Sorensen,
Hughes Lead USMTS Hopefuls Into Dairyland Showdown
FOUNTAIN CITY,
Wis. (April 29) —
The Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt racers have their sights on next
weekend’s long-awaited 2nd Annual Dairyland Showdown
presented by Dynamic Concrete Resurfacing on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, May 5-7, at the Mississippi Thunder
Speedway in Fountain City, Wis.
The Summit USMTS
Modifieds will pay $3,000 to win Thursday, $5,000 to win
Friday and $10,000 to win Saturday as they share the
spotlight with the World of Outlaws Late Model Series in
what promises to be another standing-room-only event at
Bob Timm’s picturesque palace of speed.
With four
races in the books, four different winners have emerged
in the early stages of the 2022 campaign, including
points leader Dustin Sorensen who captured the opening
night of the 12th Annual Texas Spring Nationals nearly
two months ago at the Rocket Raceway Park in Petty,
Texas, with a late-race pass of Jason Hughes.
Looking to snap a winless streak dating back to Sept. 3,
2017, Hughes led 33 straight laps before Sorensen
tracked him down and raced by for the win with four laps
remaining. One night later, he started 25th and came up
one sport short again—this time to first-time USMTS
winner Tyler Davis.
After solid efforts by both
drivers at the end of March during King of America XI,
the 21-year-old Sorensen and Hughes, 47, enter the
Dairyland Showdown separated by just four points in the
chase for the $100,000 USMTS national title.
But
it’s early, and there are 34 hungry competitors who have
started all four races thus far. With two top-five
finishes and four top-tens, 2020 Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year Tanner Mullens sits third in the
standings—just 33 points behind first place.
Davis and four-time USMTS national champ Rodney Sanders
are fourth and fifth while current top rookie Kale
Westover, Darron Fuqua, Terry Phillips, defending champ
Dereck Ramirez and Jayson Good round out the top ten.
Both Hughes and Sorensen have one USMTS win at the
Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Hughes’ lone victory
happened in 2013 while Sorensen was the most recent
winner on Memorial Day Weekend in 2020.
Ryan
Gustin is the winningest USMTS driver at Bob Timm’s
high-banked 1/3-mile oval with five wins in 20 events
held here. Brad Waits has three wins and the only driver
to win on both the current layout and former Tri-Oval
Speedway which was reconfigured after the 2008 season.
On June 8, 2007, Todd Scharkey won the first USMTS
race here with Kelly Shryock, Waits and Al Hejna winning
the other three on the tri-oval. Jon Tesch has two wins
to his credit while Tim Donlinger, Tommy Myer, Terry
Phillips, Rodney Sanders and Zack VanderBeek each have
one win.
Formerly a landmark 3/8-mile tri-oval
founded in 1968, the Mississippi Thunder Speedway is an
exciting sweeping high-banked dirt oval that has
produced countless memorable events each year. For
additional details on this incredible event, stay tuned
to MississippiThunder.com
http://www.mississippithunder.com/ and all social media
profiles including Facebook
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Twitter https://twitter.com/ThunderAtMTS.
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Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
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Industries.
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Contractors, Boubin
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USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Belleville High Banks,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Chateau Speedway,
Dallas County Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
I-70 Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
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Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Red Dirt Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Tri-State Speedway,
Winneshiek Raceway.
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Jeff Nun
Chief Communications Officer
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
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