Rodney Sanders from Happy Texas looks like he is taking to the Late Models already after winning the USMTS championship the last 2 years. Here are the full results for Wednesday taken from the USA Raceway website. We are heading out tomorrow morning to see the show Saturday and Sunday. Looking forward to a great weekend of racing with Late Models, A-Mods and X-Mods.

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Sanders Notches First Late Model Wild West Shootout Win

January 14, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Reigning and defending 2014 USMTS National Champion Rodney Sanders is no stranger to victory lane at the Wild West Shootout. Having visited five times previously in open-wheel competition, the Happy, TX racer has turned his sights to Super Late Model racing in 2015 and is off to a stellar start. The fifth starting Sanders used is Swan Energy, Kimrad Transport, Club 29 to track down race leader Don Shaw and hold off a charging Darrell Lanigan to notch is first ever Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout Late Model win.

Just like Sunday evening, Shaw would pace the opening laps of the event, building a comfortable margin before reaching the back of the field near the 1/3rd mark. That allowed Sanders, who had made is way to second by slipping past RC Whitwell, Lanigan, and Tony Toste to close.

Sanders made the inside move as the two front-runners crossed under the flagstand side by side and cleared Shaw as they raced off of turn two. Sanders then began negotiating traffic on a tricky cushion that would throw is closest pursuers fits in the closing stages.

Opening night winner and current late model points leader Lanigan would mount several challenges during the final half of the event, but each time is charge was negated when his Childress Racing Black Diamond would jump that tricky cushion causing the three time World of Outlaws Champion to lose momentum and nearly fall into the clutches of Jason Papich.

Papich, another Club 29 pilot, used a smooth and steady low-line drive in making his way to third and continued his impressive week long run which has gained the attention of many observers. Shaw would ultimately settle for a bitter-sweet fourth place finish, the second straight night he has started from the pole only to move backwards, with Tony Toste rounding out the top five.

Jimmy Mars, after a two-day thrash to repair his damaged MB Customs mount, turned in a solid sixth place after starting twelfth, but the hard-charger of the night honors once again went Jimmy Owens. The newest member of Rowland Racing maneuvered his Widow Wax, Pro Power, Club 29 from eighteenth to seventh after a stirring seventeenth to fourth blast on Sunday .

A-Main Finishing Order

Rodney Sanders, Darrell Lanigan, Jason Papich, Don Shaw, Tony Toste, Jimmy Mars, Jimmy Owens, RC Whitwell, Adam Hensel, Stormy Scott, Billy Moyer, Jr., Chase Junghans, Donny Schatz, Joey Moriarty, Pat Doar, Ricky Weiss, Tyler Erb, Jake O’Neil, Trevor Glaser, Rob Sanders, Tyson Turnbull, Kyle Beard, Ryan Gustin, AJ Diemel

Heat 1

Darrell Lanigan, Adam Hensel, Chase Junghans, Jimmy Mars, Tyler Erb, Ricky Weiss, Jake Redetzke, Garett Alberson, Jeremy Keller, Bucky Anderews

Heat 2

RC Whitwell, Rodney Sanders, Kyle Beard, Jimmy Owens, Larry Childress, Ryan Gustin, Hunter Rasdon, Ken Murphy, Sean Bray

Heat 3

Don Shaw, Joey Moriarty, Rob Sanders, AJ Diemel, Stormy Scott, Dave Smith, Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth, Matt Furman, Clay Daly

Heat 4

Jason Papich, Tyson Turnbull, Jake O’Neil, Tony Jackson, Jr., Brian Dively, Terry Phillips, Marshall Myles, Terry Carter, Billy Moyer

Heat 5

Tony Toste, Trevor Glaser, Pat Doar, Billy Moyer, Jr., Chris Simpson, Donny Schatz, Dave Dietz, Jon Mitchell, Anthony BurroughsB-Main 1

O’Neil, Weiss, Erb, Beard, Dively, Hollingsworth, Rasdon, Redetzke, Dietz, Murphy, Furman, Andrews, Childress, Myles, Burroughs

B-Main 2

Owens, Sanders, Schatz, Gustin, Alberson, Simpson, Jackson, Jr., Keller, Smith, Carter, Bray, Phillips, Mitchell, Daly, Moyer

Krohn Krusades his way to Wild West Shootout Victory Lane

January 14, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. After showing flashes of dominance on the opening weekend of the 2015 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout, Jason Krohn was left with little to show for his efforts. The Slayton, MN racer jumped out to a dominating lead on Sunday night only to see a mechanical gremlin take him out before five laps could be run. On this night however, the sixth starting Krohn was not to be denied as he wheels his Krohn Farms, MB Custom to the USRA modified win.

Dave Mass and Joey Moriarty would bring the field of 24 to green and wage a spirited duel early until Moriarty settled in the top spot carrying over his impressive run from his heat race. Krohn meanwhile was charging getting past Mike Sterns, two-time winner on the week and current points leader Jake Gallardo, and Brad Diercks before setting his sights on the two leaders.

It wasn’t long before Krohn was up-on-the-wheel and working the USA Raceway cushion as he quickly tracked down and moved past Mass & Moriarty to grab the lead. Using the high side to keep up his momentum, Krohn opened-up a comfortable margin on the great race that was developing for the second and third.

Fourth row starters Ryan Gustin and Chase Junghans were locked together and moving through the field at a rapid pace. The young racers from Iowa and Kansas waged a spirited battle in their attempts to catch Krohn but neither had anything for the race leader as Gustin would hold off Junghans for the runner-up spot at the checkers. Gustin, would had to change engines in both is modified and late model after the weekend, backed-up his Saturday night run that ultimately ended in disappointment when his engine let go while leading.

Mass would come home in the fourth position continuing his streak of impressive runs in the his Don Shaw owned 42s and first time visitor in 2015 Alex Stanford garnered a top-five position after starting in the seventh spot. Moriarty would slip back to sixth in the final rundown followed by Jake Gallardo, Mike Sterns (2014’s Wednesday night victor) Clayton Wagamon, and Ricky Thornton, Jr., rounding out the top ten.

A-Main Finishing Order

Jason Krohn, Ryan Gustin, Grant Junghans, Dave Mass, Alex Stanford, Joey Moriarty, Jake Gallardo, Mike Sterns, Clayton Wagamon, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Alan Sharpenstein, Trent Grager, Royal Jones, Terry Haven, Nick O’Neil, Jimmy Ray, Brad Diercks, Brady Gerdes, Matt Gilbertson, Robert Hellebust, Fito Gallardo, Rick Spencer, Dane Jorgenson, Matt Hilsabeck

Heat 1

Mike Sterns, Grant Junghans, Jason Krohn, Ryan Gustin, Matt Gilbertson, Royal Jones, Terry Haven, Chad Olsen, Rick Spencer

Heat 2

Jake Gallardo, Dave Mass, Alan Sharpenstein, Jimmy Ray, Trent Grager, Clayton Wagamon, Dan Hilsabeck, Dane Jorgenson, Ward Imrie

Heat 3

Joey Moriarty, Alex Stanford, Brad Diercks, Ricky Thornton, Jr., Nick O’Neil, Brady Gerdes, Fit o Gallardo, Rich Mann, Robert Hellebust

B-Main

Gilbertson, F. Gallardo, Gerdes, Hilsabeck, Hellebust, Spencer, Jorgenson, Haven, Olsen, Mann, Imrie