VADO, N.M. — Bobby Pierce and Cade Dillard continued their winning ways during the third round of the 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts on Wednesday night at FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park.
Pierce snared his second-straight Dirt Track Bank Super Late Model victory presented by Black Diamond Race Cars. With the triumph the Illinois racer kept his hopes alive of either a $100,000 (for five wins) or a $25,000 (for four wins) Penske Paydirt Jackpot Bonus.
From the outside-front-row Pierce paced all but the second lap, which was led by Shannon Babb, en route to the $11,000 triumph.
“I didn’t expect the track to do that,” Pierce said of the surface becoming bottom-dominant. “I thought the top would’ve been there too … it’s just one of them deals where I guess it got so crumby and no one was up there to blow it off. I was glad that we got back out front there on Shannon (Babb) … (and) lapped traffic was crazy. They’re holding their lines, they’re doing what they can … it’s just a tricky situation with the race track. That’s the only line to choose from. I tried to go around one of them and almost got passed so I kind of had to use the chrome horn here.”
After flirting with his first trip to Hoker Trucking Victory Lane in the ShockerHitch.com X-Mods presented by Border Tire throughout the 2023 Wild West Shootout, Jesse Haynie was able to finally seal the deal on Wednesday night with his maiden miniseries triumph.
The Las Cruces, N.M. driver turned back challenges from Jake Haddox and Nick Rivera to snare the wins with Eric McNutt and Nate Reinke completing the top five.
Meanwhile, Dillard remained undefeated in the Mesilla Valley Transportation/ Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro with yet another convincing victory.
He wired the field from the pole position to score the win over Lucas Schott, Jake O’Neil, Nathan Smith, and Dan Ebert.
Dillard just needs two victories in the final three miniseries events to capture the $15,000 Wehrs Machine Five-Or-More Bonus.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[2]; 2. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 3. 18B-Shannon Babb[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[4]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[11]; 7. 97-Cade Dillard[9]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[19]; 9. 7T-Drake Troutman[1]; 10. 73-Rodney Sanders[8]; 11. 14S-Collen Winebarger[10]; 12. 49-Jake Timm[23]; 13. 7-Ricky Weiss[21]; 14. 28M-Sam Mars[22]; 15. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[12]; 16. 1R-BJ Robinson[16]; 17. 25-Mikey Kile[14]; 18. 11-Jon Kirby[15]; 19. 86-Kyle Beard[24]; 20. 157-Mike Marlar[13]; 21. 14M-Morgan Bagley[18]; 22. 13-Bricen James[20]; 23. 2-Tyler Stevens[17]; 24. 6-Kyle Larson[6]
