Magical things just seem to happen between the walls of the Deer Creek Speedway when the United States Modified Touring Series is in town, and the racing gods bestowed yet another badass blessing on the race fans Friday during the second night of the 21st Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree. When…
Dereck Ramirez watched the monkey on his back grow old, but the 32-year-old from Woodward, Okla., finally laid it to rest Thursday on opening night of the 21st Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree. Ramirez started on the outside of the front row and followed polesitter Joel Alberts for the first six…
Two-time USMTS National Champion Rodney Sanders kicked off the month of September on Sunday with a victory at the Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa, during the 7th annual USMTS War in West Union presented by KSE Racing Products. Sanders, who garnered the 2012 and 2013 United States Modified…
With a thrilling win Saturday night in the 4th Annual J & S JCB Labor Day Duel presented by FK Rod Ends, Brandon Davis ended a USMTS victory lane dry spell of more than five years. Now a 28-year-old from Hayfield, Minn., Davis last won a USMTS main event in…
Ryan Gustin took command on lap 15 and then dominated the final 25 laps of Friday’s USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event at the Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis. Gustin, who started third, drove by Rodney Sanders after 14 laps were in the books. After that,…
Terry Phillips capped off a big week of USMTS racing on Sunday with a hard-earned $4,000 victory in the Sandy Benson Memorial at the Casino Speedway in Watertown, S.D. Phillips may very well be the hottest driver on dirt right now. If not for a last-lap pass by Jake O’Neil…
Ever since Terry Philips nipped Dereck Ramirez by two one-thousandths of a second for the win on the first night of ‘The Hunt’ three weeks ago, the racing in the USMTS has been nothing short of incredible. Saturday night was more of the same. After a riveting 39 laps of…
With less than eight laps to go in the main event Friday night at the Rapid Speedway, an unusual turn of events paved the way for Terry Phillips to collect his fourth Casey’s General Stores USMTS National Championship victory of the 2019 campaign. From the outside of the front row,…
The Hamilton County Speedway hosted the 13th Annual USMTS Casey’s Clash presented by AmericInn on Thursday night, and Jake O’Neil made himself at home in victory lane for the third time this season. Hunter Marriott garnered the Sybesma Graphics Pole Award and led early on before giving way to Dereck…
Rodney Sanders had 93 United States Modified Touring Series victories under his belt coming into the 7th Annual ARMI Salute To Our Veterans presented by Bryke Racing, but none at the Salina Highbanks Speedway. That all changed Saturday night as the 29-year-old from Happy, Texas, notched his first triumph at…
Terry Phillips earned a hard-fought USMTS victory Friday night at the end of the road to redemption, which was about 60 miles long and stretched from Urbana to Eldon in his home state of Missouri. After leading the first half of Thursday’s main event at the Dallas County Speedway, Phillips…
The United States Modified Touring Series invaded the Dallas County Speedway in Urbana, Mo., for the first time Thursday for the inaugural Bullring Bash presented by Hooker Harness, and a record crowd was on hand to witness Ryan Gustin beat Dereck Ramirez to the finish line by a whisker. “That…
Rodney Sanders rolled to his series-best myseventh win of the season Wednesday as the I-35 Speedway hosted the 10th Annual USMTS Missouri Meltdown presented by MyRacePass.com. The current points leader in the Casey’s General Stores USMTS National Championship, Sanders was patient while he battled with Ryan Gustin, Darron Fuqua, Zack…
Making it two straight first-time USMTS winners in as many nights, Dan Ebert out-dueled Rodney Sanders in a caution-free 40-lap nail-biter Saturday at the Ogilvie Raceway. As has come to be expected at the Wagamon family’s 3/8-mile high-banked dirt oval in Ogilvie, Minn., the main event at this year’s 8th…
Landon Atkinson scored his first USMTS victory Friday night at the I-94 Raceway in Fergus Falls, Minn., during the 5th Annual Casey’s General Stores Summersota Nationals presented by QA1. “This is something right out of a dream,” said the 22-year-old from Little Falls, Minn. “Last night I was sitting at…
Rodney Sanders continued his march toward a third USMTS National Championship Sunday night, winning the 10th Annual USMTS Missouri Nationals presented by Wilwood at the Monett Motor Speedway. The 2012 and 2013 title-holder, Sanders hunted early leader Dereck Ramirez for the first 17 laps before using lapped traffic to steal…
Rodney Sanders took command midway through Saturday night’s 40-lap feature and went on to win the 10th Annual USMTS Slick Mist Show-Me Shootout presented by Foley Equipment. Sanders, of Happy, Texas, held off Dereck Ramirez and Terry Phillips in a two-lap shootout after a pair of late cautions wiped out…
The Casey’s Hunt for the USMTS National Championship blasted off Thursday night at the 81 Speedway with another instant classic produced by C. Ray Hall’s 3/8-mile dirt oval outside of Wichita. After following six spectacular qualifying events, the 40-lap feature race was fierce and fast from the waving of the…
The deed to the venue may show that the Kosiski family has possession of the land and buildings, but two-time USMTS National Champion Rodney Sanders simply owns I-80 Speedway. Since 2005 when Tommy Myer won the first USMTS feature held here, the United States Modified Touring Series has staged 17…
Rodney Sanders picked up where he left off last year by winning Friday’s preliminary feature for the USMTS Modifieds during opening night of I-80 Speedway’s 9th Annual Imperial Tile Silver Dollar Nationals. After six qualifying heat races, 20 drivers competed in the 30-lap main event which was split into two…
NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (June 15)–The last USMTS win for Terry Phillips came last November in a rain-shortened Summit USMTS Southern Nationals, and his next came in a rain-delayed 40-lap feature Saturday evening at the Cedar Lake Speedway during the conclusion of night #2 of the 20th Annual Masters presented by…
Three nights of fierce racing kicked off Wednesday with opening night at the 20th Annual Masters presented by Allstar Performance at the Cedar Lake Speedway, and the competitors will be hard-pressed to exceed the bar they set tonight. A spectacular 40-lap main event saw Jimmy Mars steal the lead from…
Dereck Ramirez disposed of Jake Gallardo on lap 11 of 40 at the Route 66 Motor Speedway on Saturday night, and then blasted his way through the field to score a $3,000 payday and the seventh win of his USMTS career. It was the fifth win in the Lonestar State…
LUBBOCK, Texas (June 7)–Only Mother Nature has been able to stop Ryan Gustin this week as ‘The Reaper’ reeled off his third straight Summit USMTS Southern Series win in five days Friday night at the West Texas Raceway. After winning last Sunday at the Creek County Speedway to break a…
GREENVILLE, Texas (June 4)–When Ryan Gustin won the USMTS feature Sunday night at the Creek County Speedway, it snapped a winless streak that lasted for more than a year. He barely had time to let his engine cool down before scoring his next one Tuesday night at the Superbowl Speedway….