NickHolt Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Sheppard Romps to $13K Wild West Shootout Finale Win with Strand & Searing Scoring as Well by Lonnie Wheatley SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (January 14, 2018) – Reigning World of Outlaws Late Model champion stormed to a $13,000 triumph in dominant fashion by wiring the field in Sunday night’s 50-lap Super Late Model feature that put the finishing touches on the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented O’Reilly Auto Parts at the 1/3-mile FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway clay oval. Joining the New Berlin, IL, ace in Hoker Trucking Victory Lane in the finale of the six-race mini-series were Dustin Strand in Modifieds and Cole Searing in X Modifieds. Coming away with Wild West Shootout crowns were Mike Marlar in Super Late Models, Johnny Scott in Modifieds and Searing in X Modifieds. In the 50-lap Black Diamond/Club 29 Super Late Models presented by M&W Transportation Wild West Shootout finale, Sheppard gunned into the lead at the outset and slipped away from the field after some early challenges from Marlar. Even after the race’s first caution erased Sheppard’s substantial lead with just seven laps to go, he took off again and flashed under the checkered flag with a 1.884-second advantage despite losing power at the stripe. “As soon as I took the white flag, it started vibrating pretty bad,” Sheppard explained. “It was a good thing I had a pretty lead. I eased it around and it shut off at the line.” In Sheppard’s wake, Marlar outdueled two-race series winner Ricky Weiss to finish off the Wild West Shootout title with a runner-up finish. It was Marlar’s fifth finish among the top four in the six-race series. “I was eyeballin’ that trophy when we got here, thinking to myself that I’d like to that home,” Marlar said after securing the title. Weiss settled for the show position with Don Shaw and Cade Dillard rounding out the top five while Ryan Gustin was the final car on the lead lap in sixth. Dustin Strand emerged atop the 25-lap MVT/Border International USRA Modifieds presented by Arizona Differential winner in as many events by taking the finale as Las Cruces’ Johnny Scott edged Shane Sabraski by just three points for the Wild West Shootout title. Strand took the win in the finale from the fourth position ahead of pole starter Alex Stanford, 21st-starter Stormy Scott, 18th-starter Sabraski and 17th-starter Lucas Schott. Johnny Scott rebounded from an early incident to salvage a ninth place finish that proved just enough to edge Sabraski for the crown. Cole Searing put an exclamation point on his Wild West Shootout championship by edging Jason VandeKamp at the line for his third RHRSwag.com X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson feature win of the series. Working the top side of the track, Searing surged past VandeKamp exiting the final corner to take the win by just .046-seconds ahead of VandeKamp with Cole Haugland, Dewayne Tesch and Steve Muilenberg among the top five. Dates for the 2019 Wild West Shootout have been set for January 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 13. 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. Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Results FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway – Sunday, January 14, 2018 Black Diamond/Club 29 Super Late Models presented by M&W Transportation: Qualifying: Group 1: 1. 97-Cade Dillard 14.997, 2. 42s-Don Shaw 15.176, 3. 157-Mike Marlar 15.206, 4. 37w-Scott Ward 15.222, 5. 18-Chase Junghans 15.247, 6. 20-Rodney Sanders, 15.303, 7. 90-Lance Matthees 15.304, 8. 89-Mike Spatola 15.322, 9. 7d-Austin Theiss 15.497, 10. 3k-Tanner Kelick 15.552, 11. 12-Nick Bartels 16.121, 12. 01-Garrett Alberson NT. Group 2: 1. 32-Chris Simpson 15.000, 2. 91T-Tony Toste 15.130, 3. 16-Austin Seibert 15.232, 4. 2T-Ryan Gustin 15.416, 5. 15-Justin Duty 15.574, 6. 32b-Clay Daly 15.586, 7. 37x-Rob Mayea 15.602, 8. 15v-Colby Vandenbergh 15.609, 9. 28-John Cornell 16.041, 10. 96rc-R.C. Whitwell 16.101, 11. 3x-Lyndon Bolt 16.448. Group 3: 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard 15.318, 2. 7mm-Michael Maresca 15.435, 3. 7w-Ricky Weiss 15.438, 4. 75-Terry Phillips 15.724, 5. 44x-Clint Smith 15.741, 6. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr. 15.947, 7. 15k-Justin Kay 16.201, 8. 0-Jake O’Neil 16.300, 9. 38-Thomas Hunziker 16.335, 10. 22-Jonathan Ortega 16.352, 11. 26-Jon Brinkley 16.754. Group 4: 1. 54x-David Breazeale 15.324, 2. 17-Billy Franklin 15.523, 3. 86-Kyle Beard 15.526, 4. 98-Jason Rauen 15.582, 5. 10n-Rob Sanders 15.617, 6. 44-Eric Mass 15.846, 7. 18x-Cody Barnett 15.972, 8. 6T-Terry Carter 16.056, 9. 6-Casey Skyberg 16.253, 10. 32p-Bobby Pierce 16.296, 11. 78-Ed Peters 17.707. Heat Races – Top 4 advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 42s-Don Shaw, 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 3. 97-Cade Dillard, 4. 20-Rodney Sanders, 5. 18-Chase Junghans, 6. 37w-Scott Ward, 7. 01-Garrett Alberson, 8. 90-Lance Matthees, 9. 3k-Tanner Kelick, 10. 12-Nick Bartels, 11. 89-Mike Spatola, 12. 7d-Austin Theiss. Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 91T-Tony Toste, 2. 16-Austin Seibert, 3. 15v-Colby Vandenbergh, 4. 15-Justin Duty, 5. 2T-Ryan Gustin, 6. 32b-Clay Daly, 7. 96rc-R.C. Whitwell, 8. 37x-Rob Mayea, 9. 28-John Cornell, 10. 3x-Lyndon Bolt, 11. 32-Chris Simpson. Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 2. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 3. 7mm-Michael Maresca, 4. 75-Terry Phillips, 5. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 6. 44x-Clint Smith, 7. 0-Jake O’Neil, 8. 15k-Justin Kay, 9. 26-Jon Brinkley, 10. 22-Jonathan Ortega, 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker. Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 54x-David Breazeale, 2. 17-Billy Franklin, 3. 98-Jason Rauen, 4. 86-Kyle Beard, 5. 32p-Bobby Pierce, 6. 18x-Cody Barnett, 7. 10n-Rob Sanders, 8. 6-Casey Skyberg, 9. 44-Eric Mass, 10. 78-Ed Peters, 11. 6T-Terry Carter. “B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 18-Chase Junghans, 2. 2T-Ryan Gustin, 3. 37w-Scott Ward, 4. 32b-Clay Daly, 5. 01-Garrett Alberson, 6. 90-Lance Matthees, 7. 96rc-R.C. Whitwell, 8. 3k-Tanner Kelick, 9. 28-John Cornell, 10. 89-Mike Spatola, 11. 7d-Austin Theiss, 12. 32-Chris Simpson. DNS: 12-Nick Bartels, 37x-Rob Mayea, 3x-Lyndon Bolt. Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 32p-Bobby Pierce, 3. 0-Jake O’Neil, 4. 44x-Clint Smith, 5. 15k-Justin Kay, 6. 18x-Cody Barnett, 7. 6-Casey Skyberg, 8. 10n-Rob Sanders, 9. 22-Jonathan Ortega, 10. 6T-Terry Carter, 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker, 12. 26-Jon Brinkley, 13. 78-Ed Peters. DNS: 44-Eric Mass. “A” Main “A” Main (50 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 3. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 4. 42s-Don Shaw, 5. 97-Cade Dillard, 6. 2T-Ryan Gustin, 7. 32p-Bobby Pierce, 8. 7mm-Michael Maresca, 9. 0-Jake O’Neil, 10. 15-Justin Duty, 11. 17-Billy Franklin, 12. 16-Austin Siebert, 13. 18-Chase Junghans, 14. 98-Jason Rauen, 15. 75-Terry Phillips, 16. 20-Rodney Sanders, 17. 32b-Clay Daly, 18. 37w-Scott Ward, 19. 44x-Clint Smith, 20. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 21. 15v-Colby Vandenbergh, 22. 91T-Tony Toste, 23. 86-Kyle Beard, 24. 54x-David Breazeale. MVT/Border International USRA Modifieds presented by Arizona Differential: Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 82-Christy Barnett, 2. X57-Richie Davis, 3. 98-Alex Stanford, 4. J17-Jake Gallardo, 5. 27-Chris Unrau, 6. 8a-Al Giesbrecht, 7. 2s-Stormy Scott, 8. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 9. 29d-Brad Dierks, 10. 6d-Dustin Arneson. Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, 2. 10c-Chad Olsen, 3. 1st-Johnny Scott, 4. 111-Bumper Jones, 5. G17-Fito Gallardo, 6. 101-Butch Reid, 7. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 8. 15k-Justin Kay, 9. 23x-Matt Gilbertson. Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 131-Royal Jones, 2. 5g-Scott Greer, 3. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 4. 6-Casey Skyberg, 5. 69-Lucas Schott, 6. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 7. 36-Ryan Cousins, 8. 2a-Casey Arneson, 9. 7-Ken McCleskey. Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 2. 30-Matt Leer, 3. 19sb-Lance Mari, 4. 23-Adam Cates, 5. 7k-Jason Krohn, 6. 18z-Zane Devilbiss, 7. 7a-Shane Sabraski, 8. 96-R.C. Whitwell, 9. 71h-Jesse Hoskins. “B” Mains – Top 8 advance to “A” Main “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 69-Lucas Schott, 2. 7a-Shane Sabraski, 3. 23x-Matt Gilbertson, 4. G17-Fito Gallardo, 5. 2s-Stormy Scott, 6. 18z-Shane Devilbiss, 7. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 8. 2a-Casey Arneson, 9. 101-Butch Reid, 10. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 11. 71h-Jesse Hoskins, 12. 36-Ryan Cousins, 13. 15k-Justin Kay, 14. 8a-Al Giesbrecht, 15. 7-Ken McCleskey, 16. 27-Chris Unrau, 17. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 18. 96-R.C. Whitwell. DNS: 7k-Jason Krohn, 29d-Brad Dierks, 232-Kent Arment, 60-Austin Arneson. “A” Main “A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, 2. 98-Alex Stanford, 3. 2s-Stormy Scott, 4. 7a-Shane Sabraski, 5. 69-Lucas Schott, 6. 23-Adam Cates, 7. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 8. 30-Matt Leer, 9. 1st-Johnny Scott, 10. 131-Royal Jones, 11. 6-Casey Skyberg, 12. 111-Bumper Jones, 13. 2a-Casey Arneson, 14. 10c-Chad Olsen, 15. 82-Christy Barnett, 16. X57-Richie Davis, 17. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 18. J17-Jake Gallardo, 19. 5g-Scott Greer, 20. 23x-Matt Gilbertson, 21. 19sb-Lance Mari, 22. 2J-Blake Jeftvig, 23. G17-Fito Gallardo, 24. 18z-Zane Devilbiss (DNS). RHRSwag.com X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson: Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 17s-Lance Schill, 2. 30-Dewayne Tesch, 3. 71-Brian Strand, 4. 67-Rex Conrad, 5. 10c-Cole Haugland, 6. 82-Sherman Barnett, 7. 56-Terry Bahr, 8. 7T-Joseph Thomas, 9. 7d-Heath Dry, 10. 99-Shawn Fernkes. Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 14-Shawn Strong, 2. 8n-Nick Rivera, 3. 19-Lucas Rodin, 4. 5c-Preston Carr, 5. 2-Jesse Haynie, 6. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, 7. 777-Mike Rosales, 8. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 9. 17az-Neil Eckhart, 10. 81x-Matt Spardy. Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 0-Cole Searing, 2. 3J-Josh Cain, 3. 93-Gary Gorham, 4. 88-Nathan Smith, 5. 6c-Calvin Caitlin, 6. 271-Kelly Hagel, 7. 7g-Dennis Gates, 8. 5m-Wes Meeks. DNS: 3h-Noah Hollingshead. Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 2. 39-Steve Muilenberg, 3. 7-Donovan Flores, 4. 1s-Scott Bintz, 5. 32-Eric Haugland, 6. 75c-Bo Partain, 7. 31-Scott Hansen, 8. 3-Dickie Gorham, 9. 15a-Aaron Phillips. “B” Main – Top 8 advance to “A” Main “B” Main (10 Laps): 1. 1s-Scott Bintz, 2. 32-Eric Haugland, 3. 31-Scott Hansen, 4. 88-Nathan Smith, 5. 777-Mike Rosales, 6. 271-Kelly Hagel, 7. 7T-Joseph Thomas, 8. 81x-Matt Spardy, 9. 82-Sherman Barnett, 10. 6c-Calvin Caitlin, 11. 17az-Neil Eckhart, 12. 7d-Heath Dry, 13. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 14. 56-Terry Bahr, 15. 7g-Dennis Gates, 16. 99-Shawn Fernkes, 17. 6-Dean Eggebraaten, 18. 15a-Aaron Phillips, 19. 75c-Bo Partain. DNS: 3-Dickie Gorham, 5m-Wes Meeks, 3h-Noah Hollingshead. “A” Main “A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 0-Cole Searing, 2. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 3. 10c-Cole Haugland, 4. 30-Dewayne Tesch, 5. 39-Seve Muilenberg, 6. 8n-Nick Rivera, 7. 777-Mike Rosales, 8. 7-Donovan Flores, 9. 71-Brian Strand, 10. 19-Lucas Rodin, 11. 32-Eric Haugland, 12. 31-Scott Hansen, 13. 1s-Scott Bintz, 14. 93-Gary Gorham, 15. 3J-Josh Cain, 16. 7T-Joseph Thomas, 17. 67-Rex Conrad, 18. 271-Kelly Hagel, 19. 81x-Matt Spardy, 20. 14-Shawn Strong, 21. 2-Jesse Haynie, 22. 88-Nathan Smith, 23. 17s-Lance Schill, 24. 5c-Preston Carr. Final Wild West Shootout Points through Night Six of Six: Late Models 1 157 Mike Marlar 379 2 B5 Brandon Sheppard 351 3 42s Don Shaw 339 4 32p Bobby Pierce 313 5 7w Ricky Weiss 298 6 97 Cade Dillard 255 7 32 Chris Simpson 246 8 2T Ryan Gustin 211 9 37W Scott Ward 203 10 O1 Garrett Alberson 200 11 18 Chase Junghans 191 12 54X David Braeazale 177 13 75 Terry Phillips 165 14 16 Austin Siebert 163 15 89 Mike Spatola 146 16 86 Kyle Beard 142 17 20 Rodney Sanders 132 18 7mm Michael Maresca 125 19 32b Clay Daly 123 20 96rc R.C. Whitwell 121 21 20rt Ricky Thornton, Jr. 110 22 0 Jake O'Neil 98 23 15 Justin Duty 96 24 17 Billy Franklin 95 25 44X Clint Smith 87 26 37x Robert Mayea 70 27 90 Lance Matthees 70 28 91t Tony Toste 64 29 15k Justin Kay 60 30 98 Earl Pearson, Jr. 59 31 7D Austin Theiss 55 32 3k Tanner Kelick 52 33 51 Joey Moriarty 46 34 98 Jason Rauen 43 35 90 Pat Doar 42 36 15v Colby Vandenbergh 37 37 12 Nick Bartels 36 38 10n Rob Sanders 24 39 18x Cody Barnett 20 40 28 John Cornell 17 41 3x Lyndon Bolt 16 42 44 Eric Mass 16 43 6T Terry Carter 15 44 38 Thomas Hunziker 14 45 22 Jonathan Ortega 13 46 78 Ed Peters 12 47 26 Jon Brinkley 10 48 6 Casey Skyberg 9 49 45 Dustin Bluhm 9 50 7DX Jake Davis 8 51 5 David Deetz 7 52 15x John Duty 6 53 54 Carlos Ahumanda 5 54 78s Steve Stultz 5 55 81b Bud Grossenbacher 2 56 J17 Jake Gallardo 2 57 9 Mike Masters 1 Modifieds 1 1ST Johnny Scott 342 2 7A Shane Sabraski 339 3 2s Stormy Scott 277 4 69 Lucas Schott 274 5 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr 240 6 30 Matt Leer 219 7 7K Jason Krohn 213 8 23 Matt Gilbertson 204 9 2A Casey Arneson 201 10 1TPO Tyler Peterson 200 11 15K Justin Kay 194 12 71 Dustin Strand 176 13 0 Jake O'Neil 167 14 10c Chad Olsen 162 15 2J Blake Jegtvig 161 16 99 Josh Angst 146 17 6 Casey Skyberg 139 18 111 Bumper Jones 134 19 23 Adam Cates 133 20 96 RC Whitwell 130 21 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr 119 22 5g Scott Greer 111 23 29d Brad Dierks 106 24 19sb Lance Mari 104 25 J17 Jake Gallardo 85 26 G17 Fito Gallardo 81 27 82 Christy Barnett 79 28 6D Dylan Goplen 78 29 131 Royal Jones 77 30 98 Alex Stanford 72 31 X57 Richie Davis 57 32 77X Austin Kuehl 57 33 18Z Zane DeVilbiss 52 34 71H Jesse Hoskins 52 35 21 Austin Bonner 39 36 19 Lucas Rodin 38 37 101 Butch Reid 35 38 160 Michael Maggard 35 39 4 Billy Vogel 22 40 232 Kent Arment 19 41 75 Spencer Wilson 19 42 17s Lance Schills 18 43 36 Ryan Cousins 16 44 27 Chris Unrau 12 45 7 Ken McCleskey 12 46 5m Anthony Madrid 11 47 8a Al Giesbrecht 9 48 65S Carlos Ahumada Sr 9 49 33 Steve Muilenberg 9 50 81X Brian Ruhlman 9 51 2 Rusty Koleman 8 52 82 Austin Adams 6 53 196 Joey Olschowka 6 54 F27 Lynnsee Provence 6 55 A1 Phil Dixon 6 56 40jr Bubba Stafford 4 57 121 Tim Tharp 4 58 6d Dustin Arneson 1 59 5L Cody Laney 1 60 L8 Brian Schultz 1 61 81 Scott Hansen 1 X-Modifieds 1 0 Cole Searing 403 2 30 Dewayne Tesch 318 3 39 Steve Muilenburg 310 4 19 Lucas Rodin 280 5 3J Josh Cain 274 6 1s Scott Bintz 270 7 16 Jason VandeKamp 269 8 32 Eric Haugland 219 9 10c Cole Hauglend 209 10 777 Mike Rosales 173 11 99 Shawn Fernkes 172 12 782 Miah Christensen 170 13 7 Donavon Flores 165 14 31 Scott Hansen 162 15 44GT Jaime Torres 135 16 5C Preston Carr 134 17 14 Shawn Strong 125 18 6 Dean Eggebraaten 106 19 55 Mike Hailmann 102 20 5 Daniel Anders 99 21 17s Lance Schill 97 22 88 Nathan Smith 96 23 17az Neil Eckhart 90 24 71 Dustin Strand 78 25 5r Ryan Doron 75 26 7T Joseph Thomas 74 27 2 Jesse Haynie 71 28 271 Kelly Hagel 71 29 93 Greg Gorham 67 30 67 Rex Conrad 63 31 8n Nick Rivera 57 32 81X Matt Spardy 46 33 82 Sherman Barnett 35 34 57x Chad Horst 34 35 6C Calvin Caitlin 33 36 51W Ronald Webster 31 37 2jg Jason George 30 38 28 Jesse Horst 28 39 20 Mark Harrison 28 40 3 Dickie Gorham 26 41 1 Ronny Gould 25 42 7d Heath Dry 19 43 75C Bo Partain 18 44 56 Terry Bahr 15 45 171 Jed smith 11 46 7g Dennis Gates 10 47 15 Speedy Madrid 9 48 5m Wes Meeks 7 49 11 Richie Jones 7 50 15a Aaron Phillips 6 51 5m Justin Minx 5 52 93ar A.R. 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