He's been close many times, and really close a couple of times this season, but Eddie Martin finally found his way back to the winner's circle Tuesday night as the O’Reilly USMTS Southern Series kicked off Southern Speedweek at the Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla. …

After opening the 2008 season with five straight weekends of racing in April and May, the O’Reilly USMTS Southern Series return to action this week with five shows over five nights during Southern Speedweek, June 3-7. …

Officials from the United States Modified Touring Series and the Iowa State Fair Speedway had big plans for Monday, June 2. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had plans of her own. NASCAR Night presented by Karl Chevrolet has been postponed to Monday, June 16, due to rainy weather and even more of the wet stuff guaranteed for later today by the weatherman. …

Patient and calculating, Zack VanderBeek has been a model of consistency this season. The 23-year-old from New Sharon, Iowa, has racked up eight top-5s and ten top-10 finishes in 17 starts this season, and Sunday night he finally put a digit in the win column with a thrilling victory at the Quad City Raceway in East Moline, Ill. …

The O’Reilly USMTS National Tour invaded the LaSalle Speedway in LaSalle, Ill., for the first time Saturday, for the inaugural Frostbuster. Originally slated for April 12, the rain-delayed event saw Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, lead all 35 laps of the main event, which was stopped short of the scheduled 40-lap distance when rain began to fall on the speedway after 35 orbits. …

NASCAR stars Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will strap on the helmets and stand on the gas as they compete with the O’Reilly USMTS National Tour on the Des Moines half-mile dirt oval for NASCAR Night presented by Karl Chevrolet. …

Fourteen shows are already in the books for the 2008 racing season, but the O’Reilly USMTS National Tour is not slowing down. In fact, they're gaining speed as yet another thrilling tripleheader is on tap for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 31 and June 1-2. …

Tim Donlinger of Rochester, Minn., scored his first O’Reilly USMTS National Tour victory of the season with a wire-to-wire win in the 5th Annual Memorial Day Shootout at the Steele County Speedway in Owatonna, Minn. …

Tony Ave Racing broke out their new short track cars at Hickory Motor Speedway in recent weeks, with both team owner Tony Ave and Minnesota dirt modified standout Alan Mondus running laps at the historic short track. The team ran current NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Andy Lally in a three-race program in 2007, and looks to continue their driver development program with Mondus. …

Jason Hughes of Westville, Okla., picked up where he left off on Saturday with a win in Sunday night's 7th Annual Stars & Stripes Shootout at the Kasson Speedway in Kasson, Minn. Starting on the outside of the second row, Hughes powered his Casey's General Stores #12 Hughes Chassis into the lead on lap 2 and never looked back. …