Wind ‘em up!
King of America, Battle at The Bullring Goes Green
Friday Night
HUMBOLDT, Kansas (March 26)
— Nearly 200
drivers are pre-entered and more than 100 attended
practice night Wednesday in preparation for King of
America X powered by Summit and Battle at The Bullring
VI driven by G-Style Transport. The titanic #KABOB
tripleheader gets underway Friday at 7 p.m.
Too
much rain fell on the Humboldt Speedway throughout the
morning and afternoon Thursday, forcing officials to
postpone opening night festivities and squeeze three
nights of racing into two days. Every race planned for
Thursday will be completed Friday or Saturday at the
54-year-old 1/3-mile clay oval in Humboldt, Kansas.
The
fire-breathing Modifieds of the Summit USMTS National
championship fueled by Casey’s will share the spotlight
with B-Mods, USRA Modifieds and Medieval USRA Stock Cars
on Friday and Saturday.
Friday, March
26: The pits open at 2 p.m. and grandstands
open at 5. Racing gets underway at 7 p.m. As originally
scheduled, USMTS Modifieds will be gunning for $5,000 to
win with Medieval USRA Stock Cars seeking a $1,000 top
prize.
Originally slated for Thursday, B-Mods
will also have a complete show of heat races and main
events on Friday with a $2,000-to-win feature to cap
things off. The top 20 in passing points from heat races
advance to the A-Main while the next 20 go to the
B-Main. Four drivers will advance from the B-Main to
create a 24-car A-Main.
Saturday, March
27: Two complete shows will make for a marathon
Saturday that will satisfy the horsepower hunger for any
diehard race fan. The morning show starts at 10 a.m.
Grandstands open and the pits will be cleared at 8 a.m.
Rise ‘n’ shine racing will feature a complete show
of USRA Modifieds ($2,000 to win) and Medieval USRA
Stock Cars ($750 to win)—both of which were postponed
Thursday. Originally slated for Friday, B-Mod gladiators
will duel in dual qualifying heats Saturday morning.
All those entering the pits Saturday morning must
purchase a pit pass for both shows ($80 for those 11 and
older, $50 for kids ages 6-10). Pit passes may be
purchased for the evening show only, but not until after
the morning show is completed. On the spectator side,
grandstands will be cleared following the morning show.
Saturday evening’s championship program starts at 7
p.m. Medieval USRA Stock Cars will be racing for $1,200
to win while B-Mods compete in last chance races and the
$10,000-to-win finale of Battle at The Bullring VI.
Meanwhile, USMTS Modifieds will have a complete show of
qualifying heats and feature races with the awarding of
a $20,000 paycheck to the winner of King of America X
powered by summit.
Competitors in the Medieval
USRA Stock Cars will earn Summit USRA Weekly Racing
Series national points in all three programs this
weekend. National points are also up for grabs for USRA
Modified racers in Saturday’s post-dawn throwdown.
Tickets: On Friday, general
admission tickets are $25 and seniors (62+) are $20. The
same prices are set for Saturday’s morning show. Tickets
for Saturday evening’s show are $30 for general
admission or $25 for seniors (62+). Kids ages 6-12 get
in for $10 at all three shows. Pit passes are $40 Friday
while kids ages 6-10 are $25. Children under 6 years of
age get into the grandstands or pits FREE all weekend.
If you can’t be at the Humboldt Speedway in person,
you can still enjoy every lap of every race in every
division on every night of King of America X and Battle
at The Bullring VI driven by G-Style Transport at
racindirt.tv.
The Humboldt Speedway is
located 0.1 mile west of US 169 at the Humboldt Exit,
then 0.5 mile south, then 0.9 mile east on Georgia Rd.
(1663 Georgia Rd, Humboldt, KS 66748). For more
information, call (620)
431-2470 or visit
humboldtspeedway.com.
Eight different USMTS
drivers have claimed victory in the previous nine King
of America blockbusters and the list is a who's who of
dirt modified racing.
Ricky Thornton Jr. captured
the King of America crown two years ago and is the
defending champion of the event after last year’s
running was canceled by COVID-19. Reigning and two-time
USRA Modified national champion Lucas Schott was the
2018 winner and two-time USMTS national champ Ryan
Gustin won in 2013 before he became the first repeat
winner at the 2017 event. Zack VanderBeek captured the
title in 2016 after a thrilling late-race battle with
2014 race winner Rodney Sanders, Jason Hughes was the
2015 champion, Stormy Scott topped the 2012 event and
nine-time USMTS champ Kelly Shryock claimed the
inaugural crown in 2011.
In the 53 main events
staged here, Hughes has more than doubled his nearest
competitor with 13 career USMTS wins at ‘The Hummer.’ Of
those entered this weekend, Sanders is his closest
follower with four victories here. Drivers with two wins
and looking to add to that Friday and Saturday include
VanderBeek, Terry Phillips and Johnny Scott while
Thornton, Schott, Tanner Mullens and Steve Holzkamper
are seeking their second career Humboldt Speedway wins
this weekend.
Jared Timmerman notched the biggest
victory of his career in 2019 when he captured the fifth
Battle at The Bullring, which was the last running due
to the pandemic of 2020. Other past winners include
Skeeter Estey (2016 and 2018), J.C. Morton (2017) and
Shawn Strong (2015).
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1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
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