Ebert
Conquers Tri-State Speedway as Sorensen Clinches USMTS
Points Title
POCOLA, Okla. (Oct. 27)
— Thursday
night at the Tri-State Speedway, Dan Ebert scored his
first victory of the season with the Summit USMTS
National Championship presented by RacinDirt with a
flag-to-flag effort on the red clay in Pocola, Oklahoma.
The inaugural USMTS King of the Ring kicked off
three straight nights of racing to put a bow on the 2022
campaign, with the 34-year-old from Lake Shore,
Minnesota, pocketing the $10,000 winner’s paycheck with
his first win since August 10, 2019.
“Man, it's just awesome. I can’t
put into words what I really feel,” Ebert told the crowd
from victory lane. “We’ve been working so hard—lots of
blood, sweat and tears that went into this—and you know,
my team’s always remained positive, and I feel like as a
driver you need to keep your team up. Grinding up and
down the road, being close (to winning) at times… It's
easy to get down.
Down is where Ebert kept the
hammer through all 40 laps of Thursday’s feature race,
keeping Dereck Ramirez, and then Terry Phillips behind
him the entire distance.
“It’s very hard to lead
races. You feel like you’re in the right groove and you
just don’t know how hard to push it. We feel like we
have a better handle on our regular tire situation.
We’ve overheated it at times this summer so we feel like
we’ve probably had a better handle on it.”
Just
two cautions waved during the race with the first one
happening on the opening lap when five USMTS Modifieds
got collected between turns three and four.
The
second came on lap 23 when Dylan Thornton’s flat tire
was the culprit. On the restart, Phillips moved to the
high and got around Ramirez for second. He quickly
returned to the short way around the track and settled
in for a runner-up finish as he held off the defending
USMTS National Champion.
Behind the podium
finishers, Joe Duvall bested Tanner Mullens for the
fourth spot while Zack VanderBeek, Dustin Sorensen,
Tyler Wolff, Rodney Sanders and Darron Fuqua completed
the top 10.
Racing from 15th on the starting
grid, Sorensen reigned in the FK Rod Ends Hard Charger
Award, but more importantly that effort clinched the
2022 USMTS points title. A check for $100,000 and the
Leon Ramirez Memorial trophy awaits the 21-year-old from
Rochester, Minnesota.
Kansas City here we come:
Championship weekend continues Friday and Saturday as a
pair of Sunflower State speedplants host the final two
events of the 2022 USMTS campaign.
On Friday, the
series heads north for the 8th Annual USMTS Kansas City
Sizzler at the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kan.,
for the second $10,000-to-win show of the weekend.
Tanner Mullens captured the Grant Junghans Memorial
trophy here in August—his first USMTS victory at the
historic half-mile oval—and Rodney Sanders claimed his
series-best fifth win at Lakeside Speedway in last
year’s “Sizzler.”
Past USMTS winners at Lakeside
Speedway include Terry Phillips (4 wins), Jeremy Payne
(3), Ricky Thornton Jr. (2), Ryan Gustin, Nic Bidinger,
Matt Dotson, Jesse Sobbing, Lucas Schott, Stormy Scott
and Jake O'Neil.
The pits open at 4 p.m.,
grandstands open at 5, hot laps and qualifying start at
7 and racing gets underway at 7:30 p.m. (all times
Central Standard Time)
Tickets and pit passes can
be purchased on race day. For suite and terrace
availability call (913) 299-9206.
Also on the
card, USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods are racing for
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national points.
Lakeside Speedway originally opened on April 17,
1955, at 92nd and Leavenworth Road but closed the
following year. Five years later, the track reopened
under new management and continued at that location
through 1988 when developers for The Woodlands dog and
horse racing track purchased the property.
Lakeside Speedway then moved to its present location at
5615 Wolcott Drive. The move enabled construction of
modern grandstands, suites and a press box for racing
fans. From 1989 to 1999, the track operated as a
half-mile asphalt track. In 2000, Lakeside Speedway was
again under new management and the racing surface was
converted to a semi-banked 4/10-mile clay oval, which
continues to be the configuration today.
Don and
Donna Marrs purchased the facility in 2012. Don Marrs
remains the owner today. His wife, Donna, passed away
earlier this year.
The Lakeside Speedway is
located 1.0 mile west of I-435 (exit 18) on SR 5
(northwest of Kansas City). The physical address is 5615
Wolcott Dr, Kansas City, KS 66109. For more information,
call or text General Manager Darren Bennett at
(913) 416-0823 or email
info@lakesidespeedway.net. For suite rental and
terrace availability call the track office at
(913) 299-9206.
The 3rd Annual USMTS Modified Spooktacular at the 81
Speedway in Park City, Kan., wraps up the season on
Saturday.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Modified
Touring Series
Summit USMTS National Championship
presented by RacinDirt
Inaugural USMTS King of the
Ring presented by Wrisco
Tri-State Speedway, Pocola,
Okla.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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
PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS HEAT RACE #1 (8 laps):
1. (1) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan.
2. (3) 4R
Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
3. (4) 87 Darron
Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan.
4. (6) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.,
El Paso, Texas
5. (7) 65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan.
6. (2) 712 Trevor Hughes, Salina, Okla.
7. (9) 10C
Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
8. (5) 2G Brandon
Givens, Wichita, Kan.
9. (8) 38T Dylan Thornton,
Santa Maria, Calif.
FAST SHAFTS HEAT RACE
#2 (8 laps):
1. (3) 21 Jacob Bleess,
Chatfield, Minn.
2. (2) 91 Joe Duvall, Claremore,
Okla.
3. (4) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
4. (5) 6J Jason Payton, Greenwood, Ark.
5. (6) 7
Willie Gammill, Siloam Springs, Ark.
6. (1) 45 Chase
Holland, Saucier, Miss.
7. (8) 30 Dalton Kirk,
Edgerton, Kan.
8. (7) 8C Chris Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
EDELBROCK HEAT RACE #3 (8 laps):
1. (2) 12J Jason Ingalls, Longview, Texas
2. (4) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (3) 33Z Zack
VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
4. (1) 21K Kyle Brown,
Madrid, Iowa
5. (5) 47 Jack Sartain, Terrell, Texas
6. (6) 54T Matthew Day, Farmersville, Texas
7. (8) 18
Chad Smith, Springdale, Ark.
8. (7) 58X Gary
Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
MSD
PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE #4 (8 laps):
1. (2) 60
Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (4) 4W Tyler Wolff,
Fayetteville, Ark.
3. (1) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
4. (3) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas
5.
(6) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
6. (7) 12
Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
7. (5) 7D Jake Davis,
Hackett, Ark.
8. (8) 18C Casey Lindell, Porter, Okla.
REAL RACING WHEELS “B” MAIN #1 (12 laps, top
5 advance):
1. (2) 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy,
Texas
2. (4) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
3. (1) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El Paso, Texas
4. (5)
12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
5. (3) 65 Tyler Davis,
Haysville, Kan.
6. (11) 38T Dylan Thornton, Santa
Maria, Calif.
7. (7) 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa,
Iowa
8. (6) 45 Chase Holland, Saucier, Miss.
9.
(9) 2G Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan.
10. (10) 58X
Gary Christian, Broken Bow, Okla.
11. (8) 18 Chad
Smith, Springdale, Ark.
REAL RACING
WHEELS “B” MAIN #2 (12 laps, top 5 advance):
1. (2) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
2. (5) 712 Trevor
Hughes, Salina, Okla.
3. (8) 7D Jake Davis, Hackett,
Ark.
4. (4) 47 Jack Sartain, Terrell, Texas
5. (1)
6J Jason Payton, Greenwood, Ark.
6. (9) 8C Chris
Clark, Jackson, Wyo.
7. (6) 54T Matthew Day,
Farmersville, Texas
8. (7) 30 Dalton Kirk, Edgerton,
Kan.
9. (10) 18C Casey Lindell, Porter, Okla.
10.
(3) 7 Willie Gammill, Siloam Springs, Ark.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT “A” MAIN (40 laps):
1. (1) 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn.
2. (7) 75
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.
3. (2) 4R Dereck
Ramirez, Woodward, Okla.
4. (5) 91 Joe Duvall,
Claremore, Okla.
5. (4) 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita,
Kan.
6. (11) 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa
7. (15) 19 Dustin Sorensen, Rochester, Minn.
8. (8)
4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark.
9. (13) 20 Rodney
Sanders, Happy, Texas
10. (9) 87 Darron Fuqua,
Mayetta, Kan.
11. (17) 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr., El
Paso, Texas
12. (18) 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla.
13. (14) 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa
14. (23) 10C
Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa
15. (21) 65 Tyler
Davis, Haysville, Kan.
16. (16) 712 Trevor Hughes,
Salina, Okla.
17. (22) 6J Jason Payton, Greenwood,
Ark.
18. (19) 7D Jake Davis, Hackett, Ark.
19.
(10) 44S Shane DeVolder, Pacifica, Calif.
20. (6) 21
Jacob Bleess, Chatfield, Minn.
21. (24) 38T Dylan
Thornton, Santa Maria, Calif.
22. (3) 12J Jason
Ingalls, Longview, Texas
23. (20) 47 Jack Sartain,
Terrell, Texas
24. (12) 69 Lucas Schott, Chatfield,
Minn.
Lap Leader: Ebert 1-40.
Total Laps Led: Ebert 40.
Margin of Victory: 0.616 second.
Time of Race: 19 minutes, 44.427 seconds (2
cautions).
Provisional Starters:
Carter, Thornton.
FK Rod Ends Hard Charger:
Sorensen (started 15th, finished 7th).
Entries: 33.
Next Race:
Friday, Oct. 28, Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.
Summit USMTS National Championship Points:
Sorensen 3010, Mullens 2889, Phillips 2820, Ramirez
2788, Sanders 2761, VanderBeek 2679, Ebert 2549, J.
Hughes 2510, Fuqua 2439, Carter 2378.
Grant
Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year Points:
Carter 2378, Brown 2101, DeVolder 2098, Thornton 1983,
Colton Horner 1685.
Miller Welders USMTS
Manufacturers Championship Points: MBCustoms
300, Mullens 256, Hughes 233, VanderBuilt 220, GRT 203.
Compstar/JE Pistons USMTS Engine Builder of the
Year Points: Cornett 254, Action 226, Stoen
226, Durham 188, Mullens 188.
Contingency
Awards:
American Racer – Bleess.
Beyea
Custom Headers – Duvall.
BigDeal Car Care – Ebert,
Phillips.
Bryke Racing – T. Davis.
BSB
Manufacturing – Thornton.
Champ Pans – Mullens.
Deatherage Opticians – Carter.
Edelbrock – Ingalls.
Fast Shafts – Bleess.
FK Rod Ends – Sorensen.
Hooker Harness – J. Hughes.
Integra Racing Shocks &
Springs – DeVolder.
Keyser Manufacturing – Fuqua.
KS Engineering – Ahumada.
KSE Racing Products –
Sanders.
Mel Hambelton Racing – Phillips.
Mesilla
Valley Transportation – Clark.
Midwest Wrap Co. –
Ingalls.
MSD Performance – Ebert.
Penske Racing
Shocks – Brown.
PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain –
Thornton.
Performance Bodies- Payton.
QA1 –
Mullens.
RacerWebsite.com – T. Davis.
Simpson
Performance Products – Mullens.
Summit Racing
Equipment – Carter, Christian, Clark, Kirk.
Super
Clean – Ebert.
Swift Springs – Fuqua, Ebert, T.
Hughes.
Sybesma Graphics – Ebert.
Tire Demon –
Gammill.
VP Racing Fuels – Ebert.
Wehrs Machine &
Racing Products – Christian.
Wilwood Disc Brakes –
Thornton.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American
Racer Racing Tires, Beyea
Headers, Chevrolet
Performance, Compstar, Fast
Shafts, FK
Rod Ends, Intercomp, K1
RaceGear by Ryan Bowers Motorsports, KS
Engineering, KSE
Racing Products, Malvern
Bank, Mesilla
Valley Transportation, MSD
Performance, Nitroquest
Media, PEM
Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit
Racing Equipment, Super
Clean, VP
Racing Fuels, Wrisco
Industries.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: ARMI
Contractors, Boubin
Tire & Automotive, Brodix
Cylinder Heads, DAY
Motorsports, Hacienda
Mechanical, Mel
Hambelton Racing, Midwest
Wrap Co., Miller
Welders, PBM
Performance Products, Rancho
Milagro Racing, RHRSwag.com, S&S
Fishing & Rental, Salty's
BBQ & Catering, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO
Racing Products, Allstar
Performance, BigDeal
Car Care, Bryke
Racing, BSB
Manufacturing, Champ
Pans, Deatherage
Opticians, Edelbrock, Hooker
Harness, Integra
Racing Shocks and Springs, JE
Pistons, Keyser
Manufacturing, Penske
Racing Shocks, Performance
Bodies & Parts, QA1, RacerWebsite.com, Real
Racing Wheels, Simpson
Performance Products, Swift
Springs, Sybesma
Graphics, Tire
Demon, Wehrs
Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood
Racing.
USMTS RACETRACKS:
81 Speedway,
Belleville High Banks,
Casino Speedway,
Cedar Lake Speedway,
Chateau Speedway,
Dallas County Speedway,
Deer Creek Speedway,
Fayette County Speedway,
Humboldt Speedway,
I-70 Speedway,
Lakeside Speedway,
Lucas Oil Speedway,
Mason City Motor Speedway,
Mississippi Thunder Speedway,
Ogilvie Raceway,
Red Dirt Raceway,
Rocket Raceway Park,
Tri-State Speedway,
Winneshiek Raceway.
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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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