Summit USMTS
National Championship Feasts on Hamilton County Speedway
Clay Tonight
WEBSTER CITY, Iowa
(April 2) —
Hungry race fans starving for the aroma
of burning fuel, sound of twisting Detroit iron and the
sight of the world’s best dirt modified drivers in
combat will enjoy a smorgasbord of delights tonight and
Saturday as the Summit USMTS National Championship
fueled by Casey’s attempts to move the Hawkeye State’s
Richter scale at the historic half-mile oval of the Karl
Chevrolet Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City,
Iowa.
One of the richest events in the history of
the 110-year-old facility, the USMTS Spring Challenge
powered by MSD will see the main event on Friday pay
$5,000 to win while Saturday's big show has a $10,000
top prize up for grabs.
A trio of Summit USRA
Weekly Racing Series classes will be running both nights
with national points and padded prize money on the line
for Medieval USRA Stock Cars ($600 to win), USRA B-Mods
($600 to win) and Mensink Racing Products USRA Hobby
Stocks ($500 to win). The start money in all features
will increase based on car count.
On both days,
the pits will open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5 and
qualifying gets underway at 6:45 with racing at 7 p.m.
General admission spectator tickets each day are $25 for
adults (17-61) or $20 for seniors (62+) and juniors
(12-16). Kids ages 11 and under get in for free. Pit
passes are $40 each night or $30 for kids ages 6-10.
Children under 6 are admitted for free in the pits.
Terry Phillips is one of three drivers who have
scored a top-10 finish in the first four nights of
racing so far in 2021, and the second-generation racer
from Springfield, Missouri, rolls into Webster City
wearing the bright yellow Wrisco Points Leader spoiler.
Just seven and eight points, respectively, back in
the standings are Dereck Ramirez of Woodward, Oklahoma,
and four-time defending USMTS national champ Rodney
Sanders of Happy, Texas—both of whom have yet to finish
outside of the top 10 this season.
While Phillips
and Ramirez have each tasted victory during the 2021
campaign. Sanders is winless to date as he looks to add
to his 107 career USMTS wins tally.
Tucson.
Arizona’s Jake O'Neil sits fourth in the ranking while
Carlos Ahumada Jr. of El Paso, Texas, who scored his
career-first USMTS triumph on opening night of last
weekend’s King of America X powered by Summit, rounds
out the top five.
Tanner Mullens of Wichita,
Kansas, is sixth in the standings and two-time USRA
Modified national champion Lucas Schott of Chatfield,
Minnesota, rides in seventh. Two Tylers occupy the
eighth and ninth spot with Tyler Wolff of Fayetteville,
Arkansas, holding a four-point cushion over Tyler Davis
of Haysville, Kansas. Another four-time national
champion, Jason Hughes of Watts, Oklahoma, completes to
top 10.
The other driver to steer his way into
victory lane this season is Brooks Strength. The Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year contender from
Raymond, Mississippi, failed to qualify for either main
event during the opening weekend at the RPM Speedway in
Crandall, Texas, but led 86 of the 110 feature race laps
at last week’s King of America showdown, including all
60 loops in Saturday’s $20,000-to-win finale.
Former NASCAR racer and on-air personality Kenny Wallace
is making his first start with the USMTS since King of
America IX two years ago and looking for his first
series win. Several other high-profile racers from “the
other side” in UMP country are expected as well.
About the Karl Chevrolet Hamilton County
Speedway: Opening in July 1910, the Hamilton
County Speedway is the oldest speedway in the state of
Iowa. In 1938, work began on the current location at the
Hamilton County Fairgrounds. The semi-banked half-mile
dirt track was completed in the spring of 1939, and the
first races were held on the track in September of that
year.
One of the many new improvements to the
facility is a new 170-foot-long infield catwalk along
the front-stretch. New lights and much more are already
finished, underway or in the planning stages.
The
Hamilton County Speedway is located off US 20 at exit
140, then 1.2 miles north, then 0.5 mile east on Bank
St., then 0.4 mile south on Bluff St. to the Hamilton
County Fairgrounds in Webster City, Iowa. The physical
address is 1200 Bluff St, Webster City, IA 50595.
The AmericInn by Wyndham is the Official Host Hotel
of the Hamilton County Speedway. Located just off the
exit from Highway 20 at 411 Closz Drive, check them out
online at
AmercInn.com or call
(515) 337-2611 to book your stay.
For more
information, call
(515) 832-6000 or check out
HamiltonCoSpeedway.com. You can also follow us
through social media on
Facebook and
Twitter.
Taking dirt to a new level:
The 2021 campaign for the Summit USMTS National
Championship fueled by Casey’s features 36 nights of
racing with the winners of those main events set to take
home over $300,000 in earnings from more than $1 million
in prize money earmarked for those shows. Twenty-six of
the 36 race nights will pay at least $10,000 to win
while the other 10 carry a $5,000 top prize.
As
if that weren’t enough, more than $230,000 is committed
to the top ten finishers in the 2021 points standings
with a record $70,000 reserved for the 2021 USMTS
National Champion.
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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
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Engineering, KSE
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Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, MSD
Performance, MTN
DEW RISE ENERGY, MyRacePass, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt.com, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, The
Chunky Poodle, VP
Racing Fuels, Wrisco
Industries.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Duvall
Electric, Hacienda
Mechanical, Mel
Hambelton Ford Racing, Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, RHRSwag.com, S&S
Fishing & Rental, 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
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Racing Wheels, Simpson
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USMTS RACETRACKS:
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Cedar Lake Speedway,
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Fayette County Speedway,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
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Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Park Jefferson Speedway,
Rapid Speedway,
Revolution Park,
RPM Speedway,
Superbowl Speedway,
Tri-State Speedway,
Upper Iowa Speedway.
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Contact Info:
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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