Story By: WILD WEST SHOOTOUT – VADO, NM – Dereck Ramirez banked his second-straight Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modified presented by Rancho Milagro victory Wednesday evening in the 17th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts at FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park.
Tyler Wolff led the first two circuits before Ramirez inched ahead for the lead. The duo battled side-by-side for the next few laps before Ramirez began to inch away from the field.
The Woodward, Okla. racer went on to dominate the remainder of the event, crossing the finish line 3.590 seconds ahead of Wolff. Tenth-starting Tanner Mullens was third with Ricky Alvarado and Darron Fuqua completing the Top 5.
North Dakota’s Lucas Rodin got the monkey off his back and picked up the victory in the Shocker Hitch X-Mod feature presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson division.
Rodin spent much of the feature battling Gabe Hodges for the lead before surging ahead to get the victory.
Jesse Haynie, Gabe Hodges, Jimmy Ray, and Dalton Ragsdale completed the Top-5 finishers.
The miniseries takes a final day off on Thursday before three-straight days of action kicks off on Friday, Jan. 13 with the second round of the mega miniseries. The evening’s festivities will include complete programs for the Dirt Track Bank Super Late Models presented by Black Diamond Race Cars ($10,000-to-win), the Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro ($1,000-to-win), and Shocker Hitch X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson ($500-to-win).
The pit gate opens at 2:00 p.m. MST with grandstand gates opening at 4:00 p.m. Hot laps are at 4:30 p.m. with racing action at 6:00 p.m.
Grandstand general admission (ages 13-and-up) is $25, while children (ages 6-12) are $10, and kids (ages 5-and-under) are free.
17th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts
FK Rod Ends Vado Speedway Park
Jan. 11, 2023
Mesilla Valley Transportation / Border Tire Modifieds presented by Rancho Milagro
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[2]; 2. 4W-Tyler Wolff[1]; 3. 02-Tanner Mullens[10]; 4. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[3]; 5. 87F-Darron Fuqua[4]; 6. 0-Jake O’Neil[6]; 7. 65-Tyler Davis[13]; 8. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[5]; 9. 32-DJ Shannon[8]; 10. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[16]; 11. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[12]; 12. 89-Steven Whiteaker Jr[17]; 13. 88-Chad Wheeler[7]; 14. 58X-Gary Christian[9]; 15. 60-Dan Ebert[19]; 16. 71-Dustin Strand[20]; 17. 8N-Nick Rivera[18]; 18. 10B-Brandon Givens[11]; 19. 2SS-Mark Smith[22]; 20. 16B-Randy Brown[14]; 21. 88X-Nathan Smith[15]; 22. 4RX-Jared Russell[23]; 23. 20-Rodney Sanders[21]; 24. 24X-Xavier Ortega[24]
Shocker Hitch X-Mods presented by Barnett Harley-Davidson
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 19-Lucas Rodin[2]; 2. X15-Jesse Haynie[7]; 3. 7G-Gabe Hodges[8]; 4. 0-Jimmy Ray[11]; 5. 22-Dalton Ragsdale[3]; 6. J2-Kris Jackson[23]; 7. 5C-Preston Carr[14]; 8. 28-Andy Bryant[18]; 9. 06-Chris Theodore[20]; 10. 79-Allen Owen Jr[6]; 11. 24-Jonathon Ortega[16]; 12. 17S-Mike Striegel[9]; 13. 11-Lucas Ward[5]; 14. 5-Reece Solander[17]; 15. M17-Rob Moseley[1]; 16. 12-Justin Allen[24]; 17. 32-Eric Haugland[4]; 18. 5M-Eric McNutt[13]; 19. 7C-John Carney[21]; 20. 21A-Andrew Hodges[19]; 21. 93-Greg Gorham[22]; 22. 34G-Billy Gordon[10]; 23. 3S-Sal Gomez[15]; 24. 17-Peyton Gallardo[12]