1/8/2024
Dustin Sorensen
Dustin Sorensen Embarks on '24 at WWS
Dustin Sorensen kicked off the 2024 campaign by trekking southwest to FK Rod Ends Vado (N.M.) Speedway Park for the 18th annual Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts.
The six-race miniseries opened on Saturday evening with 44 entries on hand for the $11,000-to-win event. Racing to a fourth-place finish in his heat race, Sorensen earned the 16th-starting spot for the night's 40-lap feature. He enjoyed a great run in the first feature of the year, passing nine drivers to finish seventh.
Action continued on Sunday evening, but with challenging weather conditions, Dustin's luck wouldn't be the best. He went out last in qualifying on a track that had slowed down significantly due to high winds. A poor qualifying effort put him behind the eight ball the rest of the night, and he was unable to recover to earn a starting spot in the night's feature as his outing came to an early end.
When action resumed on Wednesday, Dustin hit the ground running by setting fast time in his qualifying group before winning his heat race. Earning a spot in the redraw, Sorensen received the fourth-starting spot for the $11,000-to-win main event.
Dustin ran in the Top 5 throughout the main event before crossing the finish line in the fourth spot behind Bobby Pierce, Garrett Alberson, and Shannon Babb.
Full results from the miniseries are available at www.WildWestShootout.net.
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