BAYTOWN, Texas — Jason Hughes captured his second straight USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy main event Sunday night, and pocketed $3,000 for his efforts in the fog-postponed Texas Spring Nationals at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Less than 24 hours removed from a…
WILLIS, Texas — Defending USMTS National Champion Jason Hughes claimed his second victory of the season Saturday night as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy invaded the Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas. Keith Foss of Winona, Minn., earned the AFCO Pole Award after heat race…
BEAUMONT, Texas — The 2011 campaign for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy brought the dirt-churning open-wheel Modifieds to the Golden Triangle Raceway Park Friday night for the 5th Annual Texas Shootout. The 40-lap main event featured several battles for position as drivers maneuvered around…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. — In the eighteen USMTS events at the Humboldt Speedway prior to Saturday night, just three drivers have recorded multiple victories and those three have snagged two-thirds of the trophies taken home from the high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval. With an event record 69 cars and drivers signed in…
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE, Okla. — Marshalltown, Iowa’s Ryan Gustin survived a rough and wild main event at the Mid America Speedway Friday night to score his second USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy victory of the season while many of the other 75 drivers in attendance struggled…
BAYTOWN, Texas — John O Whittington took advantage of an early-race caution flag, then beat Kelly Shryock to the finish line to score the victory in Saturday afternoon’s USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy main event at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. From the…
BAYTOWN, Texas — The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour powered by Swan Energy kicked off the 2011 season Thursday with the first of three nights at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. A field of 72 cars and drivers checked in to do battle in the Inaugural Texas…
BAYTOWN, Texas — Rodney Sanders knows how to shine when the big money is on the line. Saturday night at the Houston Raceway Park, the 21-year-old from Happy, Texas, captured the biggest USMTS win of his career as he topped the final night of the 4th Annual Texas Winter Nationals…
BAYTOWN, Texas — Zack VanderBeek picked up right where he left off on Thursday with his second victory in as many nights Friday on the second night of the 4th Annual Texas Winter Nationals at the Houston Raceway Park. “The Z-Man” led all 35 laps as he held off Jason…
BAYTOWN, Texas — With the two winningest drivers in USMTS history out of the picture, Thursday night’s opener of the 4th Annual Texas Winter Nationals at the Houston Raceway Park turned into a battle between two members of today’s youth movement in America’s premier dirt modified touring series. From the…
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Just prior to the start of the A-Main Sunday at the Southern New Mexico Speedway, promoter Royal Jones announced that if Friday night’s winner Tommy Myer or Saturday’s winner Stormy Scott would drop to the tail, they would not only win $25,000 if they won the…
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Twenty-year-old hometown star Stormy Scott led every lap from the pole position to put his #2s on the outside of the front row for Sunday’s $10,000-to-win Mesilla Valley Transportation Fall National A-Main. Scott, however, did not run away with the win as fifth-starting Rodney Sanders dogged…
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — With 94 Modifieds from 13 states checked in for the 11th Annual Mesilla Valley Transportation Fall Nationals, USMTS veteran Tommy Myer of Blooming Prairie, Minn., turned his first ever trip to the Southern New Mexico Speedway into a flag-to-flag victory in Friday night’s preliminary 20-lap A-Main….
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – Terry Phillips scored his second Featherlite Fall Jamboree win of the weekend Sunday at the Deer Creek Speedway, besting a stellar field of USMTS Modifieds in the preliminary event which was postponed from Thursday due to rain and flooding in Southeastern Minnesota. The 44-year-old from Springfield,…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – One year ago Jason Hughes led only the last 100 feet in winning his second Featherlite Fall Jamboree to become the first repeat winner of the crown jewel of dirt Modified racing. On Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway, the 36-year-old chassis builder from Westville,…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – With just a few hundred feet left to go in last year’s Featherlite Fall Jamboree finale, Terry Phillips had the checkered flag in his sights when Jason Hughes pulled alongside and beat him by a bumper to the checkered flag with a dramatic last-lap pass that…
OSKALOOSA, Iowa – With his third win during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers and series-leading 16th triumph overall on Monday night during the 7th Annual Musco Lighting Iowa Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway, Ryan Gustin served notice that he’s…
KASSON, Minn. – The Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn., always seems to produce a nail-biting thriller whenever the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour pays a visit, and Sunday night’s 9th Annual Labor Day Klash was no different. Johnny Scott, who clinched the 2010 DandyLand Farms Rookie of the…
KASSON, Minn. – The United States Modified Touring Series stormed into the Dodge County Speedway on July 14 for the inaugural Thunderbird Open, but the drivers, teams and fans stormed right back out of town when thunderstorms packing heavy rain stopped the show just after the heat races were completed….
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – Mike Sorensen plucked the top spot from race-long leader Nate Wasmund with ten laps to go and went on to hold off Jason Hughes for the victory Saturday night as the Deer Creek Speedway hosted Round 13 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores…
LANSING, Minn. – Just two weeks ago, USMTS drivers and fans were enjoying 105-degree temperatures in Kansas when the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers began. Last night at the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn., the first reminder that winter isn’t far…
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – A blown engine ended Darin Duffy’s drive for his career-first USMTS Modified win Tuesday night as the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship rolled into the Marshalltown Speedway for the 2nd Annual Dirt Madness event. Three laps later, Mother Nature ended the night for…
MOBERLY, Mo. – Round 10 of The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers took place at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., Saturday night, and for 23 laps it looked like Ryan Gustin was well on his way to extending his points…
LA MONTE, Mo. – It had been a close-but-no-cigar campaign so far for Jason Hughes in The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers, but Friday night at the LA Raceway the Westville, Okla., driver was smoking – literally. Nate Caruth took the…
CORNING, Iowa – Jason Krohn had a lot on his mind Saturday afternoon he and his team rolled into the Adams County Speedway for Round 8 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers – the least of which was preparing for…