The inaugural season of the POWRi Mel Hambelton Racing Heartland Late Model Tour continues this weekend with a pair of $5,000-to-win events. The tour heads north for a Missouri doubleheader at Valley Speedway on Friday night and Moberly Motorsports Park on Saturday night.
Friday’s “Shootout in the Valley” Presented by Lies Trash Service at Valley Speedway and Saturday’s “Half Mile Hustle” at Moberly Motorsports Park will each pay $5,000 to win and $500 to start the A-Main, giving competitors a major opportunity to build momentum early in the inaugural HLMT championship campaign.
The upcoming weekend follows a successful and highly competitive series debut two weeks ago at Legit Speedway Park, where fans were treated to two dramatically different feature races featuring some of the region’s top Dirt Late Model talent.
Now the tour shifts from southern Missouri to central and northern Missouri, where a new challenge awaits the competitors on two vastly different racetracks.
Valley Speedway’s tight, high-banked bullring in Grain Valley has long been known for aggressive side-by-side racing and close-quarters battles, while the sweeping half-mile at Moberly Motorsports Park presents a completely different test of speed, momentum and endurance.
With consistency during opening weekend, Terry Phillips enters the weekend atop the championship standings as the early leader in the inaugural Heartland Late Model Tour title chase.
Both weekend events will feature complete Heartland Late Model Tour racing programs and full championship points.
A $40,000 point fund guaranteed, paying back ten positions, is in place for drivers who compete in 80 percent of the series scheduled events. $10,000 of the fund has been set aside for the inaugural champion.
The POWRi Mel Hambelton Racing Heartland Late Model Tour would like to recognize and thank our season long partners. Please thank them, with your patronage for their support.
Gold Partners – Central Spray Foam & Cement Lifting, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Dirt Track Specialist, Dylan Scott Entertainment, Hochatown Saloon, Hoosier Tire Great Plains, Kevko Racing, Midwest Sheet Metal, Mel Hambelton Ford Racing, Pannell Chipping, RacinDirt.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rick Beebe Heating and Air Conditioning, Smith Equipment Company, Swift Springs, VP Racing Fuels Heartland, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products
Silver Partners – American Racer Tires, Buck Monson Photos, Bulletproof Tees and Racewear, Duvall Electric, Integra Shocks, JRT Trucking, Keyser Manufacturing, Midwest Automation, Photos By Boyd, Scotty Dogg’s Hideout
Bronze Partners – Bryke Racing, Fast Shafts, Freight Logistics Inc., KS Engineering, Maxima Racing Oil, Milburn Acreages by Tillison Enterprises, PEM Racing, Premier Lubricants, Schoenfeld Headers, Service Plumbing of Wichita, Transmissions Unlimited, Wagdog Spices, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Yeoman Race Engines
2026 HLMT Point Fund
1. $10,000
2. $6,000
3. $5,000
4. $4,000
5. $3,000
6. $2,800
7. $2,600
8. $2,400
9. $2,200
10. $2,000
*80 Percent attendance required to remain point fund eligible
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