One week ago, Terry Phillips surpassed the two-year anniversary of his last United States Modified Touring Series win. After Sunday night’s race at the Mason City Motor Speedway, there won’t be a third. Phillips experienced his share of bad luck during the winless streak, but Sunday night a little good…
Johnny Scott’s stranglehold on USMTS victory lane continued with an impressive win at the Ogilvie Raceway during Saturday’s 7th Annual Chubbs Performance Modified Madness presented by U.S. Army. With his second straight triumph in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the 28-year-old from Las Cruces, N.M., now residing in Cameron, Mo.,…
Johnny Scott doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. A steady diet of top-five finishes propelled Scott to the top of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup standings prior to the summer break, but six victories in his last thirteen starts—including a wire-to-wire win in Friday’s feature at the…
WHEATLAND, Mo. (Aug. 4)–Nobody brings the excitement to America’s dirt ovals like the United States Modified Touring Series, and no dirt track in America provides a better environment for drivers to shine than the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The two came together Saturday night for the 9th Annual…
The 50th United States Modified Touring Series feature held at the Humboldt Speedway saw Zack VanderBeek lead from start to finish for his 47th career USMTS victory Friday night. Driving the Oreo/Casey’s General Stores VanderBuilt Race Cars No. 33z, the 33-year-old from New Sharon, Iowa, redrew the pole to start…
Rodney Sanders is always tough to beat. At the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., it seems like it’s not even a fair fight. Sanders—the 2013 and 2014 USMTS national champion—led all 40 laps Saturday night to capture the United States Modified Touring Series main event during the 8th Annual Imperial…
Lucas Schott delivered a flawless performance Friday night at the I-80 Speedway, winning both of his United States Modified Touring Series heat races and his qualifying feature to lead all drivers on opening night of the 8th Annual Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals. The 21-year-old from Chatfield, Minn., won his…
In capturing his 84th career victory Wednesday night, Rodney Sanders dominated the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event, leading all 30 laps of the 11th Annual Summit Racing Summer Classic at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It had been seven years since the series fired up…
With a 16-day summer vacation in the rear view mirror, the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit was back on track Tuesday at the Hamilton County Speedway and Johnny Scott was back in victory lane. Scott, who won the last event on June 30 at the Devils…
CRARY, N.D. (June 30)–Johnny Scott pulled away from the field Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway and in the national championship standings of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit. After taking the lead from Dustin Strand with three laps in the books, Scott waded through…
Nobody passed Zack VanderBeek in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event Friday night at the Brown County Speedway as he led all 40 laps en route to a $3,000 payday and his 46th career United States Modified Touring Series victory. Johnny Scott, on the other hand, passed…
With the march toward the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup title at the halfway mark, Johnny Scott has set himself up as the man to beat in the battle to become the 20th USMTS national champion and $50,000 richer. On Thursday night at the Nobles County Speedway, the 28-year-old…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 16)–Incredibly hard racing, endless passing for positions, charges from the back to the front and a couple of heated exchanges were all part of Saturday night’s Modified Masters finale at the Cedar Lake Speedway, but the one constant was Rodney Sanders who led all 70 laps…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 15)–After 172 laps of qualifying laps in ten heat races and a pole dash on Friday, Dereck Ramirez set the bar high and claimed the pole position for Saturday’s $40,000-to-win Masters main event at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Powering from eighth on the grid to win…
While everybody around him was flying around the high side of the Cedar Lake Speedway Thursday night, Stormy Scott was content to take the road less traveled and it paid off with a late-race pass for the lead and his 48th career USMTS victory on opening night of the 2nd…
SALINA, Kan. (June 9)–After back-to-back runner-up efforts behind back-to-back USMTS victories for Rodney Sanders the previous two nights, Johnny Scott ended the Sunflower State Showdown atop the first-place block on the podium Saturday with a $3,000 triumph at the Salina Speedway. Starting in the second row behind polesitter Zack VanderBeek,…
By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (June 8)–The long-awaited return of the United States Modified Touring Series to the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park dirt oval lived up to the hype as Happy, Texas, native Rodney Sanders edged Johnny Scott by just 0.099 second in Friday night’s 40-lap Casey’s General…
Rodney Sanders arrived at the 81 Speedway on Thursday afternoon and headed down the highway several hours later with a $2,500 winner’s paycheck and his 81st career USMTS victory. Sanders—the 2013 and 2014 USMTS national champion—started deep in field from the outside of the fifth row, and used the high…
DECORAH, Iowa (May 27)–Johnny Scott vaulted to victory in a war of the VanderBuilts Sunday night at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa, leading the final 21 of 40 laps to score his second trophy in the USMTS Nordic Nationals presented by Weis Buick GMC. Zack VanderBeek-the purveyor of…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (May 26)–With 43 of the top dirt modified drivers in America rolling through the gates at the Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday, Dustin Sorensen led all 40 laps of the main event to register the first USMTS victory of his young career. From the outside of the…
Nobody knew what to expect when the USMTS rolled into town for the first-ever event at the Creek County Speedway, but after the dust settled around 10 p.m. Sunday night it was clear that the bar was set pretty high for a possible second annual Henryetta Ford Clash at The…
POCOLA, Okla. (May 5)–For the second time this year, Rodney Sanders had the checkered flag in his sights but didn’t get there first, and for the second time this year Zack VanderBeek was in second place when he entered the final turn but found a way to win as the…
Lucas Schott sailed into USMTS victory lane on a windy Sunday at the Enid Speedway, leading all 35 laps of the main event to notch his second win of the weekend and seventh of his career. From the pole, Schott remained in command despite early pressure from Johnny Scott and…
It took a couple of near-misses, 14 nights of competition and 101 laps as the race leader, but with a dominating performance at the Route 66 Motor Speedway on Saturday night Rodney Sanders has his first USMTS victory of the season and the 80th of his career. He’s had some…
Lucas Schott passed Terry Phillips with 13 laps to go and went on to capture Friday night’s USMTS main event at the West Texas Raceway in Lubbock. Schott, who climbed into the third spot in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup national points chase, followed front-row starters Phillips and…