Marlar, Scott & Bintz atop Wild West Shootout Point Charts after Two Rounds

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Marlar, Scott & Bintz atop Wild West Shootout Point Charts after Two Rounds

by Lonnie Wheatley

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (January 9, 2018) – With the initial two of six rounds of the 12^th Annual Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway in the books, the trio of Mike Marlar, Johnny Scott and Scott Bintz are out to the early lead in the point chases.

Going into Wednesday night’s third round of competition atop the 1/3-mile clay oval near Phoenix, Marlar leads the way in the Super Late Model ranks, Scott is atop the Modified points and Bintz is setting the pace in the X-Mods.

While Canadian Ricky Weiss and Minnesota’s Don Shaw have split victory honors in the opening two rounds of Black Diamond/Club 29 Super Late Models presented by M&W Transportation action, Marlar has posted a pair of third-place finishes to sit atop the point charts.

 Marlar holds a 15-point advantage over Shaw going into Round Three with Brandon Sheppard, defending Wild West Shootout champ Bobby Pierce and Chris Simpson also among the current top five.

 While nobody will capture the $250,000 Keyser Manufacturing bonus for winning all six events, Weiss and Shaw both have a shot at a $100,000 bonus if either can run the table in the remaining four events. 

 With a Sunday night win after a sixth-place finish in the Saturday opener, Las Cruces’ Johnny Scott holds a 20-point edge in the MVT/Border International USRA Modified presented by Arizona Differential ranks over Shane Sabraski with Justin Kay, Josh Angst and opening round winner Ricky Thornton, Jr., among the top five.

 Already with a pair of podium finishes including a Saturday night win, Scott Bintz leads the way in the RHRSwag.com X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson by just five points over Sunday night winner Cole Searing with Dewayne Tesch, Jaime Torres and Steve Muilenberg also among the top five.

 The Wild West Shootout continues at FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway on Wednesday night with racing action set to go green at 7:00 p.m. with the final three rounds set for Friday through Sunday, January 12-14.

 A $5,000 winner’s share is up for grabs for the Super Late Models through the opening five nights of competition before the stakes are upped to $13,000-to-win for the January 14 finale.

 Advanced tickets may be purchased online at www.wildwestshootout.net/schedule/ and ticket pricing/purchasing information can be found atwww.wildwestshootout.net or by calling the Wild West Shootout office at 520-664-2074.

 Wild West Shootout Hotel Information can be found at http://www.wildwestshootout.net/fan-info/lodging-2/ or by calling La Quinta Inn & Suites at 480-844-8747.  The La Quinta Phoenix Mesa West is located at 902 W. Grove in Mesa, AZ.

 Saturday and Sunday races will go green at 5 p.m. with Wednesday and Friday events starting at 7 p.m.

Arizona Speedway is located just minutes from Phoenix.  From Phoenix, take US 60 east to Ironwood Dr., turn right (south) and go four miles, Arizona Speedway is on the right hand side.  For more information, visit www.wildwestshootout.net or call 520-664-2074.

The 2018 Wild West Shootout is made possible by Keyser Manufacturing, O’Reilly Auto Parts, FK Rod Ends, Black Diamond/Club 29 Race Cars, M&W Transport, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border International Trucks, Arizona Differential, RHR RacingSwag, Barnett Harley Davidson, Hoker Trucking, Total Seal Piston Rings, Karl Performance, Textron Off-Road, Shaw Trucking, M&S Concrete, AR Bodies, Earnhardt Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Ram, Pro Power Engines, VP Racing Fuel, Penske Racing Shocks and Hoosier Tires.

Current Wild West Shootout Points through Round Two of Six:

		Late Models
1	157	Mike Marlar	134
2	42s	Don Shaw	119
3	B5	Brandon Sheppard	117
4	32p	Bobby Pierce	103
5	32	Chris Simpson	95
6	75	Terry Phillips	94
7	2T	Ryan Gustin	93
8	O1	Garrett Alberson	93
9	7w	Ricky Weiss	88
10	86	Kyle Beard	77
11	89	Mike Spatola	71
12	97	Cade Dillard	62
13	20	Rodney Sanders	61
14	0	Jake O'Neil	60
15	54X	David Braeazale	55
16	18	Chase Junghans	53
17	16	Austin Siebert	51
18	96rc	R.C. Whitwell	45
19	44X	Clint Smith	41
20	90	Lance Matthees	41
21	37W	Scott Ward	40
22	3k	Tanner Kelick	39
23	32b	Clay Daly	33
24	15	Justin Duty	33
25	15k	Justin Kay	32
26	6	Ricky Thornton, Jr.	32
27	12	Nick Bartels	28
28	7D	Austin Theiss	24
29	17	Billy Franklin	10
30	18x	Cody Barnett	10
31	98	Jason Rauen	10
32	51	Joey Moriarty	9
33	10n	Rob Sanders	9
34	44	Eric Mass	8
35	7DX	Jake Davis	8
36	37x	Robert Mayea	8
37	28	John Cornell	7
38	3x	Lyndon Bolt	7
39	22	Jonathan Ortega	6
40	15x	John Duty	6
41	6T	Terry Carter	6
42	38	Thomas Hunziker	6
43	91t	Tony Toste	6
44	45	Dustin Bluhm	5
45	78s	Steve Stultz	5
46	54	Carlos Ahumanda	4
47	5	David Deetz	4
48	78	Ed Peters	4
49	7mm	Michael Maresca	3
50	6	Casey Skyberg	2
51	J17	Jake Gallardo	2
52	26	Jon Brinkley	2
53	9	Mike Masters	1
		Modifieds
1	1ST	Johnny Scott	126
2	7A	Shane Sabraski	106
3	15K	Justin Kay	94
4	99	Josh Angst	91
5	20RT	Ricky Thornton Jr	87
6	7K	Jason Krohn	84
7	30	Matt Leer	84
8	23	Matt Gilbertson	81
9	69	Lucas Schott	80
10	2J	Blake Jegtvig	73
11	2A	Casey Arneson	71
12	0	Jake O'Neil	66
13	2s	Stormy Scott	64
14	71	Dustin Strand	54
15	6D	Dylan Goplen	53
16	10c	Chad Olsen	51
17	23	Adam Cates	50
18	65X	Carlos Ahumada Jr	49
19	19sb	Lance Mari	44
20	29d	Brad Dierks	43
21	44	Christy Barnett	43
22	18Z	Zane DeVilbiss	40
23	6	Casey Skyberg	38
24	J17	Jake Gallardo	33
25	G17	Fito Gallardo	33
26	19	Lucas Rodin	31
27	1TPO	Tyler Peterson	27
28	96	RC Whitwell	25
29	160	Michael Maggard	24
30	75	Spencer Wilson	18
31	131	Royal Jones	14
32	5m	Anthony Madrid	11
33	81X	Brian Ruhlman	9
34	71H	Jesse Hoskins	8
35	21	Austin Bonner	7
36	77X	Austin Kuehl	7
37	A1	Phil Dixon	6
38	36	Ryan Cousins	6
39	4	Billy Vogel	5
40	65S	Carlos Ahumada Sr	4
41	196	Joey Olschowka	4
42	7	Ken McCleskey	4
43	F27	Lynnsee Provence	4
44	X57	Richie Davis	4
45	33	Steve Muilenberg	4
46	121	Tim Tharp	4
47	111	Bumper Jones	3
48	2	Rusty Koleman	2
49	L8	Brian Schultz	1
50	8a	Al Giesbrecht	1
51	81	Scott Hansen	1
		X-Modifieds
1	1s	Scott Bintz	142
2	0	Cole Searing	137
3	30	Dewayne Tesch	118
4	44GT	Jaime Torres	96
5	39	Steve Muilenburg	90
6	3J	Josh Cain	84
7	19	Lucas Rodin	82
8	99	Shawn Fernkes	82
9	55	Mike Hailmann	76
10	782	Miah Christensen	65
11	7	Donavon Flores	59
12	10c	Cole Hauglend	56
13	31	Scott Hansen	54
14	14	Shawn Strong	53
15	17az	Neil Eckhart	50
16	88	Nathan Smith	49
17	777	Mike Rosales	47
18	16	Jason VandeKamp	45
19	2	Jesse Haynie	44
20	5C	Preston Carr	38
21	32	Eric Hauglane	32
22	6	Dean Eggebraaten	30
23	57x	Chad Horst	30
24	20	Mark Harrison	28
25	82	Sherman Barnett	27
26	7T	Joseph Thomas	27
27	51W	Ronald Webster	27
28	6C	Calvin Caitlin	24
29	67	Rex Conrad	20
30	71	Dustin Strand	15
31	81X	Matt Spardy	9
32	15	Speedy Madrid	9
33	56	Terry Bahr	8
34	75C	Bo Partain	7
35	171	Jed smith	7
36	271	Kelly Hagel	6
37	11	Richie Jones	5
38	5m	Justin Minx	5
39	5	Daniel Anders	4
40	28	Peyton George	4
41	7d	Heath Dry	2
42	7g	Dennis Gates	2
43	34	James Meile	2