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Garrett Alberson leads wire-to-wire for $15,000 Wild West Shootout victory

High Stakes $25,000 Finale Set for Sunday at Central Arizona Raceway

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (Jan. 17, 2026) — Kicking back into gear for the penultimate event of the 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts, more than 160 competitors entered Round #5 at FK Rod Ends Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Arizona, presented by Low Voltage Solutions.

Garrett Alberson, Ken Schrader, and Jeremy Payne visited Hoker Trucking Victory Lane.

Garrett Alberson of Las Cruces, N.M., earned his third-career Wild West Shootout victory on Saturday in a caution-free show over Hudson O’Neal and Bobby Pierce. Alberson secured the pole position for the 40-lap main event in the Schaeffer’s Oil Redraw and jumped to the lead on the opening lap. Pulling away to a margin of more than five seconds at the checkered flag, the New Mexico native led all 40 circuits to claim the $15,000 victory.

“I love it when it goes caution free, I’m a green-flag racer,” said Garrett Alberson with a smile. “I caught lapped traffic there and really wasn’t sure where to be … I was trying to pick my battles … you know how that goes.” Alberson also credited his team’s role in the victory, adding, “Man, I’ve just got to thank this team. I’m so proud of these guys. They said, ‘Don’t touch this thing, just drive it.’”

Garrett Alberson and Roberts Motorsports collected their first victory of the 2026 Wild West Shootout and the team’s third in miniseries history. Alberson now sits second in the Super Late Model point standings for the event.

Front-row starter Mike Marlar pulled into the hot pit with engine issues before the green flag and did not complete a lap in the A-Main. Friday night’s winner Hudson O’Neal finished second, while Jonathan Davenport secured his first podium of the event. Jake Timm earned hard charger honors, advancing from 22nd-to-17th.

The legendary Ken Schrader picked up the victory in the Shocker Hitch X-Modifieds presented by Border Tire. Schrader started seventh in the 25-lap main event and outran Jake Smith and Christy Barnett to take the $1,000 win.

In his return to the driver’s seat, Jeremy Payne of Springfield, Mo., picked up the $2,000 triumph in the Mesilla Valley Transportation Modified division. Payne led every lap from the pole in the 25-lap feature, besting Reece Solander and Dustin Strand at the checkers.

Sunday’s $25,000-to-win Super Late Model finale will conclude the 2026 Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Modifieds and X-Mods will be joined by Stock Cars for the finale at FK Rod Ends Central Arizona Raceway presented by Low Voltage Solutions.

Single-day reserved tickets are still on sale now at www.WildWestShootout.net.

If you can't make it out to Arizona in January to enjoy the amazing racing and beautiful weather, you can watch every lap on FloRacing. Sign up and watch here. https://flosports.link/4evwNYI.

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Wild West Shootout | Night #5 | Feature Results:

Black Diamond Racecars Late Model division presented by Malvern Bank:

A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[1]; 2. 6-Hudson O'Neal[3]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]; 4. 32-Bobby Pierce[6]; 5. 22*-Drake Troutman[8]; 6. 19R-Ryan Gustin[10]; 7. 74X-Ethan Dotson[7]; 8. 1-Tyler Erb[9]; 9. 97-Cade Dillard[12]; 10. 19-Dustin Sorensen[13]; 11. 0-Jake O'Neil[5]; 12. 15S-Clay Stuckey[11]; 13. 15D-Justin Duty[15]; 14. 18-Chase Junghans[16]; 15. 96T-RC Whitwell[14]; 16. 66-Eli Ross[17]; 17. 49T-Jake Timm[22]; 18. 86-Kyle Beard[21]; 19. 9T-Tim Isenberg[24]; 20. 8-Dillon McCowan[23]; 21. 13-Bricen James[20]; 22. 75-Terry Phillips[25]; 23. B5-Brandon Sheppard[18]; 24. 82-Eston Whisler[19]; 25. 157-Mike Marlar[2]

Mesilla Valley Transportation Modified division:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 186-Jeremy Payne[1]; 2. 5-Reece Solander[7]; 3. 71-Dustin Strand[4]; 4. 4W-Tyler Wolff[5]; 5. 20S-Rodney Sanders[16]; 6. 19-Dustin Sorensen[11]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian[10]; 8. J17-Jake Gallardo[18]; 9. 112-Tyler Peterson[21]; 10. 65-Tyler Davis[3]; 11. 19SB-Lance Mari[15]; 12. 07X-Troy Morris III[13]; 13. G17-Fito Gallardo[9]; 14. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[14]; 15. 44N-Jason Noll[24]; 16. 19R-Lucas Rodin[12]; 17. 721-Troy Gemmill[23]; 18. 2SS-Mark Smith[2]; 19. 80XX-Jason Langford[8]; 20. 2K-Taylor Kuehl[22]; 21. 25-Kale Murphrey[17]; 22. 75-Terry Phillips[20]; 23. 29-Chris Spalding[19]; 24. 10M-Talan Willis[6]

Shocker Hitch X-Modified division presented by Border Tire:

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 9-Ken Schrader[7]; 2. 21-Jake Smith[19]; 3. 44-Christy Barnett[14]; 4. 75-Cole Suckow[2]; 5. 19R-Lucas Rodin[16]; 6. 32C-Curtis Stieh[10]; 7. 1S-Scott Bintz[11]; 8. 27P-Parker Anderson[17]; 9. 0-Dakota Girard[18]; 10. 3J-Josh Cain[1]; 11. 94-Tyler Potter[3]; 12. 57-Duke Erickson[12]; 13. 14J-Jacob Hodges[9]; 14. 711-Payce Herrera[22]; 15. 99-Jeremy Haddox[15]; 16. 13-Josh Beyer[5]; 17. 89-Chris Mangum[13]; 18. 75J-Tyler Johnson[4]; 19. 21B-Braxton James[23]; 20. 161-Remington Budd[6]; 21. 34-Brandon Rehill[8]; 22. 509-Brennan Davis[20]; 23. 79-Jaden Christ[24]; 24. M17-Rob Moseley[21]

The Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts is made possible by Rio Grande Waste Services, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Pit Boss, FK Rod Ends, Low Voltage Solutions, Malvern Bank, Black Diamond Race Cars, Hoker Trucking, ShockerHitch.com, Penske Racing Shocks, Merry’s Home Furnishings, Shaw Trucking, Schaeffer Oil, AM-1 Roofing, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Border Tire, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Swift Springs, Dirt Pro Grading & Padwork, Contractors & Developers (C&D) Bonding, Whisler Construction, Shocks by Hammer, Midwest Sheet Metal, Speedway Motors, Day Motor Sports, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Pro Power Engines, Beaver Stripes, Arizona Differential, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Don Frank Floors, Toste Construction, Winning Edge Carburetion, The Joie of Seating, Needmore Speedway, DirtDraft.com, AC Designs, Hochatown Saloon, and FloRacing.

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