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by Ryan Neuharth
TUCSON, AZ (January 11) – After what could be described as an uneventful trip to Tucson in 2014, Lebanon, MO standout Tony Jackson, Jr., certainly has started off the 2015 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout on a much higher note. Jackson bested his opening night seventh by taking the lead from Don Shaw on lap thirteen of the 30-lap main event and steering his Keyser Manufacturing, Henryetta Ford, Darrell Langian Racing, Cornet, Club 29 to the night two win.

Jackson would start from the outside of row one and would fall in line behind Shaw on the opening lap as Adam Hensel, Ricky Weiss, Jason Papich, Chase Junghans, Terry Phillips, Billy Moyer, Darrell Lanigan and Chris Simpson completed the top ten.

Phillips made a quick move by bounding up two spots on lap two as Papich and Junghans raced side by side for sixth. Phillips made the move around Weiss for fourth on lap seven as Shaw rim-rode around the 3/8th mile oval as Jackson and Hensel followed around the low side.

Shaw would continue to lead at the one-third mark as Lanigan bypassed Junghans and Papich to ride in the sixth spot. Jackson would make his move on Shaw as the two were even on lap eleven with Jackson moving to the front on lap twelve. Halfway home Jackson lead Shaw, Hensel, Phillips, Weiss, Lanigan, Papich, Junghans, Simpson, Moyer, and seventeenth starting Jimmy Owens.

As sprinkles began to falls on lap seventeen, Owens would start living up to this nickname as the “The O Show” and began to put on a show flying around a cushion that was much improved over night one. He would crack the top ten on lap fifteen and start building up a tremendous amount of momentum in pursuit of the front runners.

Henzel would dispatch of Shaw on lap eighteen as Lanigan did the same to Weiss and then Phillips. Jackson and Henzel would slightly ease away from the pack amidst last traffic as a war developed between Lanigan, Phillips, Shaw, Weiss & Papich with position swaps occurring all over the speedway.

With just ten to go Jackson and Henzel continued up front, but Phillips has gone back around Lanigan for third with Shaw now fifth. The back and forth battle between Lanigan and Phillips swayed back in favor the Union, KY driver as Owens began to pick off the top runners vaulting from tenth to fourth between laps twenty and twenty-five blasting around the most unoccupied high side.

Lanigan would poke his nose to the inside of Henzel several times over the final five trips but couldn’t muster enough momentum to make the move. Jackson would race unchallenged to the checkers in picking up his first career Wild West Shootout win.

Feature
1 2 56 Tony Jackson Jr Lebanon, MO 5,000
2 4 33x Adam Hensel Barron, WI 2,500
3 9 F5 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 1,500
4 17 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 800
5 8 75 Terry Phillips Springfield, MO 700
6 10 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA 600
7 3 7 Ricky Weiss Headingley, MB 550
8 6 91P Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA 500
9 1 42 Don Shaw Ham Lake, MN 450
10 5 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS 400
11 15 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM 400
12 7 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 400
13 13 58 A.J. Diemel Elk Mound, WI 400
14 11 5m Jon Mitchell Texarkana, TX 400
15 16 91 Tyler Erb Magnolia, TX 400
16 14 5 RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ 400
17 18 18 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth Northport, AL 400
18 21 11 Pat Doar New Richmond, WI 400
19 12 1 Anthony Burroughs Muscle Shoals, AL 400
20 23 0 Jake O’Neil Tucson, AZ 400
21 24 27 Jake Redetzke Eau Claire, WI 400
22 19 51 Matt Furman Columbus, OH 400
23 20 20S Rodney Sanders Happy, TX 400
24 22 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR 400

B-Main #1 (top 4 transfer)
1 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN
2 51 Matt Furman Columbus, OH
3 11 Pat Doar New Richmond, WI
4 0 Jake O’Neil Tucson, AZ
5 6T Terry Carter Ft Saskatchewan, AB
6 43 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM
7 g17 Bumper Jones Las Cruces, NM
8 32b Clay Daly Watsonville, CA
9 06 Dave Smith Edmonton, AB
10 33d Brian Diveley Springfield, IL
11 17 Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA
12 7 Marshall Miles Tucson, AZ
13 11K Jeremy Keller Mandan, ND
14 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA
15 51 Joey Moriarty Phoenix, AZ
16 28 Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI
17 19 Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA

B-Main #2 (top 4 transfer)
1 18 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth Northport, AL
2 20S Rodney Sanders Happy, TX
3 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR
4 27 Jake Redetzke Eau Claire, WI
5 91T Tony Toste Pismo Beach, CA
6 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA
7 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
8 R5 Hunter Rasdon Jonesboro, AR
9 40F Dana Fite Tucson, AZ
10 10tt Tyson Turnbull Estevan, SK
11 14 Sean Bray Tucson, AZ
12 12K Matt Micheli Live Oak, CA
13 2T Trevor Glaser Tanqent, OR
14 3d Dave Deetz Las Cruces, NM
15 23s Bucky Andrews Tucson, AZ
16 89 James Laing Tucson, AZ

Heat #1
1 2 7 Ricky Weiss Headingley, MB 105
2 5 33x Adam Hensel Barron, WI 108
3 10 91P Jason Papich Arroyo Grande, CA 121
4 6 18 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth Northport, AL 89
5 3 43 Garrett Alberson Las Cruces, NM 69
6 8 51 Matt Furman Columbus, OH 75
7 4 40F Dana Fite Tucson, AZ 53.5
8 9 06 Dave Smith Edmonton, AB 56
9 1 14 Sean Bray Tucson, AZ 32
10 7 7 Marshall Miles Tucson, AZ 32.5

Heat #2
1 1 F5 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 100
2 2 91 Tyler Erb Magnolia, TX 93
3 5 5 RC Whitwell Tucson, AZ 96
4 8 5 Jon Mitchell Texarkana, TX 99
5 3 27 Jake Redetzke Eau Claire, WI 69
6 9 11 Pat Doar New Richmond, WI 80
7 10 21jr Billy Moyer Jr Batesville, AR 73
8 6 R5 Hunter Rasdon Jonesboro, AR 48
9 7 32b Clay Daly Watsonville, CA 41
10 4 17 Larry Childress Bakersfield, CA 28

Heat #3
1 6 56 Tony Jackson Jr Lebanon, MO 125
2 1 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 91.5
3 10 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 121
4 7 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruces, NM 94
5 5 g17 Bumper Jones Las Cruces, NM 72
6 8 11K Jeremy Keller Mandan, ND 75
7 3 33d Brian Diveley Springfield, IL 52
8 2 89 James Laing Tucson, AZ 42
9 4 12K Matt Micheli Live Oak, CA 36.5
10 9 19 Ryan Gustin Marshalltown, IA 35.5

Heat #4
1 1 32 Chris Simpson Oxford, IA 100
2 3 58 A.J. Diemel Elk Mound, WI 98
3 6 75 Terry Phillips Springfield, MO 101
4 5 20S Rodney Sanders Happy, TX 84
5 4 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR 70.5
6 10 0 Jake O’Neil Tucson, AZ 85
7 7 91T Tony Toste Pismo Beach, CA 58
8 2 2T Trevor Glaser Tanqent, OR 42
9 9 3d Dave Deetz Las Cruces, NM 44
10 8 10tt Tyson Turnbull Estevan, SK 34

Heat #5
1 2 42 Don Shaw Ham Lake, MN 105
2 7 18c Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS 118
3 3 6T Terry Carter Ft Saskatchewan, AB 86
4 8 1 Anthony Burroughs Muscle Shoals, AL 99
5 6 27 Nick Bartels El Segundo, CA 77
6 5 23s Bucky Andrews Tucson, AZ 63.5
7 1 10N Robert Sanders Bakersfield, CA 49
8 4 51 Joey Moriarty Phoenix, AZ 45
9 9 28 Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI 44