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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

After some heavy rain on Monday and some more promised on Tuesday by weather forecasters, Wednesday’s practice has been scrapped and a few other adjustments have been made to the procedures for this weekend’s Summit King of America XI and the Battle at The Bullring at the Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan. Slated for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 24-26, three huge nights of dirt track hustle and muscle are on tap featuring USMTS Modifieds, Medieval USRA Stock Cars and Battle at The...more

Are you a winged sprint car fan?... We got you. Oh… you prefer late models? Ok, we have those too. Don’t worry modified fans, you know we love you. But you want to see the 4-cylinder midgets? Let’s do it! Stock cars? Check! National tours? Check! Weekly racing? Of course!!! With the release of the 2023 81 Speedway schedule, you’d be hard pressed to find a dirt race fan who can’t find something they like coming to the 3/8-mile Park City, KS oval. Diversity was key in driving this...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

*Jake O'Neil turned his luck around, turned his season around and took a second Ed Gressel Memorial trophy back to Tucson, Ariz., after leading all 40 laps of Saturday's finale for the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt at the 81 Speedway. *Now the two-time defending event champion and winner of four of the last eight USMTS feature races at the 3/8-mile clay oval in Park City, Kan., O'Neil held off challenges by Dereck Ramirez and points leader Jake Timm in the last ten...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 (Wichita, KS) -- With just 15 races left until one driver reaps a $100,000 paycheck, the Leon Ramirez Trophy and title of Summit USMTS National Champion, the USMTS gladiators return to action with a gears ‘n’ guts tripleheader this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-6. The action starts 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 whirlwind weekend wraps up at the Lucas Oil Speedway in...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