Officials announced on Wednesday that the North Central Speedway in Brainerd, Minn., will host the mudslinging monsters of the United States Modified Touring Series for the first time ever on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18-19. …

This year, The Hunt will start on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo., and wrap up back at Deer Creek with the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24-26, where the 2009 USMTS National Champion will be crowned. …

Two track provisionals will be awarded at all USMTS events during the 2009 season. …

The USMTS began using the RACEceivers in June of last year, and will continue to do this at all USMTS races in 2009. …

The USMTS schedule is as big and exciting as ever, and will feature some new tracks, returning tracks and a few tracks we have not been to for some time. …

Electronic scoring provided by AMB Identification & Timing will be used at all USMTS races during the 2009 race season. …

Jake Neal's new online destination offers fans the ultimate source for news, results, biographical data, photos and other information about the up-and-coming dirt Modified racer, who picked up his career-first USMTS National Tour win on Sept. 16 at the Fayette County Speedway in West Union, Iowa. …

ar NASCAR driver and TV host Kenny Wallace will be competing with the toughest Modifieds in the Midwest when the USMTS National Tour makes its only stop of 2009 at the Midway Speedway on Friday night, May 15, at the Action Track of the Ozarks. …

Bob Timm will be in his 19th year of racing in 2009, but the USMTS National Tour competitor will be a rookie in the racetrack promotions business as he takes over the reigns of the former Tri-Oval Speedway. The facility will now be known as Mississippi Thunder Speedway. …

The 32-year-old from Watertown, S.D., will lament on the season that included four USMTS National Tour victories and field questions about “The Hunt” and his intentions to run the full USMTS schedule in 2009. …