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Arizona Speedway January 15, 2017 ________________________________________________________
Wild West Shootout Sunday Double Dip Washed Out; Pierce Claims Title Lonnie Wheatley SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (January 15, 2017) – Despite best efforts, Mother Nature ultimately proved to be too much to handle by washing out the final two rounds of the 11th Annual Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at Arizona Speedway on Sunday. After Saturday night’s fifth round of Wild West Shootout competition for Super Late Models, USRA Modifieds and X-Mods was postponed by rain to Sunday at 11:00 a.m. as the opening leg of a double header, persistent rains forced the cancellation of the makeup event as well as the scheduled 5:00 p.m. finale. Emerging with championships from the 11th Annual Wild West Shootout are Bobby Pierce, Ricky Thornton, Jr., and Travis Schulte. Pierce topped three of four Black Diamond/Club 29 Super Late Models presented by M&W Transport features with Billy Moyer taking the other victory. Pierce took the title by 13 points over Chris Simpson, who posted three runner-up finishes. Ricky Thornton, Jr., went three-for-four as well in the MVT/Border International USRA Modified presented by Arizona Differential ranks to take the crown by 61 points over Dustin Strand while Travis Schulte edged Rusty Kollman by just one point for the RHR Swag X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson title. While inclement weather proved disruptive for the final two rounds, the stage is already set for a bigger 12th Annual Wild West Shootout in 2018. The Wild West Shootout team would like to thank our 2017 partners: Keyser Manufacturing, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Black Diamond Chassis, Club 29 Race Cars, M&W Transport, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border International, FK Rod Ends, Karl Performance, Total Seal Piston Rings, Pro Power Racing, Hoosier Tire, RHR Swag, Barnett Harley-Davidson, VP Fuels, Earnhardt Dodge, AR Bodies, EZGO, SafeCraft, Envision, Bakersfield Karting Experience, Beaver Stripes, Five Star Graphics and The Courtyard by Marriott.
Wild West Shootout Final Points Standings:
Late Models 1 32p Bobby Pierce 273 2 32 Chris Simpson 260 3 28m Jimmy Mars 209 4 21 Billy Moyer 205 5 20 Rodney Sanders 187 6 1 Earl Pearson Jr 177 7 42 Brandon Overton 168 8 F5 Garrett Alberson 157 9 54 David Breazeale 155 10 75 Terry Phillips 148 11 91 Tyler Erb 142 12 98 Jason Rauen 134 13 71 Dustin Strand 125 14 96RC RC Whitwell 113 15 86 Kyle Beard 97 16 33c Chad Mahder 92 17 37 Scott Ward 89 18 157 Mike Marlar 88 19 15k Justin Kay 86 20 33x Ricky Thorton Jr 80 21 91t Tony Toste 66 22 11x Steve Drake 64 23 51 Joey Moriarty 63 24 7k Jason Krohn 61 25 2 Bobby Hogge 57 26 17 Billy Franklin 46 27 58 AJ Diemel 42 28 44 Cole Schill 39 29 0 Jake O'Neil 34 30 53 Andrew Kosiski 31 31 15 Justin Duty 31 32 12 Nick Bartels 25 33 R5 Chandler Petty 23 34 5x John Duty 22 35 74w Collen Winebarger 16 36 38 Thomas Hunziker 13 37 46 Darren Coffell 11 38 10n Rob Sanders 11 39 8 Kye Frick 10 40 54 Carlos Altumada 10 41 78 Steve Stultz 10 42 32b Clay Daly 10 43 6T Terry Carter 9 44 17 Larry Childress 8 45 24x Rick Ortega 8 46 22g Paul Guglielman 7 47 74 Dan Diebel 7 48 43 Dave Deetz 6 49 99 Scott Lewis 4 50 26 Jon Brinkley 4 51 R5 Brian Klein 4 52 12J Greg Jelvik 3 53 24 Jon Ortega 2 54 89 James Laing 1
Modifieds 1 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr 263 2 71 Dustin Strand 204 3 7A Shane Sabraski 195 4 52x David McDonald 193 5 G17 Fito Gallardo 187 6 96RC RC Whitwell 154 7 34 Mickey Lassiter 143 8 A1 Phil Dixon 136 9 29d Brad Dierks 133 10 30 Matt Leer 133 11 15k Justin Kay 132 12 J17 Jake Gallardo 126 13 23 Matt Gilbertson 119 14 5m Tyler McDonald 106 15 2J Blake Jegtvig 103
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