Thursday's victory in the 40-lap Holley "A" Main was Scott Ward's first with the O’Reilly USMTS, and just his second top-10 finish in eight career starts. His other was a 10th-place finish on June 16, 2005 during the inaugural O’Reilly USMTS event at Casino Speedway. …

On his way to a likely win Tuesday night, a late-race caution flag spoiled Kelly Shryock’s happy ending at the Park Jefferson Speedway. Wednesday night at the Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, S.D., Shryock was on the receiving end of a late caution that helped lift him to his ninth National Event victory of the season. …

A huge crowd of race fans were in attendance as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series invaded the Park Jefferson Speedway Tuesday. What they got was one of the biggest fields of the season, a special appearance by NASCAR stars Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace and one of the most exciting main events of the year. …

The O’Reilly USMTS invaded the Monett Speedway for Round 3 of the 4th Annual Missouri Nationals with 12 different winners scoring victories in the previous 12 events. That streak came to an end the same way it began as Kelly Shryock notched his eighth National Event win of the season. …

Randy Mooneyham told everybody that the new red clay surface at his Lebanon I-44 Speedway was “really fast.” After Saturday night's event at the 4/10-mile high-banked oval, the O’Reilly USMTS drivers can vouch that Mooneyham is a man of his word. …

As the stars and cars of the O’Reilly USMTS head for the Park Jefferson Speedway on Tuesday night, fans and drivers alike can expect some added heat on the track as NASCAR stars Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace will suit up to do battle with Kelly Shryock, Zack VanderBeek, Al Hejna, Jason Hughes, Tommy Weder Jr., Corey Dripps and the rest of the best in dirt Modified racing. …

Kelly Shryock went up in smoke with five laps to go, and Johnny Bone Jr. went to victory lane as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series kicked off the three-day, three-track 4th Annual Missouri Nationals at Bolivar Speedway USA on Friday night. …

The O’Reilly USMTS chewed up the soil at the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo., for the first time ever on Thursday, with a top-to-bottom talent-laden field of 47 heavy hitters from 10 different states on hand. In the end, it was 21-year-old Jeremy Payne winning his career-first O’Reilly USMTS main event. …

Todd Staley, president and promoter of the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS), will join Bill “Sarge” Masom for this week’s edition of Dirt Track Insider (DTI), to be aired Saturday at Noon (Central time) on the K-MAC Sports online broadcast site, www.kmacsports.com. …

Mike Hejna claimed his first O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series win of the season Tuesday with a dominating wire-to-wire victory at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa. The win was worth $2,000 and was his first since September 4, 2006. …