January 13, 2024 | By Ben Shelton

Pierce and Phillips score at Wild West Shootout

VADO, N.M. — Bobby Pierce, Terry Phillips, and Kris Jackson topped the podium in their respective divisions during the fourth round of action at the 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts on Friday evening at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park.

Pierce’s win marked his third straight in the Dirt Track Bank Super Late Model division presented by Black Diamond Race Cars as he inched closer to either a $100,000 (for five wins) or a $25,000 (for four wins) Penske Paydirt Jackpot Bonus.

While, Pierce led all but the first four laps of the feature, the triumph was anything but easy as his right-rear tire was packed with mud early in the feature.

“I’ll be honest, we got super, super lucky there," Pierce said in Hoker Trucking Victory Lane, referring to the mud that packed his car's right-rear tire and caused a race-long vibration. "(It happened) on like lap four and you saw me drop to the bottom, because I almost was gonna pull in the infield or bring out a caution. I figured that if I pull in now, that’s 25 laps that I have to get back to the front, because I figured no way I’d be able to hang on to even a top five (with the problem). It’s just one of them deals man — I stayed out and I guess we kinda got lucky that those guys chose a harder tire.”

Pierce and B.J. Robinson brought the field to the green flag for the 30-lap feature, and it was Robinson, who paced the first four laps before Pierce used the high line in turns three and four to take the lead. Bobby overcame the severe vibration caused by the mud buildup to snare his third-straight miniseries win, which was worth $11,000.

Finishing 0.493 seconds back in second was Garrett Alberson with Cade Dillard, Shannon Babby, and Kyle Larson (who started 22nd) rounded out the Top-5 finishers.

In Shocker Hitch X-Mod action presented by Border Tire, Kris Jackson broke through with his first win in the miniseries, which came from the eighth-starting spot. Eleventh-starting Nick Rivera pursued him across the finish line with sixth-starting Reece Solander in third. Mike Rosales, who led the first nine laps finished fourth with Jake Haddox in fifth.

With four different winners in the first four X-Mod events, the $2,500 Arizona Differential by Nate Four-Or-More Bonus is officially off the table.

The night cap with the Mesilla Valley Transportation/ Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro was a barn burner. Tyler Wolff paced the first half of the 25-lap finale before Jake O’Neil took control for a handful of laps. The closing laps found veteran Terry Phillips charging to the lead and ultimately the $1,000 victory.

Eighth-starting Jake O’Neil ended up second with 18th-starting Cade Dillard advancing to third. Rounding out the Top-5 finishers were Carlos Ahumada Jr. (started 12th) and Jake Gallardo (started 13th).

Dillard needs to sweep the final two 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.

Action continues with Round #5 of the miniseries on Saturday, Jan. 13 at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park with complete shows for Super Late Models ($11,000-to-win), Modifieds ($2,000-to-win), and X-Mods ($1,000-to-win).

The pit gate opens at 1 p.m. MT with the driver’s meeting at 2 p.m. and hot laps at 3:30 p.m.. The grandstand gate opens at 3 p.m.

Daily general grandstand admission on Saturday, Jan. 13 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.


FRIDAY RESULTS

DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS - 43 entries

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 4. 18B-Shannon Babb[4]; 5. 6-Kyle Larson[22]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[9]; 7. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[8]; 9. 2S-Stormy Scott[13]; 10. 7T-Drake Troutman[10]; 11. 19-Dustin Sorensen[15]; 12. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 13. 14M-Morgan Bagley[17]; 14. 7-Ricky Weiss[12]; 15. 49T-Jake Timm[11]; 16. 15-Justin Duty[19]; 17. E85-Jason Strand[24]; 18. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[23]; 19. 14S-Collen Winebarger[16]; 20. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 21. 1R-BJ Robinson[2]; 22. 101-Forrest Trent[14]; 23. 18-Chase Junghans[20]; 24. 32B-Cody Laney[18]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14M-Morgan Bagley[3]; 2. 15-Justin Duty[1]; 3. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[5]; 4. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[7]; 5. 11-Jon Kirby[2]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[4]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[11]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker[8]; 9. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[13]; 10. 82-Ian Whisler[6]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[12]; 12. 5C-Brad Couch[10]; 13. 86-Kyle Beard[9]; 14. 4P-Shawn DeForest[14]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 32B-Cody Laney[1]; 2. 18-Chase Junghans[4]; 3. 6-Kyle Larson[12]; 4. E85-Jason Strand[2]; 5. 13-Bricen James[5]; 6. 73-Rodney Sanders[7]; 7. 28W-Jim Whisler[6]; 8. 25-Mikey Kile[11]; 9. 88-Chance Mann[9]; 10. 02-Kent Rosevear[13]; 11. 3-Keko Perez[8]; 12. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 13. 2-Tyler Stevens[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[3]; 4. 2S-Stormy Scott[4]; 5. 15-Justin Duty[5]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[7]; 7. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[10]; 8. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[8]; 9. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[9]; 11. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18B-Shannon Babb[1]; 2. 77-Preston Luckman[3]; 3. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 5. 11-Jon Kirby[7]; 6. 28M-Sam Mars[5]; 7. 82-Ian Whisler[6]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker[8]; 9. 5C-Brad Couch[11]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[10]; 11. 4P-Shawn DeForest[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1R-BJ Robinson[4]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 5. 32B-Cody Laney[7]; 6. 42S-Don Shaw[6]; 7. 13-Bricen James[3]; 8. 73-Rodney Sanders[8]; 9. 88-Chance Mann[11]; 10. 25-Mikey Kile[9]; 11. 02-Kent Rosevear[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[5]; 4. 14S-Collen Winebarger[2]; 5. E85-Jason Strand[3]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[9]; 7. 28W-Jim Whisler[6]; 8. 3-Keko Perez[10]; 9. 2-Tyler Stevens[7]; 10. 6-Kyle Larson[8]

Qualifying 1: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:13.889[4]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb, 00:14.159[20]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:14.270[5]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:14.342[7]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:14.351[17]; 6. 77-Preston Luckman, 00:14.392[1]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott, 00:14.440[9]; 8. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:14.524[18]; 9. 15-Justin Duty, 00:14.525[2]; 10. 28M-Sam Mars, 00:14.552[14]; 11. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:14.572[15]; 12. 82-Ian Whisler, 00:14.609[10]; 13. 14M-Morgan Bagley, 00:14.631[21]; 14. 11-Jon Kirby, 00:14.684[3]; 15. 10-Kaden Honeycutt, 00:14.755[16]; 16. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 00:14.767[8]; 17. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:14.805[6]; 18. 4P-Shawn DeForest, 00:14.811[12]; 19. 15S-Clayton Stuckey, 00:14.826[19]; 20. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:15.552[22]; 21. 250-Walton Kyle Jr, 00:16.935[13]; 22. 5C-Brad Couch, 00:16.935[11]

Qualifying 2: 1. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:14.074[3]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:14.202[21]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman, 00:14.236[8]; 4. 14S-Collen Winebarger, 00:14.394[4]; 5. 13-Bricen James, 00:14.444[1]; 6. E85-Jason Strand, 00:14.469[14]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson, 00:14.504[6]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:14.529[15]; 9. 101-Forrest Trent, 00:14.551[5]; 10. 7-Ricky Weiss, 00:14.557[20]; 11. 42S-Don Shaw, 00:14.561[17]; 12. 28W-Jim Whisler, 00:14.573[16]; 13. 32B-Cody Laney, 00:14.606[9]; 14. 2-Tyler Stevens, 00:14.637[12]; 15. 73-Rodney Sanders, 00:14.691[10]; 16. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:14.726[18]; 17. 25-Mikey Kile, 00:14.741[11]; 18. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:14.785[2]; 19. 02-Kent Rosevear, 00:14.914[7]; 20. 3-Keko Perez, 00:15.257[19]; 21. 88-Chance Mann, 00:15.454[13]



A MODIFIEDS - 59 entries

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. T75-Terry Phillips[5]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[8]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[18]; 4. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[12]; 5. J17-Jake Gallardo[13]; 6. 69-Lucas Schott[17]; 7. 88-Chad Wheeler[16]; 8. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[23]; 9. 45-Chase Holland[22]; 10. 71-Philip Houston[7]; 11. G17-Fito Gallardo[11]; 12. 02-Tanner Mullens[4]; 13. 65-Tyler Davis[19]; 14. 1ST-Johnny Scott[21]; 15. 88S-Nathan Smith[24]; 16. 57-Duke Erickson[14]; 17. 2SS-Mark Smith[15]; 18. 19SB-Lance Mari[10]; 19. 16-Chris Henigan[1]; 20. 27X-Calvin Iverson[20]; 21. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[3]; 22. 60-Dan Ebert[6]; 23. 64-Casey Fowler[9]; 24. (DQ) 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 69-Lucas Schott[1]; 2. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 3. 1ST-Johnny Scott[4]; 4. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[2]; 5. 89-AJ Diemel[11]; 6. 9R-Jimmy Ray[8]; 7. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[7]; 8. D25-David Tanner[5]; 9. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[6]; 10. 24-Rick Ortega[13]; 11. 131-Royal Jones[19]; 12. 11W-Lucas Ward[16]; 13. 7G-Gabe Hodges[22]; 14. 54T-Matthew Day[10]; 15. 77-CJ Hulsey[21]; 16. 11N-Gene Nicholas[18]; 17. 12-Paul Miles[9]; 18. 64S-Jay Sale[14]; 19. 96C-Carson Ditsch[20]; 20. 2X-Gene Weaver[12]; 21. 33-Jaren Martin[15]; 22. 37-John Neal Reid[17]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[20]; 2. 27X-Calvin Iverson[2]; 3. 45-Chase Holland[9]; 4. 88S-Nathan Smith[1]; 5. 58X-Gary Christian[13]; 6. 111-Logan Drake[19]; 7. 3J-Lewis Jackson[5]; 8. 55G-Braden Gress[4]; 9. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[8]; 10. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[7]; 11. 1T-Cameron Thomas[12]; 12. 17-Peyton Gallardo[10]; 13. 24X-Xavier Ortega[11]; 14. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[17]; 15. 32-DJ Shannon[21]; 16. 37T-Coty Tanquary[15]; 17. 71T-Billy Wilker[3]; 18. 5-Jon Mitchell[14]; 19. J7-Jake Boles[6]; 20. 34-Noah Daspit[16]; 21. 44-Christy Barnett[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[3]; 2. 71-Philip Houston[4]; 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[10]; 4. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[1]; 5. D25-David Tanner[6]; 6. 75-Alan Sharpensteen[8]; 7. 71T-Billy Wilker[11]; 8. 1T-Cameron Thomas[7]; 9. 64S-Jay Sale[9]; 10. 44-Christy Barnett[2]; 11. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 12. (DNS) 7G-Gabe Hodges

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Casey Fowler[1]; 2. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]; 3. 16-Chris Henigan[11]; 4. 1ST-Johnny Scott[3]; 5. 88-Chad Wheeler[8]; 6. 12-Paul Miles[4]; 7. 89-AJ Diemel[5]; 8. 24-Rick Ortega[6]; 9. 5-Jon Mitchell[9]; 10. 58X-Gary Christian[12]; 11. 131-Royal Jones[7]; 12. 77-CJ Hulsey[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. T75-Terry Phillips[3]; 2. J17-Jake Gallardo[2]; 3. 189-Steven Whiteaker Jr[1]; 4. 27X-Calvin Iverson[4]; 5. 3J-Lewis Jackson[6]; 6. J7-Jake Boles[8]; 7. 88S-Nathan Smith[12]; 8. 45-Chase Holland[10]; 9. 33-Jaren Martin[5]; 10. 11W-Lucas Ward[7]; 11. 11N-Gene Nicholas[9]; 12. 96C-Carson Ditsch[11]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 2. 2SS-Mark Smith[1]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[11]; 4. 55G-Braden Gress[3]; 5. G17-Fito Gallardo[10]; 6. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[5]; 7. 17-Peyton Gallardo[7]; 8. 24X-Xavier Ortega[8]; 9. 54T-Matthew Day[12]; 10. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[4]; 11. 111-Logan Drake[6]; 12. 32-DJ Shannon[9]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 19SB-Lance Mari[1]; 2. 57-Duke Erickson[2]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil[6]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis[4]; 5. 16JR-Dustin Henigan[5]; 6. 69-Lucas Schott[10]; 7. 9R-Jimmy Ray[9]; 8. 2X-Gene Weaver[8]; 9. 37T-Coty Tanquary[3]; 10. 34-Noah Daspit[7]; 11. 37-John Neal Reid[11]



X-MODS - 51 entries

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. J2-Kris Jackson[8]; 2. A0S-Nick Rivera[11]; 3. 5-Reece Solander[6]; 4. 12-Mike Rosales[1]; 5. 198-Jake Haddox[9]; 6. 15A-Mike Anderson[2]; 7. 14J-Jacob Hodges[4]; 8. 71-Nate Reinke[10]; 9. 3J-Josh Cain[17]; 10. 05-Aasa Flores[3]; 11. 19-Lucas Rodin[12]; 12. X15-Jesse Haynie[21]; 13. 18-JC Morton[5]; 14. 5M-Eric McNutt[19]; 15. 21X-Tanner Kade[16]; 16. 1J-Jaden Christ[14]; 17. 24-Jonathon Ortega[22]; 18. M17-Rob Moseley[18]; 19. 44-Christy Barnett[7]; 20. 7CC-Colby Williams[20]; 21. 15-Tracy Denby[24]; 22. 44JT-Jaime Torres[13]; 23. 58-Chad Reid[23]; 24. 24M-Shane McNutt[15]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 2. 5M-Eric McNutt[10]; 3. X15-Jesse Haynie[8]; 4. 58-Chad Reid[9]; 5. 96-Dusty Riggs[5]; 6. 47CC-Conner Williams[2]; 7. 27N-Colton Polen[16]; 8. 28A-Aiden Frazier[11]; 9. 1S-Scott Bintz[6]; 10. 81-Devon Jobin[7]; 11. 23B-Israel Ortega[4]; 12. 25-Clayton Schroer[3]; 13. 96V-Victor Barraza[14]; 14. 23-Kyle Nanco[12]; 15. 7-Willie Gammill[17]; 16. 20D-Drew Pattat[18]; 17. 60-William Gould[13]; 18. 07-Donavon Flores[15]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. M17-Rob Moseley[2]; 2. 7CC-Colby Williams[1]; 3. 24-Jonathon Ortega[3]; 4. 15-Tracy Denby[10]; 5. 23H-Hector Barraza[7]; 6. 95-Mason Day[5]; 7. 21A-Andrew Hodges[9]; 8. M77-Cameron Martin[4]; 9. 21K-Brian Kleine[15]; 10. 02-Deuce Teague[6]; 11. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[12]; 12. 94-Justin Garrett[13]; 13. 28T-Brian Barrett[17]; 14. 24S-Scott Morlang[11]; 15. Y23-Ethan Young[16]; 16. 40-Ruben Ortega[14]; 17. 22T-Gregory Muirhead[8]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 198-Jake Haddox[1]; 2. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 3. 12-Mike Rosales[9]; 4. 24M-Shane McNutt[5]; 5. 7CC-Colby Williams[7]; 6. 02-Deuce Teague[4]; 7. 95-Mason Day[8]; 8. 25-Clayton Schroer[12]; 9. 28A-Aiden Frazier[6]; 10. 5M-Eric McNutt[11]; 11. Y23-Ethan Young[3]; 12. 96V-Victor Barraza[13]; 13. 28T-Brian Barrett[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14J-Jacob Hodges[2]; 2. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 3. 44JT-Jaime Torres[4]; 4. 1J-Jaden Christ[6]; 5. M17-Rob Moseley[5]; 6. 24-Jonathon Ortega[7]; 7. M77-Cameron Martin[9]; 8. 15-Tracy Denby[1]; 9. 22T-Gregory Muirhead[11]; 10. 21A-Andrew Hodges[12]; 11. 60-William Gould[8]; 12. 21K-Brian Kleine[10]; 13. 7-Willie Gammill[13]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[2]; 2. J2-Kris Jackson[4]; 3. 21X-Tanner Kade[1]; 4. 05-Aasa Flores[10]; 5. 23B-Israel Ortega[3]; 6. A0S-Nick Rivera[12]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[8]; 8. X15-Jesse Haynie[9]; 9. 58-Chad Reid[11]; 10. 05N-Jimmy Nicholas[5]; 11. 94-Justin Garrett[7]; 12. 40-Ruben Ortega[13]; 13. 20D-Drew Pattat[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Reece Solander[2]; 2. 15A-Mike Anderson[6]; 3. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 4. 44-Christy Barnett[9]; 5. 47CC-Conner Williams[7]; 6. 81-Devon Jobin[4]; 7. 23H-Hector Barraza[12]; 8. 96-Dusty Riggs[11]; 9. 24S-Scott Morlang[3]; 10. 23-Kyle Nanco[8]; 11. 07-Donavon Flores[5]; 12. 27N-Colton Polen[10]