The Real Deal Reels in Wild West Shootout Opener at USA!

Lonnie Wheatley, TUCSON, Ariz. (January 9, 2016) – Don O’Neal kicked of USA Raceway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars by racing to victory lane over a stellar field of 60 Super Late Model competitors in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event.

With the $5,000 triumph aboard the Clint Bowyer Motorsports Peak Antifreeze/Crawford Supply No. 5 Club 29 Race Cars entry, “The Real Deal” put himself in place for a potential $250,000 bonus that goes to the driver that can win all six feature events.

“It’s not gonna be easy for sure, but we got one down anyway,” the Martinsvile, IN, racer said of the potential bonus in victory lane.

While O’Neal topped the Super Late Model portion of the Wild West Shootout opener, Cade Dillard bested the Modifieds and Ron Schreiner topped the X-Modifieds as a total 140 cars filled the USA Raceway pit area.

In the Super Late Model main event, O’Neal battled past Shane Clanton at the midway point and slipped away over the final rounds to secure the win ahead of Steve Francis with Darrell Lanigan, Billy Moyer and Jonathan Davenport rounding out the top five.

“I had to be up on the wheel out there,” O’Neal commented.

Francis took advantage of a lap 19 restart to take second away from Clanton but never mount a serious charge on the leader.  After bypassing the scales following an apparent heat race win, Davenport rallied from the tail of a “B” Main and then charged from 19th round out the top five.

In Barnett Harley-Davidson Modifieds presented by MVT action, Many, Louisiana’s Cade Dillard battled past Rodney Sanders for the lead just past the midway point and led the rest of the way to take victory honors.

“I messed up a little on about the second lap and smoke the wall there in turn two, I thought we were done,” Dillard explained afterward.  “I was just riding, hoping to get a top five, then we started running through the ruts and made up some ground.
Dillard was chased to the stripe by Sanders with Darron Fuqua, Phillip Houston and Fito Gallardo rounding out the top five

Tucson’s Ron Schreiner took the lead away from Brian Clark nine laps into the 20-lap Border International and RealTruck.com X-Mods presented by Polar Industries main event and then withstood a late rally from 19th-starter Tyler Peterson to capture the victory.

Schriever took the checkered flag as Peterson went up in smoke, with Chad Horst taking advantage to capture second with Joey Rowell, A.J. Huebner and James Brinkley in the top five.

The Wild West Shootout continues at USA Raceway on Sunday with racing action set to go green at 5:00 p.m. with ensuing rounds to follow on Wednesday, January 13, and then Friday through Sunday, January 15-17.

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.

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 – Saturday, January 9, 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. 32-Chris Simpson, 2. 93-Ray Moore, 3. 71-Dustin Strand, 4. 20-Rodney Sanders, 5. 2-Bobby Hogge, 6. 17-Larry Childress, 7. 32b-Clay Daly, 8. 43-Dave Deetz, 9. 23s-Bucky Andrews, 10. 3-Brad Whitfield.

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 25-Shane Clanton, 2. 86-Kyle Beard, 3. 21-Billy Moyer, 4. 14-Sean Bray, 5. R30-Robert Odegard, 6. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 7. 5x-John Duty, 8. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni, 9. 33v-Vic Hill, 10. 6-Jon Davenport.

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 91-Tyler Erb, 2. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 3. 14L-Brad Looney, 4. 37-Scott Ward, 5. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 6. 15d-Justin Duty, 7. 17x-Billy Franklin, 8. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 9. 24x-Rick Ortega, 10. 12-Greg Jelvik (DNS).

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 2. 99-Scott Lewis, 3. 5-Don O’Neal, 4. R5-Hunter Radson, 5. 11-Pat Doar, 6. 91p-Jason Papich, 7. 10n-Rob Sanders, 8. 6T-Terry Carter, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. 42s-Don Shaw.

Heat Five (8 Laps):  1. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 2. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 3. 58-A.J. Diemel, 4. 0-Jake O’Neil, 5. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 6. 91T-Tony Toste, 7. 51-Joey Moriarty, 8. 98-Jason Rauen, 9. 89-James Laing, 10. 54-Carlos Ahumada.

Heat Six (8 Laps):  1. 7k-Jason Krohn, 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 3. 15x-Steve Francis, 4. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 5. F5-Garrett Alberson, 6. 16-Austin Sievert, 7. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 8. 18-Chase Juhghans, 9. 1-Doug Blashly, 10. 40f-Dana Fite.

“B” Mains – Top 3 from each advance to “A” Main

First “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 2. 6-Jon Davenport, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 5. 91T-Tony Toste, 6. 16-Austin Sievert, 7. 1-Doug Blashly, 8. 32b-Clay Daly, 9. 6T-Terry Carter, 10. 43-Dave Deetz, 11. 89-James Laing, 12. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 13. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 14. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 15. 54-Carlos Ahumada.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 58-A.J. Diemel, 2. 91p-Jason Papich, 3. 37-Scott Ward, 4. 98-Jason Rauen, 5. 42s-Don Shaw, 6. 18-Chase Junghans, 7. R30-Robert Odegard, 8. 3-Brad Whitfield, 9. 10-Junior Coover, 10. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 11. 17-Larry Childress, 12. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 13. 14-Sean Bray, 14. 17x-Billy Franklin, 15. 2-Bobby Hogge.

Third “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. F5-Garrett Alberson, 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 3. 11-Pat Doar, 4. 0-Jake O’Neil, 5. 15d-Justin Duty, 6. 40f-Dana Fite, 7. 24x-Rick Ortega, 8. 22g-Paul Gueglielmoni, 9. 23s-Bucky Andrews, 10. 51-Joey Moriarty, 11. 10n-Rob Sanders, 12. 33-Vic Hill, 13. R5-Hunter Radson, 14. 5x-John Duty, 15. 12-Greg Jelvik.

“A” Main

“A” Main (30 Laps):  1. 5-Don O’Neal, 2. 15x-Steve Francis, 3. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 4. 21-Billy Moyer, 5. 6-Jon Davenport, 6. 25-Shane Clanton, 7. 91p-Jason Papich, 8. 58-A.J. Diemel, 9. 32-Chris Simpson, 10. 75-Terry Phillips, 11. 86-Kyle Beard, 12. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 13. 14L-Brad Looney, 14. F5-Garrett Alberson, 15. 99-Scott Lewis, 16. 91-Tyler Erb, 17. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 18. 37-Scott Ward, 19. 71-Dustin Strand, 20. 7k-Jason Krohn, 21. 93-Ray Moore, 22. 20-Rodney Sanders, 23. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 24. 11-Pat Doar.

Pro Power Dash:

Dash (10 Laps):  1. 0-Jake O’Neil, 2. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 3. 98-Jason Rauen, 4. 15d-Justin Duty, 5. 16-Austin Sievert, 6. 91T-Tony Toste, 7. 18-Chase Junghans, 8. 24x-Rick Ortega, 9. 40f-Dana Fite, 10. R30-Robert Odegard, 11. 42s-Don Shaw, 12. 1-Doug Blashly.

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. 87-Darron Fuqua, 2. 6T-Corky Thomas, 3. 71-Phillip Houston, 4. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 5. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 6. 86-Kyle Beard, 7. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 8. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr. (DNS), 9. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett (DNS).

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 197-Cade Dillard, 2. 5-Todd Schute, 3. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 4. 29d-Brad Dierks, 5. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 6. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 7. 9-Mykel Atkinson, 8. 59-Bob Salmon, 9. 10c-Chad Olsen.

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 2. G17-Fito Gallardo, 3. 05-Jake Hartung, 4. 9k-Kent Arment, 5. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 6. 17s-Stoney Kruk, 7. 1x-Steve Streeter, 8. 31-Daryl Fisher, 9. 2s-Stormy Scott.

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 131-Royal Jones, 3. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 4. 36-Danny Bayor, 5. 90-Casey Skyberg, 6. 51T-Tim Thomas, 7. J17-Jake Gallardo, 8. 97-Greg Chulsuy (DNS), 9. 43-Jake Falco (DNS).

Heat Five (8 Laps):  1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 2. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 3. 2-Bobby Hogge, 4. 30L-Matt Leer, 5. 13-Jeff Hartley, 6. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 7. 5c-Dallas Caldwell, 8. 23h-Terry Haven (DNS).

“B” Mains – Top 4 from each advance to “A” Main

First “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 2. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 3. 30L-Matt Leer, 4. 29d-Brad Dierks, 5. 97-Greg Chusluy, 6. 10c-Chad Olsen, 7. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 8. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 9. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 10. 51T-Tim Thomas, 11. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 12. 86-Kyle Beard, 13. 13-Jeff Hartley, 14. 5c-Dallas Caldwell.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 2-Bobby Hogge, 2. 2s-Stormy Scott, 3. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 4. 36-Danny Bayor, 5. 90-Casey Skyberg, 6. 1x-Steve Streeter, 7. 59-Bob Salmon, 8. J17-Jake Gallardo, 9. 17s-Stoney Kruk, 10. 31-Daryl Fisher, 11. 48-Brent Dutanhoffer, 12. 43-Chad Falco, 13. 23h-Terry Haven, 14. 9-Mykel Atkinson.

“A” Main

“A” Main (25 Laps):  1. 197-Cade Dillard, 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. 87-Darron Fuqua, 4. 71-Phillip Houston, 5. G17-Fito Gallardo, 6. 23m-Matt Gilbertson, 7. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 8. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 9. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 10. 30L-Matt Leer, 11. 131-Royal Jones, 12. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 13. 5-Todd Schute, 14. 36-Danny Bayor, 15. 2-Bobby Hogge, 16. 20rt-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 17. 9k-Kent Arment, 18. 05-Jake Hartung, 19. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 20. 6T-Corky Thomas, 21. 1sx-Scott Bintz, 22. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 23. 29d-Brad Dierks, 24. 2s-Stormy Scott.

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. 188-A.J. Huebner, 2. 07-Donovan Flores, 3. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 4. 8272-Sherman Barnett, 5. 7-Ken McCleskey, 6. 7g-Dennis Gates, 7. 9-Jimmy Ray, 8. 5c-Preston Carr, 9. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson.

Heat Two (8 Laps):  1. 20x-Jesse Horst, 2. 6-Casey Skyberg, 3. 5-Ron Schreiner, 4. 55-Mike Brandon, 5. 1r-Joey Roswell, 6. 3-Dick Gorham, 7. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 8. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 9. 22m-Adam Mendoza.

Heat Three (8 Laps):  1. 17s-Lance Schill, 2. 35-Grant Southworth, 3. 93-Greg Gorham, 4. 10c-Chad Olsen, 5. 32-Eric Hauglane, 6. 1s-Scott Bintz, 7. 17-Harlan Morhart, 8. 4x-Shannon Briscoe, 9. 15d-David Harrington.

Heat Four (8 Laps):  1. 88c-Brian Clark, 2. 57x-Chad Horst, 3. 49-James Brinkley, 4. 50F-Brandon Farrington, 5. 36-Ryan Cousins, 6. 13-Jeff Hartley, 7. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 8. 93ar-A.R. Smith, 9. 96-John Wills.

“B” Mains – Top 2 from each advance to “A” Main

First “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 49-James Brinkley, 2. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 3. 36-Ryan Cousins, 4. 5c-Preston Carr, 5. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 6. 96-John Wills, 7. 4x-Shannon Briscoe, 8. 1s-Scott Bintz, 9. 17-Harlan Morhart, 10. 3-Dick Gorham.
Second “B” Main (12 Laps):  1. 32-Eric Hauglane, 2. 1r-Joey Rowell, 3. 9-Jimmy Ray, 4. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 5. 13-Jeff Hartley, 6. 93ar-A.R. Smith, 7. 7g-Dennis Gates, 8. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 9. 22m-Adam Mendoza, 10. 15d-David Harrington.

“A” Main

“A” Main (20 Laps):  1. 5-Ron Schreiner, 2. 57x-Chad Horst, 3. 1r-Joey Rowell, 4. 188-A.J. Huebner, 5. 49-James Brinkley, 6. 32-Eric Hauglane, 7. 7-Ken McCleskey, 8. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 9. 35-Grant Southworth, 10. 20x-Jesse Horst, 11. 8272-Sherman Barnett, 12. 88c-Brian Clark, 13. 17s-Lance Schill, 14. 50F-Brandon Farrington, 15. 07-Donovan Flores, 16. 93-Greg Gorham, 17. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 18. 55-Mike Brandon, 19. 6-Casey Skyberg, 20. 10c-Chad Olsen.