It was a night of firsts Saturday as the USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series made its debut at the Lonestar Speedway for Round 3 of the 4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek. Neither the big, fast high-banked half-mile dirt oval nor the pressure of battling the top dirt Modified drivers in America phased Johnny Scott as he garnered his career-first victory in USMTS competition. …

Jason Hughes drew the pole for the second straight night and had hopes of notching his second straight win, but sixth-starting Ryan Gustin motored into the lead just five laps into the 30-lap main event, then went on to dominate the remaining 25 circuits. …

Ai-Racing, Inc., is proud to announce the new X-Factor 2 pullbars and bushings to their lineup. The X-Factor 2 pullbar will accommodate more racers and give them more options for fine-tuning their Modifieds for better performance. …

As the July 2010 issue of Dirt Modified Magazine hits the newsstand, race fans will find popular USMTS driver Morgan Bagley inside the pages as writer Ashlee Sieveke introduces readers to the up-and-coming Longview, Texas, driver. …

Early Thursday afternoon, promoter Jim Burford at the Boothill Speedway in Greenwood, La., was forced to cancel Friday night’s USMTS Southern Speedweek event due to heavy rain and flooding in the area, but the great people at the Outlaw Motor Speedway have picked up the date. …

Jason Hughes is tough to beat no matter where he starts, but when he draws the pole it’s practically a foregone conclusion. Thursday night at the Tri-State Speedway, Hughes garnered the AFCO Pole Award then redrew the pole position for the main event, but the win was anything but easy. …

Castle Rock Recruiting, a boutique-style recruitment firm headquartered in Denver, Colo., has teamed up with United States Modified Touring Series to assist companies in need of qualified employees get on the inside track to the best talent nationwide while also supporting the fans and drivers of the USMTS. …

The USMTS Castle Rock Recruiting Southern Series kicks back into high gear for the 4th Annual USMTS Southern Speedweek this Thursday-Sunday, June 10-13. With four straight nights at four different tracks, nearly $70,000 in prize money up for grabs and a possible $8,000 to win, the best of the best in dirt Modified racing are expected from the north, south, east and west. …

The USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour rolled into the Springfield Raceway Saturday to challenge the quick quarter-mile clay oval and showed the crowd why they are the greatest Modified show on dirt. …

In just his second trip to the Humboldt Speedway, Ryan Gustin notched his third USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour victory of the season Friday with a dominating performance at Ron and Rhenda Whitworth’s quarter-mile semi-banked clay in the southeast corner of the Sunflower State. …