Live updates for Friday night from the 9th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. …

Things went exactly according to plan for Jason Krohn Thursday night. He came into the opening night of the 9th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series points leader, and he finished the night as the points leader. In winning the main event, the farmer from Slayton, Minn., opened the gap over his closest rivals with just two events remaining in The Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

Live updates for Thursday night from the 9th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. …

The racing surface has received a precision manicure, the concessions stands are over-stocked and the grass mowed from property line to property line. The skies are blue, the lights are green and all systems are go as the ultimate showcase of talent and speed prepares to echo throughout the rural hills of Spring Valley, Minn. …

Kelly Shryock did all he could do Sunday night at the Kasson Speedway to help his cause as he seeks an unprecedented ninth O’Reilly USMTS national title. From the pole, Shryock led every orbit of the 40-lap Holley “A” Main to capture the $2,000 top prize and get within striking distance of points leader Jason Krohn of Slayton, Minn., in The Hunt for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

With his victory at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, on Thursday, Tim Donlinger snapped a winless dry spell with the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series that lasted more than six years. He must have liked how it tasted because he only waited two days to capture his next. …

Nobody could out-draw Tommy Myer and nobody could out-race him either as Myer took a wire-to-wire victory Friday night as the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series invaded the Chateau Raceway in Lansing, Minn. …

A tumultuous season at the Steele County Speedway in Owatonna, Minn., came to a quick end on Friday morning due to a discrepancy between the promotional group of Johnny Parsons and Brian Madsen and the Steele County Fair Board. …

Before a packed house Thursday night at the Highway 3 Raceway in Allison, Iowa, Tim Donlinger ended a six-year drought after a hard-fought, start-to-finish battle with Kelly Shryock — the winningest O’Reilly USMTS driver over those past six years. …

Slated for Sept. 5-8 at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., the Featherlite Fall Jamboree is the undisputed marquee event for America’s most talented Modified drivers, and this year’s event is shaping up to be the biggest ever as 127 of the who’s who of Modified racing have pre-entered for this year’s installment. …