Story By: BEN SHELTON / WILD WEST SHOOTOUT – VADO, NM – The 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts drew to a dramatic close at FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park on Sunday evening.
In the Shocker Hitch X-Mod division presented by Border Tire, Jesse Haynie overtook Josh Cain, who led the first 11 laps, to claim the lead and ultimately the victory in the $1,000-to-win finale. Haynie’s second victory in the 2024 miniseries came ahead of Cain, J.C. Morton, Reece Solander, and Nick Rivera.
With his fifth-place finish Nick Rivera clinched the 2024 Shocker Hitch X-Mod Championship presented by Border Tire.
The Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified feature presented by Rancho Milagro saw Cade Dillard streak to his fourth win of the week, which led to him also being crowned the division’s point champion.
Gary Christian, Dan Ebert, Tyler Wolff, and Rodney Sanders completed the Top-5 finishers in the $2,000-to-win finale.
In total 181 different drivers entered at least one event during the six-race series.
Details for the January 2025 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout at FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park will be released in the coming weeks.
18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts: Round #6
FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park
Jan. 14, 2024
Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified presented by Rancho Milagro
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 97-Cade Dillard[1]; 2. 58X-Gary Christian[3]; 3. 60-Dan Ebert[10]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[6]; 6. J17-Jake Gallardo[9]; 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[7]; 8. 88-Chad Wheeler[2]; 9. 32-DJ Shannon[15]; 10. 2SS-Mark Smith[22]; 11. T75-Terry Phillips[17]; 12. 65-Tyler Davis[11]; 13. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[19]; 14. 27X-Calvin Iverson[8]; 15. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[24]; 16. 88S-Nathan Smith[21]; 17. 69-Lucas Schott[20]; 18. 111-Logan Drake[4]; 19. 33-Jaren Martin[23]; 20. 0-Jake O’Neil[16]; 21. 9R-Jimmy Ray[14]; 22. 131J-Johnny Scott[18]; 23. G17-Fito Gallardo[12]; 24. 19SB-Lance Mari[13]
Shocker Hitch X-Mods presented by Border Tire
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. X15-Jesse Haynie[4]; 2. 3J-Josh Cain[2]; 3. 18-JC Morton[3]; 4. 5-Reece Solander[10]; 5. A0S-Nick Rivera[9]; 6. 23H-Hector Barraza[6]; 7. M17-Rob Moseley[1]; 8. 24-Shane McNutt[8]; 9. 71-Nate Reinke[16]; 10. 7CC-Colby Williams[7]; 11. 15-Tracy Denby[12]; 12. 24X-Jonathon Ortega[18]; 13. 47CC-Conner Williams[11]; 14. 14J-Jacob Hodges[17]; 15. 19-Lucas Rodin[19]; 16. 07-Donavon Flores[20]; 17. 12-Mike Rosales[21]; 18. 1J-Jaden Christ[14]; 19. 7-Willie Gammill[24]; 20. 44-Christy Barnett[22]; 21. 23B-Israel Ortega[23]; 22. 58-Chad Reid[13]; 23. 21X-Tanner Kade[5]; 24. 17-Peyton Gallardo[15]