We start the New Year off with a bang here at FloRacing this week with the return of the 2021 Wild West Shootout from Arizona Speedway featuring some of the biggest names in Dirt Late Model Racing AND in Modifieds. Billy Moyer, Jonathan Davenport, Bobby Pierce, Tyler Erb, Jason Feger, Brian Shirley, Ricky Thorton Jr., and other heavyweights are committed to make the trip down south ahead of Florida Speedweeks. Sprint car legend Donny Shatz will even be running a Dirt Late Model! On the modified side, 4-time WISSOTA National State Champion Travis Saurer, NASCAR Truck Series Champ Matt Crafton, and more.
30 Favorites To Watch At The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
Jan 11, 2021
With more than 300+ entries competing in the 35th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, the list of contenders is incredibly long.
A Glance at The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl's Monumental Growth
Jan 11, 2021
A lot has changed since Emmett Hahn and Lanny Edwards unveiled the “Indoor Midget National Championship” in January of 1987. The race was sponsored by Bob Berryhill’s local business, The Original Chili Bowl, and the name stuck.
Kyle Larson's 13-Year Journey To Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Glory
Jan 10, 2021
Kyle Larson’s 2020 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl breakthrough was significant on countless levels.
Drivers That You Didn't Know Ran The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl
Jan 10, 2021
For more than three decades now, the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals has been a proving ground for racers from almost every discipline imaginable.
Super Teams Lead Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Charge
Jan 10, 2021
With more than 300+ entries at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, the trailers come in all shapes and sizes.
A Deep Dive Into Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Stat Book
Jan 10, 2021
Prepare yourself for the 35th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals by studying up on this stout statistical binge courtesy of Walkapedia!
Hustle For 2021 Debut Pays Off For Jonathan Davenport In Southwest
Jan 10, 2021
QUEEN CREEK, Ariz. (Jan. 9) - The flip of the calendar to Jan. 1 isn’t merely symbolic. It’s downright cathartic for some.
Bacon Chases 4th & Doubles Promotions in 2021
Jan 10, 2021
Compared to his first two USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car driving championships in 2014 and 2016, the crown Brady Bacon achieved during the 2020 season hit differently.
Hummel Named USAC's 2020 Top Chief Mechanic
Jan 9, 2021
If there’s one particular moment that fully encapsulated the sense of pride and preparedness 2020 USAC Chief Mechanic of the Year Matt Hummel, Brady Bacon and Dynamics, Inc. undertake before, after and during a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car event, it was an early-summer night in June 2020 where the team’s fortunes were put to the ultimate test.
Alberson Hopes To Come 'Full Circle' At Arizona's Wild West Shootout
Jan 9, 2021
Garrett Alberson has come a long way in the 11 years since he failed to qualify for a single main event while making his Dirt Late Model debut at the 2010 Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout. But even though the Las Cruces, N.M., native who now races out of Dubuque, Iowa, has returned to the popular winter miniseries each year since that inauspicious start, a victory at the event has always eluded him.
Recent Arizona Statistical Leaders
Jan 8, 2021
Which Late Model drivers have had the most Arizona success in recent seasons? Examine statistical leaders entering the 2021 Wild West Shootout from 66 completed January events in the desert since 2010:
Schlenk All Business In Making Wild West Shootout Debut
Jan 5, 2021
Like many Midwestern racers, the idea of escaping the harsh winter weather for a week of racing in Arizona in January has always been a tempting proposition for Rusty Schlenk. But the expense of a cross-country haul hasn't feasible for the 34-year-old budget racer to join the annual Dirt Late Model migration to the desert for the Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout.
Fast Facts: Keyser Manufacturing Wild West Shootout
Jan 5, 2021
Dates: ($5,000-to-win features, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 9, 10, 13, 15 and 16 and $25,000-to-win feature, along with heats and consolations on Jan. 17).
How to Watch: 2021 Bounty Hunters No Prep Nationals
Jan 5, 2021
No Prep's largest annual season-opening event is back in 2021 for it's 5th running. Project X Promotions and Eat Race Die Productions have teamed up with Penwell Knights Raceway in Odessa, TX to bring you one of the biggest racing events ever to hit West Texas. Tune in live on FloRacing as no-prep racing's rising stars and Street Outlaws battle it out on March 5-6, 2021.
Wild West Shootout History, Winners & Tidbits
Jan 5, 2021
Ahead of Jan. 9-17's miniseries action at Arizona Speedway in Queen Creek, Ariz., catch up on Wild West Shootout results, champions and winners, plus enjoy 10 driver tidbits looking to 2021.
