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Don Shaw, pictured here in a 2023, finished the January 7 show at Vado Speedway Park with a top 10 in the Super Late Model class. (Mike Spieker File Photo)

Pierce wins second night at Vado from pole; former champs Weiss & Shaw garner top 10s

From DirtonDirt.com Staff Reports

VADO, NM (January 7) - In a barn burner of a Super Late Model feature, Bobby Pierce executed a turn-three slider underneath Mike Marlar on lap 37, and led the remaining circuits to win Sunday's 40-lap second round of the 18th annual Wild West Shootout at Vado Speedway Park.

Pierce slipped back as far as fourth after he led the first lap, and then rebounded to grab his ninth career miniseries feature victory and an $11,000 top prize for first triumph of the young 2024 season. Marlar, of Winfield, TN, led laps 2-36 before giving way to Pierce and finishing 2.167 seconds back. Tyler Erb turned in another top-five performance, Kyle Larson was fourth, and Cade Dillard was fifth.

Garrett Alberson, Shannon Babb, former WISSOTA National Champion Ricky Weiss, Tyler Stevens, and another former WISSOTA National Champion, Don Shaw, completed the top 10.

Of the other racers on hand with WISSOTA ties, Jake Timm was 18th, while Sam Mars finished 23rd.

SUMMARY

Super Late Models:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 3. 1-Tyler Erb[5]; 4. 6-Kyle Larson[4]; 5. 97-Cade Dillard[6]; 6. 58-Garrett Alberson[15]; 7. 18B-Shannon Babb[8]; 8. 7-Ricky Weiss[12]; 9. 2-Tyler Stevens[10]; 10. 42S-Don Shaw[3]; 11. 86-Kyle Beard[9]; 12. 7T-Drake Troutman[22]; 13. 15-Justin Duty[25]; 14. 51C-Jake O'Neil[16]; 15. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[19]; 16. 18-Chase Junghans[11]; 17. 73-Rodney Sanders[17]; 18. 49T-Jake Timm[7]; 19. 25-Mikey Kile[23]; 20. 101-Forrest Trent[24]; 21. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[21]; 22. 13-Bricen James[14]; 23. 28M-Sam Mars[13]; 24. 14S-Collen Winebarger[20]; 25. 77-Preston Luckman[18]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 157-Mike Marlar[2]; 2. 1-Tyler Erb[6]; 3. 86-Kyle Beard[3]; 4. 28M-Sam Mars[7]; 5. 73-Rodney Sanders[9]; 6. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[1]; 7. 25-Mikey Kile[8]; 8. E85-Jason Strand[5]; 9. 14M-Morgan Bagley[10]; 10. 19C-Colby Moore[4]; 11. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[11]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Kyle Larson[1]; 2. 49T-Jake Timm[2]; 3. 18-Chase Junghans[7]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson[4]; 5. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[3]; 6. 82-Eston Whisler[9]; 7. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 8. 88-Chance Mann[10]; 9. 3-Keko Perez[5]; 10. 02-Kent Rosevear[8]; 11. 777-Pete Vargas[11]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42S-Don Shaw[1]; 2. 97-Cade Dillard[3]; 3. 2-Tyler Stevens[5]; 4. 13-Bricen James[8]; 5. 77-Preston Luckman[7]; 6. 14S-Collen Winebarger[4]; 7. 101-Forrest Trent[10]; 8. 32B-Cody Laney[6]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[9]; 10. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 11. 2S-Stormy Scott[2]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bobby Pierce[1]; 2. 18B-Shannon Babb[2]; 3. 7-Ricky Weiss[4]; 4. 51C-Jake O'Neil[3]; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman[5]; 6. 15-Justin Duty[6]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson[8]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[7]; 9. 5C-Brad Couch[9]; 10. 38-Thomas Hunziker[11]; 11. 11-Jon Kirby[10]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Rodney Sanders[1]; 2. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[3]; 3. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[2]; 4. 25-Mikey Kile[5]; 5. 19C-Colby Moore[11]; 6. 14M-Morgan Bagley[9]; 7. E85-Jason Strand[7]; 8. 82-Eston Whisler[4]; 9. 3-Keko Perez[10]; 10. 88-Chance Mann[8]; 11. 78S-Steve Stultz[6]; 12. 02-Kent Rosevear[12]; 13. 250-Walton Kyle Jr[13]; 14. 777-Pete Vargas[14]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Luckman[1]; 2. 14S-Collen Winebarger[3]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman[2]; 4. 101-Forrest Trent[5]; 5. 15-Justin Duty[4]; 6. 32B-Cody Laney[7]; 7. 1R-BJ Robinson[6]; 8. 19-Dustin Sorensen[8]; 9. 28W-Jim Whisler[9]; 10. 11-Jon Kirby[14]; 11. 6T-Terry Carter[11]; 12. 5C-Brad Couch[10]; 13. 38-Thomas Hunziker[12]; 14. 2S-Stormy Scott[13]