Weiss a winner of $14K in Wild West Shootout finale – Sheppard crowned Champion

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Weiss a Winner of $14K in Wild West Shootout Finale – Sheppard Crowned Champion

 by Lonnie Wheatley

SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (January 13, 2019) – The conclusion of the 13^th Annual Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts atop the 1/3-mile FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway played out in the most unpredictable of fashions with Manitoba’s Ricky Weiss cashing for a $14,000 payday in Sunday night’s Shaw Trucking 50-lap Super Late Model finale.

 Perhaps with a lucky horseshoe aboard the No. 7 entry, Weiss assumed the point for a green-white-checkered restart after Scott Bloomquist crashed into a stopped car less than a half-lap away from the checkered flag.

 Earlier in the race, Bloomquist had taken command when Bobby Pierce surrendered the point with rear end failure.

 “I hate to see that,” Weiss said of Bloomquist’s last lap misfortune.  “He was checked out, he was gone.”

 While Weiss topped the Late Model finale, Ricky Thornton, Jr., bested the Modifieds and Cole Searing added his fourth win of the six-race miniseries in X Modified competition with Darrell Nelson topping the makeup Modified main event from the previous night.

 Brandon Sheppard earned the Wild West Shootout championship in the Modified ranks with Nelson capturing Modified title honors and Searing scoring X Modified championship honors for the second year in a row.

 In the 50-lap Black Diamond Super Late Models presented by M&W Transport feature event, Bobby Pierce once again battled into the lead on the opening round and was gunning to bump Keyser Quarter Million Challenge bonus from $10,000 to $25,000 with a fourth win of the week.

 And for much of the race, it appeared that the Illinois racer would do just that.

 But for the second night in a row, Pierce slowed near the midway point to bring out a caution.  This time, it came after 27 laps with race-ending rear end woes that handed the lead off to Bloomquist.

 Closing in on his first career Wild West Shootout win, Bloomquist held nearly a half straightaway lead as he took the white flag only to have disaster strike when he tagged the car of R.C. Whitwell that was backed into the turn three wall.

 Weiss, who had worked his way towards the front from 11^th, found himself out front on the restart and raced on to his second victory of the week.

 “Our speed is because of them,” Weiss said of the Bloomquist team.  “We’ve been working together as a team.”

 Brandon Overton chased Weiss to the line in second with Brandon Sheppard, Chase Junghans and Jimmy Mars rounding out the top five.

 d’s sixth top-five run in as many events including one runner-up finish, two third-place showing, one fourth-place finish and a fifth-place outing was enough to net the 13^th Annual Wild West Shootout championship.

 “We stayed in the top five all week,” Sheppard commented.  “We had a lot of bad luck all week that nobody ever saw.  My hat’s off to all of my crew.”

 Darrell Nelson opened the night by fending off Rodney Sanders to win the 25-lap Mesilla Valley Transportation/Border International Modifieds presented by Arizona Differential feature event postponed from Saturday night while Ricky Thornton, Jr., became the first repeat winner of the week by leading Sanders and Dereck Ramirez to the stripe in the finale.

 Five top-fives in six events including the makeup feature win gave Nelson the Wild West Shootout Modified championship by just nine points over Sanders.

 South Dakota’s Cole Searing put an exclamation point on a second consecutive Wild West Shootout championship effort in the RHRSwag.com X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson ranks by racing to his fourth win of the week ahead of Austin Hunter and Preston Carr in the 20-lap finale.

 After winning three of six features last year, Searing upped it to four along with a runner-up and a third-place finish to take the title by a comfortable 76 point advantage.

 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 13^th Annual Wild West Shootout is made possible by Keyser Manufacturing, O’Reilly Auto Parts, FK Rod Ends, Black Diamond, M&W Transport, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border Tire, Sport Truck RV, PFC Brakes, Arizona Differential, RHR RacingSwag, Barnett Harley Davidson, Hoker Trucking, Total Seal Piston Rings, Shaw Trucking, San Tan Ford, Toste Construction, Swift Springs, Pro Power Engines, Five Star Graphix, Beaver Stripes, VP Racing Fuel, Penske Racing Shocks and Hoosier Tires.

 13^th Annual Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Results from FK Rod Ends Arizona Speedway – Sunday, January 13, 2019

 

 Black Diamond Super Late Models presented by M&W Transport:

 Qualifying:

 Group 1:  1. 97-Cade Dillard 15.589, 2. 2-Brandon Overton 15.617, 3. 32b-Cody Laney 15.683, 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal 15.771, 5. 91p-Jason Papich 15.882, 6. 38-Joey Tanner 15.943, 7. 10n-Rob Sanders 16.335, 8. 83-Dennis Souza 16.805, 9. 7w-Richard Wallace 16.859, 10. 42s-Don Shaw NT.

 

Group 2:  1. 0-Scott Bloomquist 15.154, 2. 32p-Bobby Pierce 15.336, 3. 86-Kyle Beard 15.442, 4. 1p-Earl Pearson, Jr. 15.491, 5. 91-Tony Toste 15.497, 6. 51-Joey Moriarty 15.523, 7. 15d-Justin Duty 15.745, 8. 44-Cole Schill 16.012, 9. 78s-Steve Stultz 16.241, 10. 37-Rob Mayea 16.760.  

 

Group 3:  1. 18-Chase Junghans 15.426, 2. 11-Pat Doar 15.452, 3. 7-Ricky Weiss 15.498, 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard 15.499, 5. 2s-Stormy Scott 15.641, 6. 75-Terry Phillips 15.955, 7. 28c-John Cornell 16.005, 8. 76-Blair Northdurft 16.111, 9. 23-Brad Williams 16.319, 10. 24-Xavier Ortega 16.925.

 

Group 4:  1. 28m-Jimmy Mars 15.175, 2. 32-Chris Simpson 15.481, 3. 17-Billy Franklin 15.522, 4. 71rc-R.C. Whitwell 15.578, 5. 1g-Garrett Alberson 15.630, 6. 20v-Rece Vaught 15.763, 7. 15v-Kolby Vandenbergh 15.895, 8. 6T-Terry Carter 16.575, 9. 942-Steve Isenberg 16.678.

 

Heat Races – Top 4 advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains

 

Heat One (8 Laps):  1. 2-Brandon Overton, 2. 97-Cade Dillard, 3. 32b-Cody Laney, 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 5. 91p-Jason Papich, 6. 42s-Don Shaw, 7. 38-Joey Tanner, 8. 10n-Rob Sanders, 9. 7w-Richard Wallace, 10. 83-Dennis Souza.

 

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 32p-Bobby Pierce, 2. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 3. 1p-Earl Pearson, Jr., 4. 86-Kyle Beard, 5. 51-Joey Moriarty, 6. 91-Tony Toste, 7. 44-Cole Schill, 8. 37-Rob Mayea, 9. 78s-Steve Stultz, 10. 15d-Justin Duty (DNS).

 

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 18-Chase Junghans, 2. 11-Pat Doar, 3. 7-Ricky Weiss, 4. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 5. 2s-Stormy Scott, 6. 75-Terry Phillips, 7. 76-Blair Northdurft, 8. 28c-John Cornell, 9. 23-Brad Williams, 10. 24-Xavier Ortega.

 

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 2. 71rc-R.C. Whitwell, 3. 32-Chris Simpson, 4. 1g-Garrett Alberson, 5. 17-Billy Franklin, 6. 20v-Rece Vaught, 7. 942-Steve Isenberg, 8. 6T-Terry Carter, 9. 15v-Kolvy Vandenbergh (DNS).

 

“B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main

 

First “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 2s-Stormy Scott, 2. 42s-Don Shaw, 3. 75-Terry Phillips, 4. 38-Joey Tanner, 5. 91p-Jason Papich, 6. 28c-John Cornell, 7. 76-Blair Northdurft, 8. 23-Brad Williams, 9. 24-Xavier Ortega, 10. 7w-Richard Wallace, 11. 83-Dennis Souza, 12. 10n-Rob Sanders.

 

Second “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 51-Joey Moriarty, 2. 91-Tony Toste, 3. 17-Billy Franklin, 4. 44-Cole Schill, 5. 20v-Rece Vaught, 6. 37-Rob Mayea, 7. 78s-Steve Stultz, 8. 6T-Terry Carter.

 

Pro Power Dash

 

Dash (10 Laps):  1. 91p-Jason Papich, 2. 76-Blair Northdurft, 3. 20v-Rece Vaught, 4. 24-Xavier Ortega, 5. 37-Rob Mayea, 6. 78s-Steve Stultz. 

 

“A” Main

 

“A” Main (50 Laps):  1. 7-Ricky Weiss, 2. 2-Brandon Overton, 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 4. 18-Chase Junghans, 5. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 6. 1p-Earl Pearson, Jr., 7. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 8. 1g-Garrett Alberson, 9. 97-Cade Dillard, 10. 86-Kyle Beard, 11. 91p-Jason Papich, 12. 42s-Don Shaw, 13. 0-Scott Bloomquist, 14. 11-Pat Doar, 15. 91-Tony Toste, 16. 71rc-R.C. Whitwell, 17. 38-Joey Tanner, 18. 44-Cole Schill, 19. 51-Joey Moriarty, 20. 17-Billy Franklin, 21. 32b-Cody Laney, 22. 32p-Bobby Pierce, 23. 32-Chris Simpson, 24. 75-Terry Phillips, 25. 2s-Stormy Scott.

 

 

Mesilla Valley Transportation/Border International Modifieds presented by Arizona Differential:

 

Makeup “A” Main from Saturday, January 12:

 

“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 442-Darrell Nelson, 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. 71s-Dustin Strand, 4. 30-Matt Leer, 5. 02-Cody Scholpp, 6. 18z-Zane Devilbiss, 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 8. J17-Jacob Gallardo, 9. 4w-Tyler Wolff, 10. 51-Alex Guthmiller, 11. 111-Bumper Jones, 12. 86-Kyle Beard, 13. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, 14. 32-D.J. Shannon, 15. 9-Jimmy Ray, 16. 19sb-Lance Mari, 17. 6-Casey Skyberg, 18. G17-Fito Gallardo, 19. 21-Casey Arneson, 20. 5b-Chaz Baca, 21. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 22. 75-Cody Skytland, 23. 17-Lance Schill, 24. 91-Joe Duvall (DNS).

 

Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to Two “B” Mains

 

Heat One (8 Laps):  1. 71s-Dustin Strand, 2. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 3. 111-Bumper Jones, 4. 19sb-Lance Mari, 5. 33-Steve Muilenberg, 6. 86-Kyle Beard, 7. 6d-Dylan Goplen, 8. 44-Christy Barnett, 9. 7-Ken McCleskey, 10. 5c-Steve Carter.

 

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 4w-Tyler Wolff, 2. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 3. 9-Jimmy Ray, 4. 02-Cody Scholpp, 5. 75-Cody Skytland, 6. 51-Alex Guthmiller, 7. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 8. 131-Royal Jones, 9. 5b-Chaz Baca, 10. 6-Casey Skyberg, 11. 2-Don Gumke.

 

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 18z-Zane Devilbiss, 2. 17-Lance Schill, 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 4. 32-D.J. Shannon, 5. 8a-Al Giesbrecht, 6. 3-Tim Tharp, 7. 21z-Isaiah Geisel, 8. 36-Ryan Cousins, 9. D25-David Tanner, 10. 196-Joey Olschowka.

 

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 442-Darrell Nelson, 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, 4. 30-Matt Leer, 5. J17-Jacob Gallardo, 6. 2a-Casey Arneson, 7. 10c-Chad Olsen, 8. 57-Duke Erickson, 9. 27-Scott Greer.

 

“B” Main – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main

 

“B” Main One (12 Laps):  1. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, 2. 86-Kyle Beard, 3. 6d-Dylan Goplen, 4. J17-Jacob Gallardo, 5. 44-Christy Barnett, 6. 33-Steve Muilenberg, 7. 10c-Chad Olsen, 8. 57-Duke Erickson, 9. 3-Tim Tharp, 10. 5c-Steve Carter.

 

“B” Main Two (12 Laps):  1. 30-Matt Leer, 2. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 3. 2a-Casey Arneson, 4. 21z-Isaiah Geisel, 5. 36-Ryan Cousins, 6. 2-Don Gumke, 7. 27-Chris Unrau, 8. 6-Casey Skyberg, 9. 7-Ken McCleskey, 10. 8-Scott Greer, 11. 131-Royal Jones.

 

“A” Main

 

“A” Main (25 Laps):  1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 4. 71s-Dustin Strand, 5. 442-Darrell Nelson, 6. 18z-Zane Devilbiss, 7. 4w-Tyler Wolff, 8. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 9. 19sb-Lance Mari, 10. 2a-Casey Arneson, 11. 30-Matt Leer, 12. 86-Kyle Beard, 13. 51-Alex Guthmiller, 14. J17-Jacob Gallardo, 15. 02-Cody Scholpp, 16. 32-D.J. Shannon, 17. 77x-Austin Kuehl, 18. 9-Jimmy Ray, 19. 21z-Isaiah Geisel, 20. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, 21. 6d-Dylan Goplen, 22. 17-Lance Schill, 23. 75-Cody Skytland, 24. 111-Bumper Jones. 

 

 

RHRSwag.com X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson:

 

Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to “B” Main

 

Heat One (8 Laps):  1. 5c-Preston Carr, 2. 39-Steve Muilenberg, 3. 27c-Dave Cain, 4. 19-Lucas Rodin, 5. 1s-Scott Bintz, 6. 8n-Nick Rivera, 7. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 8. 88-Nathan Smith, 9. 15s-Wade Skindelein, 10. 17x-Rob Moseley, 11. 7b-Bailey Cousins, 12. 97x-Don Schaefer.

 

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 37x-Skeeter Estey, 2. 44-Austin Hunter, 3. 17-Lance Schill, 4. 97-Coleman Anderson, 5. 777-Mike Rosales, 6. 10c-Cole Haugland, 7. 13b-Jsss Brekke, 8. 3J-Josh Cain, 9.171-Jed Smith, 10. 07-Donovan Flores, 11. 1-Shelby Frye, 12. 81x-Matt Spardy.

 

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 16-Jason VandeCamp, 2. 16x-Skyler Smith, 3. 10-Cole Searing, 4. 27x-Kalvin Iverson, 5. 2g-Brock Gronwold, 6. 30-D.J. Tesch, 7. 32-Eric Haugland, 8. 316-Chase Alves, 9. 6c-Kalvin Caitlin, 10. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 11. 20-Austin Ellis, 12. 19d-Dane Durbin

 

“B” Main – Top 8 advance to “A” Main

 

“B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 2. 3J-Josh Cain, 3. 32-Eric Haugland, 4. 777-Mike Rosales, 5. 30-D.J. Tesch, 6. 88-Nathan Smith, 7. 15s-Wade Skindelien, 8. 17x-Rob Moseley, 9. 19d-Dane Durbin, 10. 316-Chase Alves, 11. 6c-Kalvin Caitlin, 12. 07-Donovan Flores, 13. US-Jonathan Olmscheid, 14. 171-Jed Smith, 15. 1x-Shelby Frye, 16. 13b-Jess Brekke, 17. 7b-Bailey Cousins, 18. 20-Austin Ellis, 19. 97x-Don Schaefer.

 

“A” Main

 

“A” Main (20 Laps):  1. 10-Cole Searing, 2. 44-Austin Hunter, 3. 5c-Preston Carr, 4. 37x-Skeeter Estey, 5. 16-Jason VandeKamp, 6. 1s-Scott Bintz, 7. 97-Coleman Anderson, 8. 16x-Skyler Smith, 9. 8n-Nick Rivera, 10. 777-Mike Rosales, 11. 3J-Josh Cain, 12. 88-Nathan Smith, 13. 17-Lance Schill, 14. 10c-Cole Haugland, 15. 27x-Kalvin Iverson, 16. 2g-Brock Gronwold, 17. 15s-Wade Skindelein, 18. 27c-Dave Cain, 19. 19-Lucas Rodin, 20. 39-Steve Muilenberg, 21. 44JT-Jaime Torres, 22. 32-Eric Haugland, 23. 30-D.J. Tesch, 24. 17x-Rob Moseley.

 

 

Final 13^th Annual Wild West Shootout Points:

 

		Late Models
1	b5	Brandon Sheppard	361
2	32p	Bobby Pierce	341
3	2	Brandon Overton	313
4	97	Cade Dillard	305
5	7	Ricky Weiss	304
6	71	Hudson O'Neal	295
7	0	Scott Bloomquist	288
8	18	Chase Junghans	280
9	86	Kyle Beard	237
10	1p	Earl Pearson, Jr.	235
11	28m	Jimmy Mars	208
12	1g	Garrett Alberson	192
13	32	Chris Simpson	177
14	91p	Jason Papich	165
15	71rc	R.C. Whitwell	157
16	91	Tony Toste	156
17	42s	Don Shaw	152
18	6rt	Ricky Thornton, Jr.	151
19	75	Terry Phillips	151
20	51	Joey Moriarty	135
21	2s	Stormy Scott	126
22	11	Pat Doar	118
23	7mm	Michael Maresca	108
24	32b	Cody Laney	77
25	44	Cole Schill	64
26	17	Billy Franklin	42
27	15d	Justin Duty	38
28	38	Thomas Hunziker	29
29	10n	Rob Sanders	27
30	38	Joey Tanner	21
31	37w	Scott Ward	18
32	15v	Kolby Vandenbergh	17
33	20v	Rece Vaught	15
34	37	Rob Mayea	14
35	76	Blair Northdurft	14
36	28c	John Cornell	13
37	14m	Dean Moore	12
38	3x	Lyndon Bolt	12
39	6T	Terry Carter	12
40	7w	Richard Wallace	12
41	942	Terry Casey	11
42	78s	Steve Stultz	11
43	24	Rick Ortega	10
44	942	Steve Isenberg	10
45	46	Darren Coffell	8
46	83	Dennis Souza	8
47	g17	Jacob Gallardo	6
48	44L	Brandon Lewis	6
49	23	Brad Williams	6
50	54	Carlos Ahumada	4
51	28	Jim Whisler	2
52	83	Trevor Anderson	2
53	83	Chaz Baca	2
54	24	Xavier Ortega	2
		Modifieds
1	442	Darrell Nelson	343
2	20	Rodney Sanders	334
3	4w	Tyler Wolff	310
4	71s	Dustin Strand	297
5	4R	Dereck Ramirez	258
6	1tpo	Tyler Peterson	227
7	30	Matt Leer	219
8	20rt	Ricky Thornton, Jr.	215
9	18z	Zane Devilbiss	212
10	86	Kyle Beard	206
11	51	Alex Guthmiller	200
12	2a	Casey Arneson	197
13	O2	Kody Scholpp	187
14	111	Bumper Jones	185
15	65x	Carlos Ahumada	177
16	19sb	Lance Mari	170
17	6d	Dylan Goplen	146
18	32	D.J. Shannon	139
19	J17	Jacob Gallardo	136
20	6	Casey Skyberg	127
21	75	Cody Skytland	117
22	91	Joe Duvall	110
23	33	Steve Muilenburg	99
24	10	Chad Olsen	83
25	9	Jimmy Ray	79
26	22	Davey Mills	77
27	77x	Austin Kuehl	75
28	21z	Isaiah Geisel	75
29	5k	Chaz Baca	74
30	57	Duke Erickson	72
31	36	Ryan Cousins	70
32	17	Matt Gilbertson	64
33	71	Jessie Hoskins	56
34	98	Alex Stanford	53
35	44	Christy Barnett	52
36	9L	Vincent Lucas	51
37	131	Royal Jones	49
38	8	Scott Greer	43
39	2	Don Gumke	38
40	23	Adam Cates	38
41	71k	Kenny Wallace	36
42	7	Ken McCleskey	35
43	5b	Brenda Kirby	31
44	18k	Jacob Pace	29
45	d25	David Tanner	28
46	17	Stoney Kruk	28
47	196	Joey Olsvhowka	27
48	54	Carlos Ahumada, Sr.	26
49	8	Al Giesbrecht	25
50	g17	Fito Gallardo	21
51	4	Blake Higginbotham	20
52	17	Lance Schill	16
53	3	Tim Tharp	12
54	5c	Steve Carter	4
55	US	Jonathan Olmscheid	3
56	27	Chris Unrau	2
57	1x	Steve Streeter	2
58	196	Marni Boyer	2
59	292	Ryan Roath	1
		X-Modifieds
1	10	Cole Searing	396
2	3J	Josh Cain	320
3	16	Jason VandeKamp	300
4	39	Steve Muilenburg	272
5	37x	Skeeter Estey	270
6	44	Austin Hunter	235
7	1s	Scott Bintz	232
8	19	Lucas Rodin	227
9	17	Lance Schill	223
10	16x	Skyler Smith	212
11	5c	Preston Carr	209
12	27x	Kalvin Iverson	186
13	44JT	Jaime Torres	186
14	97	Coleman Anderson	182
15	2g	Brock Gronwold	178
16	777	Mike Rosales	162
17	10c	Cole Haugland	162
18	20	Austin Ellis	157
19	30	D.J. Tesch	155
20	97x	Don Schaefer	147
21	17x	Matt Gilbertson	133
22	19d	Dane Durbin	103
23	13b	Jess Brekke	90
24	81x	Matt Spardy	89
25	41J	Josh Jensen	89
26	22	Matt Heinzerling	87
27	32	Eric Haugland	72
28	80	Gerald Vesel	65
29	141	Clint Jensen	64
30	8n	Nick Rivera	57
31	27c	Dave Cain	54
32	88	Nathan Smith	53
33	15s	Wade Skindelein	52
34	6c	Kalvin Caitlin	50
35	34	Troy Randall	47
36	7b	Bailey Cousins	41
37	17x	Robert Moseley	37
38	O7	Donovan Flores	37
39	17e	Neil Eckert	37
40	171	Jed Smith	34
41	82x	Heath Grizzle	32
42	US	Jonathan Olmscheid	31
43	99	Jamie Thorstad	29
44	57	Nathan Higginbotham	27
45	8272	Sherman Barnett	25
46	56	Terry Bahr	24
47	65	Ron Reed	23
48	18g	Cooper Guffey	7
49	413	Tate Johnson	7
50	15	Speedy Madrid	6
51	0	Brandon George	4
52	3	Adam Unreu	4
53	1	Shelby Frey	2
54	316	Chase Alves	2
55	2	Jessie Haynie	2
56	74	Dana Boatright	2
57	0	Mike Jung	2