Two-time defending USMTS National Champion Ryan Gustin got the monkey off his back Thursday as he scored a decisive victory at the Cedar County Raceway during Round 13 of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup. …

This Friday night, Aug. 30, the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup invades the Chateau Raceway where the winner could leave the Lansing bullring with as much as $8,600. …

The inaugural Heartland Auto Racing Show will be opening its doors to the racing world this Nov. 16-17 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. …

USMTS competitor and current rookie points leader Trevor Hunt is featured in the September 2013 issue of Dirt Modified Magazine which hit shelves and began arriving in mailboxes this week. …

The stars and cars of the United States Modified Touring Series embarks their annual Labor Day Holiday swing this week with a possible $20,000 to win over four nights and the closest points race in the history of the series. …

With a wire-to-wire victory Saturday night, Jason Hughes became the first driver to win multiple feature events at the Salina Highbanks Speedway and the first to win three races in this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup. …

The United States Modified Touring Series invaded the Lakeside Speedway Friday night with Terry Phillips becoming the eighth different winner in 11 rounds of the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup. …

Snapping a 15-month dry spell, nine-time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock stole the feature win from Johnny Scott Thursday night in a thriller for the ages at the Valley Speedway. …

All three of this week’s events in the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup will be carried live at www.RacinDirt.tv. If you can’t be at the track this week, you don’t have to miss a single lap. …

The USMTS visits the Valley Speedway on Thursday, Aug. 22; Lakeside Speedway on Friday, Aug. 23; and Salina Highbanks Speedway on Saturday, Aug. 24. …