OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Aug. 30) – NASCAR superstar Kenny Wallace will join the USMTS Modifieds when they return to the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, this Wednesday, Sept. 1, and again at the Highway 3 Raceway n Allison, Iowa, on Thursday, Sept. 2.
The event is part of The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers and the nation's top dirt-slingers will be on hand to try and tame the Mahaska County Monster.
It will mark the 40th and 41st starts with the United States Modified Touring Series for the 47-year-old St. Louis native as he seeks to capture his first victory against the best of the best in dirt Modified racing.
Wallace won the first race he ever entered in 1982. At that moment he decided that his place in racing was in the driver’s seat, and in 1986 he joined the ASA ranks winning Rookie of the Year honors.
In September of 1988, Dale Earnhardt gave Wallace the seat for his first-ever NASCAR start. He finished seventh in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Martinsville, Va. The following year, Wallace raced the full Nationwide Series schedule in a car owned by older brother Rusty, earning the 1989 Rookie of the Year Award and finishing sixth in points.
Wallace’s Nationwide Series accomplishments include nine wins, ten poles, and nine seasons in the top-10 in points. He has over 425 Nationwide Series starts and is the only driver to have won the Nationwide Series’ Most Popular Driver Award three times (1991, 1994 and 2006).
Wallace also has more than 340 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He has three poles, six top-five, and 27 top-ten finishes to his credit, including three career-high second-place runs.
He is the co-host of two programs on SPEED Channel each week: NASCAR RaceDay, which airs before the Sprint Cup Series race each week, and NASCAR Victory Lane, which extends post-race coverage.
But Wallace can wheel a racecar on more than just asphalt. He won the inaugural “Prelude To The Dream” at the Eldora Speedway in 2006, and on almost any weekend you can find “The Hermanator” getting back to the roots of short track racing in his #36 Federate Auto Parts dirt Modified.
Wallace will have his hands full this Wednesday and Thursday, however, as the USMTS drivers will be holding nothing back in their quest for the USMTS points championship.
Jason Hughes, who is looking to claim his third straight USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series title later this season, took over the top spot in the points at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., on Saturday night as he seeks his first USMTS National Championship.
With his tenth top-10 and ninth top-5 finish in ten events, Hughes’ advantage is 30 points (981 to 951) over Ryan Gustin. Zack VanderBeek looms in third with 940 markers, followed by Tommy Myer (909), 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn (854), nine-time USMTS National Champion Shryock (847), Dereck Ramirez (771), 2008 USMTS National Champion Tim Donlinger (765), Rodney Sanders (745) and DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year points leader Johnny Scott (689).
Ten races are in the books in The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers. Six of the remaining nine events will happen over the course of six days and nights beginning this Tuesday at the Marshalltown Speedway in Marshalltown, Iowa.
Tue Aug 31 … Marshalltown Speedway, Marshalltown, IA ($3000 to win)
Wed Sep 1 … Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, IA ($3000 to win)
Thu Sep 2 … Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA ($3000 to win)
Fri Sep 3 … Chateau Raceway, Lansing, MN ($3000 to win)
Sat Sep 4 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($3000 to win)
Sun Sep 5 … Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, MN ($3000 to win)
A whopping $18,000 will be paid out to the winner(s) of the six events with more than $100,000 in total prize money to be doled out during the brutal 144-hour stretch.
The 2010 season for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour will wrap up with the 12th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-25, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.
Also on tap this Wednesday at Oskaloosa will be the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars competing in their next-to-last event of the 2010 season. Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks will also be on the racing card.
On Thursday at Allison, the Dart Iron Man Challenge finale will take place, along with USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks racing for national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m., hot laps begin at 7:15 and racing starts at 7:30 at Oskaloosa on Wednesday. Gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 6:30 and racing starts at 7 p.m. at Allison on Thursday.
On Wednesday, race fans can pick up coupons worth $2 off adult admission at all three Casey's General Stores locations in Oskaloosa. Tim Donlinger and his Cheetos-sponsored USMTS Modified will be greeting fans and signing autographs from 12-2 p.m. at the 1310 A Ave. West location. Meanwhile, Colt Mather and his Snickers-sponsored USMTS Modified will be at the 1902 S. Market location from 12-2 p.m. also.
Discount coupons will be available on Thursday in Allison, Aplington, Clarksville and Waverly for the event at the Highway 3 Raceway Thursday evening. Donlinger will again be making an appearance at the 100 Cherry St. location in Allison from 12-2 p.m.
For more information, or to find the Casey's General Store nearest you, check out www.caseys.com online.
The Southern Iowa Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call 515-832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004.
The Highway 3 Raceway is located 0.3 miles north of SR 3 on S. Main St. (at the Butler County Fairgrounds). For more information, call 319-267-9977 or check out www.highway3raceway.com online.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Castle Rock Recruiting.
USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, AwesomeRacesuits.com, GoPro, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, Kevko Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allstar Performance, Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, Bad Boy Mowers, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Cagle Motorsports, Centex Motorsports, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Dirt Track Racing School, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.com, Falcon Wind Power, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Gressel Oil Field Service, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Just Say Yes, Karl Performance Parts, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Race Cars, Ruter Farms, WIX Filters, Yeager Machine.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Ai-Racing, Belleville Motorsports, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, COMP Cams, Dart Machinery, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Forty9Designs.com, GRT Race Cars, Hooker Harness, Hypercoil Springs, Isky Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Inc, Real Racing Wheels, RHS – Racing Head Service, Schoenfeld Headers, US Brake, Willy’s Carburetor & Dyno Shop, WIX Filters.
The event is part of The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers and the nation's top dirt-slingers will be on hand to try and tame the Mahaska County Monster.
It will mark the 40th and 41st starts with the United States Modified Touring Series for the 47-year-old St. Louis native as he seeks to capture his first victory against the best of the best in dirt Modified racing.
Wallace won the first race he ever entered in 1982. At that moment he decided that his place in racing was in the driver’s seat, and in 1986 he joined the ASA ranks winning Rookie of the Year honors.
In September of 1988, Dale Earnhardt gave Wallace the seat for his first-ever NASCAR start. He finished seventh in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Martinsville, Va. The following year, Wallace raced the full Nationwide Series schedule in a car owned by older brother Rusty, earning the 1989 Rookie of the Year Award and finishing sixth in points.
Wallace’s Nationwide Series accomplishments include nine wins, ten poles, and nine seasons in the top-10 in points. He has over 425 Nationwide Series starts and is the only driver to have won the Nationwide Series’ Most Popular Driver Award three times (1991, 1994 and 2006).
Wallace also has more than 340 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He has three poles, six top-five, and 27 top-ten finishes to his credit, including three career-high second-place runs.
He is the co-host of two programs on SPEED Channel each week: NASCAR RaceDay, which airs before the Sprint Cup Series race each week, and NASCAR Victory Lane, which extends post-race coverage.
But Wallace can wheel a racecar on more than just asphalt. He won the inaugural “Prelude To The Dream” at the Eldora Speedway in 2006, and on almost any weekend you can find “The Hermanator” getting back to the roots of short track racing in his #36 Federate Auto Parts dirt Modified.
Wallace will have his hands full this Wednesday and Thursday, however, as the USMTS drivers will be holding nothing back in their quest for the USMTS points championship.
Jason Hughes, who is looking to claim his third straight USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series title later this season, took over the top spot in the points at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., on Saturday night as he seeks his first USMTS National Championship.
With his tenth top-10 and ninth top-5 finish in ten events, Hughes’ advantage is 30 points (981 to 951) over Ryan Gustin. Zack VanderBeek looms in third with 940 markers, followed by Tommy Myer (909), 2007 USMTS National Champion Jason Krohn (854), nine-time USMTS National Champion Shryock (847), Dereck Ramirez (771), 2008 USMTS National Champion Tim Donlinger (765), Rodney Sanders (745) and DandyLand Farms Rookie of the Year points leader Johnny Scott (689).
Ten races are in the books in The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by Bad Boy Mowers. Six of the remaining nine events will happen over the course of six days and nights beginning this Tuesday at the Marshalltown Speedway in Marshalltown, Iowa.
Tue Aug 31 … Marshalltown Speedway, Marshalltown, IA ($3000 to win)
Wed Sep 1 … Southern Iowa Speedway, Oskaloosa, IA ($3000 to win)
Thu Sep 2 … Highway 3 Raceway, Allison, IA ($3000 to win)
Fri Sep 3 … Chateau Raceway, Lansing, MN ($3000 to win)
Sat Sep 4 … Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, MN ($3000 to win)
Sun Sep 5 … Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, MN ($3000 to win)
A whopping $18,000 will be paid out to the winner(s) of the six events with more than $100,000 in total prize money to be doled out during the brutal 144-hour stretch.
The 2010 season for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour will wrap up with the 12th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23-25, at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.
Also on tap this Wednesday at Oskaloosa will be the Dart Iron Man Challenge for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock Cars competing in their next-to-last event of the 2010 season. Carter’s Manufacturing USRA B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks will also be on the racing card.
On Thursday at Allison, the Dart Iron Man Challenge finale will take place, along with USRA Karl Performance Parts B-Mods and USRA Hobby Stocks racing for national points in the American Racer USRA Weekly Racing Series.
Gates open at 5:30 p.m., hot laps begin at 7:15 and racing starts at 7:30 at Oskaloosa on Wednesday. Gates open at 5:30, hot laps begin at 6:30 and racing starts at 7 p.m. at Allison on Thursday.
On Wednesday, race fans can pick up coupons worth $2 off adult admission at all three Casey's General Stores locations in Oskaloosa. Tim Donlinger and his Cheetos-sponsored USMTS Modified will be greeting fans and signing autographs from 12-2 p.m. at the 1310 A Ave. West location. Meanwhile, Colt Mather and his Snickers-sponsored USMTS Modified will be at the 1902 S. Market location from 12-2 p.m. also.
Discount coupons will be available on Thursday in Allison, Aplington, Clarksville and Waverly for the event at the Highway 3 Raceway Thursday evening. Donlinger will again be making an appearance at the 100 Cherry St. location in Allison from 12-2 p.m.
For more information, or to find the Casey's General Store nearest you, check out www.caseys.com online.
The Southern Iowa Speedway is a half-mile semi-banked clay oval located 0.5 mile west of US 63 on SR 92, then 0.3 mile north on I St. (at the Southern Iowa Fairgrounds). For more information, call 515-832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at 641-673-7004.
The Highway 3 Raceway is located 0.3 miles north of SR 3 on S. Main St. (at the Butler County Fairgrounds). For more information, call 319-267-9977 or check out www.highway3raceway.com online.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
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USMTS TITLE SPONSORS: Casey’s General Stores, Castle Rock Recruiting.
USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, AwesomeRacesuits.com, GoPro, Intercomp, Karl Chevrolet, Kevko Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver.
USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allstar Performance, Arnold Motor Supply, ASi Racewear, Bad Boy Mowers, Bear Tire, Big Dog Chassis & Fabrication, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Cagle Motorsports, Centex Motorsports, DandyLand Farms, Day Motor Sports, Dirt Track Racing School, Dirthead.com, DirtKnights.com, Falcon Wind Power, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Gressel Oil Field Service, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Just Say Yes, Karl Performance Parts, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Race Cars, Ruter Farms, WIX Filters, Yeager Machine.
USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AFCO Racing Products, Ai-Racing, Belleville Motorsports, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, COMP Cams, Dart Machinery, Dynatech Racing Exhaust, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Forty9Designs.com, GRT Race Cars, Hooker Harness, Hypercoil Springs, Isky Racing Cams, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Out-Pace Racing Products, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, QuickTime Inc, Real Racing Wheels, RHS – Racing Head Service, Schoenfeld Headers, US Brake, Willy’s Carburetor & Dyno Shop, WIX Filters.
