USMTS rockin' Rapid Tuesday night during Lyon County Fair
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa-The stars and cars of the United States Modified Touring Series heads to the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, this Tuesday, July 21, for the final event in the Farm Boy BBQ Sauce Northern Region presented by Day Motor Sports.

The $3,000-to-win event will also be final points race of the year for the USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental.

The Lyon County Fair will be going on as well, so come to the track early and check out the fair. Tickets will be $18 for adults (get a $2-off coupon from participating Casey's General Stores), $5 for kids ages 7-14 and free for children 6 and under. Hot laps will start at 7 p.m. with racing to follow.

Zack VanderBeek is the defending champion of the event. Rodney Sanders, who has already locked up the regional points title, won here in 2013 and 2011. Other winners at the Rapid Speedway include Jason Krohn (2008), Jon Tesch (2007) and Kelly Shryock (2006).

The Holley Iron Man Challenge featuring USRA Stock Cars and USRA B-Mods will also be in action. USRA Stock Cars slug it out for a $750 top prize and the USRA B-Mods battle for $600 to win.

The Rapid Speedway is a semi-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval located 0.5 mile east of US 75 on SR 9, then 0.5 mile south on South Tama St. (400 S. Tama St., Rock Rapids, IA 51246). For more information call (712) 470-1850 or (712) 472-3742 or visit www.rockrapidsspeedway.com online.

The 5th Annual World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Red Tail Tackle takes place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 23-25, as the Best of the Best dirt modified drivers on the planet will converge on the Deer Creek Speedway for the single-most super-mega-event in dirt modified racing and a $20,000-to-win finale.

After that, the Hunt for the USMTS Casey's Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental kicks off Aug. 6 at the 81 Speedway in Park City, Kan., as the 15-race annual grind will conclude with the crowning of the 2015 USMTS National Champion.

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, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usmts or subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/usmtstv.

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USMTS OFFICIAL SPONSORS: American Racer Racing Tires, Casey's General Stores, Chix Gear Racewear, COMP Cams, Day Motor Sports, Deatherage Opticians, Farm Boy BBQ Sauce, Fast Shafts, Intercomp, KEVKO Oil Pans & Components, Malvern Trust & Savings Bank, MSD, Nitroquest Media Group, RACEceiver, RacinDirt.com, S&S Fishing & Rental, VP Racing Fuels.

USMTS PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Arizona Sport Shirts, ASi Racewear, BRODIX Cylinder Heads, Double H Bands, Duvall Electric, ElbowsUp.com, Integra Racing Shocks & Springs, Mesilla Valley Transportation, Olympic Fire Protection, Rivers Edge Scrap Management, Schwab's Tinker Shop, UMotors Motorsports & Marine, Velocita-USA.

USMTS CONTINGENCY SPONSORS: AERO Race Wheels, AFCO Racing Products, Allstar Performance, Bell Racing Helmets, Beyea Custom Headers, BSB Manufacturing, CPD Racing Tools, Crane Cams, Driven Racing Oil, Edelbrock, Eibach Springs, FK Rod Ends, Forty9 Designs, Fuel Safe, Genesis Racing Shocks, GRT Race Cars, Holley Performance, Hooker Custom Harness, JRi Shocks, Keyser Manufacturing, KSE Racing Products, Marsh Racing Wheels, Midwest Sheet Metal, PBM Performance Products, QA1 Precision Products, Quarter Master, R2C Performance, Real Racing Wheels, Simpson Performance Products, Sybesma Graphics, Tilton Engineering, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes.

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Contact Info:
Jeff Nun
Communications Director
United States Modified Touring Series, Inc. (USMTS)
1715 W. 2nd St., P.O. Box 905
Webster City, IA 50595
Tel: 515-297-3835