Make it Two for O’Neal at USA’s Wild West Shootout
USA Raceway – Wild West Shootout Friday Report
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 16, 2016) – Don O’Neal evened the score in the win column on Friday night by racing to victory lane for the second time in four rounds of USA Raceway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars.
With his second $5,000 Super Late Model triumph of the mini-series atop the 3/8-mile clay oval, O’Neal matched Jonathan Davenport’s two wins with both drivers still eligible for a $50,000 bonus if either can top each of the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
While “The Real Deal” bested the Super Late Model ranks, Ryan Gustin topped the Modifieds for the second time in a row while Grant Southworth took X Mod honors.
Davenport pressured O’Neal throughout the Super Late Model main event, even nosing underneath on the 28th round only to have O’Neal surge back ahead and race on to the checkered flag.
Brandon Sheppard chased the lead duo to the stripe with Steve Francis and A.J. Diemel rounding out the top five.
Missouri’s Ryan Gustin raced from fourth to snare his second Modified win in a row ahead of Matt Leer and pole starter Brad Dierks with Wisconsin’s Grant Southworth going from fourth as well to capture the X Mod checkered flag in front of Brandon Farrington and Chad Olsen.
The Wild West Shootout continues at USA Raceway on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. before wrapping up on Sunday at the same time.
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.
Those unable to catch the action in person can still catch every lap of action live via Pay-Per-View at www.dirtondirt.com.
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 – Wednesday, January 15, 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. 15x-Steve Francis, 2. 93-Ray Moore, 3. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 4. 17x-Billy Franklin, 5. 91p-Jason Papich, 6. 18-Chase Junghans, 7. 21-Billy Moyer, 8. 15d-Justin Duty, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. 23s-Bucky Andrews (DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 15s-Donny Schatz, 2. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 3. 5-Don O’Neal, 4. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 5. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 6. 32b-Clay Daly, 7. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 42s-Don Shaw, 10. 24x-Rick Ortega.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, 2. 98-Jason Rauen, 3. 32-Chris Simpson, 4. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 5. 91-Tyler Erb, 6. 75-Terry Phillips, 7. 86-Kyle Beard, 8. R30-Robert Odegard, 9. 23-Brad Williams, 10. 51-Joey Moriarty.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 2. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 10n-Rob Sanders, 5. 14-Sean Bray, 6. 0-Jake O’Neil, 7. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 8. 43-Dave Deetz, 9. 37-Scott Ward, 10. 89-James Laing.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 2. 14L-Brad Looney, 3. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 4. 7k-Jason Krohn, 5. 11-Pat Doar, 6. F5-Garrett Alberson, 7. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 8. 91T-Tony Toste, 9. 5x-John Duty, 10. 40F-Dana Fite.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton, 2. 58-A.J. Diemel, 3. 1-Doug Blashe, 4. 16-Austin Sievert, 5. 3-Brad Whitfield, 6. 99-Scott Lewis, 7. 17-Larry Childress, 8. 17p-Craig Parker, 9. 6T-Terry Carter, 10. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni.
“B” Mains – Top 3 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 2. F5-Garrett Alberson, 3. 91p-Jason Papich, 4. 21-Billy Moyer, 5. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 6. 98-Jason Rauen, 7. 91-Tyler Erb, 8. 42s-Don Shaw, 9. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 10. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 11. 17p-Craig Parker, 12. 17-Larry Childress, 13. 10-Junior Coover, 14. 51-Joey Moriarty (DNS), 15. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 2. 7k-Jason Krohn, 3. 75-Terry Phillips, 4. 14L-Brad Looney, 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 6. 86-Kyle Beard, 7. 18-Chase Juhghans, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 5x-John Duty, 10. 3-Brad Whitfield, 11. 15d-Justin Duty, 12. 40f-Dana Fite, 13. 6T-Terry Carter, 14. 1-Doug Blashe, 15. 89-James Laing (DNS).
Third “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 16-Austin Sievert, 2. 32-Chris Simpson, 3. 17x-Billy Franklin, 4. 11-Pat Doar, 5. 32b-Clay Daly, 6. 93-Ray Moore, 7. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 8. 99-Scott Lewis, 9. 91T-Tony Toste, 10. 23-Brad Williams, 11. 43-Dave Deetz, 12. 24x-Rick Ortega, 13. 37-Scott Ward (DNS), 14. 23s-Bucky Andrews (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 5-Don O’Neal, 2. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 4. 15x-Steve Francis, 5. 58-A.J. Diemel, 6. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 7. 20-Rodney Sanders, 8. 15s-Donny Schatz, 9. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 10. 71-Dustin Strand, 11. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 12. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 13. 25-Shane Clanton, 14. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 15. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 16. 32-Chris Simpson, 17. 7k-Jason Krohn, 18. F5-Garrett Alberson, 19. 16-Austin Sievert, 20. 10n-Rob Sanders, 21. 91p-Jason Papich, 22. 14-Sean Bray, 23. 17x-Billy Franklin, 24. 75-Terry Phillips.
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. 30L-Matt Leer, 2. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 3. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 4. 98-Alex Stanford, 5. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 6. 23j-Greg Jelvik, 7. 59-Bob Dalmon, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield, 9. 86-Kyle Beard (DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 2. 197-Cade Dillard, 3. 9k-Kent Arment, 4. 91-Joe Duvall, 5. 131-Royal Jones, 6. J17-Jake Gallardo, 7. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 8. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 9. 5a-Daniel Anders.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 36-Danny Bayor, 2. 1sx-Trent Sauers, 3. 2s-Stormy Scott, 4. 10c-Chad Olsen, 5. 6T-Corky Thomas, 6. 13-Jeff Hartley, 7. 49-Dwayne Murphy, 8. 90-Casey Skyberg.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 5-Todd Schute, 2. 6p-Travis Perry, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. 71-Philip Houston, 5. 51T-Tim Thomas, 6. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 7. 31-Daryl Fisher, 8. 81-Scott Ward.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 2. 29d-Brad Dierks, 3. G17-Fito Gallardo, 4. 87-Darron Fuqua, 5. 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 6. 34-Mickey Lassiter, 7. 9-Mykel Atkinson, 8. 97-Greg Chesluy.
“B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 98-Alex Stanford, 2. 10c-Chad Olsen, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. G17-Fito Gallardo, 5. 131-Royal Jones, 6. 6T-Corky Thomas, 7. 5a-Daniel Anders, 8. 31-Daryl Fischer, 9. 5-Mykel Atkinson, 10. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 11. 49-Dwayne Murphy, 12. 97-Greg Chesluy (DNS), 13. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer (DNS), 14. 86-Kyle Beard (DNS).
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. J17-Jake Gallardo, 2. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 3. 71-Philip Houston, 4. 87-Darron Fuqua, 5. 30-Jusin Rexwinkle, 6. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 7. 13-Jeff Hartley, 8. 59-Bob Dalmon, 9. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 10. 34-Mickey Lassiter, 11. 90-Casey Skyberg (DNS), 12. 81-Scott Ward (DNS), 13. 3-Brad Whitfield (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. R19-Ryan Gustin, 2. 30L-Matt Leer, 3. 29d-Brad Dierks, 4. 5-Todd Schute, 5. 2s-Stormy Scott, 6. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 7. 1sx-Todd Sauers, 8. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 9. 91-Joe Duvall, 10. 87-Darron Fuqua, 11. 36-Danny Bayor, 12. 71-Philip Houston, 13. 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 14. 10c-Chad Olsen, 15. 98-Alex Stanford, 16. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 17. 6p-Travis Perry, 18. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 19. 51T-Tim Thomas, 20. 197-Cade Dillard, 21. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 22. 9k-Kent Arment, 23. G17-Fito Gallardo, 24. J17-Jake Gallardo.
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. 5-Ron Schreiner, 2. 49-James Binkley, 3. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 4. 35-Grant Southworth, 5. 17s-Lance Schill, 6. 07-Donovan Flores, 7. 20x-Jesse Horst, 8. 8-Doug Meeks, 9. 56-Terry Bahr, 10. 6-Casey Skyberg.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 1r-Joey Rowell, 2. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 3. 88c-Brian Clark, 4. 9-Jimmy Ray, 5. 55-Mike Brandon, 6. 10ch-Cole Haugland, 7. 81w-Morgan Ward, 8. 3-Dick Gorham, 9. 82-Sherman Barnett.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 10c-Chad Olsen, 2. 188-A.J. Huebner, 3. 5c-Preston Carr, 4. 57x-Chad Horst, 5. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 6. 36-Ryan Cousins, 7. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 8. 7g-Dennis Gates, 9. 74x-Dana Boatright.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 32-Eric Hauglane, 2. 1s-Scott Bintz, 3. 93-Greg Gorham, 4. 7-Ken McCleskey, 5. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 6. 3-Jeff Hartley, 7. 7m-Wes Meeks, 8. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych. 9. 15d-David Harrington (DNS).
“B” Mains – Top 2 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 2. 55-Mike Brandon, 3. 36-Ryan Cousins, 4. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 5. 7m-Wes Meeks, 6. 6-Casey Skyberg, 7. 10ch-Cole Haugland, 8. 56-Terry Bahr, 9. 8-Doug Meeks, 10. 7g-Dennis Gates, 11. 15d-David Harrington.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 07-Donovan Flores, 2. 17s-Lance Schill, 3. 74x-Dana Boatright, 4. 13-Jeff Hartley, 5. 20x-Jesse Horst, 6. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 7. 81w-Morgan Ward, 8. 7-Ken McCleskey, 9. 3-Dick Gorham, 10. 82-Sherman Barnett (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 35-Grant Southworth, 2. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 3. 10c-Chad Olsen, 4. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 5. 88c-Brian Clark, 6. 5-Ron Schreiner, 7. 1s-Scott Bintz, 8. 49-James Binkley, 9. 9-Jimmy Ray, 10. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 11. 57x-Chad Horst, 12. 5c-Preston Carr, 13. 17s-Lance Schill, 14. 1r-Joey Rowell, 15. 93-Greg Gorham, 16. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 17. 188-A.J. Huebner, 18. 07-Donovan Flores, 19. 55-Mike Brandon, 20. 32-Eric Hauglane.
Current Wild West Shootout Points through Night Four of Six:
Late Models
1
6
Jonathan Davenport
262
2
5
Don O’Neal
226
3
25
Shane Clanton
208
4
15
Darrell Lanigan
202
5
15x
Steve Francis
177
6
58
A.J. Diemel
164
7
b5
Brandon Sheppard
163
8
f5
Garrett Alberson
151
9
91p
Jason Papich
148
10
21
Billy Moyer
144
11
32
Chris Simpson
139
12
28m
Jimmy Mars
138
13
20
Rodney Sanders
123
14
14m
Morgan Bagley
119
15
7k
Jason Krohn
116
16
21jr
Billy Moyer, Jr.
114
17
15s
Donny Schatz
104
18
19r
Ryan Gustin
92
19
86
Kyle Beard
87
20
71
Dustin Strand
77
21
75
Terry Phillips
75
22
14L
Brad Looney
69
23
44
R.C. Whitwell
68
24
18h
Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth
56
25
91
Tyler Erb
50
26
33x
Ricky Thornton, Jr.
48
27
10n
Rob Sanders
44
28
93
Ray Moore
44
29
91T
Tony Toste
40
30
16
Austin Sievert
38
31
99
Scott Lewis
37
32
r5
Hunter Radson
37
33
0
Jake O’Neil
33
34
7w
Ricky Weiss
32
35
37
Scott Ward
28
36
32b
Clay Daly
27
37
11
Pat Doar
26
38
14
Sean Bray
23
39
17x
Billy Franklin
18
40
17
Larry Childress
17
41
98
Jason Rauen
14
42
1
Doug Blashe
14
43
3
Brad Whitfield
13
44
42s
Don Shaw
13
45
51
Joey Moriarty
12
46
6T
Terry Carter
12
47
18
Chase Junghans
11
48
15d
Justin Duty
11
49
r30
Robert Odegard
11
50
11k
Jeremy Keller
8
51
24x
Rick Ortega
8
52
10
Junior Coover
8
53
89
James Laing
8
54
5x
John Duty
7
55
33
Vic Hil
7
56
43
Dave Deetz
6
57
22g
Paul Guglielmoni
6
58
40F
Dana Fite
6
59
23s
Bucky Andrews
6
60
2
Bobby Hogge
5
61
54
Carlos Ahumada
4
62
23
Brad Williams
2
63
17p
Craig Parker
2
64
7
Marshall Miles
2
65
12
Greg Jelvik
1
Modifieds
1
30L
Matt Leer
185
2
5
Todd Schute
179
3
197
Cade Dillard
178
4
87
Darron Fuqua
174
5
71
Phillip Houston
171
6
23
Matt Gilbertson
171
7
29d
Brad Dierks
160
8
19r
Ryan Gustin
153
9
36
Danny Bayor
145
10
26
Shawn Fletcher
140
11
O5
Jake Hartung
136
12
2s
Stormy Scott
126
13
15
Ryan Mikkelson
112
14
2J
Blake Jegtvig
105
15
20rt
Ricky Thornton, Jr.
98
16
131
Royal Jones
93
17
20
Rodney Sanders
90
18
10c
Chad Olsen
85
19
86
Kyle Beard
85
20
44
Christy Georges-Barnett
83
21
g17
Fito Gallardo
81
22
30
Justin Rexwinkle
76
23
9r
Jimmy Ray
75
24
2
Bobby Hogge
67
25
1sx
Travis Sauers
60
26
6p
Travis Perry
59
27
51T
Tim Thomas
59
28
98
Alex Stanford
58
29
23J
Greg Jelvik
49
30
91
Joe Duvall
41
31
9k
Kent Arment
41
32
48
Brent Dutanhoffer
41
33
59
Bob Salmon
37
34
6T
Corky Thomas
34
35
97
Greg Chusluy
31
36
13
Jeff Hartley
27
37
J17
Jake Gallardo
25
38
5a
Daniel Anders
18
39
1sx
Scott Bintz
15
40
90
Casey Skyberg
13
41
55ak
Scott Sluka
11
42
65x
Carlos Ahumada, Jr.
10
43
9
Mykel Atkinson
10
44
34
Mickey Lassiter
7
45
31
Daryl Fisher
7
46
1x
Steve Streeter
5
47
17s
Stoney Kruk
4
48
49
Dwayne Murphy
3
49
3
Brad Whitfield
3
50
23h
Terry Haven
3
51
5c
Dallas Caldwell
3
52
81
Scott Ward
2
53
37x
Joey Price
2
54
43
Chad Falco
1
X-Mods
1
5
Ron Schreiner
243
2
1tpo
Tyler Peterson
240
3
35
Grant Southworth
232
4
49
James Binkley
224
5
57x
Chad Horst
202
6
50F
Brandon Farrington
182
7
88c
Brian Clark
173
8
1r
Joey Rowell
170
9
17s
Lance Schill
156
10
188
A.J. Huebner
152
11
32
Eric Hauglane
152
12
10c
Chad Olsen
150
13
5c
Preston Carr
115
14
1s
Scott Bintz
98
15
55
Mike Brandon
96
16
9
Jimmy Ray
95
17
7
Ken McCleskey
83
18
36
Ryan Cousins
75
19
20x
Jesse Horst
75
20
11k
Brian Kakela
62
21
6
Casey Skyberg
58
22
93
Greg Gorham
56
23
17e
Neil Eckhart
53
24
O7
Donovan Flores
50
25
82
Sherman Barnett
40
26
13
Jeff Hartley
36
27
71
Jesse Hoskins
33
28
96
John Wills
18
29
22k
Mark Kohaykewych
10
30
7g
Dennis Gates
10
31
3
Dick Gorham
8
32
17
Harlan Morhart
8
33
15d
David Harrington
5
34
10c
Cole Haugland
4
35
74x
Dana Boatright
4
36
44
Eric Winemiller
4
37
81
Morgan Ward
3
38
7m
Wes Meeks
3
39
8
Doug Meeks
2
40
56
Terry Barr
2
41
22m
Adam Mendoza
2
42
111
Johnny McCarty, Jr.
2
43
93ar
A.R. Smith
2
44
4x
Shannon Briscoe
2
Sources: Lonnie Wheatley/USA Raceway PR