October 25, 2002
Kelly Shryock Forest City, IA picked up his fourth straight USMTS point title at the Winston Speedway in Winston, MO. Shryock who had his best ever season with the series picked up eleven wins in the fifty races and made more than $60,000 with the USMTS. Tommy Myer Blooming Prairie, MN was the only other driver to race in all fifty races. Myer had seven wins and made more than $45,000. This was the first time that the USMTS has raced more than forty times in one season and finished with a record fifty-eight race nights. Kelly Shryock also picked up wins in both the South and North regions and also won the Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger Award from passing the most cars in the A-main. Tommy Myer picked up the Home Pride Companies Passing Points Award by passing the most cars in the heat races. Justin Boney Desota, KS who started with the USMTS late had one win at the Belleville Highbanks picked up the 2002 USMTS Rookie of the Year Award.
During its' fourth season, USMTS had races at thirty-four different race tracks in 2002, including twelve new tracks this season. Twenty-three different winners took their modified to victory lane and claimed the $2000 paycheck. The look for the 2003 race season is looking better than 2002 with more than thirty races already scheduled for 2003. Also in the works for next season is a new USMTS South Series that will have races in TX, LA, AR, MS, and OK. This series will be completely different than the USMTS series that races right now. This will be a series down south and will be raced on weekends. The possibility of races on the same day will be good. The racing in the south will have 10-20 race nights. More than 1200 different modified drivers raced with the USMTS in 2002. In 2002 USMTS paid race drivers more than $900,000 in all classes. USMTS is currently working on a title sponsor for next season to take the USMTS to the next level.
The 2003 schedule, rules, and payouts will be out by the PRI show the first weekend in December. The Annual USMTS Banquet will be held in December and all point awards will be paid out at that time. For more information feel free to call the USMTS office at 515-832-7944. We are working on making some rule changes for next season to give all modified drivers the chance to win these events. We are also working on a USMTS National Tour that will have between 16-22 straight nights of racing in 2003. USMTS will visit many of the same tracks in 2003 and add some new ones. The race schedule will not change to much from this last season. License applications will be available December 1 to guarantee car numbers for next season and drivers numbers are on a first come first serve basis this will be all regions and also the south series. We hope to see everyone and a trade show or at some late races. Any questions feel free to give us a call.
Kelly Shryock Forest City, IA picked up his fourth straight USMTS point title at the Winston Speedway in Winston, MO. Shryock who had his best ever season with the series picked up eleven wins in the fifty races and made more than $60,000 with the USMTS. Tommy Myer Blooming Prairie, MN was the only other driver to race in all fifty races. Myer had seven wins and made more than $45,000. This was the first time that the USMTS has raced more than forty times in one season and finished with a record fifty-eight race nights. Kelly Shryock also picked up wins in both the South and North regions and also won the Olympic Fire Protection Hard Charger Award from passing the most cars in the A-main. Tommy Myer picked up the Home Pride Companies Passing Points Award by passing the most cars in the heat races. Justin Boney Desota, KS who started with the USMTS late had one win at the Belleville Highbanks picked up the 2002 USMTS Rookie of the Year Award.
During its' fourth season, USMTS had races at thirty-four different race tracks in 2002, including twelve new tracks this season. Twenty-three different winners took their modified to victory lane and claimed the $2000 paycheck. The look for the 2003 race season is looking better than 2002 with more than thirty races already scheduled for 2003. Also in the works for next season is a new USMTS South Series that will have races in TX, LA, AR, MS, and OK. This series will be completely different than the USMTS series that races right now. This will be a series down south and will be raced on weekends. The possibility of races on the same day will be good. The racing in the south will have 10-20 race nights. More than 1200 different modified drivers raced with the USMTS in 2002. In 2002 USMTS paid race drivers more than $900,000 in all classes. USMTS is currently working on a title sponsor for next season to take the USMTS to the next level.
The 2003 schedule, rules, and payouts will be out by the PRI show the first weekend in December. The Annual USMTS Banquet will be held in December and all point awards will be paid out at that time. For more information feel free to call the USMTS office at 515-832-7944. We are working on making some rule changes for next season to give all modified drivers the chance to win these events. We are also working on a USMTS National Tour that will have between 16-22 straight nights of racing in 2003. USMTS will visit many of the same tracks in 2003 and add some new ones. The race schedule will not change to much from this last season. License applications will be available December 1 to guarantee car numbers for next season and drivers numbers are on a first come first serve basis this will be all regions and also the south series. We hope to see everyone and a trade show or at some late races. Any questions feel free to give us a call.
