USA Raceway – Wild West Shootout Saturday Report
The Real Deal Reels in Wild West Shootout Opener at USA!
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 9, 2016) – Don O’Neal kicked of USA Raceway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars by racing to victory lane over a stellar field of 60 Super Late Model competitors in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event.
With the $5,000 triumph aboard the Clint Bowyer Motorsports Peak Antifreeze/Crawford Supply No. 5 Club 29 Race Cars entry, “The Real Deal” put himself in place for a potential $250,000 bonus that goes to the driver that can win all six feature events.
“It’s not gonna be easy for sure, but we got one down anyway,” the Martinsvile, IN, racer said of the potential bonus in victory lane.
While O’Neal topped the Super Late Model portion of the Wild West Shootout opener, Cade Dillard bested the Modifieds and Ron Schreiner topped the X-Modifieds as a total 140 cars filled the USA Raceway pit area.
In the Super Late Model main event, O’Neal battled past Shane Clanton at the midway point and slipped away over the final rounds to secure the win ahead of Steve Francis with Darrell Lanigan, Billy Moyer and Jonathan Davenport rounding out the top five.
“I had to be up on the wheel out there,” O’Neal commented.
Francis took advantage of a lap 19 restart to take second away from Clanton but never mount a serious charge on the leader. After bypassing the scales following an apparent heat race win, Davenport rallied from the tail of a “B” Main and then charged from 19th round out the top five.
In Barnett Harley-Davidson Modifieds presented by MVT action, Many, Louisiana’s Cade Dillard battled past Rodney Sanders for the lead just past the midway point and led the rest of the way to take victory honors.
“I messed up a little on about the second lap and smoke the wall there in turn two, I thought we were done,” Dillard explained afterward. “I was just riding, hoping to get a top five, then we started running through the ruts and made up some ground.
Dillard was chased to the stripe by Sanders with Darron Fuqua, Phillip Houston and Fito Gallardo rounding out the top five
Tucson’s Ron Schreiner took the lead away from Brian Clark nine laps into the 20-lap Border International and RealTruck.com X-Mods presented by Polar Industries main event and then withstood a late rally from 19th-starter Tyler Peterson to capture the victory.
Schriever took the checkered flag as Peterson went up in smoke, with Chad Horst taking advantage to capture second with Joey Rowell, A.J. Huebner and James Brinkley in the top five.
The Wild West Shootout continues at USA Raceway on Sunday with racing action set to go green at 5:00 p.m. with ensuing rounds to follow on Wednesday, January 13, and then Friday through Sunday, January 15-17.
A $5,000 winner’s share is up for grabs through the opening five nights of competition with AR Bodies raising the stakes of the January 17 finale to $11,000-to-win.
Single day tickets are just $20 for each of the first five nights and $22 for the Wild West Shootout finale on Sunday, January 17.
Advance tickets may be purchased online at http://raceusaraceway.com/events/10th-annual-wild-west-shootout-2/ or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-664-2074.
Wild West Shootout hotel information can be found at http://raceusaraceway.com/fan-info/lodging/ or by calling the Courtyard Marriott at 520-573-0000. Free on-site camping sponsored by Lazydayz RVs is also available.
USA Raceway is located east of Tucson, AZ, off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, please contact the track at 520-664-2074 or visit www.raceusaraceway.com.
Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars Results
USA Raceway – Saturday, January 9, 2016
Super Late Models:
Heat Races – Top 15 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 3 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 32-Chris Simpson, 2. 93-Ray Moore, 3. 71-Dustin Strand, 4. 20-Rodney Sanders, 5. 2-Bobby Hogge, 6. 17-Larry Childress, 7. 32b-Clay Daly, 8. 43-Dave Deetz, 9. 23s-Bucky Andrews, 10. 3-Brad Whitfield.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton, 2. 86-Kyle Beard, 3. 21-Billy Moyer, 4. 14-Sean Bray, 5. R30-Robert Odegard, 6. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 7. 5x-John Duty, 8. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni, 9. 33v-Vic Hill, 10. 6-Jon Davenport.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 91-Tyler Erb, 2. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 3. 14L-Brad Looney, 4. 37-Scott Ward, 5. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 6. 15d-Justin Duty, 7. 17x-Billy Franklin, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 24x-Rick Ortega, 10. 12-Greg Jelvik (DNS).
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 2. 99-Scott Lewis, 3. 5-Don O’Neal, 4. R5-Hunter Radson, 5. 11-Pat Doar, 6. 91p-Jason Papich, 7. 10n-Rob Sanders, 8. 6T-Terry Carter, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. 42s-Don Shaw.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 2. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 3. 58-A.J. Diemel, 4. 0-Jake O’Neil, 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 6. 91T-Tony Toste, 7. 51-Joey Moriarty, 8. 98-Jason Rauen, 9. 89-James Laing, 10. 54-Carlos Ahumada.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 7k-Jason Krohn, 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 3. 15x-Steve Francis, 4. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 5. F5-Garrett Alberson, 6. 16-Austin Sievert, 7. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 8. 18-Chase Juhghans, 9. 1-Doug Blashly, 10. 40f-Dana Fite.
“B” Mains – Top 3 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 2. 6-Jon Davenport, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 5. 91T-Tony Toste, 6. 16-Austin Sievert, 7. 1-Doug Blashly, 8. 32b-Clay Daly, 9. 6T-Terry Carter, 10. 43-Dave Deetz, 11. 89-James Laing, 12. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 13. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 14. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 15. 54-Carlos Ahumada.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 58-A.J. Diemel, 2. 91p-Jason Papich, 3. 37-Scott Ward, 4. 98-Jason Rauen, 5. 42s-Don Shaw, 6. 18-Chase Junghans, 7. R30-Robert Odegard, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 11. 17-Larry Childress, 12. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 13. 14-Sean Bray, 14. 17x-Billy Franklin, 15. 2-Bobby Hogge.
Third “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. F5-Garrett Alberson, 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 3. 11-Pat Doar, 4. 0-Jake O’Neil, 5. 15d-Justin Duty, 6. 40f-Dana Fite, 7. 24x-Rick Ortega, 8. 22g-Paul Gueglielmoni, 9. 23s-Bucky Andrews, 10. 51-Joey Moriarty, 11. 10n-Rob Sanders, 12. 33-Vic Hill, 13. R5-Hunter Radson, 14. 5x-John Duty, 15. 12-Greg Jelvik.
“A” Main
“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 5-Don O’Neal, 2. 15x-Steve Francis, 3. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 4. 21-Billy Moyer, 5. 6-Jon Davenport, 6. 25-Shane Clanton, 7. 91p-Jason Papich, 8. 58-A.J. Diemel, 9. 32-Chris Simpson, 10. 75-Terry Phillips, 11. 86-Kyle Beard, 12. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 13. 14L-Brad Looney, 14. F5-Garrett Alberson, 15. 99-Scott Lewis, 16. 91-Tyler Erb, 17. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 18. 37-Scott Ward, 19. 71-Dustin Strand, 20. 7k-Jason Krohn, 21. 93-Ray Moore, 22. 20-Rodney Sanders, 23. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 24. 11-Pat Doar.
Pro Power Dash:
Dash (10 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O’Neil, 2. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 3. 98-Jason Rauen, 4. 15d-Justin Duty, 5. 16-Austin Sievert, 6. 91T-Tony Toste, 7. 18-Chase Junghans, 8. 24x-Rick Ortega, 9. 40f-Dana Fite, 10. R30-Robert Odegard, 11. 42s-Don Shaw, 12. 1-Doug Blashly.
Barnett Harley-Davidson Modifieds presented by MVT
Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 87-Darron Fuqua, 2. 6T-Corky Thomas, 3. 71-Phillip Houston, 4. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 5. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 6. 86-Kyle Beard, 7. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 8. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr. (DNS), 9. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett (DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 197-Cade Dillard, 2. 5-Todd Schute, 3. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 4. 29d-Brad Dierks, 5. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 6. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 7. 9-Mykel Atkinson, 8. 59-Bob Salmon, 9. 10c-Chad Olsen.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 2. G17-Fito Gallardo, 3. 05-Jake Hartung, 4. 9k-Kent Arment, 5. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 6. 17s-Stoney Kruk, 7. 1x-Steve Streeter, 8. 31-Daryl Fisher, 9. 2s-Stormy Scott.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 131-Royal Jones, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. 36-Danny Bayor, 5. 90-Casey Skyberg, 6. 51T-Tim Thomas, 7. J17-Jake Gallardo, 8. 97-Greg Chulsuy (DNS), 9. 43-Jake Falco (DNS).
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 2. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 3. 2-Bobby Hogge, 4. 30L-Matt Leer, 5. 13-Jeff Hartley, 6. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 7. 5c-Dallas Caldwell, 8. 23h-Terry Haven (DNS).
“B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 2. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 3. 30L-Matt Leer, 4. 29d-Brad Dierks, 5. 97-Greg Chusluy, 6. 10c-Chad Olsen, 7. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 8. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 9. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 10. 51T-Tim Thomas, 11. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 12. 86-Kyle Beard, 13. 13-Jeff Hartley, 14. 5c-Dallas Caldwell.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 2-Bobby Hogge, 2. 2s-Stormy Scott, 3. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 4. 36-Danny Bayor, 5. 90-Casey Skyberg, 6. 1x-Steve Streeter, 7. 59-Bob Salmon, 8. J17-Jake Gallardo, 9. 17s-Stoney Kruk, 10. 31-Daryl Fisher, 11. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 12. 43-Chad Falco, 13. 23h-Terry Haven, 14. 9-Mykel Atkinson.
“A” Main
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 197-Cade Dillard, 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. 87-Darron Fuqua, 4. 71-Phillip Houston, 5. G17-Fito Gallardo, 6. 23m-Matt Gilbertson, 7. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 8. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 9. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 10. 30L-Matt Leer, 11. 131-Royal Jones, 12. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 13. 5-Todd Schute, 14. 36-Danny Bayor, 15. 2-Bobby Hogge, 16. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 17. 9k-Kent Arment, 18. 05-Jake Hartung, 19. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 20. 6T-Corky Thomas, 21. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 22. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 23. 29d-Brad Dierks, 24. 2s-Stormy Scott.
Border International and RealTruck.com X-Mods presented by Polar Industries
Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 188-A.J. Huebner, 2. 07-Donovan Flores, 3. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 4. 8272-Sherman Barnett, 5. 7-Ken McCleskey, 6. 7g-Dennis Gates, 7. 9-Jimmy Ray, 8. 5c-Preston Carr, 9. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 20x-Jesse Horst, 2. 6-Casey Skyberg, 3. 5-Ron Schreiner, 4. 55-Mike Brandon, 5. 1r-Joey Roswell, 6. 3-Dick Gorham, 7. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 8. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 9. 22m-Adam Mendoza.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 17s-Lance Schill, 2. 35-Grant Southworth, 3. 93-Greg Gorham, 4. 10c-Chad Olsen, 5. 32-Eric Hauglane, 6. 1s-Scott Bintz, 7. 17-Harlan Morhart, 8. 4x-Shannon Briscoe, 9. 15d-David Harrington.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 88c-Brian Clark, 2. 57x-Chad Horst, 3. 49-James Brinkley, 4. 50F-Brandon Farrington, 5. 36-Ryan Cousins, 6. 13-Jeff Hartley, 7. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 8. 93ar-A.R. Smith, 9. 96-John Wills.
“B” Mains – Top 2 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 49-James Brinkley, 2. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 3. 36-Ryan Cousins, 4. 5c-Preston Carr, 5. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 6. 96-John Wills, 7. 4x-Shannon Briscoe, 8. 1s-Scott Bintz, 9. 17-Harlan Morhart, 10. 3-Dick Gorham.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 32-Eric Hauglane, 2. 1r-Joey Rowell, 3. 9-Jimmy Ray, 4. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 5. 13-Jeff Hartley, 6. 93ar-A.R. Smith, 7. 7g-Dennis Gates, 8. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 9. 22m-Adam Mendoza, 10. 15d-David Harrington.
“A” Main
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 5-Ron Schreiner, 2. 57x-Chad Horst, 3. 1r-Joey Rowell, 4. 188-A.J. Huebner, 5. 49-James Brinkley, 6. 32-Eric Hauglane, 7. 7-Ken McCleskey, 8. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 9. 35-Grant Southworth, 10. 20x-Jesse Horst, 11. 8272-Sherman Barnett, 12. 88c-Brian Clark, 13. 17s-Lance Schill, 14. 50F-Brandon Farrington, 15. 07-Donovan Flores, 16. 93-Greg Gorham, 17. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 18. 55-Mike Brandon, 19. 6-Casey Skyberg, 20. 10c-Chad Olsen.
Current Wild West Shootout Points through Night One of Six:
Late Models
1
5
Don O’Neal
69
2
15x
Steve Francis
65
3
15
Darrell Lanigan
62
4
25
Shane Clanton
59
5
21
Billy Moyer
58
6
6
Jon Davenport
49
7
91p
Jason Papich
45
8
58
A.J. Diemel
45
9
32
Chris Simpson
44
10
86
Kyle Beard
43
11
75
Terry Phillips
40
12
14m
Morgan Bagley
36
13
14L
Brad Looney
33
14
99
Scott Lewis
30
15
f5
Garrett Alberson
29
16
91
Tyler Erb
29
17
21jr
Billy Moyer, Jr.
26
18
71
Dustin Strand
25
19
37
Scott Ward
22
20
7k
Jason Krohn
21
21
93
Ray Moore
18
22
18h
Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth
15
23
20
Rodney Sanders
14
24
11
Pat Doar
9
25
14
Sean Bray
6
26
r5
Hunter Radson
6
27
0
Jake O’Neil
6
28
7w
Ricky Weiss
6
29
2
Bobby Hogge
5
30
r30
Robert Odegard
5
31
44
R.C. Whitwell
5
32
b5
Brandon Sheppard
5
33
17
Larry Childress
4
34
28m
Jimmy Mars
4
35
15d
Justin Duty
4
36
91T
Tony Toste
4
37
16
Austin Sievert
4
38
32b
Clay Daly
3
39
5x
John Duty
3
40
17x
Billy Franklin
3
41
10n
Rob Sanders
3
42
51
Joey Moriarty
3
43
19r
Ryan Gustin
3
44
43
Dave Deetz
2
45
3
Brad Whitfield
2
46
23s
Bucky Andrews
2
47
33
Vic Hil
2
48
22g
Paul Guglielmoni
2
49
11k
Jeremy Keller
2
50
24x
Rick Ortega
2
51
42s
Don Shaw
2
52
10
Junior Coover
2
53
6T
Terry Carter
2
54
89
James Laing
2
55
54
Carlos Ahumada
2
56
98
Jason Rauen
2
57
40F
Dana Fite
2
58
18
Chase Junghans
2
59
1
Doug Blashly
2
60
12
Greg Jelvik
1
Modifieds
1
20
Rodney Sanders
70
2
197
Cade Dillard
68
3
87
Darron Fuqua
66
4
23
Matt Gilbertson
59
5
71
Phillip Houston
57
6
g17
Fito Gallardo
55
7
9r
Jimmy Ray
48
8
26
Shawn Fletcher
45
9
15
Ryan Mikkelson
44
10
30L
Matt Leer
38
11
131
Royal Jones
38
12
5
Todd Schute
34
13
30
Justin Rexwinkle
33
14
36
Danny Bayor
30
15
2
Bobby Hogge
29
16
20rt
Ricky Thornton, Jr.
29
17
9k
Kent Arment
26
18
O5
Jake Hartung
23
19
2J
Blake Jegtvig
22
20
6T
Corky Thomas
21
21
1sx
Scott Bintz
14
22
19r
Ryan Gustin
12
23
29d
Brad Dierks
12
24
2s
Stormy Scott
6
25
55ak
Scott Sluka
5
26
48
Brent Dutanhoffer
5
27
90
Casey Skyberg
5
28
13
Jeff Hartley
5
29
86
Kyle Beard
4
30
17s
Stoney Kruk
4
31
51T
Tim Thomas
4
32
23J
Greg Jelvik
3
33
9
Mykel Atkinson
3
34
1x
Steve Streeter
3
35
J17
Jake Gallardo
3
36
5c
Dallas Caldwell
3
37
59
Bob Salmon
2
38
10c
Chad Olsen
2
39
31
Daryl Fisher
2
40
65x
Carlos Ahumada, Jr.
1
41
44
Christy Georges-Barnett
1
42
43
Chad Falco
1
43
97
Greg Chusluy
1
44
23h
Terry Haven
1
X-Mods
1
5
Ron Schreiner
69
2
57x
Chad Horst
69
3
188
A.J. Huebner
65
4
1r
Joey Rowell
58
5
49
James Brinkley
54
6
32
Eric Hauglane
49
7
7
Ken McCleskey
46
8
35
Grant Southworth
43
9
20x
Jesse Horst
43
10
88c
Brian Clark
41
11
1tpo
Tyler Peterson
40
12
8272
Sherman Barnett
36
13
17s
Lance Schill
36
14
50F
Brandon Farrington
30
15
O7
Donovan Flores
30
16
93
Greg Gorham
27
17
17e
Neil Eckhart
25
18
55
Mike Brandon
22
19
6
Casey Skyberg
22
20
10c
Chad Olsen
18
21
36
Ryan Cousins
5
22
7g
Dennis Gates
4
23
3
Dick Gorham
4
24
1s
Scott Bintz
4
25
13
Jeff Hartley
4
26
9
Jimmy Ray
3
27
71
Jesse Hoskins
3
28
17
Harlan Morhart
3
29
22k
Mark Kohaykewych
3
30
5c
Preston Carr
2
31
22m
Adam Mendoza
2
32
111
Johnny McCarty, Jr.
2
33
15d
David Harrington
2
34
93ar
A.R. Smith
2
35
4x
Shannon Briscoe
2
36
96
John Wills
2
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/USA Raceway PR