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81 Speedway schedule unveiled for 2021 F.O.E. Enterprises and track promoter John Allen released an ambitious schedule Monday night for the 2021 race season at 81 Speedway in Park City, KS. 27 total dates dot the calendar from the beginning of April through the season October atop the 3/8-mile oval, with 3 “rain dates” in the mix as well. Two open practice dates scheduled for March 6th and March 20th kick off the 2021 season before the official season opener on April 3rd. Highlighting the...more

The Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey’s capped a memorable 2021 season with a thriller at the 81 Speedway on Saturday night that saw Jake O’Neil spook the field for his tenth win of the campaign while Dereck Ramirez secured his first USMTS national title. As he has done in several of his victories, O’Neil had to fight his way past the best dirt modified racers on the planet after he found himself starting deep in the main event field from the inside of the seventh row. At the...more

PARK CITY, Kansas (December 30) This one’s for Ed. In the history of motorsports, few names past or present stoke strong emotion and reaction from their peers. Good or bad, that honor is reserved for legends of the sport who impact on our world in ways most cannot. When we lose a hero, we memorialize them. We gather to race in their honor—to preserve their stories, their legacy and remember the impact they made on us all. This April, we’ll gather again when the stars of the United States...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) -- The parade of power begins Thursday, Aug. 4, at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., before moving to the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., on Friday, Aug. 5. The wild weekend wraps up Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. PHOTO CREDIT: Todd Boyd With $10,000 posted for the winner, the 11th Annual USMTS Keeper of the Plains Shootout at the 81 Speedway will mark the 24th visit for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) -- As is customary, the 81 Speedway provided yet another instant classic for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt, and Terry Phillips provided fans with his 37th victory speech with the USMTS. The 11th Annual USMTS Keeper of the Plains Shootout saw Kale Westover earn the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award and jump out to lead the first few laps while Phillips grinded his way into second place and began to shorten the distance between himself and...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) -- Cole Traugott nipped polesitter Jacob Bleess at the flagstand to lead the opening lap of Thursday night’s 40-lap main event at the 81 Speedway and stayed there for the next 39 circuits to claim his career-first victory with the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey’s. The win may come as a surprise to those outside of the region in and around Wichita, Kansas, but for regular fans of the 3/8-mile clay oval it was no shock to see the USRA Modified track...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) --It was a good night for Jake O’Neil at the 81 Speedway Wednesday as the driver from Tucson, Ariz., collected his eighth main event victory of the 2021 campaign and padded his points lead in the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey’s. It was a good night for the fans in attendance at the Park City, Kan., dirt oval—as well as those watching from afar on RacinDirt.com. They witnessed a stellar 40-lap main event with six lead changes among three drivers...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) -- The Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt was back at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., for a second night of the inaugural Ed Gressel Memorial on Friday, and Tyler Wolff was back in flawless form as he notched his second wire-to-wire triumph of the 2023 campaign. Several of his chasers stayed close early on but Wolff always found an extra burst of speed whenever anybody got close. Yellow flags on laps 13 and 22 wiped out his lead on two...more

By USMTS (Park City, KS) -- Race fans waited nearly two months to attend Thursday night's 9th Annual USMTS Park City Sunflower State Showdown at the 81 Speedway and they were rewarded with yet another barnburner from the Summit USMTS National Championship fueled by Casey's. Postponed in April by government restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the event returned to the calendar when elected officials in Kansas eased restrictions in late May. PHOTO CREDIT: Todd Boyd/Photos by Boyd And...more

Mission accomplished for Dereck Ramirez and Ramirez Racing. On Saturday night the Oklahoma native officially claimed his first-career Summit United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) National Championship presented by Casey’s. (Todd Boyd photo) With a sixth-place finish in the tour’s season finale at 81 Speedway Ramirez clinched the title by 42 markers in his S&S Fishing & Rentals No. 4R Koda Services/ Boom-Test Well Service/ Raw Truck Wash/ Hughes Racing Chassis/ Cornett Racing Engine...more