G-Style Transport named USMTS Draft Board sponsor
Officials from the Summit Racing Equipment USMTS presented by RacinDirt are proud to welcome G-Style Transport, LLC as the Title Sponsor of the USMTS Draft Board for the 2026 season.
The G-Style Transport USMTS Draft Board introduces an exciting new element to the series competition format. Designed to reward speed, strategy, and passing, the new system eliminates traditional inverts and redraws, ensuring that drivers maintain the positions they earn throughout the night.
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Time Trials / Group Qualifying
- Drivers will draw for their Time Trial order.
- Qualifying will be conducted in a Group Qualifying format.
- Qualifying Points will be awarded as follows:
- Quick Time: 100 points
- Each subsequent position: decreases by 2 points per position
Heat Race Draft Procedure
- Heat races will be set by group qualifying results
- Immediately following qualifying, all drivers MUST check in where the drivers meeting took place.
- Drivers will then select their heat race starting positions in qualifying order
Draft Format
- The fastest qualifier selects first, followed by the next fastest, and so on.
- Drivers will be assigned to heats in rotation based on qualifying order:
- 1st Driver → Heat 1
- 2nd Driver → Heat 2
- Continuing sequentially throughout the total number of heats
- Each driver will have 10 seconds to select a starting position.
- If a driver DOES NOT make a selection within 10 seconds, will be assigned the best available starting position in their designated heat race.
Heat Race Points System (2026)
USMTS will continue with the new passing points system for 2026
Base Finish Points
- Heat race winner earns 70 base points
- Points decrease by 2 points per finishing position
Passing Points
- Drivers advancing forward from their starting position will earn +4.83 points per position gained
- Drivers losing positions lose 1.86 point per position lost
B-Main & A-Main Lineups
- All qualifying, heat race, and passing points will be combined to determine total points
- The Top 12 drivers in total points will be locked into the A-Main
- Remaining drivers will be lined up in B-Mains based on total accumulated points.
New for 2026: Spot Earned = Spot Kept
- No redraws will be used for the A-Main in 2026
- A driver's earned position in the A-Main is final and will be set directly by total points
- The position you earn throughout the night is the position you start in the A-Main
Tie-Breaker Procedure
- All ties in total points will be broken by Qualifying Time
- Tie-breakers will be determined by qualifying times within each drivers respective qualifying group
- The faster qualifying time will prevail in all tie situations, including:
- A-Main lock-in positions
- B-Main lineups
- A-Main starting positions
“Our drivers know I’m not going to qualify them straight up,” said USMTS President Todd Staley. “At the end of the day, this format eliminates inverts and redraws while rewarding drivers who are fast throughout the entire night. If we need to tweak the format as the season goes on, we definitely will.”
For more information about G-Style Transport, LLC., call (701) 264-3097 or visit gstyletransport.com. You can also find them on Facebook.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Beyea Headers, Fast Shafts, Featherlite Trailers, FK Rod Ends, KSE Racing Products, Longacre Racing Products, Malvern Bank, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Nitroquest Media, PEM Racing Gears & Drivetrain, RacinDirt, Summit Racing Equipment, VP Racing - Heartland, Wieland.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Boomtest Well Service, Boubin Tire & Automotive, Brodix Cylinder Heads, Callies Performance Products, Collins Brothers Towing, G-Style Transport, Hochatown Saloon, Hodges Farms & Dredging, Mel Hambelton Ford, PBM Performance Products, STAKT Products, YouDirt.com.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bear Graphix, Brinn, Inc., Bryke Racing, Champ Pans, Danny Crane Racing Engines, Driven Racing Oil, Dynamic Drivelines, Edelbrock, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, Harris Auto Racing, Hooker Harness, Hyperco, Integra Racing Shocks and Springs, JE Pistons, Keyser Manufacturing, MD3, Mel Hambelton Racing, MSD Performance, Penske Racing Shocks, QA1, Quarter Master, RacerWebsite.com, Real Racing Wheels, Rush RaceGear by Austin Witt, Simpson Performance Products, Sweet Manufacturing, Swift Springs, Sybesma Graphics, Total Power, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Racing.
