King of
America XIII Reigns April 4-6 at Humboldt Speedway
RacinDirt USMTS King of America XIII takes place
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 4-6, at the
Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., featuring the
Summit USMTS National Championship presented by
RacinDirt.
USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will
join the Summit USMTS Modifieds all three nights. An
open practice for all racers happens Wednesday from 6-9
p.m.
Thursday's opener will mark the 62nd main
event since the inaugural visit to 'The Hummer' on June
28, 2000, when Johnny Bone Jr. captured his first of two
USMTS wins here.
Only the Deer Creek Speedway in
Spring Valley, Minn., has hosted more USMTS shows.
The most prolific racer in Humboldt Speedway history
is Jason Hughes with 13 of his 158 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 a 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
March 2 at the Rocket Raceway Park, is the reigning King
of America and comes into this year’s mega-event sitting
atop the points battle for the Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt and the ARMI
Contractors South Region presented by Gene Nicholas,
LLC.
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.
For more information including history,
payouts, rules, event times and ticket prices, check out
the
FAST FACTS for RacinDirt King of America XIII.
While the King’s crown and $12,000 winner’s share of
the prize money ($20,000 to sweep all three nights) are
the dangling carrots of this 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 as the cherry on top of the
$80,000.
Summit USMTS National
Championship presented by RacinDirt Top
10 after March 2, 2024
1. 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore,
Minn., 337 2. 49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn., 333 3.
12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla., 328 4. 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan., 319 5. 02 Tanner Mullens,
Wichita, Kan., 317 6. 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield,
Mo., 305 7. 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.,
297 8. 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla., 296 9.
12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D., 290 10. 24C 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 remaining with
perfect attendance. That’s $750 each and it keeps going
up every time a driver misses a show.
About the USMTS: 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.
USMTS drivers,
get registered now for RacinDirt USMTS King of
America XIII or call (515)
832-7944. Entry fee prices will increase on race
day. For more information including history, payouts,
rules, event times and ticket prices, check out the
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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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