 All three events will pay $2,000
to win and will award USMTS points in the Arnold Motor Supply
Central States Region, where Ryan "The Reaper" Gustin currently
leads the rankings. Others expected this weekend include Johnny
Scott, nine-time USMTS national champion Kelly Shryock, Zack
VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders, Colt Mather, Bryan Rowland, Mark Dotson,
Rick Beebe, Tommy Myer, Chris Spieker, Jon Tesch and many more.
On Friday, the Lincoln Speedway welcomes the rugged USMTS road
warriors to the quarter-mile semi-banked dirt oval for the first
time, and series regulars can expect a fierce field of drivers with
home-field advantage, such as current track points leader Allen
Weisser, Butch Weisser, Brian Lynn, Matt Goulden, Tommy Duncan, Guy
Taylor, Floyd Jordan, Jackie Willis Jr., Jeff Leka and Jeff Sparks.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and spectator gates open at 5, with hot
laps set for 7 and the first heat race slated for 7:30 p.m. Also on
the racing card will be E-Mods, Street Stocks and Wild Things.
The Lincoln Speedway is located 1.6 miles east of Interstate 55,
Exit 126, on Route 10, then left to the north access road at the
Logan County Fairgrounds. For more information, call 217-735-1833 or
visit www.lincolnspeedway.org.
Saturday will find the touring USMTS titans at the Spoon River
Speedway in Lewistown for the first time since 2002, when Peoria's
Jim Hibser and veteran Mark Noble each picked up wins during a
two-day contest.
Brian Lynn, Allen Weisser, Jason Wagner, Austin May, Matt Goulden,
J.D. Beal, Micheal Bantz, Mark Zimmer, Bobby Allen and Butch Weisser
are just a few of the track regulars who will be looking to keep the
$2,000 winner's share of the prize money in the local economy. Allen
finished second to Chasteen in the inaugural USMTS event at Spoon
River on May 3, 2001.
Pits will open at 4 p.m., grandstands open at 5, hot laps are at
6:30, and racing starts at 7 p.m. UMP Pro Crate Late Models and E-Mods
will also be on hand for the event.
The Spoon River Speedway is a three-eighths-mile high-banked clay
oval located 7.5 miles south of Banner on U.S. 24, then west on
Route 2465. For more information, contact the Speedway at
309-668-2622 or check out
www.spoonriverspeedway.webs.com.
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On Sunday, action will take place at the Quincy Raceways for the
first time since 2005, when "Dirt Knights" driver Al Hejna took the
checkered flag. Other former winners at the semi-banked quarter-mile
clay oval include Henry Delonjay, Mie Chasteen and another star of
the "Dirt Knights" TV show, Mike Spaulding.
Late Models, UMP Modifieds, Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks and
4-Cylinder Wild Things will also be racing. Pit gates open at 3:30
p.m., grandstands at 4:30, drivers meeting and registration ends at
5:30, hot laps are at 5:45, and racing begins at 6:30 p.m.
The Quincy Raceways is located 3 miles east of Quincy on Route
104, Broadway Street For more information, call 217-224-4100 or go
to www.quincyraceways.com.
To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series,
visit www.usmts.com or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the
USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.
[Text from file received from
Lincoln Speedway]
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