WEBSTER CITY, Iowa — With a record number of events at a record number of tracks in more states than ever, the 2014 United States Modified Touring Series campaign will be one for the ages.
To commemorate the much-anticipated upcoming record-breaking season, officials from the USMTS have announced that one driver could turn a record-breaking performance into a record-setting trip to the bank.
In 2014, each of the four regional champions will earn at least $5,000 while the USMTS national champion is slated to earn $20,000 at season’s end. That’s a whopping $40,000 if one driver can will all four regions and the national crown.
That was yesterday.
Today, USMTS promoter Todd Staley announced that any driver that can win all four regions and cap that off with the 2014 USMTS National Championship will earn a $60,000 bonus for an astounding $100,000 payday.
“This is something we have wanted to do for some time now, but you have to have the support from drivers, fans and sponsors to make it work,” Staley said. “Not only are the drivers who compete in the USMTS the best of the best, but this is proof that our fans and marketing partners are the best of the best too.”
Sweeping four regions and the national title is a tall order, but new mega-bonuses are also in place for the top performers of 2014.
Any driver that can win two regional titles and the national championship will get a $20,000 bonus to make his or her take-home pay $50,000 instead of $30,000. If a driver can win three regions and come out on top after the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s National Championship, it will pay $75,000 instead of $35,000 … an added bonus of $40,000.
“We call our drivers, fans and sponsors the best of the best for a reason,” Staley added. “It’s a simple matter of putting your money where your mouth is-not your foot.”
The 16th season for the United States Modified Touring Series and quest for the 2014 USMTS National Championship kicks off at the South Texas Speedway in Corpus Christi on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-8, for the first of four straight weekends along America’s warm southern border.
The series then moves to the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, for the 5th Annual Texas Spring Nationals on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-15.
From there, the USMTS treks to the El Paso Speedway Park for two nights on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, before heading a few minutes up the road to the Southern New Mexico Speedway in Las Cruces, N.M., on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28 and March 1.
Each of the three-day shows will pay $2,000 to win Thursday, $3,000 to win Friday and $4,000 to win Saturday. The two-day clash in El Paso will pay $2,000 and $3,000 to win, respectively.
The February swing of races will also serve as one of four USMTS regions for 2014 with its own lucrative points fund, so by the end of the night on March 1 the USMTS MVT Gulf Coast Border Region champion will be crowned and the first group of drivers will be qualified for the 2014 Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s National Championship.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.
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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, AMP Energy, Casey’s General Stores, COMP Cams, Day Motor Sports, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, MSD Ignition, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, Snickers, SpiderWeb Modular Storage Solutions, Swan Energy.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: 4s Motorsports, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, ElbowsUp.com, Erson Cams, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, FVP, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Motorsports, Ruter Farms, Something Inked, United Cellular Services.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, Brass Monkey Racing Products, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Five1seven Designs, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Hooker Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, PBM Performance Products, Power Lift Racing Products, Quarter Master, Real Racing Wheels, Sybesma Graphics, Tiger Rear Ends, VP Racing Fuels.