Located at 701 Court St. in downtown Beatrice, Valentino's will be serving their renowned lunch buffet from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday. The first 10 buffets purchased come with a free ticket to the 3rd Annual USMTS Battle by the Big Blue presented by Valentino's that night.

For the first time in 17 years, the outlaw Modifieds of the Summit USMTS National Championship presented by RacinDirt will return to the Beatrice Speedway in Beatrice, Neb., this Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Valentino's will also delivering piping hot large pizzas to both feature winners in Victory Lane.

The series made its first appearance in Beatrice on Aug. 16, 1999, and returned nearly eight years later on Aug. 8, 2007. Both shows produced a wild main event packed full of legendary racers.

Greg Metz scored the win in front of a packed house in 1999 while Jason Hughes held off arch rival Kelly Shryock to win the 2007 event with eventual USMTS national champ Jason Krohn third, followed by Jordan Grabouski and Johnny Saathoff—the two winningest drivers in the track's Speedway history.

This year's 3rd Annual USMTS Battle by the Big Blue presented by Valentino's will pay no less than $3,000 to win and $300 to start the main event. Two (2) provisional starting spots will be awarded to the top two (2) in track points that fail to qualify for “A” Main.

The support class will be the weekly Beatrice Speedway Sports Mods (unsanctioned) racing for $500 to win. Both classes will be competing for thousands in lap money and contingency awards.

The Beatrice Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile clay oval located 1.7 miles west of US 77 on US 136, then 0.3 miles south to 321 Logan St, Beatrice, NE 68310 (at the Gage County Fairgrounds).

Fans can get coupons good for $5 off adult general admission at the following locations:

👉 Jet Racing located at 414 Sargent St, Beatrice, NE 68310
👉 NAPA City Motor Supply located at 612 Bell St, Beatrice, NE 68310
👉 Twin Rivers Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge located at 529 W Court St, Beatrice, NE 68310
👉 Valentino's located at 701 Court St, Beatrice, NE 68310

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