By USMTS PR (Humboldt, KS) -- Daniel was in the lion’s den Saturday night at the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kansas, for the finale of RacinDirt USMTS King of America XII presented by Shocker Hitch, but he emerged a newly-crowned king at the end of a 60-lap battle.
After Terry Phillips won in impressive fashion on Thursday, most of the betting was heavy on his side again Saturday after his crew drew the pole for a second straight night.
PHOTO CREDIT: Buck Monson
It appeared that Phillips was on his way to another historic win as he pulled away from the pack and led the first 30 laps unchallenged. Only Dan Ebert was able to stay with him and he eventually ran him down.
Ebert, from Lake Shore, Minnesota, made the winning pass with 33 laps down and 27 to go. His car just continued to get smaller in the windshield of every chaser.
With the threat of rain looming above, Ebert made quick work of lapped traffic and never faltered. In his Collins Brothers Towing #60, Ebert took the checkered flag on lap 60 with a 4.984-second advantage—more than double the combined margins of victory in the first three events this year.
“Unbelievable really. Special thanks to (Race Director) Todd, he said ‘We gotta hurry here the rain’s coming. Look at it, it’s going here,” Ebert said in victory lane as the rain began to fall. ”Early in the go I was just searching—trying some high, trying some low—and decided to go back to the bottom and see where we’ve been running. I just kept working him and working him but I had to be real careful not to slide my tires.”
It was no surprise to find Ebert near the front of the pack. With three top-ten efforts and a pair of top-five finishes so far this year, Ebert improved his score card with a $12,000 triumph on Saturday in becoming King Daniel XII—the eleventh different winner of this event. It was his third USMTS triumph.
“We made a shock change today and the FOX Shocks are really dialed-in,” he added. ”We studied our tires last night and we saw some blistering but thought it was from the cold weather, so I think we made the right call tonight.”
For Phillips, it was his second runner-up effort in four races, but it was enough for another healthy payday and enough to lay claim to the top spot in the national points standings.
Last year’s Grant Junghans USMTS Rookie of the Year, Cayden Carter, finished third and fans got to witness an amazing run by Rodney Sanders as the four-time USMTS National Champion started dead last in 30th and crossed the finish in fourth.
A former winner here, Zack VanderBeek was as solid as ever with a fifth-place finish. Jim Chisholm, defending event champion Jake O'Neil, Jason Hughes, Jeremy Nelson and Tyler Wolff completed the top ten at the checkered flag.
A short week lies ahead as the Summit USMTS Modifieds invade the “Land of Three Wide” for the 10th Annual USMTS Cajun Clash at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, Louisiana.
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RESULTS
Summit Racing Equipment A Feature 1 (60 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[8]; 2. 75-Terry Phillips[1]; 3. 10C-Cayden Carter[4]; 4. 20-Rodney Sanders[30]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[2]; 6. 24C-Jim Chisholm[7]; 7. 0-Jake O'Neil[6]; 8. 12-Jason Hughes[16]; 9. 4-Jeremy Nelson[17]; 10. 4W-Tyler Wolff[3]; 11. 38T-Dylan Thornton[18]; 12. 1ST-Johnny Scott[15]; 13. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 14. 55-Ryan Gustin[11]; 15. K9-Will Krup[25]; 16. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[27]; 17. 21-Jacob Bleess[29]; 18. 10B-Brandon Givens[26]; 19. 58X-Gary Christian[24]; 20. 45-Chase Holland[12]; 21. 87-Darron Fuqua[22]; 22. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[23]; 23. 21K-Kyle Brown[28]; 24. 15WX-Kale Westover[10]; 25. 15WA-Alex Williamson[20]; 26. 02-Tanner Mullens[14]; 27. 7-Al Hejna[9]; 28. 26G-Ryan Gierke[19]; 29. 174-Ethan Dotson[21]; 30. 21KT-Ricky Thornton Jr[13]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 21KT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 2. 12-Jason Hughes[2]; 3. 26G-Ryan Gierke[1]; 4. 87-Darron Fuqua[7]; 5. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[10]; 6. 21K-Kyle Brown[12]; 7. 16-Austin Siebert[8]; 8. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[15]; 9. 96-Taton Hansen[9]; 10. 7X-Chris Dawson[14]; 11. 47-Jack Sartain[17]; 12. 17-Jon Plowman[16]; 13. 99T-TJ Tolan[18]; 14. 20-Rodney Sanders[5]; 15. 56X-Broc Bowen[4]; 16. 65-Tyler Davis[6]; 17. 16B-Randy Brown[13]; 18. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[11]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 02-Tanner Mullens[2]; 2. 4-Jeremy Nelson[4]; 3. 15WA-Alex Williamson[1]; 4. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[9]; 5. K9-Will Krup[16]; 6. 8-Dillon McCowan[3]; 7. 33X-Justin Froemming[10]; 8. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[7]; 9. 25C-Cody Thompson[14]; 10. 12H-Mike Hansen[18]; 11. 88-Tanner Williamson[13]; 12. 20T-Trevor Anderson[11]; 13. 22B-Rick Beebe[6]; 14. 32-Jesse Young[17]; 15. 4RJ-Jared Russell[5]; 16. 90-Steve Wetzstein[15]; 17. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin[12]; 18. 10B-Brandon Givens[8]
Real Racing Wheels B Feature 3 (15 Laps): 1. 1ST-Johnny Scott[2]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[1]; 3. 174-Ethan Dotson[5]; 4. 58X-Gary Christian[11]; 5. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[12]; 6. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[16]; 7. 712-Trevor Hughes[4]; 8. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[8]; 9. 127-Paden Phillips[9]; 10. 21-Jacob Bleess[10]; 11. 308-Pat Hoffman[15]; 12. 40-Jessy Willard[18]; 13. 18-Bobby Mayfield[13]; 14. 21X-Austin Bonner[7]; 15. 91-Joe Duvall[3]; 16. 19SB-Lance Mari[6]; 17. 747-Colton Eck[14]; 18. 1M-Curt Myers[17]
Simpson Performance Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 0-Jake O'Neil[4]; 2. 21KT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 7-Al Hejna[8]; 4. 8-Dillon McCowan[7]; 5. 91-Joe Duvall[6]; 6. 19SB-Lance Mari[5]; 7. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt[10]; 8. 7X-Chris Dawson[1]; 9. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin[11]; 10. 11X-Tom Berry Jr[3]; 11. 1M-Curt Myers[9]
Fast Shafts Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 24C-Jim Chisholm[2]; 2. 49-Jake Timm[5]; 3. 4-Jeremy Nelson[1]; 4. 174-Ethan Dotson[4]; 5. 56X-Broc Bowen[6]; 6. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr[8]; 7. 33X-Justin Froemming[7]; 8. 6ST-Joseph Thomas[3]; 9. 16B-Randy Brown[10]; 10. 747-Colton Eck[11]; 11. 99T-TJ Tolan[9]
Edelbrock Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 10C-Cayden Carter[1]; 2. 26G-Ryan Gierke[3]; 3. 4W-Tyler Wolff[6]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis[2]; 5. 20-Rodney Sanders[9]; 6. 87-Darron Fuqua[5]; 7. 21-Jacob Bleess[7]; 8. 20T-Trevor Anderson[8]; 9. 88-Tanner Williamson[10]; 10. K9-Will Krup[4]; 11. 47-Jack Sartain[11]
Wieland Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 75-Terry Phillips[2]; 2. 45-Chase Holland[4]; 3. 15WX-Kale Westover[8]; 4. 12-Jason Hughes[6]; 5. 21X-Austin Bonner[1]; 6. 22B-Rick Beebe[9]; 7. 4R-Dereck Ramirez[5]; 8. 58X-Gary Christian[7]; 9. 90-Steve Wetzstein[3]; 10. 308-Pat Hoffman[10]; 11. 32-Jesse Young[11]
VP Race Fuels Heat 5 (10 Laps): 1. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek[2]; 2. 15WA-Alex Williamson[3]; 3. 712-Trevor Hughes[1]; 4. 02-Tanner Mullens[6]; 5. 4RJ-Jared Russell[5]; 6. 127-Paden Phillips[4]; 7. 96-Taton Hansen[10]; 8. 21K-Kyle Brown[7]; 9. 25C-Cody Thompson[9]; 10. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero[11]; 11. 12H-Mike Hansen[8]
Super Clean Heat 6 (10 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[2]; 2. 38T-Dylan Thornton[3]; 3. 55-Ryan Gustin[5]; 4. 1ST-Johnny Scott[6]; 5. 16-Austin Siebert[1]; 6. 10B-Brandon Givens[7]; 7. 99L-Steve Lavasseur[4]; 8. WW1-Ricky Alvarado[11]; 9. 18-Bobby Mayfield[10]; 10. 17-Jon Plowman[9]; 11. 40-Jessy Willard[8]
Qualifying 1: 1. 91-Joe Duvall, 00:16.556[1]; 2. 19SB-Lance Mari, 00:16.704[10]; 3. 0-Jake O'Neil, 00:16.765[3]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr, 00:16.814[5]; 5. 21KT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.819[9]; 6. 7X-Chris Dawson, 00:16.957[4]; 7. 8-Dillon McCowan, 00:16.964[6]; 8. 7-Al Hejna, 00:17.031[11]; 9. 1M-Curt Myers, 00:17.160[2]; 10. 01-Jacob Hobscheidt, 00:17.266[7]; 11. 78-Billy Jack Brutchin, 00:17.514[8]
Qualifying 2: 1. 56X-Broc Bowen, 00:16.329[9]; 2. 49-Jake Timm, 00:16.337[2]; 3. 174-Ethan Dotson, 00:16.456[6]; 4. 6ST-Joseph Thomas, 00:16.501[5]; 5. 24C-Jim Chisholm, 00:16.512[4]; 6. 4-Jeremy Nelson, 00:16.586[11]; 7. 33X-Justin Froemming, 00:16.639[3]; 8. 65X-Carlos Ahumada Jr, 00:16.711[10]; 9. 99T-TJ Tolan, 00:16.937[8]; 10. 16B-Randy Brown, 00:16.990[7]; 11. 747-Colton Eck, 00:16.990[1]
Qualifying 3: 1. 4W-Tyler Wolff, 00:16.481[7]; 2. 87-Darron Fuqua, 00:16.668[11]; 3. K9-Will Krup, 00:16.693[5]; 4. 26G-Ryan Gierke, 00:16.786[6]; 5. 65-Tyler Davis, 00:16.793[10]; 6. 10C-Cayden Carter, 00:16.804[9]; 7. 21-Jacob Bleess, 00:16.893[4]; 8. 20T-Trevor Anderson, 00:16.911[2]; 9. 20-Rodney Sanders, 00:16.949[1]; 10. 88-Tanner Williamson, 00:16.992[8]; 11. 47-Jack Sartain, 00:17.012[3]
Qualifying 4: 1. 12-Jason Hughes, 00:16.579[4]; 2. 4R-Dereck Ramirez, 00:16.590[2]; 3. 45-Chase Holland, 00:16.635[8]; 4. 90-Steve Wetzstein, 00:16.653[1]; 5. 75-Terry Phillips, 00:16.719[5]; 6. 21X-Austin Bonner, 00:16.779[11]; 7. 58X-Gary Christian, 00:16.831[6]; 8. 15WX-Kale Westover, 00:16.883[10]; 9. 22B-Rick Beebe, 00:16.921[3]; 10. 308-Pat Hoffman, 00:17.334[7]; 11. 32-Jesse Young, 00:17.909[9]
Qualifying 5: 1. 02-Tanner Mullens, 00:16.740[3]; 2. 4RJ-Jared Russell, 00:16.770[10]; 3. 127-Paden Phillips, 00:16.783[7]; 4. 15WA-Alex Williamson, 00:16.804[1]; 5. 33Z-Zack VanderBeek, 00:16.875[4]; 6. 712-Trevor Hughes, 00:16.891[6]; 7. 21K-Kyle Brown, 00:16.902[5]; 8. 12H-Mike Hansen, 00:16.902[11]; 9. 25C-Cody Thompson, 00:16.946[9]; 10. 96-Taton Hansen, 00:17.097[2]; 11. 15W-Wyatt Gaggero, 00:17.148[8]
Qualifying 6: 1. 1ST-Johnny Scott, 00:16.627[1]; 2. 55-Ryan Gustin, 00:16.654[2]; 3. 99L-Steve Lavasseur, 00:16.708[10]; 4. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:16.759[8]; 5. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:16.823[6]; 6. 16-Austin Siebert, 00:16.855[11]; 7. 10B-Brandon Givens, 00:16.956[4]; 8. 40-Jessy Willard, 00:17.086[9]; 9. 17-Jon Plowman, 00:17.231[5]; 10. 18-Bobby Mayfield, 00:17.535[7]; 11. WW1-Ricky Alvarado, 00:17.535[3]
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BATTLE AT TTHE BULLRING SATURDAY RESULTS
RAYS METAL DEPOT USRA B-MODS
64 entries
A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. J2-Kris Jackson[1]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[5]; 3. 28-Andy Bryant[7]; 4. 19K-Kyle Slader[11]; 5. 56-Shadren Turner[8]; 6. 5-Reece Solander[21]; 7. ZEE28-Randy Zimmerman[2]; 8. X2-Brian Bolin[10]; 9. 14-Adam Brotherton[17]; 10. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[3]; 11. 23DD-George Dalbeck[9]; 12. RED1-Dan Wheeler[24]; 13. 33-Dustin Daniels[19]; 14. 22-Brian McGowen[20]; 15. 55K-Colson Kirk[23]; 16. 16-Garrett Paull[4]; 17. 42-Jerry Morgan[18]; 18. 18-JC Morton[13]; 19. 6T-Michael Taylor III[14]; 20. 28K-Krew Walburn[22]; 21. 21-Jacob Ellison[6]; 22. 8S-Jon Sheets[15]; 23. 33C-Cole Boston[12]; 24. 53-Logan Anderson[16]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 18-JC Morton[1]; 2. 53-Logan Anderson[2]; 3. 33-Dustin Daniels[3]; 4. 28K-Krew Walburn[4]; 5. 7G-Gabe Hodges[6]; 6. 54-Tyler Kidwell[8]; 7. 22R-Dalton Ragsdale[10]; 8. 15R-Ryan Smith[7]; 9. U2-Cory Berquist[9]; 10. 06-Chris Theodore[12]; 11. 49-Patrick Royalty[5]; 12. 98-Kenton Allen[11]; 13. 90-Terry Schultz[17]; 14. 45-Dan Culp[13]; 15. 18R-Rodney Sigg[14]; 16. 17-Henry Chambers[15]; 17. 1H-Kyle Henning[16]; 18. 47V-Anthony VanEverdingen[18]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 6T-Michael Taylor III[2]; 2. 14-Adam Brotherton[3]; 3. 22-Brian McGowen[4]; 4. 55K-Colson Kirk[6]; 5. 1-Doug McCollough[10]; 6. 19R-Lucas Rodin[17]; 7. 50-Brady Caul[9]; 8. 222-Bob Hammond[8]; 9. 2K-Mike Keever[11]; 10. 12-Jaden Varnson[14]; 11. 11S-Darren Engesser[16]; 12. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[7]; 13. 75-Gage Garoutte[1]; 14. 7-Anthony Tanner[12]; 15. 22T-Tyler Tesch[13]; 16. 26J-Jace Whitt[5]; 17. 8-Terry Bruner[15]
B Feature 3 (12 Laps): 1. 8S-Jon Sheets[2]; 2. 42-Jerry Morgan[7]; 3. 5-Reece Solander[3]; 4. RED1-Dan Wheeler[10]; 5. 3D-Dan Daniels[9]; 6. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[16]; 7. 16K-Matthew Kay[12]; 8. X1-Caden Bolin[15]; 9. D86-Donald McIntosh[14]; 10. 21X-Jake Smith[5]; 11. 77-Tyler Frye[1]; 12. 17B-Zach Benson[4]; 13. 53H-Tye Hollingsworth[6]; 14. 24-Tyler Hughes[11]; 15. 31-Luke Phillips[8]; 16. 14J-Jacob Hodges[13]; 17. 17L-Chris Leathers[17]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Scott Splittstoesser[6]; 2. 21-Jacob Ellison[5]; 3. 19K-Kyle Slader[8]; 4. 26J-Jace Whitt[1]; 5. 21X-Jake Smith[7]; 6. 50-Brady Caul[2]; 7. 98-Kenton Allen[4]; 8. RED1-Dan Wheeler[11]; 9. 45-Dan Culp[10]; 10. 8-Terry Bruner[3]; 11. 90-Terry Schultz[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 23DD-George Dalbeck[1]; 2. 16-Garrett Paull[5]; 3. 6T-Michael Taylor III[4]; 4. 53-Logan Anderson[9]; 5. 5-Reece Solander[10]; 6. 31-Luke Phillips[7]; 7. 54-Tyler Kidwell[11]; 8. 2K-Mike Keever[8]; 9. 22T-Tyler Tesch[6]; 10. X1-Caden Bolin[3]; 11. 19R-Lucas Rodin[2]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. ZEE28-Randy Zimmerman[2]; 2. 28-Andy Bryant[10]; 3. 33-Dustin Daniels[1]; 4. 22-Brian McGowen[6]; 5. 15R-Ryan Smith[3]; 6. 55K-Colson Kirk[9]; 7. 222-Bob Hammond[11]; 8. 24-Tyler Hughes[5]; 9. 14J-Jacob Hodges[4]; 10. 1H-Kyle Henning[8]; 11. 17L-Chris Leathers[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 56-Shadren Turner[2]; 2. 75-Gage Garoutte[1]; 3. 33C-Cole Boston[8]; 4. 49-Patrick Royalty[5]; 5. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[4]; 6. 3D-Dan Daniels[6]; 7. U2-Cory Berquist[10]; 8. 06-Chris Theodore[7]; 9. 18R-Rodney Sigg[3]; 10. 17-Henry Chambers[11]; 11. 47V-Anthony VanEverdingen[9]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. J2-Kris Jackson[2]; 2. 77-Tyler Frye[1]; 3. 18-JC Morton[7]; 4. 17B-Zach Benson[6]; 5. 28K-Krew Walburn[10]; 6. 53H-Tye Hollingsworth[9]; 7. 1-Doug McCollough[8]; 8. 7-Anthony Tanner[3]; 9. 12-Jaden Varnson[5]; 10. 11S-Darren Engesser[4]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. X2-Brian Bolin[1]; 2. 66-Ryan Gillmore[8]; 3. 14-Adam Brotherton[2]; 4. 8S-Jon Sheets[7]; 5. 42-Jerry Morgan[5]; 6. 7G-Gabe Hodges[10]; 7. 22R-Dalton Ragsdale[9]; 8. 16K-Matthew Kay[4]; 9. D86-Donald McIntosh[3]; 10. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[6]
B Mod Non Qualifier (25 Laps): 1. 7G-Gabe Hodges[1]; 2. 1-Doug McCollough[2]; 3. 3D-Dan Daniels[3]; 4. 54-Tyler Kidwell[4]; 5. 19R-Lucas Rodin[5]; 6. 19-Josh Wahlstrom[6]; 7. 22R-Dalton Ragsdale[7]; 8. 50-Brady Caul[8]; 9. 16K-Matthew Kay[9]; 10. 15R-Ryan Smith[10]; 11. 222-Bob Hammond[11]; 12. X1-Caden Bolin[12]; 13. U2-Cory Berquist[13]; 14. 2K-Mike Keever[14]; 15. D86-Donald McIntosh[15]; 16. 06-Chris Theodore[16]; 17. 12-Jaden Varnson[17]; 18. 21X-Jake Smith[18]; 19. 49-Patrick Royalty[19]; 20. 11S-Darren Engesser[20]; 21. 77-Tyler Frye[21]; 22. 98-Kenton Allen[22]; 23. 47-Tyson Lanfermann[23]; 24. 17B-Zach Benson[24]