January 18, 2026 | By WWS PR

Garrett Alberson smokes the field at Wild West Shootout

CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—Kicking back into gear for the penultimate event of the 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts, more than 160 competitors entered Round #5 at FK Rod Ends Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Arizona, presented by Low Voltage Solutions.

Garrett Alberson of Las Cruces, N.M., earned his third-career Wild West Shootout victory on Saturday in a caution-free show over Hudson O’Neal and Bobby Pierce. Alberson secured the pole position for the 40-lap main event in the Schaeffer’s Oil Redraw and jumped to the lead on the opening lap. Pulling away to a margin of more than five seconds at the checkered flag, the New Mexico native led all 40 circuits to claim the $15,000 victory.

“I love it when it goes caution free, I’m a green-flag racer,” said Garrett Alberson with a smile. “I caught lapped traffic there and really wasn’t sure where to be … I was trying to pick my battles … you know how that goes.” Alberson also credited his team’s role in the victory, adding, “Man, I’ve just got to thank this team. I’m so proud of these guys. They said, ‘Don’t touch this thing, just drive it.’”

Garrett Alberson and Roberts Motorsports collected their first victory of the 2026 Wild West Shootout and the team’s third in miniseries history. Alberson now sits second in the Super Late Model point standings for the event.

Front-row starter Mike Marlar pulled into the hot pit with engine issues before the green flag and did not complete a lap in the A-Main. Friday night’s winner Hudson O’Neal finished second, while Jonathan Davenport secured his first podium of the event. Jake Timm earned hard charger honors, advancing from 22nd-to-17th.

The legendary Ken Schrader picked up the victory in the Shocker Hitch X-Modifieds presented by Border Tire. Schrader started seventh in the 25-lap main event and outran Jake Smith and Christy Barnett to take the $1,000 win.

In his return to the driver’s seat, Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., picked up the $2,000 triumph in the Mesilla Valley Transportation Modified division. Payne led every lap from the pole in the 25-lap feature, besting Reece Solander and Dustin Strand at the checkers.

Sunday’s $25,000-to-win Super Late Model finale will conclude the 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Modifieds and X-Mods will be joined by Stock Cars for the finale at FK Rod Ends Central Arizona Raceway presented by Low Voltage Solutions.

Single-day reserved tickets are still on sale now at www.WildWestShootout.net.

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RESULS
WILD WEST SHOOTOUT
Central Arizona Raceway
Casa, Grande, AZ

Saturday, January 17.  2026

DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS  (39 entries)

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 6-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[8]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[10]; 7. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[9]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard[12]; 10. 19-Dustin Sorensen[13]; 11. 0-Jake O'Neil[5]; 12. 15S-Clay Stuckey[11]; 13. 15D-Justin Duty[15]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans[16]; 15. 96T-RC Whitwell[14]; 16. 66-Eli Ross[17]; 17. 49T-Jake Timm[22]; 18. 86-Kyle Beard[21]; 19. 9T-Tim Isenberg[24]; 20. 8-Dillon McCowan[23]; 21. 13-Bricen James[20]; 22. 75-Terry Phillips[25]; 23. B5-Brandon Sheppard[18]; 24. 82-Eston Whisler[19]; 25. 157-Mike Marlar[2]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 66-Eli Ross[1]; 2. 82-Eston Whisler[2]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[3]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 75A-Daniel Adam[5]; 6. 75-Terry Phillips[8]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[6]; 8. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[9]; 9. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[10]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 11. 48-Brandon Lance[7]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz[12]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 2. 13-Bricen James[5]; 3. 49T-Jake Timm[1]; 4. 9T-Tim Isenberg[6]; 5. 21F-Gunner Frank[9]; 6. 28-Sam Mars[3]; 7. 128-Kylan Garner[4]; 8. 15*-Cole Schill[11]; 9. 88-Chance Mann[7]; 10. 28C-John Cornell[10]; 11. 4P-Richard Papenhausen[8]

Pro Power Dash (8 Laps): 1. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 2. 75A-Daniel Adam[1]; 3. 4TW-Tim Ward[5]; 4. 28-Sam Mars[4]; 5. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[2]; 7. 88-Chance Mann[10]; 8. 15*-Cole Schill[8]; 9. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 10. 128-Kylan Garner[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[3]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 5. 66-Eli Ross[6]; 6. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 7. 75A-Daniel Adam[7]; 8. 48-Brandon Lance[9]; 9. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[8]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 15S-Clay Stuckey[3]; 4. 15D-Justin Duty[5]; 5. 82-Eston Whisler[6]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[7]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips[8]; 9. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 4. 96T-RC Whitwell[5]; 5. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 6. 28-Sam Mars[7]; 7. 13-Bricen James[6]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[9]; 9. 21F-Gunner Frank[8]; 10. 15*-Cole Schill[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 3. 97-Cade Dillard[4]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans[2]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 6. 128-Kylan Garner[6]; 7. 9T-Tim Isenberg[7]; 8. 4P-Richard Papenhausen[8]; 9. 28C-John Cornell[9]

Qualifying 1: 1. 6-Hudson O'Neal, 00:15.039[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.181[10]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:15.189[5]; 4. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.322[15]; 5. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.383[12]; 6. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 00:15.384[6]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:15.407[17]; 8. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.455[19]; 9. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.458[7]; 10. 15D-Justin Duty, 00:15.473[11]; 11. 66-Eli Ross, 00:15.509[2]; 12. 82-Eston Whisler, 00:15.515[18]; 13. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:15.576[16]; 14. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:15.681[14]; 15. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:15.747[3]; 16. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.748[4]; 17. 48-Brandon Lance, 00:15.754[8]; 18. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:15.947[9]; 19. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:16.114[13]; 20. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:16.154[20]

Qualifying 2: 1. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.186[14]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.284[19]; 3. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.325[17]; 4. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.422[12]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.424[13]; 6. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.429[9]; 7. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:15.439[16]; 8. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:15.457[4]; 9. 96T-RC Whitwell, 00:15.468[11]; 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.496[15]; 11. 13-Bricen James, 00:15.661[10]; 12. 128-Kylan Garner, 00:15.701[8]; 13. 28-Sam Mars, 00:15.948[6]; 14. 9T-Tim Isenberg, 00:15.953[1]; 15. 21F-Gunner Frank, 00:16.018[5]; 16. 4P-Richard Papenhausen, 00:16.177[7]; 17. 88-Chance Mann, 00:16.188[18]; 18. 28C-John Cornell, 00:16.280[3]; 19. 15*-Cole Schill, 00:16.872[2]


A Modifieds  (67entries)

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 186-Jeremy Payne[1]; 2. 5-Reece Solander[7]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[4]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 5. 20S-Rodney Sanders[16]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[11]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[10]; 8. J17-Jake Gallardo[18]; 9. 112-Tyler Peterson[21]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 11. 19SB-Lance Mari[15]; 12. 07X-Troy Morris III[13]; 13. G17-Fito Gallardo[9]; 14. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[14]; 15. 44N-Jason Noll[24]; 16. 19R-Lucas Rodin[12]; 17. 721-Troy Gemmill[23]; 18. 2SS-Mark Smith[2]; 19. 80XX-Jason Langford[8]; 20. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[22]; 21. 25-Kale Murphrey[17]; 22. 75-Terry Phillips[20]; 23. 29-Chris Spalding[19]; 24. 10M-Talan Willis[6]

B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Chris Spalding[2]; 2. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[1]; 3. 91-Joe Duvall[3]; 4. 24C-Joe Chisholm[5]; 5. 44-Christy Barnett[9]; 6. 96-Taton Hansen[12]; 7. J7-Jake Boles[6]; 8. 73-Jeff Helget[13]; 9. 46-Paul Miles[10]; 10. 58-Devon Reed[11]; 11. 20-Cole Queensland[8]; 12. 73S-Mike Szlauko[17]; 13. 12S-Hunter Sandy[7]; 14. 24X-Xavier Ortega[4]; 15. 0-Peyton George[16]; 16. 413-Tate Johnson[14]; 17. 51-Dallas Caldwell[15]

B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Terry Phillips[2]; 2. 721-Troy Gemmill[3]; 3. 88XXX-Randy Klein[1]; 4. 97A-Cole Anderson[10]; 5. 50-Robert Adams[4]; 6. 26S-Steven Glenn[5]; 7. 11N-Gene Nicholas[9]; 8. 12-Jay Rosales[6]; 9. L8-Ethan Stevens[13]; 10. 17-Brent Holman[15]; 11. 520T-Lukas Tellez[14]; 12. 3N-Gene Kay[16]; 13. M19-JC Mattingly[8]; 14. 57-Gage McCaughan[12]; 15. 85D-Mark Dotson[7]; 16. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[11]

B Feature 3 (8 Laps): 1. 112-Tyler Peterson[2]; 2. 44N-Jason Noll[3]; 3. 151-Lucas Gibbs[6]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton[14]; 5. 24-Rick Ortega[1]; 6. 7-AJ Sharpensteen[7]; 7. P17-Peyton Gallardo[9]; 8. 81-Devon Jobin[15]; 9. 131-Royal Jones[5]; 10. 7G-Gabe Hodges[4]; 11. 97TB-Tyson Blood[8]; 12. 6F-Matt Fester[13]; 13. 14X-CJ Thorne[11]; 14. 111-Logan Drake[16]; 15. 02LZ-Ellsworth Conover[12]; 16. 22S-Cole Szlauko[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 80XX-Jason Langford[4]; 2. 20S-Rodney Sanders[3]; 3. 25-Kale Murphrey[5]; 4. 24X-Xavier Ortega[2]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips[7]; 6. 91-Joe Duvall[9]; 7. 85D-Mark Dotson[8]; 8. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[1]; 9. P17-Peyton Gallardo[10]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen[11]; 11. 17-Brent Holman[6]; 12. (DNS) 111-Logan Drake

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 2. G17-Fito Gallardo[5]; 3. 19R-Lucas Rodin[7]; 4. 50-Robert Adams[2]; 5. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[9]; 6. 88XXX-Randy Klein[11]; 7. 26S-Steven Glenn[10]; 8. 14X-CJ Thorne[1]; 9. 57-Gage McCaughan[4]; 10. 520T-Lukas Tellez[3]; 11. 38T-Dylan Thornton[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 186-Jeremy Payne[9]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 3. 19SB-Lance Mari[6]; 4. 7G-Gabe Hodges[2]; 5. 112-Tyler Peterson[7]; 6. M19-JC Mattingly[1]; 7. 7-AJ Sharpensteen[8]; 8. 58-Devon Reed[3]; 9. 02LZ-Ellsworth Conover[4]; 10. 73S-Mike Szlauko[11]; 11. 413-Tate Johnson[10]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Reece Solander[5]; 2. 2SS-Mark Smith[10]; 3. 07X-Troy Morris III[7]; 4. 721-Troy Gemmill[4]; 5. 131-Royal Jones[3]; 6. 24C-Joe Chisholm[8]; 7. 46-Paul Miles[1]; 8. 97A-Cole Anderson[6]; 9. 22S-Cole Szlauko[11]; 10. 73-Jeff Helget[9]; 11. 3N-Gene Kay[2]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[2]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[8]; 3. 10M-Talan Willis[10]; 4. 44N-Jason Noll[3]; 5. 12-Jay Rosales[1]; 6. 151-Lucas Gibbs[6]; 7. 44-Christy Barnett[4]; 8. 11N-Gene Nicholas[7]; 9. 97TB-Tyson Blood[11]; 10. L8-Ethan Stevens[9]; 11. 81-Devon Jobin[5]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[6]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 3. 29-Chris Spalding[1]; 4. J17-Jake Gallardo[7]; 5. 24-Rick Ortega[8]; 6. 12S-Hunter Sandy[11]; 7. J7-Jake Boles[9]; 8. 20-Cole Queensland[10]; 9. 6F-Matt Fester[3]; 10. 51-Dallas Caldwell[2]; 11. 0-Peyton George[4]



Limited Mods  (56 entries)

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9-Ken Schrader[7]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[19]; 3. 44-Christy Barnett[14]; 4. 75-Cole Suckow[2]; 5. 19R-Lucas Rodin[16]; 6. 32C-Curtis Stieh[10]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[11]; 8. 27P-Parker Anderson[17]; 9. 0-Dakota Girard[18]; 10. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 11. 94-Tyler Potter[3]; 12. 57-Duke Erickson[12]; 13. 14J-Jacob Hodges[9]; 14. 711-Payce Herrera[22]; 15. 99-Jeremy Haddox[15]; 16. 13-Josh Beyer[5]; 17. 89-Chris Mangum[13]; 18. 75J-Tyler Johnson[4]; 19. 21B-Braxton James[23]; 20. 161-Remington Budd[6]; 21. 34-Brandon Rehill[8]; 22. 509-Brennan Davis[20]; 23. 79-Jaden Christ[24]; 24. M17-Rob Moseley[21]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 27P-Parker Anderson[1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[9]; 3. M17-Rob Moseley[2]; 4. 21B-Braxton James[11]; 5. 5-Shane McNutt[8]; 6. 22-Jonathon Ortega[6]; 7. 7X-Bubba Stafford Jr[7]; 8. 28BY-Bryson Yeager[14]; 9. 05-Aasa Flores[10]; 10. 980-Kaden Woodie[16]; 11. 10-Bryan Bennett[19]; 12. 71B-Dave Siercks[17]; 13. 27-Andy Davis[12]; 14. 28T-Scott Tofte[3]; 15. 91B-Brody Spangler[4]; 16. 216-Camron Spangler[13]; 17. 77-Chance Kodet[5]; 18. 196-Matt Micheli[20]; 19. 937-Joshua Sanchez[15]; 20. 14-Erick Barraza[18]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 0-Dakota Girard[7]; 2. 509-Brennan Davis[1]; 3. 711-Payce Herrera[4]; 4. 79-Jaden Christ[5]; 5. 23B-Israel Ortega[3]; 6. 11DW-Danny Wagner[6]; 7. 30-Blake Davis[11]; 8. 50X-Justen Yeager[13]; 9. 3R-Mel Romero[10]; 10. 12C-Cale Riggs[9]; 11. 23H-Hector Barraza[18]; 12. 88-Tyler Delong[15]; 13. 54-Lance Relf[19]; 14. 11D-Dave Smith[12]; 15. 22K-Keenan Glasser[20]; 16. 02-Deuce Teague[14]; 17. 82-Sherman Barnett[16]; 18. 28-David Pitt[8]; 19. 0G-Peyton George[2]; 20. 562-Craig Walker[17]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 94-Tyler Potter[4]; 2. 13-Josh Beyer[6]; 3. 0G-Peyton George[1]; 4. 711-Payce Herrera[2]; 5. 22-Jonathon Ortega[5]; 6. 27P-Parker Anderson[11]; 7. 5-Shane McNutt[9]; 8. 11DW-Danny Wagner[12]; 9. 71B-Dave Siercks[3]; 10. 937-Joshua Sanchez[10]; 11. 23H-Hector Barraza[8]; 12. 22K-Keenan Glasser[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75J-Tyler Johnson[4]; 2. 9-Ken Schrader[5]; 3. 32C-Curtis Stieh[6]; 4. 77-Chance Kodet[2]; 5. 509-Brennan Davis[8]; 6. 3R-Mel Romero[1]; 7. 91B-Brody Spangler[11]; 8. 30-Blake Davis[7]; 9. 27-Andy Davis[10]; 10. 980-Kaden Woodie[9]; 11. 54-Lance Relf[3]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 161-Remington Budd[3]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[7]; 3. 1S-Scott Bintz[6]; 4. 89-Chris Mangum[8]; 5. 7X-Bubba Stafford Jr[4]; 6. 23B-Israel Ortega[9]; 7. 216-Camron Spangler[1]; 8. 28-David Pitt[11]; 9. 11D-Dave Smith[10]; 10. 562-Craig Walker[5]; 11. 196-Matt Micheli[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Brandon Rehill[2]; 2. 3J-Josh Cain[10]; 3. 28T-Scott Tofte[1]; 4. 44-Christy Barnett[7]; 5. 14J-Jacob Hodges[11]; 6. 21-Jake Smith[6]; 7. 12C-Cale Riggs[8]; 8. 50X-Justen Yeager[3]; 9. 88-Tyler Delong[4]; 10. 82-Sherman Barnett[9]; 11. 10-Bryan Bennett[5]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Duke Erickson[1]; 2. 99-Jeremy Haddox[2]; 3. 19R-Lucas Rodin[4]; 4. M17-Rob Moseley[5]; 5. 0-Dakota Girard[3]; 6. 79-Jaden Christ[8]; 7. 21B-Braxton James[6]; 8. 05-Aasa Flores[10]; 9. 02-Deuce Teague[7]; 10. 28BY-Bryson Yeager[11]; 11. 14-Erick Barraza[9]