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. …

The 2008 “Night of Victory” is excited to announce that Larry McReynolds, one of NASCAR's most successful and recognized crew chiefs and current FOX Sports broadcaster, will be attending this year’s festivities to raise money for the Victory Junction Gang Camp. …

Zack VanderBeek notched his fourth victory of the season Saturday night at the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah, Iowa, as the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour wrapped up a hardcore swing of events that began on June 29 just a few miles away in Cresco, Iowa. …

Chad Kinder unveiled his new livery this week that he will debut at the 10th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree, Sept. 17-20 at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. Three of the Newton, Ill., racer's 160-plus career victories have come under the USMTS banner, including the 2006 finale of the 8th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree. …

The fifth event in the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship produced a fifth different winner Friday night as Al Hejna captured the Holley "A" Main at the Tri-Oval Speedway in Fountain City, Wis. …

Mother Nature played havoc with the O’Reilly USMTS National Tour for the fourth time in six days Thursday at the Steele County Speedway, but officials and track workers were able to put the fourth race of the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship in the books. …

In order to save a few bucks, drivers have until Friday, Aug. 15, to submit their early entry for this year's 10th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree featuring USMTS Modifieds and WISSOTA Midwest Mods, slated for Sept. 17-20 at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. …