Racing fans who attended the inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Bar Stool Racing World Championship on Friday night will never be the same ... and neither will most of the competitors who took part in the wild-and-crazy one-of-a-kind extreme racing showcase on ice at the Sports Arena East in Sauk Rapids, Minn. …

Signing in at the pit gate, paying your entry fee and getting your wristband strapped on after arriving at the racetrack is normally not a momentous occasion for an O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series driver. For Jay Poidinger, however, the task of entering his 54th O’Reilly USMTS event of the season on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Bolivar Speedway USA was a momentous occasion. …

The 2006 racing season for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series came to a close Sunday at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., during the 5th Annual Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals. Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, swept the weekend, while Fertile, Iowa's Kelly Shryock claimed his unprecedented eighth straight O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

Al Hejna of Clear Lake, Iowa, ran away with the win Saturday on the first night of the Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. The event is the final weekend of racing in 2006 for both the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series and the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway. …

After 57 races at 33 tracks in nine States, The O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series road warriors will wrap their nine-month campaign with the 5th Annual Pepsi/Mountain Dew Mid-America Nationals at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo., this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4-5. …

Events on Sunday afternoon at Bolivar Speedway USA could not have unfolded any better for Kelly Shryock. Trailing Zack VanderBeek by two points in ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship entering Sunday's O’Reilly Auto Parts Fall Classic finale, Shryock needed a good finish coupled with some good luck to regain control of his own destiny. …

The O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series returned to Bolivar Speedway USA on Saturday for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Fall Classic. The event lived up to its name as Al Hejna and Terry Phillips kept the crowd on their feet with an incredible side-by-side battle for the final 10 laps of the 30-lap contest, with Hejna nipping Phillips by a nose to pick up the victory. …

The Dodge County Fair Board in Kasson, Minn., has signed a new lease of the historical 1/3-mile dirt track with SuprDirt Promotions Ltd. of Lakeville, Minn. Several of the fair board race committee members expressed their excitement and hopes of a long-term partnership with SuprDirt Promotions and President J. Scott Mondus of Lakeville. …

The ‘best of the best’ in dirt modified racing will invade the Bolivar Speedway USA in Bolivar, Mo., this weekend for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Fall Classic. The doubleheader will serve as the next-to-last event on the 2006 schedule for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series and ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Fall Classic at Bolivar Speedway USA will be the 56th and 57th of 59 races on the 2006 schedule for the O’Reilly Auto Parts United States Modified Touring Series -- the 13th and 14th of 16 scheduled events comprising ‘The Hunt’ for the O’Reilly USMTS National Championship. …