VADO, N.M. (Jan. 12, 2025) — Bobby Pierce, Rob Moseley, and Kyle Strickler not only won Sunday’s finales at the 19th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park presented by Low Voltage Solutions, but they also clinched the 2025 miniseries titles.
Pierce banked $25,000 in the Rio Grande Waste Services 50 presented by Shaw Trucking for his fourth Dirt Track Bank Super Late Model win of the week, which also earned him the $3,000 miniseries division championship.
Capping a nearly perfect Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout with a flourish, Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., dominated Sunday’s 50-lap finale for a $25,000 victory that also gave him the miniseries title. He was never challenged in leading every lap and defeating 10th-starting Chase Junghans by 3.173 seconds for his fourth win in five events.
“The car was bad fast tonight,” Pierce said of his Longhorn Chassis machine, which he piloted to four wins worth a combined $70,000 plus a runner-up finish in Friday’s feature. “I can’t thank all my crew guys enough.”
While Pierce’s flag-to-flag run was so strong that the outcome never appeared to be in doubt, he acknowledged a couple moments that briefly raised his blood pressure.
“I feel like I didn’t have as much, like, lapped traffic to split tonight, but (there were) two pretty hairy scenarios,” Pierce said. “One down there (in turn two) — we’re going so fast around the top, and I think (Preston Luckman) broke (on lap 16) and I had to check up real quick and barely missed him. And then down here (in turn four), I know (lapped cars are) racing for position — heck, they’re probably up to 10th or so, they want to do good too — and the one went to the bottom down here and decided to get a better line and I just so happened to be on the bottom that lap.”
Pierce breathed a sign of relief when he escaped the turn-four situation with a lapped car.
“Luckily I checked up enough I didn’t get into him,” Pierce said. “It could’ve been a bad deal there.”
Pierce pushed his career win total at Vado to 10 and increased his total victories in Wild West Shootout competition (including years racing in Arizona) to 16. He’s the winningest driver in both categories.
A winner of 38 features overall in 2024, Pierce was pleased to leave New Mexico on the exact same pace he started last year and with another WWS title under his belt.
“It’s awesome,” Pierce said of winning the miniseries points crown. “It’s what we set our goals to do this trip and we got ‘er done. We’ve got a very determined team.”
Garrett Alberson, Tyler Erb, and 19th-starting Collen Winebarger completed the Top-5 finishers.
In Shocker Hitch X-Mod competition Rob Moseley wired the field to claim the $1,000 feature win and with it the $2,500 Arizona Differential by Nate Bonus for four or more victories in the division. He also claimed the $1,000 X-Mod title.
Hunter Sandy, Rick Ortega, 11th-starting Josh Cain, and Christy Barnett rounded out the Top-5 finishers.
Meanwhile, Kyle Strickler fended off a hard-charging Dustin Sorensen to snare the $3,000 Wehrs Championship Night feature win in the Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified division presented by Rancho Milagro.With the win he also claimed the $1,000 division title.
Sorensen’s bid for the title came up just short after he raced from the 18th-starting spot to finish second. Joseph Thomas, 11th-starting Cade Dillard, and Rodney Sanders rounded out the Top 5 in the final running order.
In total 168 drivers entered at least one event during the 2025 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts.
Full results from the week as well as complete final standings can be found at www.WildWestShootout.net.
The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts is made possible by Rio Grande Waste Services, O’Reilly Auto Parts, FK Rod Ends, Low Voltage Solutions, Dirt Track Bank, Black Diamond Race Cars, Sisbarro Buick GMC, Hoker Trucking, ShockerHitch.com, Penske Racing Shocks, Merry’s Home Furnishings, Shaw Trucking, Schaeffer Oil, AM-1 Roofing, Rancho Milagro Racing, Eagle Moon Hemp, Top of the World Ranch, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border Tire, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Swift Springs, Dirt Pro Grading & Padwork, Contractors & Developers (C&D) Bonding, Whisler Construction, Shocks by Hammer, Midwest Sheet Metal, Speedway Motors, Day Motor Sports, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Pro Power Engines, Beaver Stripes, Arizona Differential, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Don Frank Floors, Toste Construction, Winning Edge Carburetion, The Joie of Seating, Screven Motor Speedway, DirtDraft.com, Victory Fuel, and FloRacing.
19th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts Round #6
FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park presented by Low Voltage Solutions
Jan. 12, 2025
Dirt Track Super Late Models presented by Black Diamond Racecars
A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 18-Chase Junghans[10]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 5. 14S-Collen Winebarger[19]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[11]; 7. 2S-Stormy Scott[7]; 8. 74X-Ethan Dotson[15]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard[16]; 10. 22*-Drake Troutman[9]; 11. 69-Ross Bailes[8]; 12. 28M-Sam Mars[18]; 13. B5-Brandon Sheppard[13]; 14. 13-Bricen James[22]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 16. 74-Mitch McGrath[14]; 17. 82-Ian Whisler[5]; 18. 42S-Don Shaw[20]; 19. 78S-Steve Stultz[21]; 20. 10N-Rob Sanders[24]; 21. K7-Keaton Smith[23]; 22. 157-Mike Marlar[12]; 23. 11-Jon Kirby[4]; 24. 77-Preston Luckman[17]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Luckman[2]; 2. 14S-Collen Winebarger[3]; 3. 78S-Steve Stultz[1]; 4. K7-Keaton Smith[6]; 5. 02-Kent Rosevear[7]; 6. 28B-Carson Brown[4]; 7. 4P-Richard Papenhausen[5]; 8. 6T-Terry Carter[8]; 9. 3K-Keko Perez[9]; 10. 99-Luke Solis[11]; 11. 6-Jake Neal[10]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 28M-Sam Mars[1]; 2. 42S-Don Shaw[2]; 3. 13-Bricen James[4]; 4. 10N-Rob Sanders[3]; 5. 8-Dillon McCowan[6]; 6. 49-Jake Timm[8]; 7. 53M-Jason Miles[5]; 8. S21-Seth Daniels[7]; 9. 86-Kyle Beard[10]; 10. 3-Brennon Willard[9]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker[11]
Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler[2]; 2. 19-Dustin Sorensen[18]; 3. 51T-Joseph Thomas[5]; 4. 97-Cade Dillard[11]; 5. 420-Rodney Sanders[6]; 6. 127-Paden Phillips[8]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[19]; 8. 75-Terry Phillips[9]; 9. 5-Reece Solander[22]; 10. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[1]; 11. 65-Tyler Davis[14]; 12. 37-John Neal Reid[17]; 13. 88-Nathan Smith[4]; 14. 0-Jake O'Neil[20]; 15. J7-Jake Boles[13]; 16. 2SS-Mark Smith[23]; 17. 131-Royal Jones[3]; 18. J17-Jake Gallardo[21]; 19. 111-Bumper Jones[15]; 20. 171-Philip Houston[10]; 21. 16B-Kaylin Lopez[7]; 22. 12-Jay Rosales[12]; 23. 37T-Coty Tanquary[16]; 24. 3J-Josh Cain[24]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 37-John Neal Reid[1]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian[5]; 3. J17-Jake Gallardo[4]; 4. 2SS-Mark Smith[3]; 5. 20Q-Cole Queensland[7]; 6. 11-Lucas Ward[2]; 7. G17-Fito Gallardo[11]; 8. 5X-Ryder McCutcheon[6]; 9. 96C-Carson Ditsch[9]; 10. 2G-Troy Girolamo[10]; 11. 39-David Gonzales Jr[8]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Dustin Sorensen[3]; 2. 0-Jake O'Neil[2]; 3. 5-Reece Solander[6]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain[4]; 5. 9R-Jimmy Ray[5]; 6. 18JR-Ricardo Olague Jr[7]; 7. 44-Christy Barnett[8]; 8. 54-Carlos Ahumada Sr[11]; 9. 17-Peyton Gallardo[10]; 10. 80XX-Jason Langford[1]; 11. 24D-Diego Alvarado[9]
Shocker Hitch X-Mods presented by Border Tire
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. M17-Rob Moseley[1]; 2. 7S-Hunter Sandy[3]; 3. 22R-Rick Ortega[4]; 4. 3J-Josh Cain[11]; 5. 44-Christy Barnett[6]; 6. 44JT-Jesse Haynie[17]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[16]; 8. 02-Deuce Teague[10]; 9. 40D-Blake Adams[9]; 10. 71-Nate Reinke[21]; 11. 510-Cody King[22]; 12. 12M-Mike Rosales[12]; 13. 10-Bryan Bennett[19]; 14. 81-Devon Jobin[24]; 15. 25K-Kale Murphrey[13]; 16. 33-Justin Allen[8]; 17. 5-Steve Holzkamper[18]; 18. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[20]; 19. 57-Duke Erickson[15]; 20. 23B-Israel Ortega[23]; 21. 12-Isiah Mendoza[5]; 22. 93-Greg Gorham[14]; 23. 28-Aiden Frazier[2]; 24. 07-Donavon Flores[7]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44JT-Jesse Haynie[1]; 2. 10-Bryan Bennett[4]; 3. 71-Nate Reinke[3]; 4. 23B-Israel Ortega[7]; 5. 22-Keenan Glasser[5]; 6. 161-Remington Budd[8]; 7. 25C-Cory Polen[10]; 8. 96-Cale Riggs[9]; 9. 00-Joseph Swearingen[11]; 10. 562-Craig Walker[2]; 11. 23-Kyle Nanco[6]; 12. CP3-Nathaniel Cruz[12]
B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5-Steve Holzkamper[4]; 2. 75J-Jeremy LaCoe[2]; 3. 510-Cody King[3]; 4. 81-Devon Jobin[7]; 5. G3-Brian Craighead[5]; 6. 23H-Hector Barraza[8]; 7. 14-Dawson Manicki[1]; 8. M77-Cameron Martin[10]; 9. 24K-Shane Krafka[9]; 10. 25-Josh Baucom[6]; 11. 21R-Riella LaRae Fanning[11]
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