Ebert
Flawless in Rocket Raceway Park Route
An electrifying finale to
the 14th Annual USMTS Texas Spring Nationals took place
Saturday night at the Rocket Raceway Park as Dan Ebert
captured the Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt feature win over a season-high
field of 67 monster modifieds.
Rebounding from a
tumultuous night on Friday, Tyler Wolff rolled from
first-place after earning the Sybesma Graphics Pole
Award and paced the first ten laps with Dan Ebert and
Jake Timm closing in.
The leaders entered lapped
traffic on lap 15 with Wolff, Ebert and Timm nose to
tail. Using a back-marker to his advantage, Ebert went
high and snuck by Wolff who was bottled up by the
traffic.
Moments later, the Gorsuch Performance
Caution Flag waved for the first time as fourth-running
Terry Phillips lost the handle of his machine while
Tyler Davis and Dereck Ramirez also got together, but
both got their spots back as Phillips delivered the
yellow.
Rodney Sanders, Tanner Mullens and Jim
Chisholm went to war for the fourth spot after the
restart but Chisholm spun in turn three four laps later
to cause another slowdown.
That restart allowed
Mullens to slip by Timm for third, and then Kyle Brown
nudged ahead. Meanwhile, Jason Hughes was making the
best of his provisional 25th starting spot and was ninth
by the halfway mark.
After yet another yellow
flag for Wolff’s unfortunate spin, Kyle Brown blew past
Mullens for second with Timm, Ramirez and Hughes not far
behind.
But like Jack Sartain the night before,
nobody was in the same class as Ebert rolled in Victory
Fuel Victory Lane after leading the final 40 circuits of
the 50-lapper around the popular 3/8-mile clay oval in
Petty, Texas.
“It’s not often when you’re
racing—a lot of racers that are watching can
understand—you have a car when you just hit it that
right that night, the 36-year-old from Lake Shore,
Minn., said. “It’s not very often when you can just hit
the setup perfect, and we did tonight. It was really
awesome.”
Ebert’s margin of victory at the
checkered flag was 3.154 seconds and put him at the top
of the points battle with four races in the books.
The rest of the Featherlite Top-3 were 13th-starting
Brown and Timm, while Mullens and 14th-starting Ramirez
completed the top five.
Hughes, Mike Hansen, Davis, Sanders and Alex
Williamson rounded out the top ten. Meanwhile, Phillips
rebounded from his early banana peel moment.
Although Hughes passed 19 cars to finish sixth,
provisional starters are not eligible for the FK Rod
Ends Hard Charger Award so that honor went to Hansen who
passed 17 of his fellow competitors.
Crown jewel coming up: One of the most
prestigious events in dirt modified racing, RacinDirt
USMTS King of America XIII takes place on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, March 7-9, at the Humboldt Speedway
in Humboldt, Kan.
Dan Ebert is the defending King
of America winner.
Following an open practice on
Wednesday, three nights of racing will see the winners
pocket $3,000 on Thursday and $5,000 to win on Friday
while Saturday’s champion will collect a $12,000
paycheck.
USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods are
also on the card all three nights racing for $500, $700
and $1000 to win, respectively, plus Summit USRA Weekly
Racing Series national points.
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information including history, payouts, rules, event
times and ticket prices, check out the
FAST FACTS for RacinDirt King of America XIII.
In 2023—the most competitive season in USMTS
history—18 different winners claimed victory utilizing
17 different chassis manufacturers in the 34 races that
were held. What’s more, there were 17 competitors who
attended every event.
This year’s Summit USMTS
National Champion could pocket more than $180,000 in
post-season earnings at the end of the year.
The
series champion will earn $50,000 and each of the three
regions pay $10,000 to win the points. If a driver can
win all three regions and the national points, a
whopping $100,000 bonus awaits.
And don't forget,
the RacinDirt TV Challenge is $30,000 which will be
split evenly between all drivers with perfect attendance
in 2024. There are 40 with perfect attendance remaining.
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OFFICIAL
RESULTS United States Modified Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt 14th Annual USMTS Texas Spring Nationals –
Night 2 of 2 Rocket Raceway Park, Petty, Texas
Saturday, March 2, 2024
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 RACE PRODUCTS HEAT
RACE #1 (10 laps): 1. (1) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake
Shore, Minn. 2. (5) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
3. (7) 28 Cory Davis, Seminole, Texas 4. (12) 4W
Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 5. (2) 11N Gene
Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 6. (11) 58X Gary Christian,
Broken Bow, Okla. 7. (9) 12B Bryan Gunwall,
Brookston, Texas 8. (3) 88R A.J. Vasquez, Garden
City, Mich. 9. (10) 81 Ricky Ingalls, Longview, Texas
10. (6) 712 Trevor Hughes, Westville, Okla. 11. (8)
24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke, Ark. 12. (4) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas
FAST SHAFTS
HEAT RACE #2 (10 laps): 1. (1) 54T Matthew
Day, Farmersville, Texas 2. (3) 47M Trey Melton,
Lubbock, Texas 3. (5) 44F Fred Wojtek, Blackwell,
Texas 4. (9) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 5.
(7) 15J Jason Webb, McKinney, Texas 6. (11) 80XX
Jason Langford, Palestine, Texas 7. (8) 12 Jason
Hughes, Watts, Okla. 8. (6) 32C Mitchell Clement,
Bonham, Texas 9. (2) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark.
10. (4) 12C Leland Cruz, Amarillo, Texas 11. (10) 523
Landon Capps, Anna, Texas
EDELBROCK HEAT
RACE #3 (10 laps): 1. (3) 75 Terry Phillips,
Springfield, Mo. 2. (1) 410 Justin McCoy, Grandview,
Texas 3. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 4. (4)
55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn. 5. (8) 02 Tanner
Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 6. (7) 13J Triston Dycus,
Maypearl, Texas 7. (10) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
8. (11) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 9. (9)
37 John Neal Reid, Loving, N.M. 10. (5) 88 Sam Osman,
Spiro, Okla. 11. (6) 71M Chad Melton, Mineral Wells,
Texas
WIELAND METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4
(10 laps): 1. (1) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana,
Texas 2. (5) 2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana, Texas 3. (10)
100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La. 4. (3) 32 D.J. Shannon,
Merced, Calif. 5. (2) 15G Geoff Lary, Minden, La.
6. (8) 4M Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas 7. (6) 24
Manuel Williams Sr., Fouke, Ark. 8. (7) 2SS Mark
Smith, Anthony, N.M. 9. (4) 64 Casey Fowler, Grand
Saline, Texas 10. (9) 88N Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M.
DNS – 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla.
VP
RACING HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps): 1. (1) 69
Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 2. (3) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 3. (6) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt,
Plattsmouth, Neb. 4. (7) 19R Chris Kratzer,
Haysville, Kan. 5. (9) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita,
Kan. 6. (10) 45T Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas
7. (11) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 8. (8) 78
Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas 9. (4) 22XX
Jason Gamez, Kaufmann, Texas 10. (5) 70 Jeremy Busby,
Graford, Texas 11. (2) 24W Mason Williams, Fouke,
Ark.
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #6
(10 laps): 1. (3) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 2. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
3. (5) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. 4. (4) 12J
Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas 5. (7) 15 Kale
Westover, Altus, Okla. 6. (11) 24C Jim Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 7. (9) 99 Jared Baird, Norman, Okla.
8. (6) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 9. (8) 15L Chris
Lewis, Springdale, Ark. 10. (2) 457 Boone Evans,
Bullard, Texas DNS – 5 Jon Mitchell, Texarkana, Texas
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top
4 advance): 1. (3) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 2. (2) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas 3. (1) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (7) 15 Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 5. (12) 2SS
Mark Smith, Anthony, N.M. 6. (5) 32 D.J. Shannon,
Merced, Calif. 7. (9) 13J Triston Dycus, Maypearl,
Texas 8. (14) 88N Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M. 9.
(10) 99 Jared Baird, Norman, Okla. 10. (15) D25 David
Tanner, Wichita Falls, Texas 11. (6) 80XX Jason
Langford, Palestine, Texas 12. (13) 81 Ricky Ingalls,
Longview, Texas 13. (11) 24 Manuel Williams Sr,
Fouke, Ark. 14. (4) 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
15. (8) 15G Geoff Lary, Minden, La. DNS – 64 Casey
Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas DNS – 712 Trevor Hughes,
Westville, Okla. DNS – 24M Manuel Williams II, Fouke,
Ark. DNS – 91 Joe Duvall, Justice, Okla.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 4
advance): 1. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan. 2. (2) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas 3.
(1) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 4. (6) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 5. (9) 25 Joe Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa 6. (8) 4M Bobby Malchus, Red Oak, Texas
7. (7) 45T Eric Tomlinson, Robinson, Texas 8. (17)
523 Landon Capps, Anna, Texas 9. (16) 70 Jeremy
Busby, Graford, Texas 10. (11) 88R A.J. Vasquez,
Garden City, Mich. 11. (13) 75J Jeremy LaCoe,
Lincoln, Ark. 12. (12) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin,
Gladewater, Texas 13. (14) 22XX Jason Gamez,
Kaufmann, Texas 14. (5) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview,
Texas 15. (3) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan.
16. (15) 12C Leland Cruz, Amarillo, Texas 17. (10) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 18. (18) 24W Mason
Williams, Fouke, Ark.
REAL RACING WHEELS
“B” MAIN #3 (12 laps, top 4 advance): 1. (3)
21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 2. (5) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 3. (12) 7G Gabe Hodges,
Lebo, Kan. 4. (8) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D.
5. (1) 410 Justin McCoy, Grandview, Texas 6. (10) 15W
Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 7. (6) 15J Jason
Webb, McKinney, Texas 8. (13) 37 John Neal Reid,
Loving, N.M. 9. (16) 71M Chad Melton, Mineral Wells,
Texas 10. (2) 44F Fred Wojtek, Blackwell, Texas
11. (7) 11N Gene Nicholas, Lowell, Ark. 12. (9) 12B
Bryan Gunwall, Brookston, Texas 13. (15) 88 Sam
Osman, Spiro, Okla. 14. (4) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 15. (17) 457 Boone Evans, Bullard,
Texas 16. (11) 32C Mitchell Clement, Bonham, Texas
17. (14) 15L Chris Lewis, Springdale, Ark. DNS – 5
Jon Mitchell, Texarkana, Texas
SUMMIT
RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (50 laps): 1. (2)
60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 2. (15) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa 3. (3) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 4. (14) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 5.
(19) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 6. (25) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 7. (24) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D. 8. (13) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville,
Kan. 9. (7) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 10.
(26) 15W Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 11. (5) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 12. (21) 7G Gabe
Hodges, Lebo, Kan. 13. (9) 7 Sean Gaddis, Diana,
Texas 14. (22) 15 Kale Westover, Altus, Okla. 15.
(27) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn. 16. (20) 01
Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 17. (6) 54T
Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas 18. (18) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 19. (11) 28 Cory Davis,
Seminole, Texas 20. (12) 47M Trey Melton, Lubbock,
Texas 21. (1) 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
22. (16) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 23.
(8) 100 Lee Patton, Ruston, La. 24. (23) 24C Jim
Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 25. (4) 2G Kenny Gaddis, Diana,
Texas 26. (10) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
27. (17) 47 Jack Sartain, Royse City, Texas
Lap Leaders: Wolff 1-10, Ebert 11-50.
Total Laps Led: Ebert 40, Wolff 10.
Margin of Victory: 3.154 seconds.
Time of Race: 30 minutes, 51.692
seconds (5 cautions). Provisional Starters:
J. Hughes, Williamson. Emergency
Provisional: Hoff. FK Rod Ends Hard
Charger: Hansen (started 24th, finished 7th).
Entries: 67. Next Race:
March 5-7, Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
Ebert 337, Timm 333, J. Hughes 328, Davis 319, Mullens
317, Phillips 305, Christian 297, Ramirez 296, Hansen
290, Jim Chisholm 285. ARMI Contractors USMTS
Southern Region Points: Ebert 337, Timm 333, J.
Hughes 328, Davis 319, Mullens 317. Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
Hodges 235, Hobscheidt 218, Shannon 200, Evans 196,
Langford 193. FK Rod Ends USMTS Hard Charger
Points: Hansen 32, Jim Chisholm 20, Ebert 19,
Davis 19, S. Gaddis 19. Miller Welders USMTS
Manufacturers Championship Points: Mullens 32,
BOM 29, Hughes 29, Rage 26, MBCustoms 19.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the Year
Points: Mullins 35, ProPower 26, OFI 26,
Cornett 24, KSE 23.
Contingency Awards:
Aero Race Wheels – Tanner. American Racer – Lewis.
Bear Graphix – Ahumada. Beyea Custom Headers –
Mullens. Bryke Racing – Hoff. BSB Manufacturing –
Wolff. Champ Pans – Ramirez. Danny Crane Racing
Engines – J. Hughes. Deatherage Opticians – Ebert.
Edelbrock – Phillips. Fast Shafts – Day.
Featherlite Trailers – Ebert, Brown, Timm. FK Rod
Ends – Hansen. Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Ebert.
Hooker Harness – Hodges. Hyperco – Fowler. Integra
Racing Shocks & Springs – Christian. Keyser
Manufacturing – Williamson. KSE Racing Products –
Sanders. MD3 – Ebert. Mel Hambelton Racing – Joe
Chisholm, McCoy, M. Smith. MSD Performance – Mullens.
Penske Racing Shocks – S. Gaddis. PEM Racing Gears &
Drivetrain – Sanders. QA1 – Schott. Quarter Master
– Sanders. RacerWebsite.com – Langford. Rush
RaceGear by Austin Witt – Wolff. Simpson Race
Products – Ebert. Summit Racing Equipment – Brown,
Hobscheidt, J. Hughes, Langford, Sanders. Sweet
Manufacturing – Hobscheidt. Swift Springs – Brown,
Day, Ebert. Sybesma Graphics – Wolff. Total Power
–Phillips. Victory Fuel – Ebert. VP Racing –
Ebert. Wehrs Machine & Racing Products – Mason
Williams. Wilwood Disc Brakes – Hansen.
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Chief Communications Officer
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1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
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