton

Pierce goes back-to-back at Wild West Shootout

VADO, N.M. — Bobby Pierce and Cade Dillard continued their winning ways during the third round of the 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts on Wednesday night, while Jesse Haynie picked up his first-career miniseries victory at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park.

Pierce snared his second-straight Dirt Track Bank Super Late Model victory presented by Black Diamond Race Cars. With the triumph the Illinois racer kept his hopes alive of either a $100,000 (for five wins) or a $25,000 (for four wins) Penske Paydirt Jackpot Bonus.

From the outside-front-row Pierce paced all but the second lap, which was led by Shannon Babb, en route to the $11,000 triumph.

“I didn’t expect the track to do that,” Pierce said of the surface becoming bottom-dominant. “I thought the top would’ve been there too … it’s just one of them deals where I guess it got so crumby and no one was up there to blow it off. I was glad that we got back out front there on Shannon (Babb) ... (and) lapped traffic was crazy. They’re holding their lines, they’re doing what they can … it’s just a tricky situation with the racetrack. That’s the only line to choose from. I tried to go around one of them and almost got passed so I kind of had to use the chrome horn here.”

After flirting with his first trip to Hoker Trucking Victory Lane in the ShockerHitch.com X-Mods presented by Border Tire throughout the 2023 Wild West Shootout, Jesse Haynie was able to finally seal the deal on Wednesday night with his maiden miniseries triumph. The Las Cruces, N.M. driver turned back challenges from Jake Haddox and Nick Rivera to snare the wins with Eric McNutt and Nate Reinke completing the Top-5 finishers.

Nick Rivera, J.C. Morton, and Jesse Haynie are all eligible for the $2,500 Arizona Differential by Nate Four-Or-More Bonus if they can win the final three events.

Meanwhile, Cade Dillard remained undefeated in the Mesilla Valley Transportation/ Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro with yet another convincing victory. He wired the field from the pole position to score the win over Lucas Schott, Jake O’Neil, Nathan Smith, and Dan Ebert.

Dillard just needs two victories in the final three miniseries events to capture the $15,000 Wehrs Machine Five-Or-More Bonus.

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

After a scheduled off-day on Thursday, the mega miniseries continues on Friday, Jan. 12 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 Friday, Jan. 12 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.



18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts: Round #3
FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park


DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS - 39 entries

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[11]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[9]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[19]; 9. 7T-Drake Troutman[1]; 10. 73-Rodney Sanders[8]; 11. 14S-Collen Winebarger[10]; 12. 49-Jake Timm[23]; 13. 7-Ricky Weiss[21]; 14. 28M-Sam Mars[22]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[12]; 16. 1R-BJ Robinson[16]; 17. 25-Mikey Kile[14]; 18. 11-Jon Kirby[15]; 19. 86-Kyle Beard[24]; 20. 157-Mike Marlar[13]; 21. 14M-Morgan Bagley[18]; 22. 13-Bricen James[20]; 23. 2-Tyler Stevens[17]; 24. 6-Kyle Larson[6]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Tyler Stevens[3]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[1]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]; 4. 49-Jake Timm[4]; 5. 32B-Cody Laney[8]; 6. 82-Ian Whisler[5]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 8. 02-Kent Rosevear[10]; 9. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 10. 4P-Shawn DeForest[9]; 11. 28W-Jim Whisler[12]; 12. E85-Jason Strand[2]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14M-Morgan Bagley[2]; 2. 13-Bricen James[1]; 3. 28M-Sam Mars[5]; 4. 86-Kyle Beard[3]; 5. 18-Chase Junghans[7]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[4]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent[10]; 8. 19C-Colby Moore[9]; 9. 88-Chance Mann[6]; 10. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[8]; 11. 3-Keko Perez[11]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18B-Shannon Babb[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar[5]; 5. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 6. 2-Tyler Stevens[7]; 7. 82-Ian Whisler[4]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 9. 4P-Shawn DeForest[10]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 77-Preston Luckman[2]; 3. 15-Justin Duty[4]; 4. 11-Jon Kirby[3]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[5]; 6. 49-Jake Timm[8]; 7. 7-Ricky Weiss[9]; 8. 32B-Cody Laney[7]; 9. 02-Kent Rosevear[10]; 10. 28W-Jim Whisler[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[1]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson[2]; 3. 14S-Collen Winebarger[3]; 4. 25-Mikey Kile[4]; 5. 13-Bricen James[8]; 6. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 7. 28M-Sam Mars[5]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans[10]; 9. 19C-Colby Moore[7]; 10. 3-Keko Perez[9]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7T-Drake Troutman[1]; 2. 73-Rodney Sanders[3]; 3. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[4]; 4. 1R-BJ Robinson[8]; 5. 14M-Morgan Bagley[7]; 6. 38-Thomas Hunziker[6]; 7. 88-Chance Mann[5]; 8. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[9]; 9. 101-Forrest Trent[2]

Qualifying 1: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:14.175[5]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.345[3]; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb, 00:14.437[20]; 4. 77-Preston Luckman, 00:14.509[9]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:14.600[13]; 6. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:14.698[18]; 7. 82-Ian Whisler, 00:14.705[1]; 8. 15-Justin Duty, 00:14.719[8]; 9. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.738[4]; 10. E85-Jason Strand, 00:14.747[6]; 11. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:14.761[10]; 12. 28W-Jim Whisler, 00:14.774[16]; 13. 2-Tyler Stevens, 00:14.808[14]; 14. 32B-Cody Laney, 00:14.876[7]; 15. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:14.888[15]; 16. 49-Jake Timm, 00:14.959[2]; 17. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:15.069[12]; 18. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:15.079[11]; 19. 4P-Shawn DeForest, 00:15.389[17]; 20. 02-Kent Rosevear, 00:15.540[19]

Qualifying 2: 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.479[5]; 2. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.514[9]; 3. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:14.554[1]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent, 00:14.721[2]; 5. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 00:14.736[10]; 6. 73-Rodney Sanders, 00:14.752[8]; 7. 25-Mikey Kile, 00:14.775[17]; 8. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:14.807[14]; 9. 28M-Sam Mars, 00:14.836[3]; 10. 88-Chance Mann, 00:14.865[11]; 11. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.014[19]; 12. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:15.084[16]; 13. 19C-Colby Moore, 00:15.093[15]; 14. 14M-Morgan Bagley, 00:15.122[12]; 15. 13-Bricen James, 00:15.263[13]; 16. 1R-BJ Robinson, 00:15.269[6]; 17. 3-Keko Perez, 00:15.277[4]; 18. 250-Walton Kyle Jr, 00:16.926[7]; 19. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:16.926[18]




A MODIFIEDS - 52 entries

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 2. 69-Lucas Schott[2]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[17]; 4. 88S-Nathan Smith[4]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[7]; 7. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 8. 1ST-Johnny Scott[10]; 9. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[14]; 10. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[22]; 11. 2SS-Mark Smith[21]; 12. 19SB-Lance Mari[19]; 13. T75-Terry Phillips[18]; 14. 34-Noah Daspit[5]; 15. 5-Jon Mitchell[11]; 16. 24X-Xavier Ortega[16]; 17. 33-Jaren Martin[15]; 18. 88-Chad Wheeler[23]; 19. 27X-Calvin Iverson[20]; 20. 32-DJ Shannon[24]; 21. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 22. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[8]; 23. 58X-Gary Christian[13]; 24. 64-Casey Fowler[12]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[1]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari[3]; 3. 2SS-Mark Smith[2]; 4. 88-Chad Wheeler[8]; 5. 9R-Jimmy Ray[4]; 6. 16-Chris Henigan[10]; 7. G17-Fito Gallardo[11]; 8. 45-Chase Holland[16]; 9. 11W-Lucas Ward[5]; 10. 37-John Neal Reid[7]; 11. 57-Duke Erickson[14]; 12. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[17]; 13. 71T-Billy Wilker[12]; 14. 17-Peyton Gallardo[9]; 15. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[6]; 16. 12-Paul Miles[15]; 17. D25-David Tanner[13]; 18. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[18]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. T75-Terry Phillips[4]; 2. 27X-Calvin Iverson[1]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[2]; 4. 32-DJ Shannon[3]; 5. J17-Jake Gallardo[7]; 6. 02-Tanner Mullens[9]; 7. J7-Jake Boles[8]; 8. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[11]; 9. 111-Logan Drake[14]; 10. 7G-Gabe Hodges[13]; 11. 3J-Lewis Jackson[6]; 12. 77-CJ Hulsey[5]; 13. 11N-Gene Nicholas[18]; 14. 24-Rick Ortega[10]; 15. 131-Royal Jones[12]; 16. 55G-Braden Gress[15]; 17. 96C-Carson Ditsch[16]; 18. 89-AJ Diemel[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[2]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[10]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[3]; 4. 77-CJ Hulsey[1]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari[6]; 6. J7-Jake Boles[5]; 7. 24-Rick Ortega[4]; 8. G17-Fito Gallardo[8]; 9. 131-Royal Jones[9]; 10. 55G-Braden Gress[7]; 11. 96C-Carson Ditsch[11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 2. 88S-Nathan Smith[6]; 3. 27X-Calvin Iverson[2]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[3]; 5. 88-Chad Wheeler[1]; 6. 9R-Jimmy Ray[8]; 7. 02-Tanner Mullens[7]; 8. 16-Chris Henigan[9]; 9. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[10]; 10. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[5]; 11. (DNS) 11N-Gene Nicholas

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]; 2. 1ST-Johnny Scott[4]; 3. 5-Jon Mitchell[6]; 4. 60-Dan Ebert[10]; 5. 2SS-Mark Smith[7]; 6. T75-Terry Phillips[8]; 7. 37-John Neal Reid[9]; 8. 7G-Gabe Hodges[1]; 9. 111-Logan Drake[5]; 10. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Casey Fowler[1]; 2. 33-Jaren Martin[2]; 3. 69-Lucas Schott[9]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[8]; 5. 3J-Lewis Jackson[5]; 6. 17-Peyton Gallardo[3]; 7. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[10]; 8. 71T-Billy Wilker[6]; 9. 12-Paul Miles[4]; 10. 45-Chase Holland[7]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Noah Daspit[3]; 2. 24X-Xavier Ortega[2]; 3. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[5]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[10]; 5. 32-DJ Shannon[6]; 6. 11W-Lucas Ward[8]; 7. J17-Jake Gallardo[9]; 8. 57-Duke Erickson[1]; 9. D25-David Tanner[7]; 10. 89-AJ Diemel[4]


X-MODS - 35 entries

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. X15-Jesse Haynie[1]; 2. 198-Jake Haddox[4]; 3. A0S-Nick Rivera[9]; 4. 5M-Eric McNutt[2]; 5. 71-Nate Reinke[8]; 6. J2-Kris Jackson[7]; 7. 18-JC Morton[11]; 8. M17-Rob Moseley[6]; 9. 07-Donavon Flores[17]; 10. 81-Devon Jobin[14]; 11. 14J-Jacob Hodges[13]; 12. 3J-Josh Cain[19]; 13. 1S-Scott Bintz[23]; 14. 24-Shane McNutt[21]; 15. 44JT-Jaime Torres[12]; 16. 12-Mike Rosales[16]; 17. 58-Chad Reid[5]; 18. 15A-Mike Anderson[18]; 19. 5-Reece Solander[20]; 20. 19-Lucas Rodin[22]; 21. 25-Clayton Schroer[15]; 22. M77-Cameron Martin[10]; 23. 23B-Israel Ortega[24]; 24. 21X-Tanner Kade[3]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 07-Donavon Flores[3]; 2. 15A-Mike Anderson[1]; 3. 3J-Josh Cain[6]; 4. 5-Reece Solander[10]; 5. 24-Shane McNutt[4]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[12]; 8. 23B-Israel Ortega[8]; 9. 24X-Jonathon Ortega[19]; 10. 21A-Andrew Hodges[9]; 11. 23H-Hector Barraza[18]; 12. 94-Justin Garrett[7]; 13. 1J-Jaden Christ[15]; 14. 28A-Aiden Frazier[13]; 15. 02-Deuce Teague[17]; 16. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[11]; 17. 40-Ruben Ortega[14]; 18. 96V-Victor Barraza[5]; 19. C7-Tyler Cook[16]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. X15-Jesse Haynie[3]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[2]; 3. 25-Clayton Schroer[1]; 4. 81-Devon Jobin[5]; 5. 44JT-Jaime Torres[8]; 6. 18-JC Morton[11]; 7. 15A-Mike Anderson[10]; 8. 21A-Andrew Hodges[4]; 9. 3J-Josh Cain[12]; 10. 1S-Scott Bintz[7]; 11. 02-Deuce Teague[6]; 12. 23H-Hector Barraza[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Tanner Kade[1]; 2. A0S-Nick Rivera[2]; 3. J2-Kris Jackson[5]; 4. 12-Mike Rosales[3]; 5. M17-Rob Moseley[10]; 6. 24-Shane McNutt[4]; 7. 07-Donavon Flores[9]; 8. 23B-Israel Ortega[6]; 9. 5-Reece Solander[8]; 10. 28A-Aiden Frazier[7]; 11. 40-Ruben Ortega[11]; 12. (DNS) 24X-Jonathon Ortega

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 198-Jake Haddox[1]; 2. 5M-Eric McNutt[4]; 3. 14J-Jacob Hodges[2]; 4. 58-Chad Reid[8]; 5. M77-Cameron Martin[9]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[7]; 7. 94-Justin Garrett[5]; 8. 96V-Victor Barraza[10]; 9. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[6]; 10. C7-Tyler Cook[3]; 11. 1J-Jaden Christ[11]