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Starts THIS FRIDAY in Little Rock!!!
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USMTS Southern Series-Eastern Region! Combined $25,000 to win for 11 races that take place over just TWO weekends and ONE 6-night Speedweek!!!
Starts March 20th at I-30 Speedway with the first night of the GRT Race Cars Topless Nationals and ends at Boothill Speedway near Shreveport on June 14th.
Then later, go for $36,000 more over just 2 more weekends and another 9-day stretch at this fall's USMTS Southern Series Hunt for the Championship!
USMTS Southern Series EAST Region (11 events):
Fri Mar 20 … I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR ($2,000 to win)
Sat Mar 21 … I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR ($5,000 to win)
Fri Apr 24 … Texarkana 67 Speedway, Texarkana, AR ($2,000 to win)
Sat Apr 25 … Champion Park Speedway, Haughton, LA ($2,000 to win)
Sun Apr 26 … Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, LA ($2,000 to win)
Tue Jun 9 … Tri-State Speedway, Pocola, OK ($2,000 to win)
Wed Jun 10 … I-30 Speedway, Little Rock, AR ($2,000 to win)
Thu Jun 11 … Ark-La-Tex Speedway, Vivian, LA ($2,000 to win)
Fri Jun 12 … Drew County Speedway, Monticello, AR ($2,000 to win)
Sat Jun 13 … Fast Trax Speedway, Chatham, LA ($2,000 to win)
Sun Jun 14 … Boothill Speedway, Greenwood, LA ($2,000 to win)
This region seems suited best to Arkansas and Louisiana racers obviously but also northeast Texas, eastern Oklahoma, southern Missouri and the rest of the Midsouth (Memphis-area, north Mississippi, etc.) ought to consider it as well.
Start with the big show -- the combined $7000 to win Topless Nationals at I-30 and then take the next 4 weekends off. Then run 3 shows in the Arklatex area on the last weekend of April and take another 6 weekends off before Speedweek. Hope you got that vacation request granted. This year, they do 6 races in 6 nights. On June 14th, the Eastern Region will end with the Boothill Speedway show just outside of Shreveport. That's it until the Southern Hunt starts in October!
Counting the points title from that Southern Series Hunt, this Eastern Region tour together with the Hunt pays at least $61,000 for just 22 races to the winners and they only take up 7 weekends with 3 of those weekends involved in one of 2 "speedweeks" that are 6 months apart. How is that beatable in the Midsouth Modified world? If it is, I ain't seen it yet. The Southern Series will also pay down 15 spots in points in addition to the $10,000 for the champion.
Each Eastern Region race also pays at least $250 to start the A-mains to drivers with a USMTS-license on an early entry fee of $80 for 9 of the 11 races. Non-qualifier tow-money is $80 for at least 9 of the events.
And they've increased the starting fields this year as well. At events with 41 cars or more (over 90% of all Southern Series races held in the first 2 years had more than 40 cars!), 22 cars will qualify through the heats and B-mains. 2 USMTS provisionals will be added and then if the race is held at a track that regularly races Modifieds, two track provisionals will be added to make up a 26-car field. If they don't run Mods regularly at a track, they will start 24. If 40 or less are there, then 20 cars will qualify through the heats and B mains and either a 22-car or 24-car A-main will follow.
Then, there's this:
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TOP DOG BONUS:
USMTS Southern Series: Beginning with the third event, drivers will be guaranteed a minimum of $300 against winnings at each event where that driver is among the top-10 in points. Drivers ranked 11th through 15th will earn a minimum of $200 against winnings. Drivers must have perfect attendance to be eligible. See the www.USTMS.com/rulebook.asp for complete guidelines. |
A Southern Series license costs $200 in 2009. It's good for any race in either of the two regions as well as the Southern Series Hunt. 33 races in all if you like but it only takes one 11-race region to qualify for the 11-race Hunt!
I do recommend that all Eastern Region drivers try and make the May 8th and 9th Southern Series Western Region events. They take place at Battleground Speedway and Houston Raceway Park down in Houston. Why? Six of the eleven Southern Series Hunt races will take place at those 2 tracks. The first 3 races of the Hunt are at Battleground and the last 3 are at Houston Raceway Park. The 3-day December HRP finale also pays a combined $9000 to win. You can also check out the competition you'll be facing in the Hunt from the western region while you're there on May 8 and 9th.
The USMTS Hunts are like NASCAR's Chase. At the start of the Hunt, everyone gets their points reset to where the leader has no more than one race's worth of a points lead on anyone else in the Hunt. It's the "post-season"!
The Southern Hunt breaks down into two weekend trips to Houston: One at the first of October and one three-weeks later. After that, take a month off, have an early Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and drive south! Six races in nine days plus a Wednesday night practice at Houston Raceway Park so only two days off that last week. If you haven't been to Houston Raceway Park yet then trust me, it's a great place to end anyone's racing season and if you have a vacation planned for it, you got two free days that week for golfing, fishing or perhaps Christmas shopping (especially if you brought your wife with you). The only thing I've seen that compares to HRP as a facility is the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track.
THE HUNT FOR THE USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP (11 events):
Thu Oct 1 … Battleground Speedway, Highlands, TX ($1,000 to win)
Fri Oct 2 … Battleground Speedway, Highlands, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sat Oct 3 … Battleground Speedway, Highlands, TX ($3,000 to win)
Fri Oct 23 … Gator Motorplex, Willis, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sat Oct 24 … Gator Motorplex, Willis, TX ($3,000 to win)
Fri Nov 27 … Texana Raceway Park, Edna, TX ($1,000 to win)
Sat Nov 28 … Texana Raceway Park, Edna, TX ($2,000 to win)
Sun Nov 29 … Texana Raceway Park, Edna, TX ($3,000 to win)
Thu Dec 3 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($2,000 to win)
Fri Dec 4 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($3,000 to win)
Sat Dec 5 … Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX ($4,000 to win)
But there's more to this if you're game! This schedule may seem to be too far off for your liking but I bet you'll like what they pay to win each USMTS National Hunt for the Championship this year! Nearly every race jumps up to $3000 to win! There are 18 races in all in this NASCAR-like chase. The top points getters and perfect attendance cars from this Eastern Region will have their points total reset to where the point leader won't even have one race's worth of points for a lead. So everyone practically starts out even -- just like a post season playoff or like NASCAR's chase. This post-season starts out on August 11th with 5 races in 5 nights -- all $3000 to win -- and the first 4 are at Mo-Kan tracks! After 4 days off there are 3 shows in 3 different states -- Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa -- in 3 nights. The Hunt is off from August 23rd to September 1st but then picks back up with 5 races in 5 nights in Iowa and Minnesota starting September 2nd and lasting through Labor Day weekend. Almost two weeks later, they start the final stretch on September 18th with a combined $5000 to win 2-shows-in-2-nights in Brainerd, Minn (now there's a motorsports town!) which leads into practice and pre-Fall Jamboree festivities for the big finale at the annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the now famous Deer Creek Raceway in Spring Valley, Minnesota on Sep 24th, 25th and 26th -- a combined $12,000 to win over the 3 days!
The license for the National Hunt will cost you an additional $100 UNLESS you possess at least one other National Region License like the Mo-Kan Region for example. If you have the Mo-Kan license ($150) and the Southern Series License ($200) the National Hunt license is included free.
There's also a Top Dog Bonus for The National Hunt:
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TOP DOG BONUS:
USMTS National Tour: Beginning with the third event in each region, drivers will be guaranteed a minimum of $400 against winnings at each event where that driver is among the top-10 in points for that region. The Top Dog Bonus will begin with the first race in the Hunt for the USMTS National Championship. The Top Dog Bonus is not in effect for the Sept. 18-20 Featherlite Fall Jamboree. Drivers must have perfect attendance in region to be eligible. See the www.usmts.com rulebook for complete guidelines. |
Here's the National Hunt Schedule:
Casey's General Stores Hunt for the USMTS National Championship (18 events):
Tue Aug 11 … LA Raceway, La Monte, MO ($3,000 to win)
Wed Aug 12 … Monett Speedway, Monett, MO ($3,000 to win)
Thu Aug 13 … Springfield Raceway, Springfield, MO ($3,000 to win)
Fri Aug 14 … Humboldt Speedway, Humboldt, KS ($3,000 to win)
Sat Aug 15 … Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, KS ($3,000 to win)
Thu Aug 20 … Steele County Speedway, Owatonna, MN ($3,000 to win)
Fri Aug 21 … Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI ($3,000 to win)
Sat Aug 22 … Upper Iowa Speedway, Decorah, IA ($3,000 to win)
Wed Sep 2 … Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA ($3,000 to win)
Thu Sep 3 … Buena Vista Raceway, Alta, IA ($3,000 to win)
Fri Sep 4 … Chateau Raceway, Lansing, MN ($3,000 to win)
Sat Sep 5 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($3,000 to win)
Sun Sep 6 … Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, MN ($3,000 to win)
Fri Sep 18 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, MN ($2,000 to win)
Sat Sep 19 … North Central Speedway, Brainerd, MN ($3,000 to win)
Thu Sep 24 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($2,000 to win)
Fri Sep 25 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($4,000 to win)
Sat Sep 26 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($6,000 to win)
See you March 20th at I-30 Speedway!
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