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Dillard doubles down during first night of Vado action; Minnesota’s Sorensen 7th

From DirtonDirt.com Staff Reports

VADO, NM (January 6) - The 18th annual Wild West Shootout began Saturday, January 6 with a 40-lap, $11,000-to-win feature for unsanctioned Super Late Models. There were a handful of Midwesterners on hand, but the night belonged to Louisiana’s Cade Dillard.

Dillard, who started from the front row, led every lap Saturday to clinch his first WWS victory since 2019, which came at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, AZ. Polesitter Bobby Pierce, of Oakwood, IL, briefly nosed ahead on lap 34 before Dillard edged him at the line by 0.048 of a second and pulled away to win by 0.289 of a second at the checkers. Garrett Albertson, Tyler Erb, and 14th-starter Kyle Larson completed the top five.

Mike Marlar was sixth, Rochester, Minnesota’s Dustin Sorensen was seventh, Chase Junghans was eighth, Tyler Stevens was ninth, and Kaden Honeycutt completed the top 10.

Of the other upper Midwesterners on hand, former multi-time WISSOTA National Champion Ricky Weiss was 17th, North Dakota’s Jason Strand was 19th, and Menomonie, Wisconsin’s Sam Mars was 25th.

SUMMARY

Super Late Models:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[2]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[3]; 4. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 5. 6-Kyle Larson[14]; 6. 157-Mike Marlar[10]; 7. 19-Dustin Sorensen[16]; 8. 18-Chase Junghans[9]; 9. 2-Tyler Stevens[4]; 10. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[5]; 11. 73-Rodney Sanders[17]; 12. 14S-Collen Winebarger[20]; 13. 18B-Shannon Babb[18]; 14. 2S-Stormy Scott[8]; 15. 14M-Morgan Bagley[24]; 16. 77-Preston Luckman[19]; 17. 7-Ricky Weiss[15]; 18. 82-Eston Whisler[25]; 19. E85-Jason Strand[22]; 20. 86-Kyle Beard[21]; 21. 7T-Drake Troutman[12]; 22. 101-Forrest Trent[13]; 23. 32B-Cody Laney[7]; 24. 1R-BJ Robinson[11]; 25. 28M-Sam Mars[23]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[4]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 5. 73-Rodney Sanders[8]; 6. 77-Preston Luckman[3]; 7. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 8. 11-Jon Kirby[9]; 9. 88-Chance Mann[10]; 10. 777-Pete Vargas[11]; 11. 38-Thomas Hunziker[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Tyler Stevens[1]; 2. 32B-Cody Laney[4]; 3. 1R-BJ Robinson[2]; 4. 7-Ricky Weiss[6]; 5. 25-Mikey Kile[3]; 6. 86-Kyle Beard[5]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[7]; 8. 51C-Jake O'Neil[11]; 9. 15-Justin Duty[9]; 10. 13-Bricen James[8]; 11. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[10]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[3]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[1]; 4. 6-Kyle Larson[4]; 5. 14S-Collen Winebarger[5]; 6. 18B-Shannon Babb[7]; 7. E85-Jason Strand[6]; 8. 42S-Don Shaw[9]; 9. 02-Kent Rosevear[10]; 10. 19C-Colby Moore[11]; 11. 49T-Jake Timm[8]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[3]; 4. 19-Dustin Sorensen[6]; 5. 82-Eston Whisler[4]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[7]; 7. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[5]; 8. 5C-Brad Couch[8]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[11]; 10. 3-Keko Perez[10]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[9]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 73-Rodney Sanders[1]; 2. 77-Preston Luckman[3]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[4]; 4. 28M-Sam Mars[5]; 5. 25-Mikey Kile[2]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[10]; 7. 13-Bricen James[12]; 8. 11-Jon Kirby[7]; 9. 51C-Jake O'Neil[8]; 10. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 11. 88-Chance Mann[9]; 12. 777-Pete Vargas[11]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker[13]; 14. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[14]

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 18B-Shannon Babb[3]; 2. 14S-Collen Winebarger[1]; 3. E85-Jason Strand[5]; 4. 14M-Morgan Bagley[4]; 5. 82-Eston Whisler[2]; 6. 49T-Jake Timm[13]; 7. 42S-Don Shaw[7]; 8. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[6]; 9. 19C-Colby Moore[11]; 10. 5C-Brad Couch[8]; 11. 28W-Jim Whisler[10]; 12. 3-Keko Perez[12]; 13. 6T-Terry Carter[14]; 14. 02-Kent Rosevear[9]