PARK CITY, Kan. (Aug. 20)–Defending United States Modified Touring Series national champion Jason Hughes put himself in the driver’s seat for a third straight and fourth overall on Sunday night with a wire-to-wire victory at the 81 Speedway that put him atop the standings in the USMTS Hunt for the…
PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (Aug. 19)–Jason Hughes survived a royal rumble Saturday night at the Salina Highbanks Speedway and scored his first win of this year’s USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental in front of a partisan hometown crowd. Cade Dillard led the field to…
Rodney Sanders bested a talent-riddled gathering of 76 drivers Friday night to capture the checkered flag in the 2nd Annual Grant Junghans Memorial at the Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City. Starting seventh on the 30-car grid, Sanders caught Jason Hughes on the 16th lap, secured the lead two laps later…
Hustling around the hairy high side for 40 laps, Ricky Thornton Jr. nabbed his first main event win during the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental Thursday night before a packed house at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. While it was…
Two-time USMTS national champion Ryan Gustin had been absent from the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup since last Friday due to a rather nasty case of cellulitis in his foot and ankle, but his performance Sunday night at the Mason City Motor Speedway suggests he’s feeling much better. In…
Although he’s no stranger to victory lane or the Ogilvie Raceway, Shane Sabraski notched his first United States Modified Touring Series win Saturday night in a highly entertaining event at ‘The Big O.’ Sabraski, who started third on the 24-car grid, drove underneath race-long leader R.C. Whitwell on lap 23…
Joey Jensen survived a rough-and-tumble main event Friday night at the Amsoil Speedway to secure his first United States Modified Touring Series victory in nearly four years. The 37-year-old from Harris, Minn., snagged the lead from Neil Balduc on lap 13 and remained in front for the final 12 laps…
Stormy Scott made it two straight with a wire-to-wire win Wednesday night during the 2nd Annual Bullet SportsWear Modified Showdown at the Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D. Scott, who won the second race of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental last Friday…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. (Aug. 4)–In just his second night behind the wheel of just the third VanderBuilt Race Cars chassis to roll off the assembly line, Stormy Scott captured a much-needed victory Friday night at the Humboldt Speedway in Round 2 of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by…
The first feature race in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup belongs to a first-time winner after Tyler Wolff laid down a dominating wire-to-wire win in Thursday’s caution-free 40-lapper at the Springfield Raceway. Wolff, a Grant Junghans Rookie of the Year contender, was the class of the 45-car field…
GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 22)–It’s a good thing they give out trophies instead of rings at USMTS crown jewel events because Ryan Gustin would be fresh out of fingers and toes. In front of an overflow crowd Saturday night at the I-80 Speedway, the 26-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, nabbed his first…
GREENWOOD, Neb. (July 20)–Johnny Scott of Las Cruces, N.M., claimed the Pole Dash victory Friday night at the I-80 Speedway, and locked himself into the pole position for Saturday’s $10,000-to-win United States Modified Touring Series finale of the 7th Annual Silver Dollard Nationals. Following two runner-up finishes in both of…
Friday’s United States Modified Touring Series show at the Plymouth Dirt Track put the wraps on the four-day Badgerland Summer Shootout presented by Prestige Custom Cabinetry, and Ryan Gustin’s 84th career USMTS victory ended Zack VanderBeek’s Dairy State dominance. Gustin, who started fourth on the main event grid, chased polesitter…
The USMTS Badgerland Summer Shootout presented by Prestige Custom Cabinetry continued with Round 3 at the Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway and Zack VanderBeek continued his mastery of the Bay area ovals with his third win in as many nights. And in capturing his 42nd career United States Modified Touring Series, the…
Zack VanderBeek made it two in a row Wednesday night with a victory at the 141 Speedway near Francis Creek, Wis., during Round 2 of the USMTS Badgerland Summer Shootout presented by Prestige Custom Cabinetry. After earning the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award, the 32-year-old from New Sharon, Iowa, grabbed the…
Zack VanderBeek took control with eight laps in the books, and then withstood a caution with two laps remaining to score the victory Tuesday night at the Luxemburg Speedway in the opening round of the USMTS Badgerland Summer Shootout presented by Prestige Custom Cabinetry. One of seven drivers in attendance…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 17) — They started one hour early, waited out two rain delays and ran a full program without a hitch, but officials at the Cedar Lake Speedway were forced to postpone the final 46 laps of Saturday night’s Masters main event until 11 a.m. Sunday morning….
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 16) — Qualifying heat races began shortly after 7:30 Friday night for the Modified Masters at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Earlier in the day, Josh Angst was wrestling with the thought of not attending, but made the decision to head toward New Richmond, Wis. Good call….
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 15) — Zack VanderBeek may not be thinking about what he’ll do with Saturday’s $50,000 winner’s share of the prize money, but he posted a convincing down payment worth $3,000 Thursday night to kick off Modified Masters weekend at the Cedar Lake Speedway. The 32-year old…
Jake Timm has been patient over the last four years while he chases his first USMTS victory. Patience met opportunity Wednesday night at the Ogilvie Raceway and the 20–year-old from Winona, Minn., got the best of one of the best ever to win his first ever. Three-time and defending USMTS…
Mother Nature could have waited a little longer Sunday night before she let loose at the Mason City Motor Speedway. But instead, two laps into USMTS Diamond Jo Casino “All-In 77” main event, the sky opened up and rain poured down. The event was postponed, and Sunday’s cancelation moves the…
CORNING, Iowa (June 10) — Zack VanderBeek started on the pole and that was as close as anybody got Saturday night as he led all 25 laps in dominating the USMTS main event during the Malvern Bank Duals at the Adams County Speedway. “The Z-Man” was on point all night,…
Cade Dillard’s most important and only pass of the night Thursday was getting around polesitter R.C. Whitwell on the opening lap. From there, he led the final 39 laps en route to his 18th career USMTS victory in the series’ first-ever visit to the Salina Speedway. Following five fantastic heat…
PARK CITY, Kan. (June 7) — Just a little more than three weeks ago, Jon Mitchell’s United States Modified Touring Series victory celebration was short-lived when his machine came up a few pounds light when crossed the scales at the end of the main event at the Lonestar Speedway. But…
CANEY, Kan. (June 6) — Caney Valley Speedway fans waited nearly three years for the United States Modified Touring Series to return to the quarter-mile bullring in Caney, Kan., and the Best of the Best did not disappoint with an edge-of-your-seat main event that produced a new first-time winner. Tyler…