Only 5 of the 31 entries that competed in the last O'Reilly USMTS National Tour event at the Belleville High Banks in 2002 were on hand for Monday's running of the 2nd Annual Belleville Modified Nationals. During those six years, few drivers—if any—have circled the World's Fastest Half-Mile Dirt Track more times than John Allen ... and it showed on Monday night. …

The second race of the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship will take place on Monday, Aug. 11, for the 2nd Annual Belleville Modified Nationals at the famed Belleville High Banks. When the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour last visited the historic facility on June 4, 2002, Justin Boney outlasted a tough field of competitors. …

The races for Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Springfield Raceway and Sunday, Aug. 10, at the Monett Speedway have both been rained out. …

The Hunt is on … and for the third time, the first shot has been fired by Jon Tesch as the Best of the Best in dirt Modified racing converged on the Midway Speedway in Lebanon, Mo., Friday night for the first of 18 events in the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship. …

On the eve of the opening event of the Casey's General Stores Hunt for the O'Reilly USMTS National Championship, Tommy Weder Jr. positioned himself as the hottest driver entering the title chase as he scored his second victory in as many nights with another late-race charge to the checkers. …

Tommy Weder Jr. of Woodward, Okla., ran down Kelly Shryock, grabbed the lead when Shryock bobbled in lapped traffic, then survived a caution with two laps remaining to capture his first O’Reilly USMTS National Tour win Wednesday night at Heartland Park Topeka. …

In front of a jam-packed grandstand—perhaps the largest ever for an O'Reilly USMTS National Tour event—Jason Hughes parlayed his pole position into his seventh O'Reilly USMTS National Tour victory of the season as he and his fellow road warriors took on the O'Reilly NCRA Modified Series at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan. …

On a smooth, fast racetrack that proved to be tough to find the fastest way around, Johnny Bone Jr. emerged as the driver too tough to tame as he led the final 31 laps of Monday's 40-lap main event for the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour at the Humboldt (Kan.) Speedway. …

The mud-slinging Modifieds of the O'Reilly USMTS National Tour invaded the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., for the first time ever on Saturday and the result was a typical action-packed battle that wound up with a not-so-typical first time ever finish. …

Anybody who was thinking that Kelly Shryock may be losing his touch were given a loud wake-up call Friday night as the eight-time O'Reilly USMTS National Champion dominated the first night of the 3rd Annual Iowa-Missouri Border War at the Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway. …