In an ongoing effort to improve communications with fans, racers, sponsors and enthusiasts alike, O'Reilly USMTS racer Brad McEwan of Storm Lake, Iowa, proudly announces the launch of his new website at www.BradMcEwan.com. …

Officials from the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series have announced that the 2007 rules are now available. …

Have a race fan that you need some stocking stuffers for? Tickets will go on sale this Friday for all events held at the Deer Creek Speedway for the 2007 racing season. …

The staff, family, friends, racers and sponsors of the USMTS, USRA and RL Promotions wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Ed Sheckler. Ed passed away at his home in Monmouth, Ill., early Tuesday morning from complications of liver cancer. …

Tri-City Speedway has some big changes in store for the 2007 racing season. The biggest change comes will be the racing surface itself. Tri-City Speedway will be reconfigured from the current two track configurations (1/2-mile and 1/4-mile tracks) into one 3/8-mile track. …

Racing fans who attended the inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Bar Stool Racing World Championship on Friday night will never be the same ... and neither will most of the competitors who took part in the wild-and-crazy one-of-a-kind extreme racing showcase on ice at the Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids, Minn. …

Signing in at the pit gate, paying your entry fee and getting your wristband strapped on after arriving at the racetrack is normally not a momentous occasion for an O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series driver. For Jay Poidinger, however, the task of entering his 54th O’Reilly USMTS event of the season on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Bolivar Speedway USA was a momentous occasion. …

The 2006 racing season for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series came to a close Sunday at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., during the 5th Annual Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals. Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, swept the weekend, while Fertile, Iowa's Kelly Shryock claimed his unprecedented eighth straight O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, ran away with the win Saturday on the first night of the Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. The event is the final weekend of racing in 2006 for both the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series and the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway. …

After 57 races at 33 tracks in nine States, The O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series road warriors will wrap their nine-month campaign with the 5th Annual Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4-5. …