Make it Two for O’Neal at USA’s Wild West Shootout!
Don O’Neal — Photo by Mike Ruefer
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ALL Photos were taken by Mike Ruefer
by: Lonnie Wheatley
TUCSON, Ariz. (January 16, 2016) – Don O’Neal evened the score in the win column on Friday night by racing to victory lane for the second time in four rounds of USA Raceway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars.
With his second $5,000 Super Late Model triumph of the mini-series atop the 3/8-mile clay oval, O’Neal matched Jonathan Davenport’s two wins with both drivers still eligible for a $50,000 bonus if either can top each of the final two rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
While “The Real Deal” bested the Super Late Model ranks, Ryan Gustin topped the Modifieds for the second time in a row while Grant Southworth took X Mod honors.
Davenport pressured O’Neal throughout the Super Late Model main event, even nosing underneath on the 28th round only to have O’Neal surge back ahead and race on to the checkered flag.
Brandon Sheppard chased the lead duo to the stripe with Steve Francis and A.J. Diemel rounding out the top five.
Missouri’s Ryan Gustin raced from fourth to snare his second Modified win in a row ahead of Matt Leer and pole starter Brad Dierks with Wisconsin’s Grant Southworth going from fourth as well to capture the X Mod checkered flag in front of Brandon Farrington and Chad Olsen.
The Wild West Shootout continues at USA Raceway on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. before wrapping up on Sunday at the same time.
A $5,000 winner’s share is up for grabs through the opening five nights of competition with AR Bodies raising the stakes of the January 17 finale to $11,000-to-win.
Single day tickets are just $20 for each of the first five nights and $22 for the Wild West Shootout finale on Sunday, January 17.
Advance tickets may be purchased online at http://raceusaraceway.com/events/10th-annual-wild-west-shootout-2/ or by calling the USA Raceway office at 520-664-2074.
Those unable to catch the action in person can still catch every lap of action live via Pay-Per-View at www.dirtondirt.com.
Wild West Shootout hotel information can be found at http://raceusaraceway.com/fan-info/lodging/ or by calling the Courtyard Marriott at 520-573-0000. Free on-site camping sponsored by Lazydayz RVs is also available.
USA Raceway is located east of Tucson, AZ, off I-10 Exit 268, then 1.6 miles south on Craycroft Road, which turns into Los Reales. For more information, please contact the track at 520-664-2074 or visit www.raceusaraceway.com.
Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars Results
USA Raceway – Wednesday, January 15, 2016
Super Late Models:
Heat Races – Top 15 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 3 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 15x-Steve Francis, 2. 93-Ray Moore, 3. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 4. 17x-Billy Franklin, 5. 91p-Jason Papich, 6. 18-Chase Junghans, 7. 21-Billy Moyer, 8. 15d-Justin Duty, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. 23s-Bucky Andrews (DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 15s-Donny Schatz, 2. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 3. 5-Don O’Neal, 4. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 5. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 6. 32b-Clay Daly, 7. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 42s-Don Shaw, 10. 24x-Rick Ortega.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 71-Dustin Strand, 2. 98-Jason Rauen, 3. 32-Chris Simpson, 4. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 5. 91-Tyler Erb, 6. 75-Terry Phillips, 7. 86-Kyle Beard, 8. R30-Robert Odegard, 9. 23-Brad Williams, 10. 51-Joey Moriarty.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 2. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 10n-Rob Sanders, 5. 14-Sean Bray, 6. 0-Jake O’Neil, 7. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 8. 43-Dave Deetz, 9. 37-Scott Ward, 10. 89-James Laing.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 2. 14L-Brad Looney, 3. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 4. 7k-Jason Krohn, 5. 11-Pat Doar, 6. F5-Garrett Alberson, 7. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 8. 91T-Tony Toste, 9. 5x-John Duty, 10. 40F-Dana Fite.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 25-Shane Clanton, 2. 58-A.J. Diemel, 3. 1-Doug Blashe, 4. 16-Austin Sievert, 5. 3-Brad Whitfield, 6. 99-Scott Lewis, 7. 17-Larry Childress, 8. 17p-Craig Parker, 9. 6T-Terry Carter, 10. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni.
“B” Mains – Top 3 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 2. F5-Garrett Alberson, 3. 91p-Jason Papich, 4. 21-Billy Moyer, 5. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 6. 98-Jason Rauen, 7. 91-Tyler Erb, 8. 42s-Don Shaw, 9. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 10. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 11. 17p-Craig Parker, 12. 17-Larry Childress, 13. 10-Junior Coover, 14. 51-Joey Moriarty (DNS), 15. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 2. 7k-Jason Krohn, 3. 75-Terry Phillips, 4. 14L-Brad Looney, 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 6. 86-Kyle Beard, 7. 18-Chase Juhghans, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 5x-John Duty, 10. 3-Brad Whitfield, 11. 15d-Justin Duty, 12. 40f-Dana Fite, 13. 6T-Terry Carter, 14. 1-Doug Blashe, 15. 89-James Laing (DNS).
Third “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 16-Austin Sievert, 2. 32-Chris Simpson, 3. 17x-Billy Franklin, 4. 11-Pat Doar, 5. 32b-Clay Daly, 6. 93-Ray Moore, 7. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 8. 99-Scott Lewis, 9. 91T-Tony Toste, 10. 23-Brad Williams, 11. 43-Dave Deetz, 12. 24x-Rick Ortega, 13. 37-Scott Ward (DNS), 14. 23s-Bucky Andrews (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 5-Don O’Neal, 2. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 3. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 4. 15x-Steve Francis, 5. 58-A.J. Diemel, 6. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 7. 20-Rodney Sanders, 8. 15s-Donny Schatz, 9. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 10. 71-Dustin Strand, 11. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 12. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 13. 25-Shane Clanton, 14. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 15. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 16. 32-Chris Simpson, 17. 7k-Jason Krohn, 18. F5-Garrett Alberson, 19. 16-Austin Sievert, 20. 10n-Rob Sanders, 21. 91p-Jason Papich, 22. 14-Sean Bray, 23. 17x-Billy Franklin, 24. 75-Terry Phillips.
Barnett Harley-Davidson Modifieds presented by MVT
Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 30L-Matt Leer, 2. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 3. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 4. 98-Alex Stanford, 5. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 6. 23j-Greg Jelvik, 7. 59-Bob Dalmon, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield, 9. 86-Kyle Beard (DNS).
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 2. 197-Cade Dillard, 3. 9k-Kent Arment, 4. 91-Joe Duvall, 5. 131-Royal Jones, 6. J17-Jake Gallardo, 7. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 8. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 9. 5a-Daniel Anders.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 36-Danny Bayor, 2. 1sx-Trent Sauers, 3. 2s-Stormy Scott, 4. 10c-Chad Olsen, 5. 6T-Corky Thomas, 6. 13-Jeff Hartley, 7. 49-Dwayne Murphy, 8. 90-Casey Skyberg.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 5-Todd Schute, 2. 6p-Travis Perry, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. 71-Philip Houston, 5. 51T-Tim Thomas, 6. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 7. 31-Daryl Fisher, 8. 81-Scott Ward.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 2. 29d-Brad Dierks, 3. G17-Fito Gallardo, 4. 87-Darron Fuqua, 5. 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 6. 34-Mickey Lassiter, 7. 9-Mykel Atkinson, 8. 97-Greg Chesluy.
“B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 98-Alex Stanford, 2. 10c-Chad Olsen, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. G17-Fito Gallardo, 5. 131-Royal Jones, 6. 6T-Corky Thomas, 7. 5a-Daniel Anders, 8. 31-Daryl Fischer, 9. 5-Mykel Atkinson, 10. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 11. 49-Dwayne Murphy, 12. 97-Greg Chesluy (DNS), 13. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer (DNS), 14. 86-Kyle Beard (DNS).
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. J17-Jake Gallardo, 2. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 3. 71-Philip Houston, 4. 87-Darron Fuqua, 5. 30-Jusin Rexwinkle, 6. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 7. 13-Jeff Hartley, 8. 59-Bob Dalmon, 9. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 10. 34-Mickey Lassiter, 11. 90-Casey Skyberg (DNS), 12. 81-Scott Ward (DNS), 13. 3-Brad Whitfield (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. R19-Ryan Gustin, 2. 30L-Matt Leer, 3. 29d-Brad Dierks, 4. 5-Todd Schute, 5. 2s-Stormy Scott, 6. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 7. 1sx-Todd Sauers, 8. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 9. 91-Joe Duvall, 10. 87-Darron Fuqua, 11. 36-Danny Bayor, 12. 71-Philip Houston, 13. 2j-Blake Jegtvig, 14. 10c-Chad Olsen, 15. 98-Alex Stanford, 16. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 17. 6p-Travis Perry, 18. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 19. 51T-Tim Thomas, 20. 197-Cade Dillard, 21. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 22. 9k-Kent Arment, 23. G17-Fito Gallardo, 24. J17-Jake Gallardo.
Border International and RealTruck.com X-Mods presented by Polar Industries
Heat Races – Top 16 in passing points advance to “A” Main, balance to 2 “B” Mains
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 5-Ron Schreiner, 2. 49-James Binkley, 3. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 4. 35-Grant Southworth, 5. 17s-Lance Schill, 6. 07-Donovan Flores, 7. 20x-Jesse Horst, 8. 8-Doug Meeks, 9. 56-Terry Bahr, 10. 6-Casey Skyberg.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 1r-Joey Rowell, 2. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 3. 88c-Brian Clark, 4. 9-Jimmy Ray, 5. 55-Mike Brandon, 6. 10ch-Cole Haugland, 7. 81w-Morgan Ward, 8. 3-Dick Gorham, 9. 82-Sherman Barnett.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 10c-Chad Olsen, 2. 188-A.J. Huebner, 3. 5c-Preston Carr, 4. 57x-Chad Horst, 5. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 6. 36-Ryan Cousins, 7. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 8. 7g-Dennis Gates, 9. 74x-Dana Boatright.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 32-Eric Hauglane, 2. 1s-Scott Bintz, 3. 93-Greg Gorham, 4. 7-Ken McCleskey, 5. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 6. 3-Jeff Hartley, 7. 7m-Wes Meeks, 8. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych. 9. 15d-David Harrington (DNS).
“B” Mains – Top 2 from each advance to “A” Main
First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 2. 55-Mike Brandon, 3. 36-Ryan Cousins, 4. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 5. 7m-Wes Meeks, 6. 6-Casey Skyberg, 7. 10ch-Cole Haugland, 8. 56-Terry Bahr, 9. 8-Doug Meeks, 10. 7g-Dennis Gates, 11. 15d-David Harrington.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 07-Donovan Flores, 2. 17s-Lance Schill, 3. 74x-Dana Boatright, 4. 13-Jeff Hartley, 5. 20x-Jesse Horst, 6. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 7. 81w-Morgan Ward, 8. 7-Ken McCleskey, 9. 3-Dick Gorham, 10. 82-Sherman Barnett (DNS).
“A” Main
“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 35-Grant Southworth, 2. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 3. 10c-Chad Olsen, 4. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 5. 88c-Brian Clark, 6. 5-Ron Schreiner, 7. 1s-Scott Bintz, 8. 49-James Binkley, 9. 9-Jimmy Ray, 10. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 11. 57x-Chad Horst, 12. 5c-Preston Carr, 13. 17s-Lance Schill, 14. 1r-Joey Rowell, 15. 93-Greg Gorham, 16. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 17. 188-A.J. Huebner, 18. 07-Donovan Flores, 19. 55-Mike Brandon, 20. 32-Eric Hauglane.
Current Wild West Shootout Points through Night Four of Six:
| Late Models | |||
| 1 | 6 | Jonathan Davenport | 262 |
| 2 | 5 | Don O’Neal | 226 |
| 3 | 25 | Shane Clanton | 208 |
| 4 | 15 | Darrell Lanigan | 202 |
| 5 | 15x | Steve Francis | 177 |
| 6 | 58 | A.J. Diemel | 164 |
| 7 | b5 | Brandon Sheppard | 163 |
| 8 | f5 | Garrett Alberson | 151 |
| 9 | 91p | Jason Papich | 148 |
| 10 | 21 | Billy Moyer | 144 |
| 11 | 32 | Chris Simpson | 139 |
| 12 | 28m | Jimmy Mars | 138 |
| 13 | 20 | Rodney Sanders | 123 |
| 14 | 14m | Morgan Bagley | 119 |
| 15 | 7k | Jason Krohn | 116 |
| 16 | 21jr | Billy Moyer, Jr. | 114 |
| 17 | 15s | Donny Schatz | 104 |
| 18 | 19r | Ryan Gustin | 92 |
| 19 | 86 | Kyle Beard | 87 |
| 20 | 71 | Dustin Strand | 77 |
| 21 | 75 | Terry Phillips | 75 |
| 22 | 14L | Brad Looney | 69 |
| 23 | 44 | R.C. Whitwell | 68 |
| 24 | 18h | Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth | 56 |
| 25 | 91 | Tyler Erb | 50 |
| 26 | 33x | Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 48 |
| 27 | 10n | Rob Sanders | 44 |
| 28 | 93 | Ray Moore | 44 |
| 29 | 91T | Tony Toste | 40 |
| 30 | 16 | Austin Sievert | 38 |
| 31 | 99 | Scott Lewis | 37 |
| 32 | r5 | Hunter Radson | 37 |
| 33 | 0 | Jake O’Neil | 33 |
| 34 | 7w | Ricky Weiss | 32 |
| 35 | 37 | Scott Ward | 28 |
| 36 | 32b | Clay Daly | 27 |
| 37 | 11 | Pat Doar | 26 |
| 38 | 14 | Sean Bray | 23 |
| 39 | 17x | Billy Franklin | 18 |
| 40 | 17 | Larry Childress | 17 |
| 41 | 98 | Jason Rauen | 14 |
| 42 | 1 | Doug Blashe | 14 |
| 43 | 3 | Brad Whitfield | 13 |
| 44 | 42s | Don Shaw | 13 |
| 45 | 51 | Joey Moriarty | 12 |
| 46 | 6T | Terry Carter | 12 |
| 47 | 18 | Chase Junghans | 11 |
| 48 | 15d | Justin Duty | 11 |
| 49 | r30 | Robert Odegard | 11 |
| 50 | 11k | Jeremy Keller | 8 |
| 51 | 24x | Rick Ortega | 8 |
| 52 | 10 | Junior Coover | 8 |
| 53 | 89 | James Laing | 8 |
| 54 | 5x | John Duty | 7 |
| 55 | 33 | Vic Hil | 7 |
| 56 | 43 | Dave Deetz | 6 |
| 57 | 22g | Paul Guglielmoni | 6 |
| 58 | 40F | Dana Fite | 6 |
| 59 | 23s | Bucky Andrews | 6 |
| 60 | 2 | Bobby Hogge | 5 |
| 61 | 54 | Carlos Ahumada | 4 |
| 62 | 23 | Brad Williams | 2 |
| 63 | 17p | Craig Parker | 2 |
| 64 | 7 | Marshall Miles | 2 |
| 65 | 12 | Greg Jelvik | 1 |
| Modifieds | |||
| 1 | 30L | Matt Leer | 185 |
| 2 | 5 | Todd Schute | 179 |
| 3 | 197 | Cade Dillard | 178 |
| 4 | 87 | Darron Fuqua | 174 |
| 5 | 71 | Phillip Houston | 171 |
| 6 | 23 | Matt Gilbertson | 171 |
| 7 | 29d | Brad Dierks | 160 |
| 8 | 19r | Ryan Gustin | 153 |
| 9 | 36 | Danny Bayor | 145 |
| 10 | 26 | Shawn Fletcher | 140 |
| 11 | O5 | Jake Hartung | 136 |
| 12 | 2s | Stormy Scott | 126 |
| 13 | 15 | Ryan Mikkelson | 112 |
| 14 | 2J | Blake Jegtvig | 105 |
| 15 | 20rt | Ricky Thornton, Jr. | 98 |
| 16 | 131 | Royal Jones | 93 |
| 17 | 20 | Rodney Sanders | 90 |
| 18 | 10c | Chad Olsen | 85 |
| 19 | 86 | Kyle Beard | 85 |
| 20 | 44 | Christy Georges-Barnett | 83 |
| 21 | g17 | Fito Gallardo | 81 |
| 22 | 30 | Justin Rexwinkle | 76 |
| 23 | 9r | Jimmy Ray | 75 |
| 24 | 2 | Bobby Hogge | 67 |
| 25 | 1sx | Travis Sauers | 60 |
| 26 | 6p | Travis Perry | 59 |
| 27 | 51T | Tim Thomas | 59 |
| 28 | 98 | Alex Stanford | 58 |
| 29 | 23J | Greg Jelvik | 49 |
| 30 | 91 | Joe Duvall | 41 |
| 31 | 9k | Kent Arment | 41 |
| 32 | 48 | Brent Dutanhoffer | 41 |
| 33 | 59 | Bob Salmon | 37 |
| 34 | 6T | Corky Thomas | 34 |
| 35 | 97 | Greg Chusluy | 31 |
| 36 | 13 | Jeff Hartley | 27 |
| 37 | J17 | Jake Gallardo | 25 |
| 38 | 5a | Daniel Anders | 18 |
| 39 | 1sx | Scott Bintz | 15 |
| 40 | 90 | Casey Skyberg | 13 |
| 41 | 55ak | Scott Sluka | 11 |
| 42 | 65x | Carlos Ahumada, Jr. | 10 |
| 43 | 9 | Mykel Atkinson | 10 |
| 44 | 34 | Mickey Lassiter | 7 |
| 45 | 31 | Daryl Fisher | 7 |
| 46 | 1x | Steve Streeter | 5 |
| 47 | 17s | Stoney Kruk | 4 |
| 48 | 49 | Dwayne Murphy | 3 |
| 49 | 3 | Brad Whitfield | 3 |
| 50 | 23h | Terry Haven | 3 |
| 51 | 5c | Dallas Caldwell | 3 |
| 52 | 81 | Scott Ward | 2 |
| 53 | 37x | Joey Price | 2 |
| 54 | 43 | Chad Falco | 1 |
| X-Mods | |||
| 1 | 5 | Ron Schreiner | 243 |
| 2 | 1tpo | Tyler Peterson | 240 |
| 3 | 35 | Grant Southworth | 232 |
| 4 | 49 | James Binkley | 224 |
| 5 | 57x | Chad Horst | 202 |
| 6 | 50F | Brandon Farrington | 182 |
| 7 | 88c | Brian Clark | 173 |
| 8 | 1r | Joey Rowell | 170 |
| 9 | 17s | Lance Schill | 156 |
| 10 | 188 | A.J. Huebner | 152 |
| 11 | 32 | Eric Hauglane | 152 |
| 12 | 10c | Chad Olsen | 150 |
| 13 | 5c | Preston Carr | 115 |
| 14 | 1s | Scott Bintz | 98 |
| 15 | 55 | Mike Brandon | 96 |
| 16 | 9 | Jimmy Ray | 95 |
| 17 | 7 | Ken McCleskey | 83 |
| 18 | 36 | Ryan Cousins | 75 |
| 19 | 20x | Jesse Horst | 75 |
| 20 | 11k | Brian Kakela | 62 |
| 21 | 6 | Casey Skyberg | 58 |
| 22 | 93 | Greg Gorham | 56 |
| 23 | 17e | Neil Eckhart | 53 |
| 24 | O7 | Donovan Flores | 50 |
| 25 | 82 | Sherman Barnett | 40 |
| 26 | 13 | Jeff Hartley | 36 |
| 27 | 71 | Jesse Hoskins | 33 |
| 28 | 96 | John Wills | 18 |
| 29 | 22k | Mark Kohaykewych | 10 |
| 30 | 7g | Dennis Gates | 10 |
| 31 | 3 | Dick Gorham | 8 |
| 32 | 17 | Harlan Morhart | 8 |
| 33 | 15d | David Harrington | 5 |
| 34 | 10c | Cole Haugland | 4 |
| 35 | 74x | Dana Boatright | 4 |
| 36 | 44 | Eric Winemiller | 4 |
| 37 | 81 | Morgan Ward | 3 |
| 38 | 7m | Wes Meeks | 3 |
| 39 | 8 | Doug Meeks | 2 |
| 40 | 56 | Terry Barr | 2 |
| 41 | 22m | Adam Mendoza | 2 |
| 42 | 111 | Johnny McCarty, Jr. | 2 |
| 43 | 93ar | A.R. Smith | 2 |
| 44 | 4x | Shannon Briscoe | 2 |
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