Who’s the fastest draw in the West — or at least in Amarillo? Can Patrick Lee defend his title against Mayor Cole Stanley at this year's event on June 6? In last year’s competition of the TX 66 ...

The annual competition for the fastest draw in Amarillo took place Friday afternoon, June 6 at Rex Baxter "corral," with six competitors vying for the title at the TX 66 Celebrity Fast Draw Shoot Out.

With his right hand on his six-shot revolver, Everett Chodos, aka “Speedy James,” lined up next to a gunslinger probably three times his age in familiar cowboy attire with a straw cowboy hat and boots ...

Note: For additional photos, see the Aug. 14, 2025, print edition of the LVN. The Fastest Gun Alive: World Championship of Cowboy Fast Draw competed its 23rd year of competition in late July as ...