VADO, N.M. — Employing the same car that won last year’s World Finals finale, Mike Marlar surely thought he’d perform better than just one top-five finish through four races at the Rio Grande Waste Services Wild West Shootout. “I was ready to come out here and put it on these guys,” Marlar said. “I saw (Larson) on the board, and I figured he was running the cushion, so I was trying to make my entry wide enough down here,” Marlar said. “I was hoping we would get a caution there when we did,” Larson said. “I was able to show my nose at the right time and he got over the cushion in four to get to second,” Larson said. “I got in a really good race with Jonathan there in lapped traffic. Then, at the end of the race, lapped cars really were helping me.”The finish:.

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