The sixth and final night of the Wild West Shootout at Arizona Speedway
Tonight, six days of racing come to a close at Arizona Speedway. It’s the finale of the Wild West Shootout.
View full Arizona Speedway results from Sunday below.
Wild West Shootout: Menu
Jan 9 | Jan 10 | Prac | Jan 13 | Jan 15 | Jan 16 | Jan 17
Event Format: Points are totaled through every night of the week long dirt track racing event. At the end, combined dirt late model points declare the Wild West Shootout champion for the season.
There’s a point fund on the line. Jonathan Davenport and Tyler Erb are separated by just 24 points ahead of tonight’s Wild West Shootout finale.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin is in attendance. The legendary racing driver is here in Arizona for some door banging dirt late model racing in the mini-series finale.
Tonight’s feature ups the stakes. $25,000 is on the line for the winner of Sunday’s finale feature. That’s up from $15,000 a year prior. Additionally, if any driver can win 3 races they’ll get a bonus of $10,000.
The field lines up in a four wide salute for the avid Arizona racing fans. Brian Shirley and Jonathan Davenport lead the 24 car field to the green for the final super late model main event of the week. 50 laps of dirt track racing are up next…
Wild West Shootout
Main Event – Report
Green flag, Shirley and Davenport run near even into turn one. Shirley noses ahead on the bottom off turn two but he can’t clear him.
Chad Simpson spins behind them, caution. Jason Feger heads to the pit area with an overheating issue.
Green, Davenport noses ahead on the cushion through turn one. Thorton Jr puts pressure on Shirley for 2nd.
Lap 3, Chase Allen is slow and the caution is out.
Green, Davenport leads. Ricky Thornton Jr works to the outside of Shirley in the battle for 2nd, give it to Thornton Jr.
Lap 10, Thornton Jr has closed to within two car lengths of Davenport. The track is bad fast early in this race.
Lap 15, Davenport is closing on lap traffic. Davenport jumps the cushion in dirty air and Thornton Jr closes with Brian Shirley on his bumper.
Lap 22, Davenport struggles with the lap car of Donny Schatz! Thornton Jr has a look on the inside. They split the lap car and Davenport holds the lead.
Lap 25, Rodney Sanders is slow and the caution is out.
Green, Davenport leads on the cushion. Brian Shirley works to the right rear of Thornton Jr and they run side by side off turn two. Shirley brushes the wall down the back as they fight for space.
Shirley slides Thornton Jr for 2nd back into turn one.
Lap 28, Schatz spins accross the nose of Jimmy Mars, caution.
Green, Davenport leads Thornton Jr off turn two. Spin behind them involving Landers and Marlar, caution.
Green, Davenport leads as Shirley slides Thornton Jr for 2nd. Tyler Erb slides them both! Move Erb to 2nd.
Lap 35, Davenport leads Erb by 3 seconds.
10 to go, Davenport has caught the tail of the field. Erb has closed the gap to just 1.5 seconds.
5 to go, Davenport has heavy lap traffic running in his lane. Erb continues to close.
2 to go, Davenport leads by 5 car lengths with more lap traffic just ahead.
Jonathan Davenport wins the Wild West Shootout finale at Arizona Speedway! He collects the $25,000 win, $10,000 bonus and $3,000 championship fund all at the same time.
Arizona Speedway Results
Wild West Shootout
January 17, 2021
View full Arizona Speedway results from San Tan Valley, Arizona below.
Qualifying
Group A (2 Laps) : 1. Jonathan Davenport (15.102); 2. Brian Shirley (15.195); 3. Dustin Sorensen (15.205); 4. Tyler Erb (15.277); 5. Rodney Sanders (15.279); 6. Billy Moyer Sr; 7. Johnny Scott; 8. Chris Simpson; 9. Mitch McGrath; 10. Tony Toste;
11. Jared Landers; 12. Terry Phillips; 13. Gunner Frank; 14. Steve Stultz; 15. Jim Whistler; 16. Chase Allen; 17. Larry Clawson; 18. Brian Bowman; 19. Tyler Reagle; 20. Cody Cantonwine;
21. James Webster; 22. Tim Lance; 23. Brody Montgomery; 24. Blair Nothdurft; 25. Kyle Beard;
Group B (2 Laps) : 1. Ricky Thornton Jr (15.088); 2. Jimmy Mars (15.250); 3. Rusty Schlenk (15.306); 4. Jason Papich (15.322); 5. Mike Marlar (15.372); 6. Donny Schatz; 7. Garrett Alberson; 8. Bobby Pierce; 9. Trevor Gundaker; 10. Chad Simpson;
11. Chad Olsen; 12. Scott Ward; 13. Jason Feger; 14. Gordy Gundaker; 15. Steve Hucovski; 16. Kent Rosevear; 17. Jake Timm; 18. Eston Whisler; 19. Clayton Holland; 20. Cliff Morrow;
21. Dustin Knight; 22. Dennis Souza; 23. Stormy Scott; 24. Brandon Lewis;
Heat Races
Heat 1 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Jonathan Davenport; 2. Rodney Sanders; 3. Mitch McGrath; 4. Dustin Sorensen; 5. Jared Landers; 6. Gunner Frank; 7. Johnny Scott; 8. Jim Whistler; 9. Larry Clawson; 10. Tyler Reagle; 11. James Webster; 12. Brody Montgomery; 13. Kyle Beard;
Heat 2 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Brian Shirley; 2. Billy Moyer Sr; 3. Tyler Erb; 4. Tony Toste; 5. Chris Simpson; 6. Tim Lance; 7. Chase Allen; 8. Terry Phillips; 9. Brian Bowman; 10. Cody Cantonwine; 11. Steve Stultz; 12. Blair Nothdurft;
Heat 3 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Ricky Thornton Jr; 2. Mike Marlar; 3. Garrett Alberson; 4. Jason Feger; 5. Rusty Schlenk; 6. Stormy Scott; 7. Trevor Gundaker; 8. Steve Hucovski; 9. Jake Timm; 10. Chad Olsen; 11. Clayton Holland; 12. Dustin Knight;
Heat 4 (10 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Jimmy Mars; 2. Bobby Pierce; 3. Jason Papich; 4. Donny Schatz; 5. Chad Simpson; 6. Scott Ward; 7. Kent Rosevear; 8. Eston Whisler; 9. Dennis Souza; 10. Cliff Morrow; 11. Brandon Lewis; 12. Gordy Gundaker;
B Main
B Main 1 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Chris Simpson; 2. Jared Landers; 3. Chase Allen; 4. Johnny Scott; 5. Kyle Beard; 6. Gunner Frank; 7. Tim Lance; 8. Jim Whistler; 9. Tyler Reagle; 10. Brian Bowman; 11. James Webster; 12. Terry Phillips; 13. Larry Clawson; 14. Cody Cantonwine; 15. Steve Stultz; 16. Brody Montgomery; 17. Blair Nothdurft;
B Main 2 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. Rusty Schlenk; 2. Chad Simpson; 3. Scott Ward; 4. Trevor Gundaker; 5. Jake Timm; 6. Eston Whisler; 7. Steve Hucovski; 8. Dennis Souza; 9. Kent Rosevear; 10. Brandon Lewis; 11. Clayton Holland; 12. Stormy Scott; 13. Chad Olsen; 14. Cliff Morrow; 15. Dustin Knight; 16. Gordy Gundaker;
Draw
All six heat race winner drew a pill for set the front three rows of the main event.
Draw Results : 1. Brian Shirley; 2. Jonathan Davenport; 3. Ricky Thornton Jr; 4. Jimmy Mars;
Arizona Speedway Results
January 17, 2021
Main Event
50 Laps ($25,000 to win)
Pos | Driver
1. Jonathan Davenport
2. Tyler Erb
3. Ricky Thornton Jr
4. Brian Shirley
5. Bobby Pierce
6. Billy Moyer Sr
7. Rusty Schlenk
8. Johnny Scott
9. Dustin Sorensen
10. Jason Papich
11. Chris Simpson
12. Mitch McGrath
13. Donny Schatz
14. Tony Toste
15. Garrett Alberson
16. Jimmy Mars
17. Mike Marlar
18. Jared Landers
19. Rodney Sanders
20. Trevor Gundaker
21. Chad Simpson
22. Scott Ward
23. Chase Allen
24. Jason Feger
Wild West Shootout Points
After: January 17, 2021
Champion Pay: $3,000
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Jonathan Davenport
501
2. Tyler Erb
471
3. Ricky Thornton Jr
426
4. Brian Shirley
381
5. Jason Papich
381
6. Mike Marlar
327
7. Garrett Alberson
312
8. Billy Moyer Sr
299
9. Johnny Scott
297
10. Bobby Pierce
279
11. Jimmy Mars
267
12. Donny Schatz
267
13. Chris Simpson
263
14. Jason Feger
237
15. Rusty Schlenk
224
16. Stormy Scott
222
17. Jared Landers
209
18. Cody Laney
200
19. Rodney Sanders
198
20. Kyle Beard
193
21. Terry Phillips
170
22. Dustin Sorensen
167
23. Chad Simpson
156
24. Tony Toste
149
25. Mitch McGrath
114
26. Chase Allen
110
27. Scott Ward
94
28. Jake Timm
93
29. Tim Lance
88
30. Gordy Gundaker
87
31. Trevor Gundaker
70
32. Bob Gardner
56
33. Chad Olsen
47
34. Luke Merfeld
40
35. Jim Whistler
26
36. Kent Rosevear
24
37. Joey Tanner
23
38. Brody Montgomery
22
39. Gunner Frank
22
40. Steve Stultz
22
41. Eston Whisler
22
42. Steve Hucovski
20
43. Blair Nothdurft
20
44. John Cornell
19
45. Douglas Elkins
19
46. Austin Theiss
19
47. Dustin Knight
18
48. Lyndon Bolt
17
49. Tyler Reagle
17
50. Brian Bowman
15
51. Matt Sparby
15
52. Craig Parker
15
53. Clayton Holland
15
54. Thomas Hunziker
15
55. James Webster
15
56. Dennis Souza
14
57. Blonde Bomber
12
58. Larry Clawson
12
59. Justin Mills
9
60. Cliff Morrow
9
61. Brandon Lewis
9
62. Cody Cantonwine
9
63. Power Donnelly
6
64. Scott Lewis
6
65. Matthew Ratzlaff
3
66. David Vennard
3
67. Brenden Fugate
3
68. Trevor Anderson
3
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