O'Reilly USMTS driver Mike Sorensen of Rochester, Minn. is featured in the latest issue of Dirt Modified Magazine, which hit mailboxes and book shelves last week. The article "<i>Three Generations of Action: Minnesota’s Sorensen Family</i>" can be found on page 60 and is authored by writer and photographer Jeff "Buck" Monson. …

Thirty days after his last win, Kelly Shryock returned to the O'Reilly USMTS winner's circle Sunday night with a dominating performance at the Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn. for the 7th Annual Kasson Klash. It could not have come at a better time for the eight-time O'Reilly USMTS National Champion. …

Alan Mondus led all 35 laps of the main event Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway for what appeared to be his first O'Reilly USMTS National Tour victory. Unfortunately for the 20-year-old from Lakeville, Minn., his celebration was cut short when his Modified rolled across the scales and failed to meet the minimum weight requirement. …

Even if their favorite driver came up short, it would have been difficult for any person sitting in the jam-packed Chateau Raceway grandstands Friday night to leave the track without grinning from ear to ear. …

Ryan Gustin was just eight years old when Kevin Pittman won the first O'Reilly USMTS Modified race at Allison in 1999. Now 17 years old, the popular young gun from Marshalltown, Iowa claimed his first O’Reilly USMTS National Tour victory with a thrilling last-lap pass of Corey Dripps. …

The Night of Victory presented by Koster Racing is on the road in Minnesota with the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour this Labor Day Weekend to promote and sell tickets for the upcoming event on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at the Deer Creek Speedway. …

Top American drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. is set to make his dirt track racing debut in an experiment set up by <I>Speedway Illustrated Magazine</I> at Deer Creek Speedway as part of the 10th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree. …

The O'Reilly USMTS National Tour swings back into action this week with four races in Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota. This week's quadrupleheader will serve as the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth events of the Casey’s General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship. The season-ending title chase format is in it's third year, and the points battle has never been closer. …

Gail Hampel, promoter at the Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, announced Tuesday that he plans to retire from the race promotion business at the end of the 2008 racing season. The track has been a regular fixture on the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour, competing nine times at the half-mile oval since 2004. …

The O'Reilly USMTS Southern Series events slated for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23, have been rained out. The races which were slated for the Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, and the Gator Motorplex in Willis, Texas, will be rescheduled for a later date, likely in October. …