January 19, 2026 | By WWS PR

Bobby Pierce captures Wild West Shootout Finale

CASA GRANDE, Ariz.—The 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts drew to a close Sunday evening with 164 race cars filling the pit area at FK Rod Ends Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Arizona, presented by Low Voltage Solutions for the sixth and final round of the miniseries.

Bobby Pierce, Jake Smith, and Jeremy Payne each captured victories in the finale.

Leading all but three laps in the 50-lap feature, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., claimed his first victory of the 2026 Wild West Shootout in the $25,000-to-win finale. Pierce led handily through the first 20 circuits before Hudson O’Neal closed the gap. The two drivers exchanged sliders, resulting in O’Neal spinning in turn two. Pierce regained full control of the lead on lap 31 and rode to the checkered flag for his 17th-career Wild West Shootout triumph.

“First off, I’ll apologize to him, it might’ve been my mistake there,” said Bobby Pierce, reflecting on his on-track incident with Hudson O’Neal. “He slid me earlier in three, and I figured I was going to give it back to him in two. I’m just glad we were both able to finish the race and he was able to get his spot back. It was just a hard racing deal.”

Pierce led 47 of the 50 laps in the main event, earning an extra $23,500 from the Rio Grande Waste Services Lap Leader Loot. He also collected $3,000 from the Don Frank Floors Fan Challenge, bringing his total payday for the night to $51,500. The win marked the fifth different winner of the 2026 Wild West Shootout and added to Pierce’s career win total with the miniseries, bringing it to 17.

After a run-in with Tyler Erb in his heat race, Jonathan Davenport transferred to the 50-lap feature through the B-Main and charged from the last row to finish second. Hudson O’Neal spun on lap 28 following a spirited exchange with Bobby Pierce but recovered to finish third. The podium result was enough for O’Neal to claim the 2026 Wild West Shootout Super Late Model Championship, earning him $3,000.

Jake Smith of St. Joseph, Minn., capped off a successful Wild West Shootout with a victory in Sunday’s Shocker Hitch X-Modifieds finale presented by Border Tire. Smith took the lead on lap 11 and powered away to the checkered flag ahead of Curtis Stieh and Lucas Rodin. In addition to the $1,000 race win, Smith earned another $1,000 for capturing the X-Mod Championship.

In the $3,000-to-win finale for the Mesilla Valley Transportation Modifieds, Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., captured his second consecutive triumph, finishing ahead of Hunter Sandy and Gabe Hodges. Rodney Sanders secured the Wild West Shootout Modified Championship, earning $1,000 for his efforts.

Curt Lund closed out the final night of action with a win in the IMCA Stock Car division, finishing ahead of Chaz Baca and Bo Partain.

The 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts has officially concluded. Dates for next year’s event are scheduled for January 9–17, 2027.


RESULTS
WILD WEST SHOOTOUT
Central Arizona Raceway
Casa Grande, AZ

Sunday, January 18, 2026


DIRT SUPER LATE MODELS (36 entries)

A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[23]; 3. 6-Hudson O'Neal[4]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 5. 19-Dustin Sorensen[11]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[21]; 7. 74X-Ethan Dotson[6]; 8. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 9. 22*-Drake Troutman[9]; 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard[19]; 11. 15S-Clay Stuckey[10]; 12. 0-Jake O'Neil[15]; 13. 49T-Jake Timm[16]; 14. 15D-Justin Duty[5]; 15. 157-Mike Marlar[7]; 16. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[18]; 17. 8-Dillon McCowan[14]; 18. 128-Kylan Garner[17]; 19. 58-Garrett Alberson[8]; 20. 19R-Ryan Gustin[13]; 21. 9T-Tim Isenberg[20]; 22. 82-Eston Whisler[24]; 23. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[22]; 24. 13-Bricen James[12]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 128-Kylan Garner[1]; 2. B5-Brandon Sheppard[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[4]; 4. 49-Jonathan Davenport[9]; 5. 75A-Daniel Adam[3]; 6. 66-Eli Ross[6]; 7. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 8. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 9. 75-Terry Phillips[7]; 10. 11X-Austin Kuehl[10]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[3]; 2. 9T-Tim Isenberg[1]; 3. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[2]; 4. 82-Eston Whisler[9]; 5. 15*-Cole Schill[7]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[4]; 7. 6T-Terry Carter[6]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[5]; 9. 78S-Steve Stultz[8]; 10. 96-RC Whitwell[10]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 2. 15D-Justin Duty[3]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[6]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 128-Kylan Garner[8]; 6. 75A-Daniel Adam[7]; 7. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips[9]; 9. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 4. 0-Jake O'Neil[3]; 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard[7]; 6. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 7. 66-Eli Ross[6]; 8. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 9. 11X-Austin Kuehl[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Hudson O'Neal[1]; 2. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 3. 15S-Clay Stuckey[3]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 5. 9T-Tim Isenberg[6]; 6. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[5]; 7. 88-Chance Mann[8]; 8. 15*-Cole Schill[9]; 9. 82-Eston Whisler[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 13-Bricen James[4]; 4. 49T-Jake Timm[3]; 5. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[5]; 6. 21F-Gunner Frank[7]; 7. 6T-Terry Carter[8]; 8. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 9. 96-RC Whitwell[9]

Qualifying 1: 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.192[14]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.236[16]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:15.247[7]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:15.278[11]; 5. 15D-Justin Duty, 00:15.346[15]; 6. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:15.358[3]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:15.373[10]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:15.457[17]; 9. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.481[13]; 10. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:15.489[4]; 11. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:15.498[9]; 12. 66-Eli Ross, 00:15.513[2]; 13. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:15.606[12]; 14. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.694[5]; 15. 128-Kylan Garner, 00:15.712[8]; 16. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:15.749[18]; 17. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:16.474[1]; 18. 11X-Austin Kuehl, 00:16.474[6]

Qualifying 2: 1. 6-Hudson O'Neal, 00:15.060[6]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.153[4]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.201[7]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:15.267[10]; 5. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 00:15.309[2]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:15.421[17]; 7. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.522[5]; 8. 13-Bricen James, 00:15.526[14]; 9. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:15.739[1]; 10. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:15.758[11]; 11. 9T-Tim Isenberg, 00:15.863[3]; 12. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.927[16]; 13. 82-Eston Whisler, 00:15.952[9]; 14. 21F-Gunner Frank, 00:15.956[15]; 15. 88-Chance Mann, 00:15.974[18]; 16. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:16.311[13]; 17. 15*-Cole Schill, 00:16.819[8]; 18. 96-RC Whitwell, 00:16.819[12]


A Modifieds (58 entries)

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 186-Jeremy Payne[2]; 2. 12S-Hunter Sandy[15]; 3. 7G-Gabe Hodges[7]; 4. J17-Jake Gallardo[4]; 5. 71-Dustin Strand[10]; 6. 20S-Rodney Sanders[16]; 7. 5-Reece Solander[18]; 8. 19SB-Lance Mari[5]; 9. 2SS-Mark Smith[3]; 10. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[6]; 11. 38T-Dylan Thornton[19]; 12. 4W-Tyler Wolff[9]; 13. 07X-Troy Morris III[11]; 14. 24-Rick Ortega[13]; 15. 58X-Gary Christian[14]; 16. 10M-Talan Willis[1]; 17. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[21]; 18. 91-Joe Duvall[20]; 19. 65-Tyler Davis[22]; 20. 721-Troy Gemmill[24]; 21. 85D-Mark Dotson[8]; 22. 25-Kale Murphrey[12]; 23. G17-Fito Gallardo[23]; 24. 24C-Joe Chisholm[17]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 24C-Joe Chisholm[1]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 3. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[14]; 4. G17-Fito Gallardo[8]; 5. 20-Cole Queensland[6]; 6. 81-Devon Jobin[12]; 7. 19R-Lucas Rodin[3]; 8. 97A-Cole Anderson[10]; 9. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 11. 97TB-Tyson Blood[20]; 12. 111-Logan Drake[21]; 13. 26S-Steven Glenn[16]; 14. 02LZ-Ellsworth Conover[18]; 15. 6F-Matt Fester[15]; 16. 14X-CJ Thorne[19]; 17. 19-Dustin Sorensen[2]; 18. 112-Brennan Gave[7]; 19. 44-Christy Barnett[11]; 20. 29-Chris Spalding[13]; 21. 7-AJ Sharpensteen[17]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Reece Solander[3]; 2. 91-Joe Duvall[1]; 3. 65-Tyler Davis[8]; 4. 721-Troy Gemmill[2]; 5. 151-Lucas Gibbs[6]; 6. 50-Robert Adams[7]; 7. 88XXX-Randy Klein[4]; 8. P17-Peyton Gallardo[5]; 9. 12-Jay Rosales[9]; 10. 80XX-Jason Langford[11]; 11. 17-Brent Holman[10]; 12. 131-Royal Jones[13]; 13. 11N-Gene Nicholas[16]; 14. 46-Paul Miles[17]; 15. L8-Ethan Stevens[15]; 16. J7-Jake Boles[14]; 17. 73-Jeff Helget[21]; 18. 520T-Lukas Tellez[19]; 19. 58-Devon Reed[20]; 20. 57-Gage McCaughan[18]; 21. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7G-Gabe Hodges[2]; 2. 186-Jeremy Payne[7]; 3. 91-Joe Duvall[4]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 19SB-Lance Mari[12]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[9]; 7. 80XX-Jason Langford[3]; 8. 131-Royal Jones[5]; 9. 17-Brent Holman[11]; 10. 11N-Gene Nicholas[8]; 11. 111-Logan Drake[1]; 12. 57-Gage McCaughan[10]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 85D-Mark Dotson[2]; 2. 2SS-Mark Smith[5]; 3. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[7]; 4. 07X-Troy Morris III[9]; 5. 24-Rick Ortega[11]; 6. 12-Jay Rosales[6]; 7. 5-Reece Solander[12]; 8. 81-Devon Jobin[8]; 9. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[10]; 10. 02LZ-Ellsworth Conover[4]; 11. 14X-CJ Thorne[3]; 12. 73-Jeff Helget[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58X-Gary Christian[1]; 2. 25-Kale Murphrey[4]; 3. 20S-Rodney Sanders[5]; 4. 112-Brennan Gave[2]; 5. 721-Troy Gemmill[8]; 6. 19R-Lucas Rodin[10]; 7. P17-Peyton Gallardo[11]; 8. 97A-Cole Anderson[9]; 9. J7-Jake Boles[6]; 10. L8-Ethan Stevens[12]; 11. 520T-Lukas Tellez[3]; 12. 58-Devon Reed[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff[2]; 2. J17-Jake Gallardo[5]; 3. 75-Terry Phillips[1]; 4. 24C-Joe Chisholm[7]; 5. 151-Lucas Gibbs[6]; 6. 50-Robert Adams[8]; 7. 44-Christy Barnett[4]; 8. 96-Taton Hansen[11]; 9. 29-Chris Spalding[10]; 10. 26S-Steven Glenn[9]; 11. 97TB-Tyson Blood[3]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand[2]; 2. 10M-Talan Willis[8]; 3. 88XXX-Randy Klein[1]; 4. 20-Cole Queensland[3]; 5. 12S-Hunter Sandy[10]; 6. G17-Fito Gallardo[7]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis[9]; 8. 2J-Blake Jegtvig[4]; 9. 6F-Matt Fester[6]; 10. 46-Paul Miles[5]; 11. 7-AJ Sharpensteen[11]


Limited Mods (42 entries)

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 21-Jake Smith[9]; 2. 32C-Curtis Stieh[3]; 3. 19-Lucas Rodin[14]; 4. M17-Rob Moseley[6]; 5. 99-Jeremy Haddox[13]; 6. 27P-Parker
Anderson[12]; 7. 75T-Tyler Johnson[17]; 8. 711-Payce Herrera[23]; 9. 13-Josh Beyer[5]; 10. 1S-Scott Bintz[11]; 11. 57-Duke Erickson[24]; 12. 0-Dakota Girard[16]; 13. 28T-Scott Tofte[18]; 14. 9-Ken Schrader[7]; 15. 3R-Mel Romero[25]; 16. 28BY-Bryson Yeager[1]; 17. 02-Deuce Teague[20]; 18. 22K-Keenan Glasser[4]; 19. 75-Cole Suckow[8]; 20. 50X-Justen Yeager[21]; 21. 30-Blake Davis[10]; 22. 7X-Bubba Stafford Jr[15]; 23. 34-Brandon Rehill[22]; 24. 44-Christy Barnett[2]; 25. 22-Jonathon Ortega[19]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 75T-Tyler Johnson[4]; 2. 22-Jonathon Ortega[1]; 3. 50X-Justen Yeager[3]; 4. 711-Payce Herrera[8]; 5. 3R-Mel Romero[2]; 6. 12C-Cale Riggs[9]; 7. 14J-Remington Budd[10]; 8. 88-Tyler Delong[11]; 9. 14-Erick Barraza[13]; 10. 3J-Josh Cain[12]; 11. 77-Chance Kodet[6]; 12. 23H-Hector Barraza[7]; 13. 11DW-Danny Wagner[5]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 28T-Scott Tofte[3]; 2. 02-Deuce Teague[6]; 3. 34-Brandon Rehill[2]; 4. 57-Duke Erickson[9]; 5. 21B-Braxton James[5]; 6. 89-Chris Mangum[1]; 7. 980-Kaden Woodie[11]; 8. 10-Bryan Bennett[13]; 9. 71B-Dave Siercks[8]; 10. 54-Lance Relf[10]; 11. 23B-Israel Ortega[4]; 12. 562-Craig Walker[7]; 13. 05-Aasa Flores[12]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 32C-Curtis Stieh[2]; 2. 28BY-Bryson Yeager[6]; 3. 89-Chris Mangum[1]; 4. 0-Dakota Girard[5]; 5. 30-Blake Davis[10]; 6. 99-Jeremy Haddox[11]; 7. 21B-Braxton James[7]; 8. 02-Deuce Teague[9]; 9. 57-Duke Erickson[8]; 10. 14-Erick Barraza[4]; 11. 10-Bryan Bennett[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. M17-Rob Moseley[1]; 2. 1S-Scott Bintz[2]; 3. 13-Josh Beyer[6]; 4. 3R-Mel Romero[3]; 5. 50X-Justen Yeager[5]; 6. 19-Lucas Rodin[11]; 7. 75T-Tyler Johnson[9]; 8. 12C-Cale Riggs[4]; 9. 14J-Remington Budd[8]; 10. 980-Kaden Woodie[7]; 11. 05-Aasa Flores[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22K-Keenan Glasser[2]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[3]; 3. 44-Christy Barnett[7]; 4. 34-Brandon Rehill[1]; 5. 28T-Scott Tofte[5]; 6. 7X-Bubba Stafford Jr[10]; 7. 711-Payce Herrera[4]; 8. 23H-Hector Barraza[9]; 9. 54-Lance Relf[8]; 10. 3J-Josh Cain[6]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Ken Schrader[1]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[3]; 3. 27P-Parker Anderson[4]; 4. 22-Jonathon Ortega[5]; 5. 23B-Israel Ortega[2]; 6. 11DW-Danny Wagner[6]; 7. 77-Chance Kodet[7]; 8. 562-Craig Walker[9]; 9. 71B-Dave Siercks[10]; 10. 88-Tyler Delong[8]


Stock Cars (28 entries)

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 87-Curt Lund[3]; 2. 21MF-Chaz Baca[5]; 3. 75C-Bo Partain[2]; 4. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[12]; 5. 3-Mike Albertsen[17]; 6. 980-Kaden Woodie[26]; 7. 11R-Braden Richards[7]; 8. 37-Jason Rogers[8]; 9. 21-Jim Horejsi[10]; 10. 3J-Josh Cain[6]; 11. 711-Payce Herrera[14]; 12. 7K-Kyle Hamby[15]; 13. 8JS-Cameron Starry[9]; 14. 75-Cole Suckow[4]; 15. 7X-Casey Murdoch[25]; 16. 49-Drew Miller[21]; 17. 02X-Larry Brigner[16]; 18. 43-Jake Archibald[24]; 19. 00-Jerry Clements[19]; 20. 5G$-Grady Clements[28]; 21. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[11]; 22. 96E-Clay Erickson[1]; 23. 7M-Trevor Hidalgo[22]; 24. 15-Speedy Madrid[23]; 25. 82-Shelby Williams[20]; 26. 41-George Fronsman Jr[13]; 27. (DNS) 85-Carlos Barraza; 28. (DNS) 18-Andy Sole

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 96E-Clay Erickson[2]; 2. 11R-Braden Richards[3]; 3. 21-Jim Horejsi[4]; 4. 21MF-Chaz Baca[9]; 5. 02X-Larry Brigner[6]; 6. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[10]; 7. 00-Jerry Clements[8]; 8. 7X-Casey Murdoch[1]; 9. 43-Jake Archibald[7]; 10. 5G$-Grady Clements[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 75C-Bo Partain[5]; 2. 75-Cole Suckow[6]; 3. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[2]; 4. 7K-Kyle Hamby[3]; 5. 8JS-Cameron Starry[9]; 6. 3-Mike Albertsen[7]; 7. 7M-Trevor Hidalgo[1]; 8. 49-Drew Miller[8]; 9. 980-Kaden Woodie[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Curt Lund[6]; 2. 37-Jason Rogers[2]; 3. 3J-Josh Cain[8]; 4. 711-Payce Herrera[4]; 5. 18-Andy Sole[3]; 6. 41-George Fronsman Jr[9]; 7. 82-Shelby Williams[7]; 8. 15-Speedy Madrid[5]; 9. 85-Carlos Barraza[1]