When the big money is on the line, Rodney Sanders is usually on his game. Such was the case on Saturday night when the 28-year-old from Happy, Texas, raced to his 86th career USMTS victory and second Featherlite Fall Jamboree championship at the Deer Creek Speedway. With a brilliant effort…
The Deer Creek Speedway finally conquered Mother Nature on Friday and Johnny Scott conquered the USMTS main event for the 15th time this season on opening night of the 20th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree. After two days of torrential rainfall wiped out Wednesday and Thursday’s plans, the crew at ‘The…
It was a night of many firsts for Johnny Scott on Saturday. Prior to Saturday’s show, there had been 102 United States Modified Touring Series features contested at the Deer Creek Speedway since the first on May 25, 2002. In the 103rd USMTS main event at ‘The Creek,’ Scott picked…
It’s been feast or famine for Lucas Schott and his Mike Wedelstadt Racing team this year in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit. It was a beans ‘n’ rice kind of night on Thursday at the Rapid Speedway when Schott started on the outside of the…
Just when Johnny Scott could probably cruise safely to his first USMTS national championship, the New Mexico native just continues to push it to the limit like his life depends on it. Rather than just play it safe and collect enough points to keep his lead safe, Scott manhandled his…
Johnny Scott was the first driver out of the race Saturday night at the Park Jefferson Speedway but he was the first one to the finish line Sunday night at the Casino Speedway, taking one giant leap toward his first USMTS national championship and a $50,000 check. For his 12th…
The United States Modified Touring Series paid its eighth visit to the Park Jefferson Speedway on Saturday, and Lucas Schott emerged as the eighth different winner of the USMTS River City Rumble. It was a much-needed rebound for the 22-year-old from Chatfield, Minn. A mechanical failure while leading the feature…
Johnny Scott’s march to the USMTS national championship made a stop at the Salina Highbanks Speedway on Saturday for the 6th Annual Salute To Our Veterans presented by ARMI. Scott, who brought a huge points lead into the event, expanded his cushion with his third win in his last five…
As drivers and fans alike celebrated the life of one of the most popular dirt track racers of all time, Friday’s 3rd Annual Grant Junghans Memorial at the Lakeside Speedway gave the fans a night to remember. In the 32-lap feature co-sanctioned by the USMTS and USRA, Jake O’Neil came…
One week ago, Terry Phillips surpassed the two-year anniversary of his last United States Modified Touring Series win. After Sunday night’s race at the Mason City Motor Speedway, there won’t be a third. Phillips experienced his share of bad luck during the winless streak, but Sunday night a little good…
Johnny Scott’s stranglehold on USMTS victory lane continued with an impressive win at the Ogilvie Raceway during Saturday’s 7th Annual Chubbs Performance Modified Madness presented by U.S. Army. With his second straight triumph in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, the 28-year-old from Las Cruces, N.M., now residing in Cameron, Mo.,…
Johnny Scott doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. A steady diet of top-five finishes propelled Scott to the top of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup standings prior to the summer break, but six victories in his last thirteen starts—including a wire-to-wire win in Friday’s feature at the…
WHEATLAND, Mo. (Aug. 4)–Nobody brings the excitement to America’s dirt ovals like the United States Modified Touring Series, and no dirt track in America provides a better environment for drivers to shine than the Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Mo. The two came together Saturday night for the 9th Annual…
The 50th United States Modified Touring Series feature held at the Humboldt Speedway saw Zack VanderBeek lead from start to finish for his 47th career USMTS victory Friday night. Driving the Oreo/Casey’s General Stores VanderBuilt Race Cars No. 33z, the 33-year-old from New Sharon, Iowa, redrew the pole to start…
Rodney Sanders is always tough to beat. At the I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., it seems like it’s not even a fair fight. Sanders—the 2013 and 2014 USMTS national champion—led all 40 laps Saturday night to capture the United States Modified Touring Series main event during the 8th Annual Imperial…
Lucas Schott delivered a flawless performance Friday night at the I-80 Speedway, winning both of his United States Modified Touring Series heat races and his qualifying feature to lead all drivers on opening night of the 8th Annual Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals. The 21-year-old from Chatfield, Minn., won his…
In capturing his 84th career victory Wednesday night, Rodney Sanders dominated the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event, leading all 30 laps of the 11th Annual Summit Racing Summer Classic at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It had been seven years since the series fired up…
With a 16-day summer vacation in the rear view mirror, the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit was back on track Tuesday at the Hamilton County Speedway and Johnny Scott was back in victory lane. Scott, who won the last event on June 30 at the Devils…
CRARY, N.D. (June 30)–Johnny Scott pulled away from the field Saturday night at the Devils Lake Speedway and in the national championship standings of the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit. After taking the lead from Dustin Strand with three laps in the books, Scott waded through…
Nobody passed Zack VanderBeek in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event Friday night at the Brown County Speedway as he led all 40 laps en route to a $3,000 payday and his 46th career United States Modified Touring Series victory. Johnny Scott, on the other hand, passed…
With the march toward the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup title at the halfway mark, Johnny Scott has set himself up as the man to beat in the battle to become the 20th USMTS national champion and $50,000 richer. On Thursday night at the Nobles County Speedway, the 28-year-old…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 16)–Incredibly hard racing, endless passing for positions, charges from the back to the front and a couple of heated exchanges were all part of Saturday night’s Modified Masters finale at the Cedar Lake Speedway, but the one constant was Rodney Sanders who led all 70 laps…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 15)–After 172 laps of qualifying laps in ten heat races and a pole dash on Friday, Dereck Ramirez set the bar high and claimed the pole position for Saturday’s $40,000-to-win Masters main event at the Cedar Lake Speedway. Powering from eighth on the grid to win…
While everybody around him was flying around the high side of the Cedar Lake Speedway Thursday night, Stormy Scott was content to take the road less traveled and it paid off with a late-race pass for the lead and his 48th career USMTS victory on opening night of the 2nd…
SALINA, Kan. (June 9)–After back-to-back runner-up efforts behind back-to-back USMTS victories for Rodney Sanders the previous two nights, Johnny Scott ended the Sunflower State Showdown atop the first-place block on the podium Saturday with a $3,000 triumph at the Salina Speedway. Starting in the second row behind polesitter Zack VanderBeek,…