King of
America XI, Battle at The Bullring Get Green Flag
Thursday
Updated 3/23/22 at 3:00 p.m. CST
Wednesday’s practice has been scrapped and a few other
adjustments have been made to the procedures for this
weekend’s Summit King of America XI and the Battle at
The Bullring at the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan.
“We do not want
haulers showing up at track until whatever gate times we
announce,” said USMTS promoter Todd Staley. “Gates will
be closed to the speedway until we open the pit shack on
Thursday. Once trucks get to track we need them parked
tight and orderly as the pit area will be tight with car
counts.”
Pit gates will be open at 12 noon on
Thursday. Haulers will not be allowed into the pits
until then. Drivers, if your are arriving in Humboldt
tonight, please park at the quarry off of Georgia Rd and
1400th St. Drivers, keep in mind that the order of how
you pull into the quarry will determine the order of how
you pull into the pits. In other words, if you are first
into the quarry then you are first into the pits.
Slated for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March
24-26, three huge nights of dirt track hustle and muscle
are on tap featuring USMTS Modifieds, Medieval USRA
Stock Cars and Battle at The Bullring B-Mods. The total
purse for the weekend is more than $200,000.
Summit USMTS Modifieds will compete Thursday for $3,000
to win and Friday's main event winner garners $5,000.
Saturday’s finale will see a top prize of $15,000.
Medieval USRA Stock Cars are racing for $750 to win
on Thursday and $1,000 to win on Friday before trading
paint for a $1,500 top prize on Saturday.
Battle
at The Bullring B-Mods race for $1,000 to win on
Thursday and Friday, and then a $10,000 paycheck awaits
the main event winner on Saturday.
If you can’t
be there in person, watch every lap of every race in
every division with your
RacinDirt Pit Pass.
All times listed are Central
Standard Time (CST) p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
Pits Open 12
noon
Gates Open 5 p.m.
Pit Meeting 5:15 p.m.
Qualifying 5:45 p.m.
Racing follows qualifying
General Admission $25 [3-day $75]
Military/Seniors
(62+) $20 [3-day $60]
Kids (6-12) $5, Under 6 FREE
Pits $40 (3-day $120), Kids (6-10) $30 [3-day $75]
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Pits Open 2
p.m.
Gates Open 5 p.m.
Pit Meeting 5:15 p.m.
Qualifying 5:45 p.m.
Racing follows qualifying
Joe Inman rockin' the Hummer Party Barn after racing
General Admission $25
Military/Seniors (62+) $20
Kids (6-12) $10, Under 6 FREE
Pits $40, Kids (6-10)
$30
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Pits
Open 2 p.m.
Gates Open 4 p.m.
Pit Meeting 4:30
p.m.
Qualifying 5 p.m.
Racing follows qualifying
General Admission $30
Military/Seniors (62+) $25
Kids (6-12) $10, Under 6 FREE
Pits $45, Kids (6-10)
$30
USMTS Modified drivers will be able to earn
USMTS points or USRA national points, but not both. A
complete and separate show of qualifying heat races and
main events are on tap all three nights. Drivers will
draw for their starting positions on Thursday with the
top 12 in heat race passing points advancing to the main
event. Friday and Saturday will utilize group qualifying
to set heat race lineups.
Nine different drivers
have claimed victory in the previous ten Summit King of
America contests and the list is a who’s-who of dirt
modified racing.
Reigning Grant Junghans USMTS
Rookie of the Year Brooks Strength captured his USMTS
feature win in last year’s finale to notch the biggest
triumph of his career. On Friday night, Carlos Ahumada
Jr. was with winner—his first and only career USMTS
victory.
Prior to an off-year for the COVID-19
pandemic, Ricky Thornton Jr. captured the crown two
years earlier while two-time USRA Modified national
champion Lucas Schott was the 2018 winner. Two-time
USMTS national champion Ryan Gustin won in and became
the first and only 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 55 USMTS main events staged at the Humboldt
Speedway, Hughes has more than doubled his nearest
competitor with 13 career wins while Scott has six wins.
Gustin and Shryock both have five and Sanders follows
with four victories.
Drivers with two wins
include VanderBeek, Terry Phillips, Johnny Scott, Jason
Krohn and Johnny Bone Jr. On one occasion the checkered
flag has waved for Thornton, Schott, Tanner Mullens,
Kyle Strickler, Tim Donlinger, Jon Tesch, Jeremy Payne,
Mitch Keeter, Steve Holzkamper and William Gould.
USMTS MODIFIED PAYOUTS
Thursday: “A” Main – 1. $3000, 2. $1700, 3. $1200, 4.
$900, 5. $800, 6. $700, 7. $600, 8. $500, 9. $450, 10.
$400, 11. $375, 12. $350, 13. $325, 14. $320, 15. $315,
16. $310, 17. $305, other starters $300.
Friday:
“A” Main – 1. $5000, 2. $3000, 3. $2000, 4. $1500, 5.
$1000, 6. $900, 7. $800, 8. $750, 9. $700, 10. $650, 11.
$600, 12. $575, 13. $550, 14. $540, 15. $535, 16. $530,
17. $525, 18. $520, 19. $515, 20. $510, 21. $505, other
starters $500.
Saturday: “A” Main – 1. $15,000,
2. $7000 3. $4000, 4. $3000, 5. $2000, 6. $1500, 7.
$1200, 8. $1100, 9. $1000, 10. $900, 11. $875, 12. $850,
13. $840, 14. $835, 15. $830, 16. $825, 17. $820, 18.
$815, 19. $810, 20. $805, other starters $800.
Early entry for Modifieds ends Wednesday, March 23. The
cost is $100 Thursday, $150 Friday and $200 Saturday. On
race day, the entry fees are $150 Thursday, $200 Friday
and $250 Saturday. Register online or call the USMTS
office at (515) 832-7944.
Thursday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-thu
Friday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-fri
Saturday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-sat
MEDIEVAL USRA
STOCK CAR PAYOUTS
Medieval USRA Stock
Cars will run a complete show each of the three nights,
and all three nights will award regional and national
points in the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series.
Thursday: “A” Main – 1. $750, 2. $500, 3. $400, 4. $300,
5. $250, 6. $225, 7. $200, 8. $175, 9. $150, 10. $125,
11. $120, 12. $115, 13. $110, 14. $105, other starters
$100.
Friday: “A” Main – 1. $1000, 2. $700, 3.
$500, 4. $400, 5. $300, 6. $250, 7. $225, 8. $200, 9.
$175, 10. $150, 11. $145, 12. $140, 13. $135, 14. $130,
other starters $125.
Saturday: “A” Main – 1.
$1500, 2. $900, 3. $700, 4. $600, 5. $500, 6. $400, 7.
$350, 8. $300, 9. $250, 10. $225, 11. $200, 12. $190,
13. $180, 14. $170, 15. $160, other starters $150.
Early entry ends Wednesday, March 23. The cost for
three days is $100 or $150 on race day. On individual
race days, the cost is $50 Thursday, $75 Friday and $100
Saturday. Register online or call the USRA office at
(515) 832-6000.
Three-day registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-stocks
Thursday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-thu
Friday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-fri
Saturday registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-sat
BATTLE AT THE
BULLRING B-MOD PAYOUTS
At this year’s
King of America XI powered by Summit, each B-Mod racer
will battle in two heats on Thursday and two on Friday.
Each night, the top 16 in points will run a feature
paying $1,000 to win and $100 to start. Accumulated
points from the first two nights will set the lineups
for Saturday’s main events.
This class will
welcome USRA B-Mods, USRA Limited Mods, Wissota Midwest
Modifieds and Sport Mods. Each car must utilize the
complete car spec rules for their division.
Thursday: “A” Main – 1. $1000, 2. $600, 3. $450, 4.
$350, 5. $300, 6. $250, 7. $200, 8. $175, 9. $150, 10.
$140, 11. $130, 12. $125, 13. $120, 14. $115, 15. $110,
16. $105, other starters $100.
Friday: “A” Main –
1. $1000, 2. $600, 3. $450, 4. $350, 5. $300, 6. $250,
7. $200, 8. $175, 9. $150, 10. $140, 11. $130, 12. $125,
13. $120, 14. $115, 15. $110, 16. $105, other starters
$100.
Saturday: “A” Main – 1. $10,000, 2. $5000,
3. $3000, 4. $2500, 5. $2000, 6. $1500, 7. $1200, 8.
$1100, 9. $1000, 10. $900, 11. $875, 12. $850, 13. $840,
14. $835, 15. $830, 16. $825, 17. $820, 18. $815, 19.
$810, 20. $805, other starters $800; “B” Main – 1-12.
advance, 13. $700, 14. $500, 15. $475, 16. $450, 17.
$425, other starters $400; “C” Main – 1-12. advance, 13.
$400, 14. $350, 15. $300, 16. $275, other starters $250;
Last Chance – 1-6. advance, 7. $250, other starters
$225; Next-to-Last Chance – 1-6. advance, 7. $250, 8.
$225, 9. $200, 10. $175, other starters $150.
Early entry ends Wednesday, March 23. The cost is $200
or $250 at the gate on raceday. Register online or call
(515) 832-6000.
Three-day registration:
https://bit.ly/KOA-thu
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.
Road closure:
Note that there is a road closure on US 169
between Chanute (Cherry St) and US 169 Douglas Rd
(Plummer Ave). To get to the track exit (Hawaii Rd),
when coming via KS 39 from the west or US 169 from the
south, use the map to help avoid construction. Exit onto
eastbound KS 39 to the first road north (left) Plummer
Ave (Douglas Rd) drive approximately 2.5 miles north on
Plummer Ave (Douglas Rd) and take the right-hand exit
back onto US 169, and then follow US 169 to Hawaii Rd
(Humboldt) exit.
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1715 W 2nd St, PO Box 905
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