Celebrating the 2024 season for the Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series, the United States Racing Association will host its annual awards banquet at the Ameristar Casino Hotel in Kansas City on Saturday, January 25.

This year’s gala will once again be a joint effort for both the USRA and United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS). Competitors, crew members, track owners and officials, fans and members of the media are invited to attend this huge event.

Tickets are on sale now, and discounted hotel reservations are also available.

Attendees can call Kelsey or Janet at (515) 832-6000 for banquet reservations. Individual tickets are $TBD each. When calling, we need to know the number of quests coming, who the driver is that they are coming with and a credit card for tickets.

The ceremony will feature a luxurious and plentiful selection of fine food, plus a huge dessert bar. A cash bar will also be available. Doors open and social hour begins at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 and the awards ceremony begins around 7 p.m. (no jeans or hats please). Only 240 tickets will be available.

For hotel rook bookings, use code USMTS24 and call 855-778-8277 for the best available price. For booking online, visit .

The Ameristar Casino Hotel is an entertainment hub that offers something for everyone with huge casino floors, nine restaurants ranging from casual to fine dining, a luxury hotel, 18 movie screens, supervised child care and more.

Located just east of downtown Kansas City, the property features the largest casino and the most games in the Kansas City area, as well as one of the largest poker rooms in the Midwest. The property includes a 140,000 square-foot casino, seven dining venues, live entertainment in several venues featuring local and regional acts, an 18-screen movie theater and more.

The AAA-rated three-diamond full-service 184-room hotel includes 36 mini and 12 king suites. All rooms feature luxury furnishings, plasma-screen televisions, one king-sized or two queen-sized beds, mini refrigerators and in-room safes. Each king suite contains a bar, an in-room dining area and custom artwork. Non-smoking and wheelchair accessible rooms are available.

The awards banquet will be held inside the Star Pavilion. With more than 12,000 square feet of function space, the Star Pavilion serves a multitude of events. Situated on 183-acres immediately east of the Interstate 435 Missouri River bridge (at 210 Highway), Ameristar Casino Hotel is only seven miles east of downtown Kansas City. For more information, check out www.ameristar.com.

Entering its 25 season of dirt track racing in 2025, the United States Racing Association has attracted more and more racetracks and dirt track racers each year through fair, logical and cost-effective rules accompanied by an organization that puts the racers, racetracks and their fans first. During the 2024 Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series, more than 60 of America's finest dirt ovals hosted more than 1,000 nights of racing.

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