MEMPHIS, Mo. – The Scotland County Speedway played host to the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour Saturday night for the 8th Annual Mid-America Nationals. Although it was the 21st event staged at the facility, it was the first time since 2007 that the mud-slinging USMTS Modifieds waged battle at…
BRANDON, S.D. – The touring titans of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invaded the Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., Thursday for the fifth straight year and produced the fifth nail-biter in as many stops at Greg and Steve Rubin’s historic high-banked clay oval. Fertile, Iowa’s Kelly Shryock visited…
ALTA, Iowa – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour invaded the Buena Vista Raceway Wednesday with a jam-packed grandstand in attendance for the 3rd Annual “Battle at the Beaver.” From the drop of the green flag to the waving of the checkered flags, the 30-lap WIX Filters “A” Main…
VIVIAN, La. – Winning can be addictive, and it appears that Johnny Scott has become a full-fledged victory lane junkie after just a single dosage. After winning his career-first USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series event on Saturday night, the 20-year-old from Las Cruces, N.M., wasted no time defending his…
KILGORE, Texas – It was a night of firsts Saturday as the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series made its debut at the Lonestar Speedway in Kilgore, Texas, for Round 3 of the 4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek. Several inches of rain in the days leading up to the event…
OKTAHA, Okla. – On short notice, the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series rolled into the Outlaw Motor Speedway Friday night for the second round of action in the 4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek. Early Thursday afternoon, officials at the Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., were forced to cancel Friday…
POCOLA, Okla. – Jason Hughes is tough to beat no matter where he starts, but when he draws the pole it’s practically a foregone conclusion. Thursday night at the Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla., Hughes garnered the AFCO Pole Award then redrew the pole position for the main event, but…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour rolled into the Springfield Raceway Saturday to challenge the quick quarter-mile clay oval and showed the crowd why they are the greatest Modified show on dirt. During the week, track officials brought in several loads of new dirt and promoter…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – In just his second trip to the Humboldt Speedway, Ryan Gustin notched his third USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour victory of the season Friday with a dominating performance at Ron and Rhenda Whitworth’s quarter-mile semi-banked clay in the southeast corner of the Sunflower State. Friday night’s…
KASSON, Minn. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour finally beat Mother Nature this Memorial Day Weekend, completing the fifth straight night of action Sunday with the 9th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn. A few sprinkles early in the evening threatened…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – Fifty-three fire-breathing USMTS Modifieds and their drivers representing 13 different states invaded the Deer Creek Speedway Saturday evening for the 8th Annual A&A Electric Southern MN Spring Challenge – the 40th event overall at the high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval in the 12-year history of the United…
LANSING, Minn. – Doug Hillson has been a steady fixture on the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour with more than 100 career starts during the eleven-year history of America’s premier dirt Modified series. Hillson’s white and orange #72 home-made chassis is a familiar fixture on the race track and…
ALLISON, Iowa – Corey Dripps got stronger as the racing season wore on last year, ending the 2009 campaign with four straight top-five finishes and capturing a USRA Modified win in the 23rd Annual Musco Lighting Fall Challenge at the Southern Iowa Speedway. If that holds true for 2010, the…
OSKALOOSA, Iowa – After a nearly six-week hiatus, the stars and cars of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour jumped back into high gear Wednesday at the Southern Iowa Speedway for five straight nights of racing action at five dirt ovals during the Memorial Day Weekend. Forty-two fire-breathing Modifieds…
LUBBOCK, Texas – Jason Hughes of Westville, Okla., bested a field of 44 Modifieds Sunday afternoon as the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series wrapped up a three-race weekend swing at the Lubbock Motor Speedway. The 35-year-old defending champion of the series earned the AFCO Pole Award during qualifying heat…
AMARILLO, Texas – The USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series made its maiden voyage to the Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, Saturday night with a crowd of nearly 3,000 spectators on hand to witness the mud-slinging Modifieds tackle the 3/8-mile high-banked oval. One week earlier, Rodney Sanders used…
CLINTON, Okla. – Zack VanderBeek of New Sharon, Iowa, nabbed his first USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series main event victory of the season Friday night at the Wild West Speedway in Clinton, Okla. The 2004 USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour Rookie of the Year drew the pole position…
WILLIS, Texas – Howard Willis swamped the field with a wire-to-wire victory Saturday night in round 2 of the 4th Annual Texas Shootout and became the sixth winner in six USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series events staged at the Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas. The 56-year-old veteran from Dayton,…
BEAUMONT, Texas – Jason Hughes of Westville, Okla., snared his third straight checkered flag Friday night as the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series invaded the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, to kick off the 4th Annual Texas Shootout. For Hughes, the $2,000 win was his second at…
MOBERLY, Mo. – Like a pit area full of dozens of the best Modified drivers in America or grandstands jam-packed with rabid race fans, one of the things you can count on seeing at a USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour event this season is seeing Jason Hughes in victory…
LA MONTE, Mo. – The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour fired ‘em back Friday night at the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo., for the 4th Annual Show-Me Showdown and the season’s fourth event in the tough Falcon Wind Power Mo-Kan Region. Jeremy Payne has been hard to beat…
McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. – Ryan Gustin scored his first win of the 2010 season and first with his new Gressel Racing team Friday night at the Junction Motor Speedway in McCool Junction, Neb., to kick off the 7th Annual Nebraska Spring Thaw. Making just his second start in his new…
OKTAHA, Okla. – The Jason Hughes juggernaut kept on rolling Friday night at the Outlaw Motor Speedway near Muskogee, Okla., as he secured his fourth straight win under the USMTS banner. After winning at the Houston Raceway Park on Feb. 20, then sweeping last weekend’s doubleheader at the Humboldt Speedway,…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – After completion of five heat races at the Humboldt Speedway Sunday afternoon, many of those in attendance – including some competitors – weren’t making predictions about who would win the main event, but rather how many laps it would take for one driver in particular to take…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – Near-freezing temperatures did not deter more than 1,000 winter-weary, action-hungry race fans Saturday night as they gathered to witness the 2010 season opener for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour at the Humboldt Speedway. Nearly six months since the last checkered flag waved to close the…