Ogilvie first of seven weekends, 22 races to crown 2023 USMTS champion
With only seven weekends remaining and 21 feature races books, there are 22 features left to be contested before we crown the 2023 Summit USMTS national champion during our 25th Anniversary Season.
This weekend, the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt heads to the Ogilvie Raceway for the 3rd Annual Mod Wars, July 13-15.
The blockbuster battle will pay $3,000 to win Thursday with $5,000 to win Friday's feature. Saturday's main event wraps up the tripleheader with an $11,000-to-win finale.
Next weekend, the Mason City Motor Speedway finishes up the month with another three-night excursion on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 20-22, for the 10th Annual USMTS North Iowa Nationals presented by Christie Door Company.
The remainder of the season features two weekends in August with stops at the I-70 Speedway, Lakeside Speedway and Lucas Oil Speedway before the $25,000-to-win USMTS 25th Anniversary race in Mason City, Aug. 16-19. The Featherlite Fall Jamboree happens at Deer Creek in September, Arrowhead Speedway's first event is in October and we roll the dice and head to Las Vegas in November for the season finale.
2023 SCHEDULE
(as of July 12, 2023)
Mar 4, Rocket Raceway Park (Tom Berry Jr.)
Mar 5, Rocket Raceway Park (Jake Timm)
Mar 23, Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway (Terry Phillips)
Mar 25, Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway (Dan Ebert)
Mar 30, Ark-La-Tex Speedway (Cade Dillard)
Mar 31, Ark-La-Tex Speedway (Cayden Carter)
Apr 1, Ark-La-Tex-Speedway (Tyler Wolff)
Apr 20, 81 Speedway (Tanner Mullens)
Apr 21, 81 Speedway (Tyler Wolff)
Apr 22, 81 Speedway (Jake O'Neil)
Apr 27, Hamilton County Speedway (Dan Ebert)
Apr 28, Hamilton County Speedway (Tom Berry Jr.)
May 5, Lakeside Speedway (Jake O'Neil)
May 6, Lakeside Speedway (Tyler Davis)
May 25, Deer Creek Speedway (Rodney Sanders)
May 26, Deer Creek Speedway (Rodney Sanders)
May 27, Deer Creek Speedway (Brandon Davis)
May 28, Fayette County Speedway (Zack VanderBeek)
Jun 15, Cedar Lake Speedway (Carlos Ahumada Jr.)
Jun 16, Cedar Lake Speedway (Cayden Carter)
Jun 17, Cedar Lake Speedway (Dustin Sorensen)
Jul 13, Ogilvie Raceway, Mod Wars III
Jul 14, Ogilvie Raceway, Mod Wars III
Jul 15, Ogilvie Raceway, Mod Wars III
Jul 20, Mason City Motor Speedway, North Iowa Nationals
Jul 21, Mason City Motor Speedway, North Iowa Nationals
Jul 22, Mason City Motor Speedway, North Iowa Nationals
Aug 3, I-70 Speedway, Bushwhacker
Aug 4, Lakeside Speedway, Grant Junghans Memorial
Aug 5, Lucas Oil Speedway, Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout
Aug. 16, Mason City Motor Speedway, 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee
Aug 17, Mason City Motor Speedway, 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee
Aug 18, Mason City Motor Speedway, 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee
Aug 19, Mason City Motor Speedway, 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee
Sep 21, Deer Creek Speedway, Featherlite Fall Jamboree
Sep 22, Deer Creek Speedway, Featherlite Fall Jamboree
Sep 23, Deer Creek Speedway, Featherlite Fall Jamboree
Oct 12, Arrowhead Speedway, ARMI Contractors All-American
Oct 13, Arrowhead Speedway, ARMI Contractors All-American
Oct 14, Arrowhead Speedway, ARMI Contractors All-American
Nov 9, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Duel in the Desert
Nov 10, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Duel in the Desert
Nov 11, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Duel in the Desert
For complete schedule, check out usmts.com/schedule.
Twenty-one different drivers from 12 different states have perfect attendance with 21 starts in 21 events during the 2023 campaign—a new record, so far. In all, 179 different drivers from 20 different States and one Canadian Province have raced with the USMTS this season.
POINTS STANDINGS
(as of July 12, 2023)
1. 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas ... 1679 (2 wins)
2. 0 Jake O'Neil, Tucson, Ariz. ... 1598 (2)
3. 12 Jason Hughes, Watts, Okla. ... 1591
4. 60 Dan Ebert, Lake Shore, Minn. ... 1529 (2)
5. 24C Jim Chisholm, Osage, Iowa ... 1522
6. 11X Tom Berry Jr.., Des Moines, Iowa ... 1520 (2)
7. 02 Tanner Mullens, Wichita, Kan. ... 1487 (1)
8. 4R Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. ... 1485
9. 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. ... 1451 (1)
10. 10C Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, Iowa ... 1447 (2)
11. 33Z Zack VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa ... 1445 (1)
12. 4W Tyler Wolff, Fayetteville, Ark. ... 1443 (2)
13. 87 Darron Fuqua, Mayetta, Kan. ... 1434
14. K9 Will Krup, Mt. Carmel, Ill. ... 1416
15. 65X Carlos Ahumada Jr.., El Paso, Texas ... 1283 (1 win)
16. 4 Jeremy Nelson, Alexandria, Minn. ... 1231
17. 10B Brandon Givens, Wichita, Kan. ... 1228
18. 38T Dylan Thornton, Orcutt, Calif. ... 1192
19. 21K Kyle Brown, Madrid, Iowa ... 1124
20. 45 Chase Holland, Success, Miss. ... 1089
22. 99L Steve Lavasseur, River Falls, Wis. ... 1024
Other winners:
49 Jake Timm, Winona, Minn. (1)
65 Tyler Davis, Haysville, Kan. (1)
97 Cade Dillard, Robeline, La. (1)
50III Brandon Davis, Hayfield, Minn. (1)
For complete standings and statistics, visit usmts.com/points.
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USMTS RACETRACKS: 81 Speedway, Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Arrowhead Speedway, Cedar Lake Speedway, Deer Creek Speedway, Fayette County Speedway, Hamilton County Speedway, Humboldt Speedway, I-70 Speedway, Lakeside Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, Lucas Oil Speedway, Mason City Motor Speedway, Ogilvie Raceway, Rocket Raceway Park.