Fuqua
Survives for Humboldt USMTS Win
Rain pushed the original date
for King of America XIII back more than a month, and the
rust showed as completing Thursday’s opener at the
Humboldt Speedway was a tall task.
The Summit
USMTS Modifieds suffered through two red flags during
the first half of the main event which extended the time
to complete the race to more than an hour.
Caution flags during the first eight laps saw former
winners Jason Hughes, Rodney Sanders and Lucas Schott
joining several others in bending body parts. For
drivers such as Tyler Wolff and Broc Bowen, they had to
deal with much more than just sheet metal damage.
Sybesma Graphics Pole Award winner Dean Wille set
the pace to start the feature, which extended to 33 laps
as a tribute to Barbi VanBeek—the mother of USMTS
superstar Zack VanderBeek, who was unable to attend
tonight’s event after laying his mother to rest
yesterday.
Wille led four laps before Alex
Williamson powered past around the top of the Humboldt
Speedway to gain the lead on lap five.
Terry
Phillips snuck by Williamson following the race’s first
restart, but another quick yellow flag allowed
Williamson to retain the lead. He led until Darron Fuqua
assumed the top spot with ten laps in the books.
After the first eleven circuits took more than 45
minutes to get through, the final 23 took less than ten
minutes to finish with Fuqua leading the rest of the way
in his first start of the 2024 season.
Not only
was it his first time in action this year, but it was
also his career-first USMTS win at ‘The Hummer’ and just
his second overall. He pocketed $3,000 for his efforts.
“We got to take a break and get some priorities
taken care so we can concentrate a little bit,” Fuqua
said about his absence from the first four USMTS event
in Texas. “We unloaded really good. This is my first
Mullens car—my oldest—and it’s just been really good so
I decided to pull it out.
“I always run good here
at the King of America. I think we got second twice the
last four years or something, so I would settle for a
second again but I’d really like to get (a win).”
Phillips held on for the
runner-up spot while 13th-starting Cade Dillard finished
third to put him on the Featherlite Top-3 podium.
Jake Timm started 20th and climbed to a fourth-place
paycheck by the end, and also garnered the FK Rod Ends
Hard Charger Award.
Williamson rounded out the
top five with Jeremy Nelson, Dereck Ramirez, Jacob
Hobscheidt, Cayden Carter and defending King of America
champ Dan Ebert completing the top ten.
RacinDirt
USMTS King of America XIII resumes Friday and Saturday,
April 4-6, with $5,000 on the line for Friday’s winner
with $12,000 and the King of America crown going to
Saturday’s winner.
USRA Stock Cars and USRA
B-Mods will once again join the Summit USMTS Modifieds
both nights.
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.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified Touring Series Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt
RacinDirt King of America XIII – Night 1 of 3
Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, Kan. Thursday, April 4,
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. (2) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria,
Minn. 2. (3) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. 3. (5)
10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 4. (4) 457 Boone
Evans, Bullard, Texas 5. (7) 88S Nathan Smith,
Anthony, N.M. 6. (9) 88 Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla.
7. (1) 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. 8. (6) 16 Austin
Siebert, Grandview, Mo. 9. (8) 25 Joe Chisholm,
Osage, Iowa
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE #2 (10
laps): 1. (1) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute,
Kan. 2. (3) 12H Mike Hansen, Dickinson, N.D. 3.
(7) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 4. (9) 97 Cade
Dillard, Robeline, La. 5. (4) 2G Ryan Gierke,
Villard, Minn. 6. (5) 75J Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark.
7. (2) 12C Leland Cruz, Amarillo, Texas 8. (8) 26
Shawn Fletcher, Brainerd, Minn. 9. (6) 10B Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE
#3 (10 laps): 1. (1) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan. 2. (3) 30 Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice,
Neb. 3. (2) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb.
4. (6) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas 5. (9) 1TPO
Tyler Peterson, Hickson, N.D. 6. (7) 32 D.J. Shannon,
Merced, Calif. 7. (5) 26S Steven Glenn, Hamilton, Mo.
8. (8) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 9. (4) 75M
Gunner Martin, Sugar Creek, Mo.
WIELAND
METAL SERVICES HEAT RACE #4 (10 laps): 1.
(1) 444 Brooks Strength, Raymond, Miss. 2. (2) 56
Broc Bowen, Fannin, Texas 3. (3) 49 Jake Timm,
Winona, Minn. 4. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
5. (6) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 6. (8)
19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif. 7. (5) 65X Carlos
Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 8. (7) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 9. (9) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville,
Kan.
VP RACING HEAT RACE #5 (10 laps):
1. (2) 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo. 2. (4) 15WX
Alex Williamson, Rushford, Minn. 3. (7) 4W Tyler
Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 4. (3) 15W Wyatt Gaggero,
Wichita, Kan. 5. (9) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
6. (8) 98 Kenton Allen, Chanute, Kan. 7. (5) 10H
Nathan Heinrich, Bellingham, Minn. 8. (1) 442 Aaron
Johnson, Brainerd, Minn. 9. (6) 32W Darrick Waggoner,
Las Cruces, N.M.
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE
HEAT RACE #6 (10 laps): 1. (4) 75 Terry
Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 2. (1) 69 Lucas Schott,
Chatfield, Minn. 3. (2) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
4. (3) 96 Taton Hansen, Spicer, Minn. 5. (8) 21K Kyle
Brown, Madrid, Iowa 6. (6) 55H A.J. Hoff,
Mantorville, Minn. 7. (5) 58X Gary Christian, Broken
Bow, Okla. 8. (7) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo, Kan.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (15 laps, top 6
advance): 1. (2) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline,
La. 2. (1) 56 Broc Bowen, Fannin, Texas 3. (4) 24C
Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 4. (6) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa 5. (3) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth,
Neb. 6. (7) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. 7.
(5) 1TPO Tyler Peterson, Hickson, N.D. 8. (10) 2G
Ryan Gierke, Villard, Minn. 9. (8) 96 Taton Hansen,
Spicer, Minn. 10. (17) 442 Aaron Johnson, Brainerd,
Minn. 11. (15) 16 Austin Siebert, Grandview, Mo.
12. (9) 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. 13.
(16) 25C Cody Thompson, Sioux City, Iowa 14. (14) 10H
Nathan Heinrich, Bellingham, Minn. 15. (12) 75J
Jeremy LaCoe, Lincoln, Ark. 16. (13) 26S Steven
Glenn, Hamilton, Mo. 17. (11) 98 Kenton Allen,
Chanute, Kan. 18. (19) 75M Gunner Martin, Sugar
Creek, Mo. 19. (18) 25 Joe Chisholm, Osage, Iowa
DNS – 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. DNS – 32W Darrick
Waggoner, Las Cruces, N.M.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (15 laps, top 6 advance):
1. (2) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 2. (1)
69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn. 3. (4) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas 4. (3) 49 Jake Timm, Winona,
Minn. 5. (8) 88S Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M. 6.
(10) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro, Calif. 7. (9) 88
Chad Wheeler, Muskogee, Okla. 8. (6) 457 Boone Evans,
Bullard, Texas 9. (5) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
10. (12) 55H A.J. Hoff, Mantorville, Minn. 11. (15)
58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla. 12. (14) 65X
Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas 13. (17) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan. 14. (18) 7G Gabe Hodges, Lebo,
Kan. 15. (7) 15W Wyatt Gaggero, Wichita, Kan. 16.
(20) 19R Chris Kratzer, Haysville, Kan. 17. (19) 10B
Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. 18. (11) 32 D.J.
Shannon, Merced, Calif. 19. (16) 26 Shawn Fletcher,
Brainerd, Minn. 20. (13) 12C Leland Cruz, Amarillo,
Texas
BARBI VANDERBEEK MEMORIAL “A” MAIN
(33 laps): 1. (3) 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta,
Kan. 2. (5) 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. 3.
(13) 97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La. 4. (20) 49 Jake
Timm, Winona, Minn. 5. (2) 15WX Alex Williamson,
Rushford, Minn. 6. (6) 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria,
Minn. 7. (8) 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. 8.
(21) 01 Jacob Hobscheidt, Plattsmouth, Neb. 9. (14)
10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa 10. (25) 60 Dan
Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. 11. (12) 30 Jordan
Grabouski, Beatrice, Neb. 12. (18) 20 Rodney Sanders,
Happy, Texas 13. (23) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan. 14. (19) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa 15.
(17) 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa 16. (1) 68 Dean
Wille, Warrensburg, Mo. 17. (26) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan. 18. (10) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts,
Okla. 19. (7) 127 Paden Phillips, Chanute, Kan.
20. (4) 444 Brooks Strength, Raymond, Miss. 21. (9)
4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. 22. (15) 56 Broc
Bowen, Fannin, Texas 23. (11) 12H Mike Hansen,
Dickinson, N.D. 24. (24) 19SB Lance Mari, El Centro,
Calif. 25. (27) 58X Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
26. (22) 88S Nathan Smith, Anthony, N.M. 27. (16) 69
Lucas Schott, Chatfield, Minn.
Lap
Leaders: Wille 1-4, Williamson 5-10, Fuqua
11-33. Total Laps Led: Fuqua 23,
Williamson 6, Wille 4. Margin of Victory:
1.323 seconds. Time of Race: 55
minutes, 35.949 seconds (4 cautions).
Provisional Starters: Ebert, Davis.
Emergency Provisional: Christian. FK
Rod Ends Hard Charger: Timm (started 20th,
finished 4th). Entries: 53.
Next Race: Friday-Saturday, April 5-6,
Humboldt Speedway. Summit USMTS National
Championship Points: Timm 420, Ebert 409, T.
Phillips 400, Hughes 384, Mullens 383, Davis 377,
Ramirez 374, Jim Chisholm 347, Christian 347, Sanders
347. Mel Hambelton Racing USMTS Central
Region Points: Fuqua 103, T. Phillips 95,
Dillard 91, Timm 87, Williamson 85. 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, Timm 29, Hobscheidt 27,
Mullens 25, Jim Chisholm 22. Miller Welders
USMTS Manufacturers Championship Points:
Mullens 42, Hughes 33, Rage 33, BOM 30, Bloodline 26.
Callies/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the
Year Points: Mullins 45, OFI 33, ProPower 30,
KSE 29, Cornett 29, Durham 29.
Contingency Awards: Aero Race Wheels – Cruz.
American Racer – Siebert. Bear Graphix – Bowen.
Beyea Custom Headers – Timm. Bryke Racing – Jim
Chisholm. BSB Manufacturing – Wolff. Champ Pans –
Williamson. Danny Crane Racing Engines – Nelson.
Deatherage Opticians – P. Phillips. Edelbrock –
Fuqua. Fast Shafts – P. Phillips. Featherlite
Trailers – Fuqua, T. Phillips, Dillard. FK Rod Ends –
Timm. Gorsuch Performance Solutions – Fuqua.
Hooker Harness – Sanders. Hyperco – Sanders.
Integra Racing Shocks & Springs – Hughes. Keyser
Manufacturing – Ebert. KSE Racing Products – Carter.
MD3 – Fuqua. Mel Hambelton Racing – Peterson,
Wheeler. Mesilla Valley Transportation – Waggoner.
MSD Performance – Timm. Penske Racing Shocks –
Mullens. PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain – Wille.
QA1 – T. Phillips. Quarter Master – Carter.
RacerWebsite.com – Peterson. Rush RaceGear by Austin
Witt – Dillard, Fuqua. Simpson Race Products –
Nelson. Summit Racing Equipment – Beebe, Cruz,
Fletcher, Martin. Sweet Manufacturing – Wille.
Swift Springs – Ramirez, P. Phillips, Fuqua. Sybesma
Graphics – Wille. Total Power – Grabouski. Victory
Fuel – Fuqua. VP Racing – Fuqua. Wehrs Machine &
Racing Products – Martin. Wilwood Disc Brakes –
Ramirez.
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USMTS
OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Callies
Performance Products, Chevrolet
Performance, Fast
Shafts, Featherlite
Trailers, FK
Rod Ends, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, TicketSmarter, VP
Racing - Heartland, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boomtest
Well Service, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, Collins
Brothers Towing, Gene
Nicholas, LLC, Hacienda
Mechanical, Hochatown
Saloon, Mel
Hambelton Ford, Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, Shop
Quik Stores, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO
Race Wheels, AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, Bear
Graphix, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Danny
Crane Racing Engines, Deatherage
Racing Opticians, Edelbrock, Gorsuch
Performance Solutions, Gunshepherd.com, Hooker
Harness, Hyperco, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, Keyser
Manufacturing, MD3, Mel
Hambelton Racing, MSD
Performance, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, Quarter
Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Rush
RaceGear by Austin Witt, Simpson
Performance Products, Sweet
Manufacturing, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Total
Power, Victory
Fuel, Victory
Vault, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
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Beatrice Speedway,
Boothill Speedway,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fairmont Raceway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Granite City Motor Park,
Hamilton County Speedway,
Heart O’ Texas Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
Hunt County Raceway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Off Road Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Park Jefferson Speedway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Route 66 Motor Speedway,
RPM Speedway,
Tri-State 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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