A tumultuous season at the Steele County Speedway in Owatonna, Minn., came to a quick end on Friday morning due to a discrepancy between the promotional group of Johnny Parsons and Brian Madsen and the Steele County Fair Board. …

Before a packed house Thursday night at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, Tim Donlinger ended a six-year drought after a hard-fought, start-to-finish battle with Kelly Shryock — the winningest O’Reilly USMTS driver over those past six years. …

Slated for Sept. 5-8 at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., the Featherlite Fall Jamboree is the undisputed marquee event for America’s most talented Modified drivers, and this year’s event is shaping up to be the biggest ever as 127 of the who’s who of Modified racing have pre-entered for this year’s installment. …

The cover for the debut issue, which hit the hands of rabid readers on Tuesday, features eight-time O'Reilly USMTS champ Kelly Shryock, along with O’Reilly USMTS competitor Steve Arpin. Dirt Modified Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1, of also contains an in-depth story about the upcoming Featherlite Fall Jamboree, slated for Sept. 5-8 at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. …

After a two-week hiatus, the rugged road warriors of the O’Reilly USMTS will have their claws sharpened and their machines will be bright, shiny and fine-tuned as they embark this Thursdy on the final swing of National Events that will culminate with the crowning of the 2007 O’Reilly USMTS National Champion just 10 days later. …

The pre-entry list for the 9th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., has been released. Among the 125 entries include eight drivers from the state of Oklahoma, six of which have competed in at least seven of the 12 races held thus far in the USMTS Southern Series. …

One way or the other, one thing's for sure about this year's Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship: everybody's chasin' Jason. The O’Reilly USMTS invaded the Cresco Speedway on Friday, and this time it was Jason Krohn taking the checkers for his sixth National Event win of the season. …

Jason Hughes continued his three-week onslaught as he powered his way to victory in the O’Reilly USMTS main event Thursday at the Steele County Speedway. The top-4 in points coming into the event rose to the occasion, garnering the top-4 finishing positions in the main event. But it was Hughes, the points leader coming in, who left the track with the best score after passing his three closest rivals en route to the win. …

It was a great night and a horrible night for Skyrocket Nation Wednesday as the O’Reilly USMTS made its first-ever visit to the Echo Valley Speedway. While Jason Krohn wheeled his Skyrocket Chassis into victory lane, his car builder, Kelly Shryock suffered mechanical problems in the main event and took a huge hit in his bid for an unprecedented ninth straight O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

The O’Reilly USMTS invaded the Farley Speedway Tuesday for the fifth race in The Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship, with three drivers making big strides in the ever-tightening points battle. With 35 of the best Modified drivers in the region signed in, and a little rain the night before to put some moisture in the racing surface, the “Palace of Speed” certainly lived up to its name. …