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Wild West Shootout Sunday Double Dip a Washout; Pierce Claims Championship!

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 11^th 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 11^th 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 the 12^th 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.

Final Wild West Shootout Points:

	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
16	30J	Justin Rexwinkle	95
17	111	Bumper Jones	95
18	R1	Jay Richardson	91
19	5L	Cody Laney	90
20	10c	Chad Olsen	88
21	26	Shawn Fletcher	83
22	171	Philip Houston	79
23	98	Alex Stanford	69
24	6	Casey Skyberg	68
25	65x	Carlos Ahumada Jr	66
26	5g	Scott Greer	53
27	7R	Ryan Gaylord	48
28	131	Royal Jones	42
29	25	Rodney Sanders	40
30	78	Cory Wier	40
31	23h	Kent Arment	35
32	71x	Jesse Hoskins	33
33	77t	Tripp Gaylord	31
34	11x	Rich Loftus	30
35	111x	Logan Drake	26
36	51	Alex Guthmiller	25
37	1s	Tim Ward	24
38	1s	Johnny Scott	17
39	8	Wesley Summers	12
40	L8	Brian Schultz	10
41	21x	Dustin Bluhm	9
42	D25	David Tanner	9
43	60	William Gould	8
44	37JR	Morgan Ward	8
45	50F	Brandon Farrington	7
46	44	Christy Barnett	6
47	23h	Terry Haren	6
48	1x	Walter Ball	5
49	5	Jake Hartung	4
50	15x	Kenny Mayer	4
51	10s	Robert King	3
52	78x	Trevor Egbert	3
53	7	Ken McCleskey	3
54	223	Cole Peterson	3
55	27	Chris Unrau	3
56	4az	John Morris, Jr.	3
57	7	Wayne McCleskey	3
58	59	Mark Stewart	3
59	7rr	Ryan Restad	2
60	8a	Al Giesbrecht	2
61	37T	David Craft	2
62	32	D.J. Shannon	2
63	X57	Richie Davis	2
64	21	K.C. Dieckman	2
65	1s	Scott Bintz	2
	X-Mods
1	3T	Travis Schulte	233
2	1sx	Rusty Kollman	232
3	14	Shawn Strong	215
4	5c	Preston Carr	198
5	10o	Chad Olsen	170
6	18s	Clark Swartz	168
7	11	Brian Kakela	162
8	1s	Scott Bintz	159
9	7	Brandon Mehrwerth	146
10	5	Ron Schreiner	140
11	5k	Tyler Kaeter	132
12	19	Lucas Rodin	129
13	17s	Lance Schill	106
14	35	Grant Southworth	102
15	45	Dustin Bluhm	102
16	4h	Grant Hall	99
17	32	Eric Hauglane	95
18	20T	Mike Tanner	93
19	17m	Ashley Mehrwerth	73
20	99	Brady Bjella	70
21	20rt	Ricky Thornton, Jr.	69
22	23	Mark Simon	68
23	17e	Neil Eckhart	68
24	13b	Jess Brekke	67
25	71az	Tyler Mecl	67
26	67	Rex Conrad	59
27	17k	Stoney Kruk	43
28	8272	Sherman Barnett	43
29	34	Jamie Thorstad	40
30	2JG	Jason George	39
31	10m	Trevor Miller	37
32	0h	Chad Horst	29
33	96F	Eric Folsted	24
34	11g	Josh Griggs	21
35	99F	Shawn Fernkes	17
36	56	Terry Bahr	12
37	ak47	Rex Higgins	11
38	71	Jesse Hoskins	10
39	10c	Cole Haugland	9
40	84	Mike Goodwin	8
41	36	Jeff Gray	7
42	22k	Mark Kohaykewych	7
43	8w	Kenny Wyman	6
44	17	Harland Moorehart	6
45	T39	Lupe Gomez	6
46	9	Ron Poe	5
47	10m	Cody Miller	4
48	62	John Parlmey	3
49	15	Speedy Madrid	3
50	0	Brandon George	2
51	06az	Tommy Wyman	2
52	0	Mike Jung	2
53	22k	Jerome Guyot	2
54	0	Brian Hatlestad	2
55	25	Andy Clower	1

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