The United Rebel Sprint Series will put a final cap on the 2014 season during their Awards Banquet to be held Saturday night on November 15 at the American Legion in Oberlin Ks. There will be a overall rules meeting starting at 5pm with Hot Laps (Happy Hour) to begin immediately following and dinner to be served at 7pm with the Awards presentation at 8pm and dancing to follow.
Celebrating their 9th season, the URSS had another banner year as Jake Bubak claimed his 2nd consecutive National Championship along with the Kansas Regional Championship. Bubak was the class of the field as he notched 7 feature victories through the 26 events held. A total of 16 different winners visited victory lane this season. Luke Cranston claimed 3 features while Steven Richardson and Zac Taylor each claimed two.
Drivers who each won one feature were Coby Pearce, Zach Blurton, John Jacob, Jason Martin, Mark Walinder, Mike Taylor, Coby Walters, Clint Schubert, Josh Fairbank, Jared Kern, Brian Hardman and Taylor Velasquez.
In regional action it was rookie Joey Schmidt taking top honors in the Colorado region along with the Colorado rookie of the year.
A large contingent of 13 rookies made the rookie of the year battle a very hotly contested award as Jeremy Huish earned the National Rookie of the year with Ned Werner earning the Kansas honors and Joey Schmidt taking the Colorado accolades.
URSS founder Rick Salem commented “I have never been prouder than I have been with these guys this year with the parity and the tough competition this series provides to our fans. These guys race each other hard and clean and put on some of the best sprint car racing in the nation. I invite all our drivers, their teams and families, and all our fans to come to the banquet and celebrate a great season and honor our Champions and all our drivers and teams who participated this year. I want to thank Hoosier Tire, Myers Engines, Precise Racing Products, S & S Trailers Sales, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, Steve Hilker Trucking, XXX Race Co., Radcliffe Truck Sales, Outlaw Wings, S & W Supply. JD Enterprises and Racinboys.com for all the support they have shown this series”
Invites and RSVP’s will be sent out to the drivers and sponsors but the fans are welcome as well. Contact Rick to RSVP at 785-475-7010 or email at rksalem@eaglecom.net
National Points top 10
1 | 9x | Jake Bubak |
2 | 2j | Zach Blurton |
3 | 0 | Steven Richardson |
4 | 88j | Jeremy Huish (ROY) |
4 | 20 | Luke Cranston |
6 | 50 | Jed Werner |
7 | 86 | Zac Taylor |
8 | 97 | Brian Herbert |
9 | 33 | Koby Walters |
10 | 9 | John Webster |
Kansas Regional top 10
1 | 9x | Jake Bubak |
2 | 2j | Zach Blurton |
3 | 0 | Steven Richardson |
4 | 20 | Luke Cranston |
5 | 86 | Zac Taylor |
6 | 50 | Jed Werner (ROY) |
7 | 88j | Jeremy Huish |
8 | 97 | Brian Herbert |
9 | 33 | Koby Walters |
10 | 9 | John Webster |
Colorado Regional top 10
1 | 1s | Joey Schmidt (ROY) |
2 | 7s | Luke Lucero |
3 | 4s | Kevin Schramek |
4 | 92 | Coby Pearce |
5 | 22t | Mike Taylor |
6 | *6 | John Jacob |
7 | 16 | Brian Hardman |
8 | 27a | Mike Hathaway |
9 | 21 | Dustin McNeill |
10 | 44 | Clint Schubert |