Ebert Reigns
in King of America XII
Daniel was in the lion’s den
Saturday night at the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt,
Kansas, for the finale of RacinDirt USMTS King of
America XII presented by Shocker Hitch, but he emerged a
newly-crowned king at the end of a 60-lap battle.
After Terry Phillips won in impressive fashion on
Thursday, most of the betting was heavy on his side
again Saturday after his crew drew the pole for a second
straight night.
It appeared that Phillips was on
his way to another historic win as he pulled away from
the pack and led the first 30 laps unchallenged. Only
Dan Ebert was able to stay with him and he eventually
ran him down.
Ebert, from Lake Shore, Minnesota,
made the winning pass with 33 laps down and 27 to go.
His car just continued to get smaller in the windshield
of every chaser.
With the threat of rain looming
above, Ebert made quick work of lapped traffic and never
faltered. In his Collins Brothers Towing #60, Ebert took
the checkered flag on lap 60 with a 4.984-second
advantage—more than double the combined margins of
victory in the first three events this year.
“Unbelievable really. Special thanks to (Race Director)
Todd, he said ‘We gotta hurry here the rain’s coming.
Look at it, it’s going here,” Ebert said in victory lane
as the rain began to fall. ”Early in the go I was just
searching—trying some high, trying some low—and decided
to go back to the bottom and see where we’ve been
running. I just kept working him and working him but I
had to be real careful not to slide my tires.”
It
was no surprise to find Ebert near the front of the
pack. With three top-ten efforts and a pair of top-five
finishes so far this year, Ebert improved his score card
with a $12,000 triumph on Saturday in becoming King
Daniel XII—the eleventh different winner of this event.
It was his third USMTS triumph.
“We made a shock
change today and the FOX Shocks are really dialed-in,”
he added. ”We studied our tires last night and we saw
some blistering but thought it was from the cold
weather, so I think we made the right call tonight.”
For Phillips, it was his second runner-up effort in
four races, but it was enough for another healthy payday
and enough to lay claim to the top spot in the national
points standings.
Last year’s Grant Junghans
USMTS Rookie of the Year, Cayden Carter, finished third
and fans got to witness an amazing run by Rodney Sanders
as the four-time USMTS National Champion started dead
last in 30th and crossed the finish in fourth.
A
former winner here, Zack VanderBeek was as solid as ever
with a fifth-place finish. Jim Chisholm, defending event
champion Jake O'Neil, Jason Hughes, Jeremy Nelson and
Tyler Wolff completed the top ten at the checkered flag.
A short week lies ahead as the Summit USMTS
Modifieds invade the “Land of Three Wide” for the 10th
Annual USMTS Cajun Clash at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in
Vivian, Louisiana.
After a practice session
Wednesday, drivers will race for $3,000 to win Thursday,
$5,000 to win Friday and $10,000 to win Saturday, April
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OFFICIAL RESULTS United States Modified Touring
Series Summit USMTS National Championship presented
by RacinDirt RacinDirt USMTS King of America XII
presented by Shock Hitch – Night 3 of 3 Humboldt
Speedway, Humboldt, Kansas Saturday, March 25, 2023
Showing finishing position, starting position in
parentheses, car number, driver and hometown. Heat race
lineups are determined via group qualifying. The top 12
in heat race passing points advance to the Summit Racing
Equipment “A” Main.
SIMPSON
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (2) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 2. (3) 38T
Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 3. (5) 55 Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa 4. (6) 1ST Johnny Scott, Las
Cruces, N.M. 5. (1) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
6. (7) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 7. (4) 99L
Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 8. (11) WW1 Ricky
Alvarado, Delta, Colo. 9. (10) 18 Bobby Mayfield, Elk
City, Okla. 10. (9) 17 Jon Plowman, Woodbine, Iowa
11. (8) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound City, Kan.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (8 laps):
1. (4) 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 2. (2) 21KT Ricky
Thornton Jr., Martinsville, Ind. 3. (8) 7 Al Hejna,
Clear Lake, Iowa 4. (7) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo.
5. (6) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 6. (5) 19SB
Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif. 7. (10) 01 Jacob
Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 8. (1) 7X Chris Dawson,
Lubbock, Texas 9. (11) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin,
Gladewater, Texas 10. (3) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des
Moines, Iowa 11. (9) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 2. (5) 49 Jake
Timm, Winona, Minn. 3. (1) 4 Jeremy Nelson,
Alexandria, Minn. 4. (4) 174 Ethan Dotson,
Bakersfield, Calif. 5. (6) 56X Broc Bowen, Fannin,
Texas 6. (8) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
7. (7) 33X Justin Froemming, Garfield, Minn. 8. (3)
6ST Joseph Thomas, Glyndon, Minn. 9. (10) 16B Randy
Brown, Chowchilla, Calif. 10. (11) 747 Colton Eck,
Goddard, Kan. 11. (9) 99T T.J. Tolan, Valley Center,
Kan.
WIELAND HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (1) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (3) 26G
Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn. 3. (6) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark. 4. (2) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville,
Kan. 5. (9) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 6. (5)
87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. 7. (7) 21 Jacob
Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 8. (8) 20T Trevor Anderson,
Watertown, S.D. 9. (10) 88 Tanner Williamson, Fort
Frances, Ont., Canada 10. (4) K9 Will Krup, Mt.
Carmel, Ill. 11. (11) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City,
Texas
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (8 laps):
1. (2) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 2. (4) 45
Chase Holland, Success, Miss. 3. (8) 15W Kale
Westover, Altus, Okla. 4. (6) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts,
Okla. 5. (1) 21X Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla. 6.
(9) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 7. (5) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 8. (7) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 9. (3) 90 Steve Wetzstein, West
Concord, Minn. 10. (10) 308 Pat Hoffman, Rice Lake,
Wis. 11. (11) 32 Jesse Young, Warner, S.D.
SUPER CLEAN HEAT RACE #6 (8 laps):
1. (2) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa 2. (3)
15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 3. (1) 712
Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla. 4. (6) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 5. (5) 4RJ Jared Russell,
Wagoner, Okla. 6. (4) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute,
Kan. 7. (10) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn. 8. (7)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 9. (9) 25C Cody
Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 10. (11) 15W Wyatt
Gaggero, Wichita, Kan. 11. (8) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B”
MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (3)
21KT Ricky Thornton Jr., Martinsville, Ind. 2. (2) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (1) 26G Ryan Gierke,
Villard, Minn. 4. (7) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
5. (10) WW1 Ricky Alvarado, Delta, Colo. 6. (12) 21K
Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 7. (8) 16 Austin Siebert,
Grandview, Mo. 8. (15) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita,
Kan. 9. (9) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn. 10.
(14) 7X Chris Dawson, Lubbock, Texas 11. (17) 47 Jack
Sartain, Royse City, Texas 12. (16) 17 Jon Plowman,
Woodbine, Iowa 13. (18) 99T T.J. Tolan, Valley
Center, Kan. 14. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
15. (4) 56X Broc Bowen, Fannin, Texas 16. (6) 65
Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 17. (13) 16B Randy
Brown, Chowchilla, Calif. 18. (11) 99L Steve
Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 4 advance):
1. (2) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 2. (4) 4
Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. 3. (1) 15W Alex
Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 4. (9) 4R Dereck Ramirez,
Woodward, Okla. 5. (16) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel,
Ill. 6. (3) 8 Dillon McCowan, Urbana, Mo. 7. (10)
33X Justin Froemming, Garfield, Minn. 8. (7) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 9. (14) 25C Cody
Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 10. (18) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D. 11. (13) 88 Tanner Williamson, Fort
Frances, Ont., Canada 12. (11) 20T Trevor Anderson,
Watertown, S.D. 13. (6) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan.
14. (17) 32 Jesse Young, Warner, S.D. 15. (5) 4R
Jared Russell, Wagoner, Okla. 16. (15) 90 Steve
Wetzstein, West Concord, Minn. 17. (12) 78 Billy Jack
Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 18. (8) 10B Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS
“B” MAIN #3 (15 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (2)
1ST Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 2. (1) 38T Dylan
Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 3. (5) 174 Ethan Dotson,
Bakersfield, Calif. 4. (11) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 5. (12) 6ST Joseph Thomas, Glyndon,
Minn. 6. (16) 11X Tom Berry Jr., Des Moines, Iowa
7. (4) 712 Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla. 8. (8) 01
Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 9. (9) 127 Paden
Phillips, Chanute, Kan. 10. (10) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn. 11. (15) 308 Pat Hoffman, Rice Lake,
Wis. 12. (18) 40 Jessy Willard, Mound City, Kan.
13. (13) 18 Bobby Mayfield, Elk City, Okla. 14. (7)
21X Austin Bonner, Elk City, Okla. 15. (3) 91 Joe
Duvall, Claremore, Okla. 16. (6) 19SB Lance Mari, El
Centro, Calif. 17. (14) 747 Colton Eck, Goddard, Kan.
18. (17) 1M Curt Myers, Cameron, Wis.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (60 laps):
1. (8) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 2. (1) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 3. (4) 10C Cayden
Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 4. (30) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas 5. (2) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon,
Iowa 6. (7) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 7. (6) 0
Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. 8. (16) 12 Jason Hughes,
Watts, Okla. 9. (17) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria,
Minn. 10. (3) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
11. (18) 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. 12. (15)
1ST Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. 13. (5) 49 Jake
Timm, Winona, Minn. 14. (11) 55 Ryan Gustin,
Marshalltown, Iowa 15. (25) K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel,
Ill. 16. (27) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
17. (29) 21 Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn. 18. (26)
10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 19. (24) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 20. (12) 45 Chase
Holland, Success, Miss. 21. (22) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 22. (23) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward,
Okla. 23. (28) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 24.
(10) 15W Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 25. (20) 15W
Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 26. (14) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 27. (9) 7 Al Hejna, Clear
Lake, Iowa 28. (19) 26G Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn.
29. (21) 174 Ethan Dotson, Bakersfield, Calif. 30.
(13) 21KT Ricky Thornton Jr., Martinsville, Ind.
Lap Leaders: T. Phillips 1-33, Ebert
34-60. Total Laps Led: T. Phillips
33, Ebert 27. Margin of Victory:
4.984 seconds. Time of Race: 24
minutes, 33.007 seconds (2 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Krup, Givens.
Emergency Provisionals: Ahumada, K. Brown,
Bleess, Sanders. FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Hughes (started 16th, finished 8th).
Entries: 66. Next Race:
March 30, Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, La.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
T. Phillips 349, Ebert 348, J. Hughes 336, Wolff 309,
O'Neil 290, Timm 287, Krup 287, Fuqua 285, Givens 277,
VanderBeek 272. Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie
of the Year Points: Krup 287, Berry 264, Nelson
242, Christian 236, Lavasseur 209. Miller
Welders USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points:
Mullens 30, Bloodline 29, Hughes 28, MBCustoms 24, LG2
17. Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder
of the Year Points: Mullins 30, ProPower 30,
Durham 29, Cornett 26, Stoen 21.
Contingency Awards: Aero Race Wheels – Eck.
American Racer – Fuqua. Beyea Custom Headers –
Sanders. BigDeal Car Care – Ebert, Sanders. Bryke
Racing – Krup. BSB Manufacturing – Fuqua. Champ
Pans – VanderBeek. Collins Brothers Towing – Gierke.
Deatherage Opticians – Eck. Edelbrock – Carter.
Fast Shafts – Chisholm. FK Rod Ends – Hughes.
Hooker Harness – Scott. Hyperco – T. Hughes.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Givens. Keyser
Manufacturing – Wolff. KSE Racing Products – Nelson.
MD3 – T. Phillips. Mel Hambelton Racing – T.
Phillips. Midwest Wrap Co. – Ramirez. Penske
Racing Shocks – Timm. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain –
Ramirez. Performance Bodies – Bleess. QA1 – Ebert.
Quarter Master – Nelson. RacerWebsite.com – Alvarado.
Salty’s BBQ & Catering – Sanders. Simpson Performance
Products – O’Neil. Summit Racing Equipment – Bonner,
Gaggero, Gierke, Mayfield, R. Thornton. Super Clean –
Ebert. Swift Springs – Bowen, Mullens, Ebert.
Sybesma Graphics – Phillips. VP Racing – Ebert.
Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Beebe. Wilwood Disc
Brakes – O’Neil.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies
Performance Products, Chevrolet
Performance, Fast
Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, VP
Racing, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Collins
Brothers Towing, D&T
Marriott Enterprise, LLC, DAY
Motorsports, Duvall
Electric, Gunshepherd.com, Hacienda
Mechanical, Kenny's
Tile, Mel
Hambelton Racing, Midwest
Wrap Co., Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, Shocker
Hitch, Shop
Quik Stores, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO
Race Wheels, AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, BigDeal
Car Care, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Opticians, Edelbrock, Hooker
Harness, Hyperco, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, K1
RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, Keyser
Manufacturing, MD3, MSD
Performance, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter
Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Simpson
Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Ark-La-Tex Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
I-70 Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park.
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1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
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