King of
America XIII Will Be Crowned This Week at Humboldt
Speedway
RacinDirt USMTS King of America XIII takes place this
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 7-9, at the
Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., featuring the
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt.
Thursday's opener will mark the 62nd
main event in 25 years for the USMTS in Humboldt. Only
the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., has
hosted more than ‘The Hummer.’
The inaugural
visit to Humboldt on June 28, 2000, saw Johnny Bone Jr.
capture his first of two USMTS wins here, but the most
prolific racer in Humboldt Speedway history is Jason
Hughes with 13 career USMTS wins here.
Stormy
Scott is a six-time winner while Kelly Shryock and Ryan
Gustin each have five wins. Rodney Sanders has four
checkered flags at the exciting high-banked 1/4-mile
clay oval. Each of these four are also former King of
America champions. Gustin is the only driver to wear the
crown twice.
With his opening night win in this
event last year, Terry Phillips has three triumphs to
his credit. Two-time winners include Bone, Jason Krohn,
Johnny Scott, Zack VanderBeek and Jake O'Neil.
Past USMTS winners at Humboldt Speedway:
13 - Jason Hughes 6 - Stormy Scott 5 - Kelly
Shryock and Ryan Gustin 4 - Rodney Sanders 3 -
Terry Phillips 2 - Johnny Bone Jr., Jason Krohn,
Johnny Scott, Zack VanderBeek and Jake O'Neil 1 - Tim
Donlinger, Jon Tesch, Steve Holzkamper, William Gould,
Jeremy Payne, Mitch Keeter, Kyle Strickler, Lucas
Schott, Ricky Thornton Jr., Tanner Mullens, Carlos
Ahumada Jr., Brooks Strength, Kale Westover, Dereck
Ramirez and Dan Ebert
Gould, Keeter, Strickler,
Strength and Westover picked up their first and only
career USMTS wins at the Humboldt Speedway—all of them
happening during King of America weekend. Strength was
the champion while the others topped preliminary
features.
Eleven different drivers have claimed
victory in the previous 12 King of America contests, and
the list is a who’s-who of dirt modified racing.
Ebert, hot off a win on Saturday at the Rocket Raceway
Park, is the reigning King of America, and comes into
this weekend sitting atop the USMTS points standings.
O’Neil added the King of America crown to his trophy
case in 2022 while Strength captured his first and only
USMTS feature win in 2021 to earn the biggest triumph of
his career en route to garnering the Grant Junghans
USMTS Rookie of the Year title.
Prior to an
off-year for the COVID-19 hysteria in 2020, Thornton
captured the crown in 2019 and Schott was the 2018
winner after Gustin won in 2017 to become the first and
only repeat winner of this event.
VanderBeek
captured the title in 2016 after a thrilling late-race
battle with Sanders—the 2014 winner. Hughes was the 2015
winner; Stormy Scott topped the 2012 event and Shryock
claimed the inaugural crown in 2011.
Past
USMTS King of America Champions: Oct. 22,
2011 – Kelly Shryock March 31, 2012 – Stormy Scott
March 30, 2013 – Ryan Gustin March 29, 2014 – Rodney
Sanders March 28, 2015 – Jason Hughes April 2,
2016 – Zack VanderBeek March 25, 2017 - Ryan Gustin
March 17, 2018 - Lucas Schott March 23, 2019 - Ricky
Thornton Jr. March 27, 2021 - Brooks Strength
March 26, 2022 - Jake O'Neil March 25, 2023 - Dan
Ebert
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 to 1663 Georgia Rd, Humboldt,
KS 66748.
While the KoA crown and $12,000
winner’s share of the prize money are the dangling
carrots of this week’s blockbuster, points will be
awarded in the Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt and the Mel Hambelton Racing
USMTS Central Region for the first time this season.
Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central Region:
March 7-9, Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan., RacinDirt
King of America XIII May 22, Hamilton County
Speedway, Webster City, Iowa, 14th Annual Spring Classic
June 18, Off Road Speedway, Norfolk, Neb., Inaugural
Event June 19, Beatrice Speedway, Beatrice, Neb.,
3rd Annual Battle on the Big Blue River June 20-22,
81 Speedway, Park City, Kan., 2nd Annual Ed Gressel
Memorial July 17, Park Jefferson Speedway,
Jefferson, S.D., 9th Annual River City Rumble Aug.
2-3, Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo., 14th Annual
Show-Me Shootout Aug. 8-9, Lakeside Speedway. Kansas
City, Kan., 7th & 8th Annual Grant Junghans Memorial
Oct. 25, Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., 13th
Annual Jayhawk Classic Oct. 26, 81 Speedway, Park
City, Kan., 4th Annual Modified Spooktacular
One
driver could pocket more than $180,000 in post-season
earnings at the end of the season. This year’s USMTS
national champion will earn $50,000 and each of the
three regional champs get $10,000. If a driver wins all
three regions and the national points, a staggering
$100,000 bonus awaits.
Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt
Top 10 after March 2, 2024
1. Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn., 337 2. Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., 333 3.
Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla., 328 4. Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan., 319 5. Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan., 317 6. Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo., 305
7. Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla., 297 8. Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., 296 9. Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D., 290 10. Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa,
285
What’s more, the RacinDirt TV Challenge is
$30,000 which will be split evenly between all drivers
with perfect attendance in 2024. After March 2, there
are 40 drivers with perfect attendance remaining.
USMTS drivers,
get registered now for RacinDirt USMTS King of
America XIII or call (515)
832-7944 this week. Entry fee prices will increase
on race day. For more information including history,
payouts, rules, event times and ticket prices, check out
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In 2023—the 25th Anniversary of
the USMTS and most competitive season in series
history—a record 18 different winners claimed victory
utilizing a record 17 different chassis manufacturers in
the 34 races that were held. What’s more, there were a
record 17 competitors who attended every event.
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