GOLIAD, Texas (Feb. 18) — The Shady Oaks Speedway saved the best for last with a barnburner 40-lap main event Saturday to close the curtain on the second of five Summit Racing USMTS Winter Speedweeks tripleheader weekends. Several drivers took their shots, but in the end it was Cade Dillard…
GOLIAD, Texas (Feb. 17) — Jason Hughes was in the right place at the right time, and a familiar place at the end of the 35-lap USMTS main event Friday night at the Shady Oaks Speedway. With fog thickening above the 3/8-mile dirt oval, Ricky Thornton Jr. jumped out to…
GOLIAD, Texas (Feb. 16) — The fourth race of the season for the USMTS produced a fourth different winner as Ricky Thornton Jr. rolled to a wire-to-wire victory at the Shady Oaks Speedway in Goliad, Texas. Starting from the outside of the second row, Thornton wasted no time getting to…
PAIGE, Texas (Feb. 11) — The USMTS capped off the inaugural visit to the Cotton Bowl Speedway on Saturday with a wild feature race and nail-biting finish that saw Chris Brown become the third different winner of the 2017 campaign. Polesitter Dereck Ramirez jumped out to the lead at the…
PAIGE, Texas (Feb. 10) — When Jason Hughes was asked last month at the USMTS awards banquet what the plans were for him and his new teammate, Ryan Gustin, his answer was “win every race.” So far, so good. After struggling to notch a top-ten finish in Thursday night’s Summit…
Marshalltown, Iowa’s Ryan Gustin picked up where le left off last November and notched his second straight USMTS victory with a wire-to-wire triumph in Thursday’s season opener at the Cotton Bowl Speedway. The inaugural event for the United States Modified Touring Series at the two-year-old speedplant in Paige, Texas, was…
PARK CITY, Kan.—Polesitter Rodney Sanders crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s main event, but it was Ryan Gustin who took home the $5,000 Chisholm Trail Showdown winner’s paycheck at the 81 Speedway. Sanders started on the pole and led all 50 laps of the feature race, but after rolling…
PARK CITY, Kan.—Following ten intense qualifying heat races on Friday night, Rodney Sanders and Ryan McAninch earned front-row starting spots for Saturday’s $5,000-to-win main event of the inaugural Chisholm Trail Showdown at the 81 Speedway. Sanders bested all drivers in combined points from his two qualifying heats, winning his first…
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—More than 8,000 family, friends and fans of the late Grant Junghans gathered at the Lakeside Speedway Friday for the inaugural Grant Junghans Memorial—the biggest one-day event in the history of dirt modified racing. And when the dust had settled shortly after midnight, there was one man—Lucas Schott—standing…
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—USMTS drivers converged on the Lakeside Speedway Thursday for the inaugural “Deuces Wild” event—a special prelude to Friday’s Grant Junghans Memorial. Ricky Thornton Jr. and Aaron Marrant both have USRA Modified wins on their résumé, but neither had ever won a USMTS main event prior to Thursday night….
SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—Nearly eight years after his last USMTS triumph, Tommy Weder Jr. made his way back to Widow Wax Victory Lane in a big way Saturday by winning the finale of the 18th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway. The 31-year-old from Woodward, Okla., has competed…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—Friday night shows have been very good for Lucas Schott when the United States Modified Touring Series comes to Southern Minnesota. Two years ago, at 18 years of age, Schott captured his first USMTS win during the 16th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree and he did again this year…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—It was a battle for the ages on opening night of the 18th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree as a season-long battle to become the 2016 USMTS national champion came down to the final turn on the final points night. Trailing defending champ Jason Hughes by 10 points coming…
CRESCO, Iowa—In a repeat of last year’s Labor Day Weekend clash at the Cresco Speedway, Rodney Sanders made a late-race pass of Jason Hughes to pick up the win and keep his title hopes alive with one event remaining in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—Rodney Sanders was the class of the 58-car field Saturday as the United States Modified Touring Series completed its first feature race of 2016 at the Deer Creek Speedway. With two rain-outs this season, it was nearly a year since the series last visited the popular high-banked 3/8-mile…
LANSING, Minn.—Zack VanderBeek led the first 40 of 42 laps during the United States Modified Touring Series main event at the Chateau Raceway, only to have a right rear tire explode and force him out of the race. That was Memorial Day Weekend. On Friday night, the Hunt for the…
FAIRMONT, Minn.—Jason Hughes took a big step toward defending his USMTS crown Thursday with a victory at the Fairmont Raceway in Round 13 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental. The defending USMTS national champ from Watts, Okla., trailed Josh Angst for the…
WATERTOWN, S.D.—Six years and one month after topping the United States Modified Touring Series main event at the Casino Speedway, Zack VanderBeek returned to the winner’s circle here Sunday in the inaugural Sandy Benson Memorial. With a 52-lap feature race on tap for the 12th round of the 2016 Hunt…
JEFFERSON, S.D.—In dramatic fashion in front of a huge crowd of fans, Rodney Sanders scored his ninth United States Modified Touring Series win of the season Saturday night at the Park Jefferson Speedway. The 73rd triumph of Sanders’ career was his second during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup…
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa—Cade Dillard rode into Rock Rapids, Iowa, on a roll, rocked a stout main event field and racked up his fourth win of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup Friday at the Rapid Speedway. The Robeline, La., racer rolled off fifth on the grid and wasted little…
WEBSTER CITY, Iowa—The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental reached the halfway point at the Hamilton County Speedway Thursday, and Cade Dillard notched his third win of the championship campaign. The 25-year-old from Robeline, La., kept the heat on early leader Jett Big Eagle…
PARK CITY, Kan.— Sunday night at the 81 Speedway, Ryan Gustin took the lead on the second lap of the main event and then held on through a green-white-checkered finish to capture his sixth United States Modified Touring Series victory of 2016. It was the first win during the Hunt…
PRYOR CREEK, Okla.—Less than an hour from home, Jason Hughes found his way back to Widow Wax Victory Lane Saturday after an exciting main event at the Salina Highbanks Speedway. Still, the road to his 145th career USMTS win was less than easy for the current points leader in the…
CORNING, Iowa—His hometown of Robeline, La., may be half a world away, but Cade Dillard has certainly taken a liking to the State of Iowa. With a dominating performance Thursday night at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, the 25-year-old notched his second straight win in the Hunt for…
MASON CITY, Iowa—Since the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup began ten days ago, Cade Dillard has been in the hunt for a win every night, and he finally bagged his trophy Sunday at the Mason City Motor Speedway. Dillard took the lead from Jason Hughes when his car got…