Race results from Saturday night of the Wild West Shootout at Central Arizona Raceway
Central Arizona Raceway is set for night one of the Wild West Shootout. The 3/8-mile dirt track in Casa Grande, AZ track welcomes national dirt late model drivers.
View Wild West Shootout results below.
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Jan 10Â |Â Jan 11
Ricky Thornton Jr and Dillon McCowan set the front row. 50 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Main Event
Green flag, Ricky Thornton Jr is clear before turn one.
49 to go, Hudson O’Neal swings around the outside of McCowan for 2nd.
38 to go, Thornton Jr works heavy lap traffic. They run side-by-side just ahead. O’Neal trails by 15 car lengths.
35 to go, Ethan Dotson slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads O’Neal off turn two. O’Neal heads to the top in turn three. He clears him off turn four, O’Neal to the lead!
21 to go, O’Neal works heavy lap traffic. Thornton Jr closes right to his bumper.
16 to go, slow car, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads Thornton Jr and Garrett Alberson.
15 to go, Alberson slides Thornton Jr for 2nd. Thornton Jr crosses under him to retake the spot.
14 to go, Tyler Erb slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, O’Neal leads Tjornton Jr as Ryan Gustin takes 3rd away.
11 to go, Garrett Alberson slows with a flat tire, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr slides O’Neal for the lead into turn one. O’Neal crosses under him. O’Neal runs wide off turn four, Thornton Jr retakes the lead.
9 to go, a tire is bouncing across the track, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads O’Neal and Gustin.
8 to go, O’Neal pulls alongside Thornton Jr and they fight for space on the bottom into turn three.
5 to go, car around, caution.
Green, Thornton Jr leads O’Neal. Cade Dillard jumps through the ruts and takes 3rd away.
Ricky Thornton Jr wins night one of the Wild West Shootout!
Wild West Shootout
Race Results
January 10, 2026
The following includes full late model results:
Qualifying
Qualifying 1: 1. 82-Eston Whisler, 00:15.327[3]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:15.391[5]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:15.485[6]; 4. 75A-Daniel Adam, 00:15.511[14]; 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 00:15.544[11]; 6. 15S-Clay Stuckey, 00:15.564[7]; 7. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:15.621[20]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:15.656[10]; 9. 15D-Justin Duty, 00:15.707[1]; 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 00:15.770[17];
11. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:15.836[18]; 12. 86-Kyle Beard, 00:15.907[15]; 13. 74X-Ethan Dotson, 00:15.939[8]; 14. 78S-Steve Stultz, 00:15.981[4]; 15. 18-Chase Junghans, 00:16.069[19]; 16. 4TW-Tim Ward, 00:16.261[12]; 17. 88-Chance Mann, 00:16.792[21]; 18. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk, 00:16.866[22]; 19. 11-Mike Greseth, 00:17.015[16]; 20. 23-Brad Williams, 00:17.106[13];
21. 15*-Cole Schill, 00:17.311[9]; 22. 19RT-Paul Rios, 00:19.154[23]; 23. 4P-Richard Papenhausen, 00:19.154[2]
Qualifying 2: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.138[9]; 2. 6-Hudson O’Neal, 00:16.165[14]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb, 00:16.225[12]; 4. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:16.263[16]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman, 00:16.268[20]; 6. 96-RC Whitwell, 00:16.282[15]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:16.283[11]; 8. 128-Kylan Garner, 00:16.311[5]; 9. 19-Dustin Sorensen, 00:16.533[23]; 10. 97-Cade Dillard, 00:16.574[21];
11. 13-Bricen James, 00:16.584[18]; 12. 9T-Tim Isenberg, 00:16.595[22]; 13. 28-Sam Mars, 00:16.597[17]; 14. 48-Billy Moyer Sr, 00:16.682[13]; 15. 28W-Ian Whisler, 00:16.861[6]; 16. 66-Eli Ross, 00:16.876[19]; 17. 15-Laela Eisenschenk, 00:16.931[2]; 18. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson, 00:16.938[10]; 19. 21F-Gunner Frank, 00:16.959[1]; 20. 49T-Jake Timm, 00:17.049[4];
21. 6T-Terry Carter, 00:17.666[8]; 22. 0G-Peyton George, 00:18.223[7]; 23. 8B-Ashlee Buck, 00:19.030[3]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 2. 82-Eston Whisler[1]; 3. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 6. 0-Jake O’Neil[3]; 7. 18-Chase Junghans[8]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[9]; 9. 4P-Richard Papenhausen[12]; 10. 15*-Cole Schill[11]; 11. 11-Mike Greseth[10]; 12. 15D-Justin Duty[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Dillon McCowan[1]; 2. 15S-Clay Stuckey[3]; 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard[5]; 4. 75A-Daniel Adam[2]; 5. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 6. 4TW-Tim Ward[8]; 7. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips[4]; 9. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[9]; 10. 23-Brad Williams[10]; 11. (DNS) 19RT-Paul Rios
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[2]; 3. 22*-Drake Troutman[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[5]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 6. 28-Sam Mars[7]; 7. 13-Bricen James[6]; 8. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[9]; 9. 28W-Ian Whisler[8]; 10. 21F-Gunner Frank[10]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 12. 8B-Ashlee Buck[12]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 96-RC Whitwell[3]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[5]; 5. 128-Kylan Garner[4]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm[10]; 7. 48-Billy Moyer Sr[7]; 8. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[9]; 9. 66-Eli Ross[8]; 10. 0G-Peyton George[11]; 11. 9T-Tim Isenberg[6]
B Mains
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 0-Jake O’Neil[3]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[5]; 4. 86-Kyle Beard[6]; 5. 4TW-Tim Ward[4]; 6. 75-Terry Phillips[8]; 7. 88-Chance Mann[7]; 8. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[10]; 9. 11-Mike Greseth[13]; 10. 15*-Cole Schill[11]; 11. 23-Brad Williams[12]; 12. 4P-Richard Papenhausen[9]; 13. 19RT-Paul Rios[15]; 14. 78S-Steve Stultz[2]; 15. 15D-Justin Duty[14]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19R-Ryan Gustin[1]; 2. 13-Bricen James[5]; 3. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[8]; 4. 48-Billy Moyer Sr[6]; 5. 128-Kylan Garner[2]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[7]; 8. 28-Sam Mars[3]; 9. 66-Eli Ross[10]; 10. 28W-Ian Whisler[9]; 11. 21F-Gunner Frank[11]; 12. 6T-Terry Carter[13]; 13. 0G-Peyton George[12]; 14. 8B-Ashlee Buck[15]; 15. 9T-Tim Isenberg[14]
LCQ
Pro Power Dash (8 Laps): 1. 128-Kylan Garner[2]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips[3]; 3. 49T-Jake Timm[4]; 4. 66-Eli Ross[8]; 5. 1X-Amelia Eisenschenk[7]; 6. 88-Chance Mann[5]; 7. 15-Laela Eisenschenk[6]; 8. 4TW-Tim Ward[1]
Main Event
50 Laps | $25,000-to-win
1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]
2. 6-Hudson O’Neal[4]
3. 97-Cade Dillard[16]
4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[18]
5. 157-Mike Marlar[8]
6. 15S-Clay Stuckey[7]
7. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]
8. 22*-Drake Troutman[10]
9. 74X-Ethan Dotson[9]
10. 86-Kyle Beard[23]
11. 1-Tyler Erb[6]
12. 8-Dillon McCowan[2]
13. 32-Bobby Pierce[13]
14. 0-Jake O’Neil[19]
15. 96-RC Whitwell[12]
16. 75A-Daniel Adam[15]
17. 13-Bricen James[20]
18. 82-Eston Whisler[5]
19. 128-Kylan Garner[25]
20. 18-Chase Junghans[21]
21. 1TPO-Tyler Peterson[22]
22. B5-Brandon Sheppard[11]
23. 48-Billy Moyer Sr[24]
24. 19-Dustin Sorensen[14]
25. 49-Jonathan Davenport[17]
