AMES, Iowa -- Pat Graham Racing is ready to start the 2013 season. The team has big goals and many challenges along the way.

Graham and his team are going to run the USMTS Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region of the USMTS Casey's Cup Series in 2013. It will be tough, but Graham and his team are looking forward to this season.

“We never have tried to run a whole region on the schedule so thought we would give it a try," he said. "Any USMTS race is tough but the Northern region is always loaded with talent.”

Graham is grateful to have many of his sponsors from previous seasons, such as Casey’s General Stores, Kuykendall Trucking, Bill Kimball Racing, Chase Decals, Ernie and Pam Mitchell, Bushore Powerglides, AERO Race Wheels, Tim Wise Repair, Ziel Farms, AFCME Local 2990, Karl Performance, AFCO Racing Shocks, Kim Reason, his mom and dad (couldn’t do it without them) and the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

The team's JDRF 1k Racing T-shirts are also available at the USMTS merchandise trailer for the 2013 season, so if you attend a race that the team is unable to attend, you can still support Pat Graham Racing and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation by purchasing a T-shirt, available in kids sizes through 2XL.

Pat Graham Racing would also like to welcome these new sponsors to the team: Iowa Realty, DDM Electric, Vision Bank, Sunoco Race fuels, Schroeder Racing Products, Pat’s Barn and Dynatech Headers.

You can follow Pat Graham on his website (built by Troy Shute's TS Web Designs) at www.patgrahamracing.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PatGrahamRacing.

Pat Graham Racing 2013 Tentative Schedule:

April 6 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., USRA
April 18 ... Valley Speedway, Grain Valley, Mo., USMTS
April 19 ... Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., USMTS
May 2 ... Rice Lake Speedway, Rice Lake, Wis., USMTS
May 3 ... Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, Wis., USMTS
May 4 ... Ogilvie Raceway, Ogilvie, Wis., USMTS
May 22 ... I-35 Speedway, Mason City, Iowa, UMSTS
May 23 ... Fairmont Raceway, Fairmont, Minn., USMTS
May 24 ... Chateau Raceway, Lansing, Minn., USMTS
May 25 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley Minn., USMTS
May 26 ... Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn., USMTS
June 7 ... Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa, USMTS
June 8 ... Upper Iowa Speedway, Decorah, Iowa, USMTS
June 12 ... Amsoil Speedway, Superior, Wis., USMTS
June 13 ... Eagle Valley Speedway, Jim Falls, Wis., USMTS
June 14-15 ... Cedar Lake Speedway, New Richmond, Wis., USMTS
July 6 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., Gopher 50
July 17 ... Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, Iowa USMTS
July 24-27 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., USMTS World Dirt Modified Dirt Track Championship
Aug. 10 ... Lucas Oil Speedway, Wheatland, Mo., USMTS
Aug. 30 ... Chateau Speedway, Lansing, Minn., USMTS
Aug. 31 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., USMTS
Sept. 1 ... Dodge County Speedway, Kasson, Minn., USMTS
Sept 19-21 ... Deer Creek Speedway, Spring Valley, Minn., USMTS Featherlite Fall Jamboree
Oct. 3-5 ... Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City, Kan., USMTS

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