REDMOND, Ore. -- Officials from the United States Modified Touring Series announced today that Fuel Safe has become the latest icon in the motorsports industry to sign on as a contingency sponsor of the USMTS in 2013.

“Partnering with USMTS as a contingency sponsor provides Fuel Safe with a great opportunity to connect directly with modified racers, and provide them with an extra incentive to participate in and support a fantastic series,” explained Rob Held, Sales Engineer for Fuel Safe. We at Fuel Safe feel strongly that it's important for racers everywhere to have the best safety equipment available.”

The 2013 Fuel Safe contingency program will award a certificate worth 30% off a complete Dirt Series fuel cell to the sixth-place finisher in every USMTS main event during the 2013 grind.

Furthermore, the 2013 USMTS Rookie of the Year will receive a complete ED Series, Dirt Series fuel cell.

“With this program, we will be able to expose USMTS members to the high level of quality that goes into our products, provide them with an opportunity to acquire a Fuel Safe racing cell at a great price and help an “up and comer” continue to progress in their racing efforts,” Held added.

Fuel Safe has been building race winning safety fuel cells for more than 30 years. Proudly made in their Redmond, Ore., facility, Fuel Safe products meet the demanding certification requirements of the FIA and SFI, and are used by top teams in NASCAR, the World of Outlaws, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, USAC, SCORE International Off-Road Racing, the American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Road Racing, the USMTS and many others.

The relentless pursuit of safety and performance drives everything they do at Fuel Safe. They work at the cutting edge of material design and product development to deliver the world's lightest, safest and most performance oriented racing fuel cells available.

For more information, call toll-free 800-433-6524 or visit Fuel Safe online at www.fuelsafe.com. You can also like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FuelSafe or follow them on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/FuelSafeCells.

The 15th season for the USMTS begins at the Royal Purple Raceway for the 4th Annual USMTS Texas Spring Nationals powered by Lecolift on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-23. A practice session is slated for Wednesday night, followed by three days of racing. All three nights will award points in the USMTS Allgayer Inc. Southern Region presented by Day Motor Sports.

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/usmts and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey's General Stores, Cheetos, Day Motor Sports, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, New Vision Graphics, Nitroquest, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, Snickers, Swan Energy.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Allgayer Inc., Arbor Masters, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Erson Cams, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Intensitee Custom Racewear, Lecolift, Mesilla Valley Transportation, O'Brien Enterprises, Olympic Fire Protection, Ramirez Motorsports, Road Runner Trucking, Ruter Farms, Something Inked, Sybesma Graphics.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, Champ Pans, COMP Cams, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Dominator Race Products, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, Fast Shafts, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Shocks, Hooker Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, MSD Ignition, PBM Performance Products, Quarter Master, Real Racing Wheels, Tiger Rear Ends.