Great Falls' Joey Price Westbound For Wild West Modified Shootout
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Soldierboy Productions)
Representing “Big Sky Country” for the Wild West Modified Shootout is Joey Price. Price, out beautiful Great Falls, Montana, is searching for his first win of the season as the team is still figuring out a new engine/chassis package. Even though he may be winless in 2015 he does have a handful of second place performances.
“This year is going pretty good,” said Price, “we got a new car that we are working all the bugs out and are just trying to beat the crates.”
The only venue that the Susan River Reality/Wizard Racing Engines/J-n-M Motorsports/Travis Peery Racing #37 team has visited is Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, California. Joey is a former champion at Electric City Speedway, in Great Falls, and Belgrade's Gallatin Speedway. Also an interesting fact is that Price is a former participant of the Chili Bowl midget race in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With so many new tracks that he will be visiting what are some of his goals?
“I just hope we can make the feature every night and run inside the top five,” he would continue, “it would be nice to squeak out a win.”
The 2015 Wild West Modified Shootout kicks off at Southern Oregon Speedway on Saturday June 13th. The tour will wrap things up at Willamette Speedway on the 19th and 20th to close the speedweek out for the second straight year. Teams from Oregon, Washington, California, North Dakota, Montana, and British Columbia Canada are expected to make the journey.
All races will be broadcasted through Speed Shift TV and you can either purchase each race for $19.95 or buy the whole week for $99.95. Orders can be made onhttp://www.speedshifttv.com. Be sure and don't miss out on these great races featuring the best Modified drivers in the Pacific Northwest region.
2015 Wild West Modified Shootout Schedule:
Saturday June 13th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR
Sunday June 14th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA
Monday June 15th Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, OR
Tuesday June 16th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR
Wednesday June 17th Sunset Speedway Park Banks, OR
Thursday June 18th Travel Day
Friday June 19th Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR
Saturday June 20th Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR
Former Wild West Modified Shootout Champions:
2014- Alex Stanford
2013- Jesse Williamson
2012- Jesse Williamson
2011- Brian Poppa
Wild West Modified Shootout All-Time Win List (2011-14):
Jesse Williamson- 6
Alex Stanford- 5
Brian Poppa- 4
Ken Schrader- 2
Mark Carrell- 1
Braedon Hand
Scott Lenz
Travis Peery
Nick Trenchard
Mark Wauge