VADO, N.M. — Jake O’Neil raced from the pole to win the Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified feature on the opening day of the Wild West Shootout at Vado Speedway Park.
O’Neil jumped to the lead at the drop of the green flag and paced the field for the remainder of the 25-lap feature to score the victory. He was followed across the finish line by Tanner Mullens with Dan Ebert, Rodney Sanders, and Tom Berry Jr. fifth.
Kris Jackson collected top honors I scoring a dominant victory in the Shocker Hitch X-Mod division.
The fifth-starting Jackson pursued early leader Jimmy Ray before taking control of the lead on the eighth circuit. Once out front the driver of the No. J2 maintained a comfortable advantage for the remaining distance before ultimately crossing the finish line 3.017 seconds ahead of Andy Bryant, Jesse Haynie (started 17th), Reece Solander (started 15th), and Scott Bintz.
The finishes
Modifieds (25 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O’Neil[1]; 2. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[4]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 5. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[7]; 6. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[9]; 7. J17-Jake Gallardo[14]; 8. 87F-Darron Fuqua[10]; 9. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[13]; 10. 88-Chad Wheeler[8]; 11. 58X-Gary Christian[12]; 12. 4W-Tyler Wolff[17]; 13. 88X-Nathan Smith[3]; 14. 4RX-Jared Russell[19]; 15. 8N-Nick Rivera[20]; 16. 65-Tyler Davis[15]; 17. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[22]; 18. 19SB-Lance Mari[18]; 19. 71H-Philip Houston[21]; 20. 73B-Shad Badder[23]; 21. 24X-Xavier Ortega[24]; 22. 16B-Randy Brown[16]; 23. 2SS-Mark Smith[11]; 24. 91-Joe Duvall[5]
X-Mods (25 Laps): 1. J2-Kris Jackson[5]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[7]; 3. X15-Jesse Haynie[17]; 4. 5-Reece Solander[15]; 5. 1S-Scott Bintz[3]; 6. 05-Aasa Flores[13]; 7. 44-Christy Barnett[8]; 8. 06-Chris Theodore[16]; 9. 12-Justin Allen[11]; 10. 24-Jonathon Ortega[14]; 11. M17-Rob Moseley[6]; 12. 79-Allen Owen Jr[24]; 13. 71-Nate Reinke[20]; 14. 07-Donavon Flores[18]; 15. 17-Peyton Gallardo[22]; 16. 7C-John Carney[1]; 17. 25-Kenny McDonald Jr[4]; 18. 22-Dalton Ragsdale[10]; 19. 7S-Hunter Sandy[19]; 20. 21-Jake Smith[23]; 21. 93-Greg Gorham[21]; 22. 82-Sherman Barnett[12]; 23. 32-Eric Haugland[9]; 24. 0-Jimmy Ray[2]