Jeremy Payne, who was recently married and just returned from his honeymoon, announced today that he will kick off his 2013 racing season at the Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, from Feb. 21-23. …

Allgayer, Inc., which specializes in trucks for rig relocation, oil field construction and well site maintenance, has signed on to be the title sponsor of the USMTS Southern Region for the 2013 racing season. …

Dan Robinson, General Manager of Lucas Oil Speedway, is the 2012 Great Plains Region Promoter of the Year and joins a prestigious class of promoters in the running for Auto Racing Promoter of the Year. …

Officials from the United States Modified Touring Series announced the launch of their new website today at www.usmts.com. …

Just in time for Christmas, the January 2013 issue of Dirt Modified Magazine is now on shelves and arriving in fans' mailboxes. …

More than 100 of the nation’s elite open-wheel dirt modified drivers will descend again on the historic Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, Kan., for the King of America III Modified Nationals, Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23. …

Just in time for Christmas and race fans to submit their time-off days for the coming new year, officials from the United States Modified Touring Series and Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series have announced two new doubleheader events to create the ultimate dirt track racing fan’s dream vacation, July 16-20, 2013. …

The USMTS will again run complete Central Region points shows on Friday and Saturday night. Friday’s show will pay $3,000 to win and Saturday night the winner gets $2,000. …

Tony Eury Jr. will be the crew chief for Swan Racing's No. 30 Toyota driven by David Stremme for the 2013 season. The move comes just days after the new team, owned by Brandon Davis, was formally announced. …

An agreement, in principle, has been reached between Marc Olson, owner of Lakeside Speedway, for the sale of the facility to Mike Johnson and Don Marrs. …