1/12/2025
Garrett Alberson
Garrett Alberson grabs Wild West Shootout victory at Vado Speedway Park
Golden Isles Speedway’s Super Bowl of Racing Up Next
DUBUQUE, Iowa (01/13/25) – Stealing the spotlight from red-hot Bobby Pierce, Garrett Alberson rolled to his first win of the season in Friday’s Wild West Shootout preliminary at Vado Speedway Park aboard the Roberts Motorsports / Mesilla Valley Transportation / Low Voltage Solutions, Inc. No. 58 Longhorn Chassis Late Model.
Alberson, a native just 25 minutes from the 3/8-mile New Mexico oval, stormed fourth-to-first on the opening circuit and repelled Pierce’s late charge to claim the $10,000 payday.
“We’ve been working on our package for this kind of grippy track right here, really all year last year,” Alberson said. “The car just rotates, does what it needs to do and them restarts, I hate them restarts. I just had to think it through a little bit, make sure I had my speed going into turn one, so I didn’t leave myself vulnerable. It all worked out this time.”
Garrett Alberson and the Roberts Motorsports team returned to Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park on Friday afternoon after a brief snow shower cancelled the third round of the 19th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout
With 39 Super Late Models in attendance for the final three rounds of the January miniseries, Alberson wasted no time making his mark. He set the fastest time in qualifying and cruised to a dominant eight-lap victory in his heat race. Despite an unlucky draw, Alberson quickly surged from fourth-to-first on the opening lap of the feature and never looked back, claiming his first win of the season and his second career Wild West Shootout victory. He held off a late challenge from Bobby Pierce after a last-lap restart to secure the $10,000 payday.
After turning in a seventh-place outing in Saturday’s program, Garrett wrapped up the Wild West Shootout on Saturday night with a third-place finish in the $25,000-to-win finale. He joined race-winner Bobby Pierce and Chase Junghans on the podium.
Garrett’s strong finishes in the final three rounds propelled him to second in the miniseries point standings.
Full results from the trip out West can be found at www.WildWestShootout.net.
Alberson now turns his attention to the highly anticipated season opener of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series this weekend at Golden Isles Speedway in Brunswick, Georgia. The rain-shortened Super Bowl of Racing begins Friday, followed by Saturday's main event, which boasts a $25,000 top prize. Sunday's schedule will feature the rescheduled program originally set for Thursday.
Full event details at www.LucasDirt.com.
Garrett Alberson and Roberts Motorsports would like to thank their marketing partners, which include Sunoco Racing Fuels, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Low Voltage Solutions, Inc., Fast Shafts Drive Shafts, Dicky's Doghouse Automotive, Longhorn Chassis, VG Performance, Lucas Oil Products, Titan Racing Products, A-1 Performance Warehouse, Done Right TV Solar, Orion Tire Repair, Bill’s Sport Shop, DirtCarLift.com, Bilstein Racing Shocks, RCS Union Software, Roemer Machine & Welding, Performance Bodies, SIMS Family Racing, Clements Racing Engines, Swift Springs, Capital Screen Company, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Mitchell Ranch (Gidding, Texas), Alberson58.MyShopify.com, J. Craig’s Tile, GO Lithium Racing Batteries, Hoosier Racing Tires, Arbor Auto Works, McGinley Construction, Browning Auto Parts, American Document Series, BUDDA Bert Transmissions, Capital Signs & Wraps, Super Shots Sports Photography, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, PEM Racing Gears, Strange Oval, Allstar Performance, Midwest Sheet Metal, Praxair, Keyser Manufacturing, RSA Aluminum, Sweet Manufacturing, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Pro Glow Powersports Wash, Winning Edge Carburetors, T&G Refurbishers, and MyRacePass Marketing Services.
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