Cade Dillard shared his tentative plans for 2026 ahead of the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series sanctioned First Blood event at Arrowhead Speedway.

Speaking with the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series Late Model series, Dillard shared, “We’ll just kick everything off in Arizona and then we’ll probably go to Volusia in February and just hit and miss from there. Pry no series or nothing. Just race wherever makes sense for us.”

He went on to share that he would return to his shop in Louisiana following the First Blood event before heading to Central Arizona Raceway Park for the Wild West Shootout. Dillard said, “We’ll go back to the shop. We’ve still got another late model to finish and finish our mod up. We’ve got a lot of stuff for customers to get together. We’ll go back home, work a few days, and head out Wednesday.”

Dillard won the First Blood event, pocketing $5,026 and besting the likes of R.C. Whitwell, and Clay Stuckey who finished second and third to round out the podium. In fact Dillard swept the night. He was the fast qualifier, won his heat race, and then went on to win the feature. The only thing he wasn’t first in was in hot laps. He was second behind Tony Jackson Jr.

He will face some stout competition when he heads to Arizona. The Wild West Shootout features a who’s who of super dirt late model drivers and teams. It includes:

• Jonathan Davenport
• Bobby Pierce
• Ricky Thornton Jr.
• Brandon Sheppard
• Hudson O’neal
• Ryan Gustin
• Tyler Erb
• Brandon Overton
• Garrett Alberson
• Mike Marlar
• Drake Troutman
• Jake Timm
• Cade Dillard
• Dustin Sorenson
• Chase Junghans
• Ethan Dotson
• Daniel Adam
• Dan Ebert
• Clay Stuckey
• Chris Simpson
• Austin Kuehl
• Terry Carter
• Laela Eisenschenk
• Amelia Eisenschenk
• Tyler Peterson
• Eston Whisler
• Kylan Garner
• Tim Isenberg
• Kyle Beard
• Ian Whisler
• Jim Whisler
• Sammy Mars
• Steve Stultz
• Jake O’Neil
• Tim Ward
• Justin Duty
• Ashlee Buck
• Chance Mann
• Bricen James
• Clay Stuckey

Bobby Pierce is the defending champion of the series. He best Garrett Alberson, Tyler Erb, Brandon Sheppard, and Drake Troutman earlier this year. He also won the event in 2024. Jonathan Davenport beat out Kyle Larson and Pierce in 2023. In 2022, Mike Marlar took home the championship in its first year at Vado. The last time the event was held in Arizona at the now defunct Arizona Speedway in 2021, Davenport was the champion.

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