By Lonnie Wheatley DODGE CITY, Kan. (June 8)–The long-awaited return of the United States Modified Touring Series to the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park dirt oval lived up to the hype as Happy, Texas, native Rodney Sanders edged Johnny Scott by just 0.099 second in Friday night’s 40-lap Casey’s General…
Rodney Sanders arrived at the 81 Speedway on Thursday afternoon and headed down the highway several hours later with a $2,500 winner’s paycheck and his 81st career USMTS victory. Sanders—the 2013 and 2014 USMTS national champion—started deep in field from the outside of the fifth row, and used the high…
DECORAH, Iowa (May 27)–Johnny Scott vaulted to victory in a war of the VanderBuilts Sunday night at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa, leading the final 21 of 40 laps to score his second trophy in the USMTS Nordic Nationals presented by Weis Buick GMC. Zack VanderBeek-the purveyor of…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (May 26)–With 43 of the top dirt modified drivers in America rolling through the gates at the Deer Creek Speedway on Saturday, Dustin Sorensen led all 40 laps of the main event to register the first USMTS victory of his young career. From the outside of the…
Nobody knew what to expect when the USMTS rolled into town for the first-ever event at the Creek County Speedway, but after the dust settled around 10 p.m. Sunday night it was clear that the bar was set pretty high for a possible second annual Henryetta Ford Clash at The…
POCOLA, Okla. (May 5)–For the second time this year, Rodney Sanders had the checkered flag in his sights but didn’t get there first, and for the second time this year Zack VanderBeek was in second place when he entered the final turn but found a way to win as the…
Lucas Schott sailed into USMTS victory lane on a windy Sunday at the Enid Speedway, leading all 35 laps of the main event to notch his second win of the weekend and seventh of his career. From the pole, Schott remained in command despite early pressure from Johnny Scott and…
It took a couple of near-misses, 14 nights of competition and 101 laps as the race leader, but with a dominating performance at the Route 66 Motor Speedway on Saturday night Rodney Sanders has his first USMTS victory of the season and the 80th of his career. He’s had some…
Lucas Schott passed Terry Phillips with 13 laps to go and went on to capture Friday night’s USMTS main event at the West Texas Raceway in Lubbock. Schott, who climbed into the third spot in the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup national points chase, followed front-row starters Phillips and…
Zack VanderBeek zipped into the lead at the drop of the green flag and never looked back Sunday on the third and final day of the Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout at the Southern New Mexico Speedway. It was the 44th career USMTS victory for the 33-year-old from New Sharon,…
One week ago today, Jake O’Neil led all 40 laps en route to his career-first win with the United States Modified Touring Series and on Saturday night he repeated the feat with a wire-to-wire win at the Southern New Mexico Speedway during the second night of the Rancho Milagro Short…
Returning to his home track for the first night of the Rancho Milagro Short Track Shootout on Friday, Stormy Scott led the final 35 of 40 laps at the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, N.M., and recorded his 46th career USMTS victory. After grabbing the lead from Lucas…
Racing against the best of the best, Jake O’Neil was one of the best with a third-place finish on Friday, but Saturday night there was nobody better from start to finish as he dominated the 40-lap USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup main event at the Canyon Speedway Park. “We…
Johnny Scott notched his 33rd career USMTS victory Friday night as the USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup powered by Summit invaded the Canyon Speedway Park for the series’ first trip into the state of Arizona. Scott, who claimed the first two Summit USMTS Southern Series victories in Corpus Christi,…
HUMBOLDT, Kan. (March 17)–Lucas Schott delivered the most dominating performance to date at the King of America VIII Modified Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment on Saturday night, leading all 75 laps of the main event against a star-studded field at the Humboldt Speedway. “This car was just flawless all…
Jake O’Neil won both of his qualifying heat races Friday and earned the pole position for Saturday’s $10,000-to-win, $1,000-to-start championship event at King of America VIII presented by Summit. Racing Equipment. Navigating a tricky Humboldt Speedway bullring, the Tucson, Ariz., racer was the only USMTS Modified driver to score a…
The USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup was back in action Thursday to kick off the King of America VIII Modified Nationals presented by Summit Racing Equipment at the Humboldt Speedway with 78 cars and drivers signed in for battle. Polesitter Jason Krohn led the field to the green flag…
Stormy Scott turned his season around in a big way with a thrilling victory in the fifth round of the 9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter Speedweeks presented by MSD Performance Saturday night at the Whynot Motorsports Park. After failing to even make it to the finish line in all four…
The meanest modifieds on the planet converged on the Jackson Motor Speedway Friday for round 4 of the 9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter Speedweeks presented by MSD Performance and a dual event with the Summit USMTS Southern Series and USMTS Hunt for the Casey’s Cup national tour Sybesma Graphics Pole…
After losing two of the weekend’s three events, the Summit USMTS Southern Series powered by Production Jars invaded the Kennedale Speedway Park on Friday for the third round of the Summit USMTS Winter Speedweeks, and the wet Texas week finished off with a fantastic finish for the history books. After…
Being second has been the key to finishing first for Johnny Scott during the first two nights of the 9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter Speedweeks at the South Texas Speedway. In front of a hearty crowd at the 3/8-mile clay oval in Corpus Christi on Saturday night, the 28-year-old from…
The Summit USMTS Southern Series powered by Production Jars kicked off the 2018 campaign Friday with the first round of the 9th Annual Summit USMTS Winter Speedweeks presented by MSD Performance, and Johnny Scott becoming the first driver to dance in victory lane. The 28-year-old from Las Cruces, N.M., and…
Coming into the final night of the 19th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree Saturday, Ryan Gustin was on top of the Modified racing world. Nothing changed by the end of the night, except for Gustin’s bank account which expanded by $13,000 after winning the main event at the Deer Creek Speedway…
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Sept. 22)–Ryan Gustin was in a grim mood after Thursday night’s main event at the Deer Creek Speedway, but Friday was a chance at redemption and ‘The Reaper’ was confident he could do just that. After an attempt to wrestle the lead away from Cade Dillard one…
In a repeat of opening night at last year’s Featherlite Fall Jamboree, Cade Dillard won the battle but Jason Hughes won the war. This time, however, Dillard was not under the pressure of having to outrun Hughes for the chance at becoming the USMTS national champion, and Hughes needed no…