Wild West Shootout Results: January 13, 2019

The week long show comes to a close; Bloomquist crashes on the final lap while leading at Arizona Speedway

Brandon Sheppard claims 2019 Wild West Shootout Championship

Lonnie Wheatley, SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (January 13, 2019) – The conclusion of the 13th 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.

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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 11th, 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.

Sheppard’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 13th 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.”

Scott Bloomquist crashes with a lap car while leading in the Wild West Shootout
Scott Bloomquist crashes with a lap car while leading in the Wild West Shootout (Photo: Mike Ruefer)

Dirt Modifieds: Report

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.

X-Mods: Report

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.

Ricky Weiss wins at Arizona Speedway
Ricky Weiss wins at Arizona Speedway (Photo: Mike Ruefer)

Wild West Shootout Results:
January 13, 2019

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

Dirt Late Models
Wild West Shootout Results

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.

Ricky Weiss wins
Ricky Weiss wins (Photo: Mike Ruefer)

Dirt Modifieds
Wild West Shootout Results

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.

X-Mods
Wild West Shootout Results

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.

Brandon Sheppard wins the 2018 Wild West Shootout Championship
Brandon Sheppard wins the 2018 Wild West Shootout Championship (Photo: Mike Ruefer)
Dirt Late Model
Wild West Shootout Points

After round six of six:

1b5Brandon Sheppard361
232pBobby Pierce341
32Brandon Overton313
497Cade Dillard305
57Ricky Weiss304
671Hudson O’Neal295
70Scott Bloomquist288
818Chase Junghans280
986Kyle Beard237
101pEarl Pearson, Jr.235
1128mJimmy Mars208
121gGarrett Alberson192
1332Chris Simpson177
1491pJason Papich165
1571rcR.C. Whitwell157
1691Tony Toste156
1742sDon Shaw152
186rtRicky Thornton, Jr.151
1975Terry Phillips151
2051Joey Moriarty135
212sStormy Scott126
2211Pat Doar118
237mmMichael Maresca108
2432bCody Laney77
2544Cole Schill64
2617Billy Franklin42
2715dJustin Duty38
2838Thomas Hunziker29
2910nRob Sanders27
3038Joey Tanner21
3137wScott Ward18
3215vKolby Vandenbergh17
3320vRece Vaught15
3437Rob Mayea14
3576Blair Northdurft14
3628cJohn Cornell13
3714mDean Moore12
383xLyndon Bolt12
396TTerry Carter12
407wRichard Wallace12
41942Terry Casey11
4278sSteve Stultz11
4324Rick Ortega10
44942Steve Isenberg10
4546Darren Coffell8
4683Dennis Souza8
47g17Jacob Gallardo6
4844LBrandon Lewis6
4923Brad Williams6
5054Carlos Ahumada4
5128Jim Whisler2
5283Trevor Anderson2
5383Chaz Baca2
5424Xavier Ortega2
Dirt Modified
Wild West Shootout Points

After round six of six:

1442Darrell Nelson343
220Rodney Sanders334
34wTyler Wolff310
471sDustin Strand297
54RDereck Ramirez258
61tpoTyler Peterson227
730Matt Leer219
820rtRicky Thornton, Jr.215
918zZane Devilbiss212
1086Kyle Beard206
1151Alex Guthmiller200
122aCasey Arneson197
13O2Kody Scholpp187
14111Bumper Jones185
1565xCarlos Ahumada177
1619sbLance Mari170
176dDylan Goplen146
1832D.J. Shannon139
19J17Jacob Gallardo136
206Casey Skyberg127
2175Cody Skytland117
2291Joe Duvall110
2333Steve Muilenburg99
2410Chad Olsen83
259Jimmy Ray79
2622Davey Mills77
2777xAustin Kuehl75
2821zIsaiah Geisel75
295kChaz Baca74
3057Duke Erickson72
3136Ryan Cousins70
3217Matt Gilbertson64
3371Jessie Hoskins56
3498Alex Stanford53
3544Christy Barnett52
369LVincent Lucas51
37131Royal Jones49
388Scott Greer43
392Don Gumke38
4023Adam Cates38
4171kKenny Wallace36
427Ken McCleskey35
435bBrenda Kirby31
4418kJacob Pace29
45d25David Tanner28
4617Stoney Kruk28
47196Joey Olsvhowka27
4854Carlos Ahumada, Sr.26
498Al Giesbrecht25
50g17Fito Gallardo21
514Blake Higginbotham20
5217Lance Schill16
533Tim Tharp12
545cSteve Carter4
55USJonathan Olmscheid3
5627Chris Unrau2
571xSteve Streeter2
58196Marni Boyer2
59292Ryan Roath1
X-Mods
Wild West Shootout Points

After round six of six:

110Cole Searing396
23JJosh Cain320
316Jason VandeKamp300
439Steve Muilenburg272
537xSkeeter Estey270
644Austin Hunter235
71sScott Bintz232
819Lucas Rodin227
917Lance Schill223
1016xSkyler Smith212
115cPreston Carr209
1227xKalvin Iverson186
1344JTJaime Torres186
1497Coleman Anderson182
152gBrock Gronwold178
16777Mike Rosales162
1710cCole Haugland162
1820Austin Ellis157
1930D.J. Tesch155
2097xDon Schaefer147
2117xMatt Gilbertson133
2219dDane Durbin103
2313bJess Brekke90
2481xMatt Spardy89
2541JJosh Jensen89
2622Matt Heinzerling87
2732Eric Haugland72
2880Gerald Vesel65
29141Clint Jensen64
308nNick Rivera57
3127cDave Cain54
3288Nathan Smith53
3315sWade Skindelein52
346cKalvin Caitlin50
3534Troy Randall47
367bBailey Cousins41
3717xRobert Moseley37
38O7Donovan Flores37
3917eNeil Eckert37
40171Jed Smith34
4182xHeath Grizzle32
42USJonathan Olmscheid31
4399Jamie Thorstad29
4457Nathan Higginbotham27
458272Sherman Barnett25
4656Terry Bahr24
4765Ron Reed23
4818gCooper Guffey7
49413Tate Johnson7
5015Speedy Madrid6
510Brandon George4
523Adam Unreu4
531Shelby Frey2
54316Chase Alves2
552Jessie Haynie2
5674Dana Boatright2
570Mike Jung2
Wild West Shootout: Info

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.

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