Ryan hamilton claims 2016 kidmodz series championship

Ryan Hamilton of Fairview Heights, IL is the 2016 KidModz Racing Series Champion. The thirteen year-old Hamilton racked up 4 Heat Race and 6 Feature wins during the 9 race season. Hamilton now has won the series title that last three seasons and is the only driver to claim multiple series championships since the inception of the class in 2008. In 2016, the series returned to their home track, Highland Speedway for four events, I-55 Raceway, Farmer City Raceway, Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Lincoln Speedway and Macon Speedway were also visited for one event at each venue. This year we had four different winners and had a total of seven drivers that raced with us in the series. The drivers all continue to improve and gather praise from the facilities that we visited this year. Following Hamilton in the point standings was, Dominic Mertzke of Troy, IL second in points standings with two feature wins, Blake Bailey of Hartford, IL was third in the point standings with a best finish of second while Zach Sasser of Bedford, IN (1-win), Mikey Ledford of Pontiac, IL, Dylan Daugherty of Blue Mound, IL and Jacob Franklin of Pinckneyville, Il all participated throughout the season. Congrats to Hamilton on the title and thanks to all the kids who raced in the series this season. We are looking forward to putting the schedule together for the 10th race season of this class and hope to see everyone soon!!