BAYTOWN, Texas – Jason Hughes was in a class by himself in 2009, winning ten main events en route to claiming his second straight USMTS Southern Series crown. After three days of racing at the Houston Raceway Park, it looks like Hughes will be the man to beat again in…
BAYTOWN, Texas – Jeremy Payne powered his way into victory lane Friday night at the Houston Raceway Park, holding off two-time defending USMTS Southern Series champion Jason Hughes and pocketing $3,000 in the process. Payne started fourth on the grid and quickly moved into the second spot behind Darrell Nelson,…
BAYTOWN, Texas – While Kelly Shryock was counting the $2,000 he earned for winning the USMTS Southern Series main event on Thursday night, it was equally satisfying to the nine-time USMTS National Champion what he was not counting. Last year, Shryock struggled through a career-worst 55-race winless streak that began…
BAYTOWN, Texas – The Hunt for the USMTS Dirthead.com Southern Series Championship presented by Dirt Modified Magazine heated up on a cold night Thursday with the 3rd Annual Texas Winter Nationals at the Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas. Rain on Wednesday resulted in a sticky fast but bumpy racing…
HIGHLANDS, Texas – Few drivers, if any, have turned as many laps on the dirt ovals in and around the Houston area as Howard Willis. On Thursday night at the Battleground Speedway in Highlands, Willis used his experience to grab the lead away from Bumper Jones in lapped traffic, then…
WILLIS, Texas – The USMTS Dirthead.com Southern Series completed their TrackTek Racing Fuels Halloween Havoc doubleheader at the Gator Motorplex Saturday, and for the second straight night Kelly Shryock walked up and drew the pole position for the start of the main event. But unlike Friday where he slipped back…
WILLIS, Texas – The Hunt for the USMTS Dirthead.com Southern Series Championship presented by Dirt Modified Magazine kicked off Friday night at the Gator Motorplex with the TrackTek Racing Fuels Halloween Havoc – the first of eight events that will culminate with the crowning of the third USMTS Dirthead.com Southern…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – It was a battle for the ages Saturday at the Deer Creek Speedway as Jason Hughes of Westville, Okla., won his second Featherlite Fall Jamboree title with a last-corner pass of Terry Phillips. The win was worth $9,500 and just .043 second separated the two at…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – One year ago, Zack VanderBeek scored his first win at the Deer Creek Speedway as he dominated Friday night’s main event on the second night of the 10th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. The 25-year-old from New Sharon,…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – A pit area packed with 107 of the nation’s elite dirt modified drivers greeted race fans Thursday for opening night of the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway. Competitors from 17 different States converged on Spring Valley, Minn., to partake in the…
BRAINERD, Minn. – Jon Tesch came into the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship as one of the hottest drivers in the country, and his name was penciled as the 2009 USMTS National Champion on the pick ’em list of many a race fan. Tesch had won…
BRAINERD, Minn. – The fat lady isn’t singing quite yet, but she may have been overheard clearing her throat Friday night. Kelly Shryock’s quest for a ninth title came one step closer to reality Friday as the 44-year-old from Fertile, Iowa, captured round 14 of the Hunt for the USMTS…
KASSON, Minn. – Mother Nature provided an absolutely picture perfect day Sunday at the Dodge County Speedway for the 8th Annual Kasson Klash presented by Greenway and stop #13 in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship. The 36 dirt modified road warriors in attendance for the…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – The good news is that the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree is less than three weeks away at the Deer Creek Speedway. The bad news is that somebody’s going to have to come up with something pretty remarkable to top Saturday night’s incredible battle at the…
LANSING, Minn. – Ryan Gustin grabbed the lead from Zack VanderBeek on lap 12, then held off a late-race charge by Kelly Shryock to score the victory Friday night in the 4th Annual Cedar River Race at the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn. The 18-year-old from Marshalltown, Iowa, pocketed $3,000…
ALTA, Iowa – Jason Hughes and Kelly Shryock waged another epic battle Thursday night as the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship rolled into the Buena Vista Raceway for the Battle at the Beaver presented by Cookies Bar “B” “Q” Sauce. The two winningest drivers in the…
ALLISON, Iowa – With a little help from his friends, Jason Hughes captured his third victory of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship Wednesday night at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, during the 5th Annual Hawkeye Summer Classic presented by Car Country and Schroeder…
OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Wherever you find the mud-slinging Modifieds of the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour, there are several big-league names that always come up when discussing possible winners and top-runners, but the name Brad Pinkerton is never one of them. That is, unless you’re at the Southern Iowa…
DECORAH, Iowa – Just six days shy of the one-year anniversary of his first United States Modified Touring Series victory, Ryan Gustin picked up his fifth USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour win of the 2009 season Saturday with a wire-to-wire victory in the 40-lap Sunoco “A” Main at the…
FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. – Defending USMTS National Champion Tim Donlinger has proven time and time again that he’s one of the best of the best at wheeling a USMTS Modified. On Friday night at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Donlinger showed that he could trade in his helmet for a cowboy…
CANEY, Kan. – It was a familiar face in victory lane as the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship rolled into unfamiliar territory Saturday night. After three rain-outs earlier this season, the Caney Valley Speedway finally got cooperation from Mother Nature which resulted in a huge field…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. – Round 4 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship found the mud-slinging Modifieds at the Humboldt Speedway for the third time in 2009. And for the seventh time this season, fans saw Jason Hughes roll into the winners circle at the end of…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Jeremy Payne came out on top of Thursday’s USMTS Casey’s General Stores National main event at the Springfield Raceway, and in the process earned a measure of redemption to go along with the $3,000 winner’s share of the purse. Payne’s disqualification on Tuesday night at the LA…
MONETT, Mo. – If the youth are our future, then the future looks good for the fans of the United States Modified Touring Series. Wednesday night at the Monett Speedway featured a pair of talented teenagers battling a veteran duo for the victory in the second event of the Hunt…
LA MONTE, Mo. – Grant Junghans was pretty happy Tuesday night after scoring a career-best runner-up finish at the LA Raceway for the opening event of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship. The night got even better for the 20-year-old from Manhattan, Kan., about a half-hour…