Lanigan Scores Wild West Victory

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Lanigan Lands Wild West Round Five Laurels at USA

Story By: LONNIE WHEATLEY     Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM

TUCSON, AZ- January 17, 2016- Darrell Lanigan became the third different driver to reach Super Late Model victory lane at USA Raceway’s Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout presented by Black Diamond-Club 29 Race Cars series by winning Saturday night’s 30-lapper in convincing fashion atop the 3/8-mile clay oval.

While Lanigan’s $5,000 triumph broke up the domination by Jonathan Davenport and Don O’Neal, who have each claimed a pair of victories, Todd Schute bested the Modifieds and Brandon Farrington topped the X Mods.

Starting third in the Super Late Model main event, Lanigan slipped under Jason Krohn on the fifth round and then denied some mid-race pressure from Ryan Gustin before racing away to secure his first victory with the Clint Bowyer Racing team.

Lanigan’s triumph put a halt to any chance of a driver cashing in on the Keyser Quarter Million Bonus that offered $250,000 to win all six races, $100,000 for five wins or $50,000 for four wins. Davenport and O’Neal both still had a shot at four wins going into the night.

After Gustin was forced pitside, Lanigan cruised to the stripe with Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth 4.681 seconds behind the Union, KY, driver at the stripe. Wild West Shootout points leader Davenport charged from 14th to third with Chris Simpson and Krohn rounding out the top five.

Todd Schute of Des Moines, Iowa, raced from fourth to capture his first Border International Modifieds presented by MVT win of the series, taking over the points lead in the process.

Schute captured the checkered flag ahead of Rodney Sanders with Ryan Gustin, Phillip Houston and Ryan Mikkelson rounding out the top five.

Hometown shoe Brandon Farrington rallied from the ninth starting position to become the fourth different Wild West Shootout winner in the 20-lap RealTruck.com X Mods presented by Polar Industries feature event.

Farrington crossed the stripe ahead of outside front row starter Chad Olsen with Jimmy Ray, 13th-starter Brian Clark and Preston Carr rounding out the top five.

The Wild West Shootout wraps up Sunday at 5:00 p.m. with AR Bodies raising the Super Late Model stakes to $11,000-to-win with Modifieds and X Mods in action as well.

Tickets are just $22 for the Wild West Shootout finale on Sunday evening.

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 – Saturday, January 16, 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. 86-Kyle Beard, 3. 5-Don O’Neal, 4. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 5. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 6. 11-Pat Doar, 7. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 8. 93-Ray Moore, 9. 10n-Rob Sanders, 10. 235-Bucky Andrews.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 20-Rodney Sanders, 2. 14L-Brad Looney, 3. 91p-Jason Papich, 4. 18-Chase Junghans, 5. 32b-Clay Daly, 6. 1-Doug Blashe, 7. 17p-Craig Parker, 8. 91T-Tony Toste, 9. 14-Sean Bray, 10. 3-Brad Whitfield.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 2. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 3. 91-Tyler Erb, 4. 21-Billy Moyer, 5. F5-Garrett Alberson, 6. 37-Scott Ward, 7. 6T-Terry Carter, 8. R30-Robert Odegard, 9. 43-Dave Deetz, 10. 15d-Justin Duty.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 7k-Jason Krohn, 2. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 3. 71-Dustin Strand, 4. 0-Jake O’Neil, 5. 5x-John Duty, 6. 24x-Rick Ortega, 7. 42s-Don Shaw, 8. 25-Shane Clanton, 9. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr., 10. 17x-Billy Franklin (DNS).

Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 2. 15x-Steve Francis, 3. 75-Terry Phillips, 4. 85-Brandon Sheppard, 5. 58-A.J. Diemel, 6. 15s-Donny Schatz, 7. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 8 10-Junior Coover, 9. 22g-Paul Gulielmoni.

Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 2. 18h-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 3. 16-Austin Sievert, 4. 98-Jason Rauen, 5. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 6. 17-Larry Childress, 7. 99-Scott Lewis, 8. 23-Brad Williams, 9. 40f-Dana Fite.

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

First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 86-Kyle Beard, 2. 75-Terry Phillips, 3. 11-Pat Doar, 4. 85-Brandon Sheppard, 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 6. 17p-Craig Parker, 7. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 8. 6T-Terry Carter, 9. 5x-John Duty, 10. 10-Junior Coover, 11. 23s-Bucky Andrews, 12. 24x-Rick Ortega, 13. 40f-Dana Fite (DNS), 14. 21jr-Billy Moyer, Jr. (DNS), 15. 17x-Billy Franklin (DNS).

Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 98-Jason Rauen, 2. 16-Austin Sievert, 3. R5-Hunter Rasdon,, 4. 58-A.J. Diemel, 5. 93-Ray Moore, 6. 14L-Brad Looney, 7. 37-Scott Ward, 8. 17-Larry Childress, 9. 14-Sean Bray, 10. 10n-Rob Sanders, 11. 28m-Jimmy Mars, 12. 42s-Don Shaw (DNS), 13. 25-Shane Clanton (DNS), 14. 15d-Justin Duty (DNS).

Third “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 15x-Steve Francis, 2. F5-Garrett Alberson, 3. 15s-Donnie Schatz, 4. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 5. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 6. 32b-Clay Daly, 7. 1-Doug Blashe, 8. 99-Scott Lewis, 9. 91-Tony Toste, 10. R30-Robert Odegard, 11. 23-Brad Williams, 12. 43-Dave Deetz, 13. 22g-Paul Guglielmoni, 14. 3-Brad Whitfield (DNS).

Pro Power Dash:

Dash (10 Laps): 1. B5-Brandon Sheppard, 2. 7w-Ricky Weiss, 3. 93-Ray Moore, 4. 14m-Morgan Bagley, 5. 0-Jake O’Neil, 6. 32b-Clay Daly, 7. 37-Scott Ward, 8. 17p-Craig Parker, 9. 1-Doug Blashe, 10. 11k-Jeremy Keller, 11. 58-A.J. Diemel, 12. 14L-Brad Looney.

“A” Main

“A” Main (30 Laps): 1. 15-Darrell Lanigan, 2. 18-Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, 3. 6-Jonathan Davenport, 4. 32-Chris Simpson, 5. 7k-Jason Krohn, 6. 91p-Jason Papich, 7. 44-R.C. Whitwell, 8. 18-Chase Junghans, 9. 20-Rodney Sanders, 10. 5-Don O’Neal, 11. 15x-Steve Francis, 12. 33x-Ricky Thornton, Jr., 13. 21-Billy Moyer, 14. 15s-Donny Schatz, 15. 91-Tyler Erb, 16. 71-Dustin Strand, 17. F5-Garrett Alberson, 18. 75-Terry Phillips, 19. 86-Kyle Beard, 20. R5-Hunter Rasdon, 21. 98-Jason Rauen, 22. R19-Ryan Gustin, 23. 16-Austin Sievert, 24. 11-Pat Doar.

Border International 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. 29d-Brad Dierks, 2. 131-Royal Jones, 3. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 4. 6p-Travis Perry, 5. G17-Fito Gallardo, 6. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 7. 30L-Matt Leer, 8. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 9. 97-Greg Chesluy, 10. 59-Bob Salmman.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 19r-Ryan Gustin, 2. J17-Jake Gallardo, 3. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 4. 9k-Kent Arment, 5. 87-Darron Fuqua, 6. 51T-Tim Thomas, 7. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 8. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 9. 49-Duane Murphy, 10. 2s-Stormy Scott.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 10c-Chad Olsen, 2. 5-Todd Schute, 3. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 4. 1sx-Travis Sauers, 5. 6T-Corky Thomas, 6. 91-Joe Duvall, 7. 36-Danny Bayor, 8. 5a-Daniel Anders, 9. 13-Jeff Hartley.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 86-Kyle Beard, 2. 71-Phillip Houston, 3. 20-Rodney Sanders, 4. 65-Carl Ahumada, Jr., 5. 98-Alex Stanford, 6. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 7. 31-Daryl Fischer, 8. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 9. 9-Mykel Atkinson.

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

First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 30L-Matt Leer, 2. 87-Darron Fuqua, 3. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 4. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 5. 6T-Corky Thomas, 6. 31-Daryl Fischer, 7. 5a-Daniel Anders, 8. 23J-Greg Jelvik, 9. 59-Bob Salmman, 10. 65x-Carlos Ahumada, Jr., 11. 97-Greg Chesluy.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 91-Joe Duvall, 2. 2J-Blake Jegtvig, 3. G17-Fito Gallardo, 4. 2s-Stormy Scott, 5. 36-Danny Bayor, 6. 9r-Jimmy Ray, 7. 49-Duane Murphy, 8. 55ak-Scott Sluka, 9. 51T-Tim Thomas, 10. 13-Jeff Hartley, 11. 9-Mykel Atkinson (DNS).

“A” Main

“A” Main (25 Laps): 1. 5-Todd Schute, 2. 20-Rodney Sanders, 3. R19-Ryan Gustin, 4. 71-Phillip Houston, 5. 15-Ryan Mikkelson, 6. 2s-Stormy Scott, 7. J17-Jake Gallardo, 8. 10c-Chad Olsen, 9. 87-Darron Fuqua, 10. 30L-Matt Leer, 11. 23-Matt Gilbertson, 12. 2j-Blake Jegtvif, 13. 86-Kyle Beard, 14. 1sx-Travis Sauers, 15. 98-Alex Stanford, 16. 9k-Kent Arment, 17. 30-Justin Rexwinkle, 18. 44-Christy Georges-Barnett, 19. 131-Royal Jones, 20. 91-Joe Duvall, 21. 26-Shawn Fletcher, 22. 29d-Brad Dierks, 23. 6p-Travis Perry, 24. G17-Fito Gallardo.

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. 10c-Chad Olsen, 2. 20x-Jesse Horst, 3. 07-Donovan Flores, 4. 3-Dick Gorham, 5. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 6. 55-Mike Brandon, 7. 74x-Dana Boatright, 8. 36-Ryan Cousins, 9. 4x-Shannon Briscoe, 10. 10ch-Cole Haugland.

Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 32-Eric Hauglane, 2. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 3. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 4. 57x-Chad Horst, 5. 44-Eric Winemiller, 6. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 7. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 8. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 9. 8-Casey Skyberg, 10. 16-Kyle Callanan.

Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 5c-Preston Carr, 2. 35-Grant Southworth, 3. 17s-Lance Schill, 4. 7-Ken McCleskey, 5. 82-Sherman Barnett, 6. 49-James Binkley, 7. 13-Jeff Hartley, 8. 7g-Dennis Gates, 9. 56-Terry Bahr, 10. 14T-Ricky Whitwell.

Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 1s-Scott Bintz, 2. 9-Jimmy Ray, 3. 5-Ron Schreiner, 4. 1r-Joey Rowell, 5. 88c-Brian Clark, 6. 93-Greg Gorham, 7. 7m-Wes Meeks, 8. 8-Doug Meeks, 9. 22x-Mark Kohaykewych.

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

First “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 49-James Binkley, 2. 57x-Chad Horst, 3. 44-Eric Winemiller, 4. 36-Ryan Cousins, 5. 10ch-Cole Haugland, 6. 3-Dick Gorham, 7. 6-Casey Skyberg, 8. 13-Jeff Hartley, 9. 74x-Dana Boatright, 10. 56-Terry Bahr, 11. 7g-Dennis Gates, 12. 16-Kyle Callanan.

Second “B” Main (12 Laps): 1. 93-Greg Gorham, 2. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 3. 55-Mike Brandon, 4. 82-Sherman Barnett, 5. 22k-Mark Kohaykewych, 6. 71-Jesse Hoskins, 7. 7m-Wes Meeks, 8. 14T-Ricky Whitwell, 9. 8-Doug Meeks, 10. 111-Johnny McCarty, Jr., 11. 4x-Shannon Briscoe (DNS).

“A” Main

“A” Main (20 Laps): 1. 50f-Brandon Farrington, 2. 10c-Chad Olsen, 3. 9-Jimmy Ray, 4. 88c-Brian Clark, 5. 5c-Preston Carr, 6. 35-Grant Southworth, 7. 5-Ron Schreiner, 8. 1tpo-Tyler Peterson, 9. 49-James Binkley, 10. 1s-Scott Bintz, 11. 1r-Joey Rowell, 12. 11k-Bryan Kakela, 13. 17s-Lance Schill, 14. 20x-Jesse Horst, 15. 7-Ken McCleskey, 16. 57x-Chad Horst, 17. 17e-Neil Eckhart, 18. 93-Greg Gorham, 19. 07-Donovan Flores, 20. 32-Eric Hauglane.

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