FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – After a disappointing performance on Thursday that cost him the points lead, Ryan Gustin bounced back in a big way Friday night with a dominating performance at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in the seventh event of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship…
BRITT, Iowa – The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers rolled into the Hancock County Speedway Thursday night and produced a seventh winner in seven races with yet another shake up in the points battle. Polesitter Bob Timm grabbed the lead at…
WEBSTER CITY, Iowa – Pay no attention to the lyrics put forth by Blue Öyster Cult. Drivers in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers have good reason to fear “The Reaper” after Wednesday night’s performance. After finishing third on Sunday at…
MONETT, Mo. – After a pair of cautions on the first two laps, Terry Phillips raced ahead of Tim Donlinger on the third lap and set sail over the remaining 32 times around the Monett Speedway Sunday night to capture the main event in Round 4 of the Hunt for…
CANEY, Kan. – Johnny Bone Jr. got the jump on polesitter Jeremy Payne at the start of Saturday night’s main event at the Caney Valley Speedway and that was all she wrote. A pair of caution flags midway through the 40-lap WIX Filters “A” Main erased Bone’s ten-car-length advantage, but…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – The mercury climbed to more than 100 degrees for the second straight day Friday as the Humboldt Speedway hosted Round 2 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers. Despite the brutal heat wave, the grandstands at ‘The Hummer’…
JETMORE, Kan. – The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers kicked off Thursday night with the debut of the mud-slinging USMTS Modifieds at the Great American Dirt Track in Jetmore, Kan. With thermometers bursting at 105 degrees during the day, race fans…
SLAYTON, Minn. – The last race before the start of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers took place Friday night at the Murray County Speedway in Slayton, Minn. The final event in the Dart Great Plains Region presented by Allstar Performance…
JACKSON, Minn. – The Jackson Speedway hosted the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour for the first time in four years Thursday night and the fans at the historic half-mile oval got a well-deserved treat for their long wait. Polesitter Steve Wetzstein beat fellow front-row starter Jon Tesch to the…
CRESCO, Iowa – Production crews were on hand at the Cresco Speedway Wednesday night for taping of all of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour action for the Dirt Knights television show to be broadcast this January 2011 on the VERSUS cable sports network. Although the docu-drama is an…
ALGONA, Iowa – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour kicked off the annual Kossuth County Fair on Tuesday night as the series returned to the Algona Raceway in Algona, Iowa, for the first time since Aug. 5, 2004. Nine-time and defending USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock won his fifth…
WORTHINGTON, Minn. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour wrapped up a six-night, six-event, three-state campaign Sunday night at the Nobles County Speedway in Worthington, Minn. Yet another jam-packed grandstand was the backdrop for yet another thrilling show. And Ryan Gustin picked up yet another win as he led…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour made their northern-most stop on the 2010 campaign Saturday night as they invaded the Jamestown Speedway in Jamestown, N.D., for the first time in more than five seasons. The wait was well worth it for the fans who packed the…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Brown County Speedway in Aberdeen, S.D., hosted the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour for the first time Friday night, and the daring dirt-churning drivers did not disappoint the fans that jam-packed the grandstand to witness the inaugural event. The crowd went wild and vocalized their…
WATERTOWN, S.D. – What a difference a day makes. After starting on the front row Wednesday night at the Red River Valley Speedway, a broken shock early in the race sent Zack VanderBeek sliding backwards to a ninth-place finish by the end of the main event. The “Z-Man” made a…
W. FARGO, N.D. – On Saturday night, Ken Schrader will be celebrating the 22nd anniversary of his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory on July 31, 1988, at the Talladega Superspeedway. But the only thing on Schrader’s mind today is rejoicing with family, crewmembers and a cheering throng of race…
JEFFERSON, S.D. – Ryan Gustin remained perfect in the Dart Great Plains Region presented by Allstar Performance with an impressive victory Tuesday night when the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invaded the Park Jefferson Speedway for the 6th Annual All-Star Challenge and the first night of the five-race “modFURY.com…
ELKO, Minn. – Tommy Myer captured a rain-shortened main event Saturday night as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour returned to the Elko Speedway for the second and final night of the 2nd Annual AMSOIL Dirt Nationals. With Myer leading and 32 of the scheduled 40 laps in the…
ELKO, Minn. – Domination. No other word can better describe the clinic put on by Jason Krohn Friday night. The 38-year-old from Slayton dominated the competition to score his second victory in as many nights as the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invaded the Elko Speedway where the historic…
BRAINERD, Minn. – Jason Krohn’s campaign in the Yeager Machine Upper Midwest Region got off toe a rocky start when he failed to qualify for the main event on May 28 at the Chateau Raceway. But since then, the 2007 USMTS National Champion has been a consistent threat to win,…
KASSON, Minn. – The United States Modified Touring Series stormed into the Dodge County Speedway on Wednesday evening for the inaugural Thunderbird Open and the kick-off to the 153rd Dodge County Fair. But Mother Nature’s curse continued and the mud-slinging Modifieds of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour quickly…
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour stormed into the Mississippi Thunder Speedway on June 25, but they blew right back out after the three heat races were complete when heavy rains engulfed the track. After a three-week summer vacation, the touring titans returned to Bob…
MASON CITY, Iowa – The grandstands at the I-35 Speedway were overflowing with race fans overlooking a bumpy but lightning-fast racing surface that had withstood a beating from Mother Nature over the previous few days. NASCAR veteran Kenny Wallace sat on the pole and Kelly Shryock – the winningest driver…
FORT DODGE, Iowa – With severe storms and tornados lurking in the area Tuesday night at the Mineral City Speedway, USMTS officials trimmed the distance of the main event to 25 laps in an effort to beat Mother Nature to the finish line. When the checkered flag waved, Jason Krohn…
FAIRMONT, Minn. – Hundreds of drivers have competed with the United States Modified Touring Series over the past 11 seasons. Getting one victory against the best of the best in dirt Modified racing is a tall order, and winning more than once is even less common. But scoring multiple victories…