HUMBOLDT — Daniel Ebert of Lake Shore, Minn., was crowned King of America by topping all-comers Saturday at Humboldt Speedway’s season-opening extravaganza.
Ebert picked up his third career USMTS victory, winning by nearly 5 seconds over runner-up Terry Phillips.
Ebert passed Phillips, who had won Thursday’s feature race, about midway through Saturday’s feature and steadily pulled away to win the $12,000 first prize.
“Unbelievable really,” Ebert told usmts.com. “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.”
Ebert is the 11th different driver to win King of America in the 12 years of the event.
MEANWHILE, Lebanon, Mo., driver Kris Jackson won the Battle of the Bullring feature in the USRA B-Mod division.
Jackson took advantage of his pole position to top Ryan Gillmore of Springfield, Mo., at the end of the 40-lap feature.
Andy Bryant of Fort Scott took third, Muskogee, Okla., racer Kyle Slader was fourth and Shadren Solander of St. Joseph, Mo., was fifth.
Iola racer Reece Solander wound up in sixth.
King of America XII
USMTA Modifieds
1. (8) 60 Dan Ebert
2. (1) 75 Terry Phillips
3. (4) 10C Cayden Carter
4. (30) 20 Rodney Sanders
