Comfort
Suites in Ennis is Host Hotel for USMTS Texas Spring
Nationals
ENNIS,
Texas (February 7) —
The biggest, boldest and richest
season in the 22-year history of the United States
Modified Touring Series lights the fuse February 26-27,
at the 11th Annual USMTS Texas Spring Nationals.
The undisputed heavyweight champions of dirt modified
racing, the titans of the Summit USMTS National
Championship fueled by Casey’s will make first contact
with the clay on Thursday, February 25, when the RPM
Speedway in Crandall hosts an open practice prior to the
season-opening battle on Friday night, February 26.
Twenty-four hours later, the sport’s best of the
best invade Jim and Bridget Moon’s Big O Speedway in
Ennis for the second $10,000-to-win event in as many
nights.
Just 10 minutes from the racetrack and a
30-minute drive to the RPM Speedway, the Comfort Suites
in Ennis will be the Official Host Hotel for the
Southern Thaw with special rates for fans and
competitors alike.
The inviting guest rooms at
Comfort Suites in Ennis are the perfect place to relax
after a fun night or racing. All travelers can keep up
with the outside world, thanks to their fast and free
WiFi plus free parking (and plenty of it) and guest
laundry.
Comfort Suites is offering a special
rate for race travelers of just $70/night for a King bed
or $80/night for two Queen beds. Click
choicehotels.com/comfort-suites now and get your
rooms booked before they’re gone. You can also call
(972) 330-2404 and
mention discount code “LUSMTS” when booking.
The
Comfort Suites in Ennis is located at 400 South I-45 in
Ennis (GPS: 1200 Dolfie Ln, Ennis, TX 75119).
USMTS competitors have banged wheels six times at the
RPM Speedway, including four times last fall. After a
rain-out in 2012, Johnny Scott won the series debut here
in 2013 with Rodney Sanders grabbing the win when the
USMTS returned 79 days later.
Dereck Ramirez
garnered the win last September before the series
returned for the three-night season finale in November.
That event produced first-time winners Jack Sartain and
Brandon Sheppard on Thursday and Friday with Sheppard
backing up his victory with a second straight on
Saturday night.
Conversely, one of the first
shows of the pandemic-stricken 2020 campaign was a
first-ever visit to the Big O Speedway. On opening
night, Bo Day pocketed his first USMTS winner’s paycheck
while Hunter Marriott got the job done the following
night.
On the heels of the most volatile year in
more than a century, officials from the United States
Modified Touring Series announced the 2021 schedule last
month with 36 nights of racing on the calendar. More
than $1 million in prize money is earmarked for those
shows with the main event winners set to take home more
than $300,000 of that amount.
Twenty-six of the
36 races will pay at least $10,000 to win. The other ten
carry a $5,000 top prize. As if that weren’t enough,
more than $230,000 is committed to the top 10 finishers
in the final points standings. A paycheck for a record
$70,000 is reserved for the 2021 USMTS National
Champion.
Along the grueling dirt road that has
produced just seven different USMTS National Champions
in the previous 22 seasons, fans and drivers will visit
legendary facilities hosting longtime USMTS classics,
new and exciting venues, inaugural events and some
tracks returning after a multi-year absence.
Competitor entry forms, license applications, rules,
diagrams and more can be found at
usmts.com/downloads.
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USMTS
OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Casey’s, Chevrolet
Performance, Compstar, Dirt
Draft, Eibach, Fast
Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, Intercomp, Jerovetz
Motorsports Racing Parts, K1
RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, KS
Engineering, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, MSD
Performance, MyRacePass, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt.com, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, VP
Racing Fuels, Wrisco
Industries.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Duvall
Electric, Eagle
Moon Farm, Hacienda
Mechanical, Mel
Hambelton Ford Racing, Miller
Welders, Mtn
Dew RISE Energy, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, RHRSwag.com, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Top
Of The World Ranch, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, BigDeal
Car Care, Brown
& Miller Racing Solutions, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Opticians, Edelbrock, Forty9
Designs, Hooker
Harness, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, Keyser
Manufacturing, Maxima
Racing Oils, Penske
Racing Shocks, QA1, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Simpson
Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Tire
Demon, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
34 Raceway,
81 Speedway,
Ark-La-Tex Speedway,
Arrowhead Speedway,
Big O Speedway,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Dallas County Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Park Jefferson Speedway,
Rapid Speedway,
RPM Speedway,
Superbowl Speedway,
Tri-State Speedway,
Upper Iowa Speedway.
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