Cade Dillard of Robeline, La., is one of three United States Modified Touring Series competitors that will comprise the Casey’s Crew during this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental.

Each driver will carry an associate sponsorship from Casey’s General Stores during the championship series and primary sponsorship from one of three popular brands available in Casey’s General Store locations across America.

Dillard will be looking to satisfy his hunger for the USMTS National Championship with sponsorship from Snickers-the Official Candy Bar of the USMTS.

Snickers is the world’s biggest selling candy bar … simple as that. Crammed with peanuts, caramel and nougat then coated with milk chocolate, Snickers quickly became one of the planet’s favorite treats after its introduction in 1930. And it is still at the top, 75 years later. Pick up a Snickers today at Casey’s General Stores and visit them online at www.snickers.com to learn more.

Dillard, started racing in 2005 at Sabine (La.) Motor Speedway and won the Rookie of the Year Award and track championship that year. In ten years, he has more than 100 career feature wins, including eight in 2009 driving an asphalt late model. Some of his highlight-reel wins include the $5,000-to-win Deuces Wild, Spooky 50, Fall Southern Showdown, Doris Dowden Memorial and last year’s Dirt Track World Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway.

In 2014, he captured the USMTS Rookie of the Year title and notched his career-first USMTS win in November during the USMTS Winter Nationals at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway in Vivian, La. He won his first USMTS Casey’s Cup points race earlier this season at the Crawford County Speedway in Denison, Iowa.

Dillard drives the No. 97 LG21 chassis powered by Geddes Racing Engines. Crew members include Dakota Wyatt, Tyler Roark, Will Gunter and Greg Dillard. The team’s sponsors include Lonestar Hydro & Maintenance, Fox’s Pizza, Zymbom Energy Drink, Nichols Home Decor, Chris Brown Racing and LG21 Racecars, NAPA Auto Parts, Performance Graphix, Scotty Carnline Electric, W.A.R. Shocks, Geddes Racing Engines, Hypercoil Springs and Moran Trucking, with special thanks to his mom and dad, the Gunter family and the Comeaux family. To learn more check out www.cadedillard.com.

Joe Duvall of Claremore, Okla., is one of three United States Modified Touring Series competitors that will comprise the Casey’s Crew during this year’s Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing & Rental.

Each driver will carry an associate sponsorship from Casey’s General Stores during the championship series and primary sponsorship from one of three popular brands available in Casey’s General Store locations across America.

Joe Duvall is still searching for that elusive first USMTS victory, but he hopes that changes this summer when he sports the colors of AMP Energy-the Official Energy Drink of the USMTS-during the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s Cup.

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‘Big Daddy’ is the owner of Duvall Electric, and cut his racing teeth nearly 30 years ago competing in the world of flat track motorcycle racing, competing alongside legendary riders such as Chris Carr, Scott Parker and Joe Kopp.

Duvall, 42, eventually turned his sights toward dirt modified racing. He captured the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Oklahoma State Championship while racing at the Salina Highbanks Speedway and Outlaw Motor Speedway, where he is a two-time track champ.

Duvall’s No. 91 USMTS Modified is an MB Customs chassis powered by Mullins Race Engines. Crew members include crew chief Scott Drake, Gene McNeal and James Merritt. The team’s sponsors include Trucks Unlimited, Southern Oklahoma Speedway, S&S Fishing & Rental, Duvall Electric, BrassMonkey Racing Products, Mars Racing, MB Customs Race Cars, Mullins Race Engines, Forty9 Designs, VP Racing Fuels – Heartland, York Street Tire, American Race Tires and Real Racing Wheels. To learn more check out www.joeduvall91.com

Chris Abts has visited dozens of race tracks, whether as a fan, a driver or a track worker.

Now he’ll take a trip to a track as a promoter.

Abts will dust off Dodge County Speedway, on the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Kasson, for a night of stock car racing on Thursday, July 16.

It may be a one-time thing, or it may be the beginning of a resurrection for what once was the go-to track for die-hard racing fans in southeastern Minnesota.

“It depends on how we do financially,” Abts said. “I’m starting from Ground Zero and I’m not a big-budget guy. We have another race planned for Oct. 2, and we’ll see how things go from there.”

Abts, a Fountain City, Wis., native who now lives in Winona, has served as the race director at his hometown track-Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City-for the past three years. He has also done flagging and held the race director role at a pair of tracks in northern Iowa: the Upper Iowa Speedway in Decorah and Cresco Speedway.

He said he approached the Dodge County Fair Board last fall about opening the track for a handful of races, but couldn’t work out a deal at that time. Then, in January, he received a call from a board member and the wheels were set in motion for next week’s race, which will be held on the second night of the Dodge County Free Fair.

Abts wanted to keep the event as inexpensive as possible for fans and drivers. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 5-12. Children younger than 5 are admitted for free. Pit passes are $25. The total purse for the night will be about $16,000, he said.

Five classes will race, with a mix of the top draws from area tracks involved. The show will be headlined by USRA Modifieds. They’ll be joined by the powerful USRA Stock Cars, as well as an open B-Mod class (open to Wissota Midwest Mod and USRA B-Mods). Pure Stocks will be on the show, as will the Liquid Nitro Outlaw Mini-Mods, which race regularly at Mississippi Thunder.

In addition to all of his time spent working at area tracks, Abts drove a Pure Stock at Mississippi Thunder and at Chateau Raceway in Lansing in 2012.

“I did it just to be able to knock something off my bucket list,” he said.

He also had the chance to race at Dodge County Speedway that year, the last time the track was put to use by stock cars. He said the passion the fans had that night for the United States Modified Touring Series drivers still sticks in his mind. And it’s a big reason why he wants to get the track up and running again.

“I remember all the cheers and the boos from fans for drivers they liked or didn’t like,” Abts said. “Some tracks you go to, there’s no reaction, no emotion, but other tracks really have that atmosphere. Dodge County was one of those.”

Abts said the Dodge County Fair Board, as well as businesses and racing fans in Kasson and Mantorville have been very helpful in getting the race going. He started working on the track off-and-on in April, and opened it for a practice session last month.

Iowa-USRA Stock Cars have four nights of racing on the docket next week, beginning with a Holley Iron Man Series event on Tuesday, July 21, at the Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and then three days at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., during the 5th Annual World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Red Tail Tackle.

USRA B-Mods will also be part of the Holley Iron Man Series show next Tuesday at the Rapid Speedway with USMTS Modifieds headlining the show for their final regular season points race of 2015.

USRA Stock Cars will be racing for $7500 to win while the USRA B-Mods battle for a $600 top prize at the popular semi-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval located at the Lyons County Fairgrounds.

Spectator tickets are just $18 for adults, $5 for kids ages 7-14 and free for children ages 6 and under. Pit passes will be $35. Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps start at 7 and racing begins at 7:30.

Promoter Dereck Van Der Brink has lined up a golf outing for drivers, crew members and fans on Monday, July 20, at the Rock Rapids Country Club. The golf tournament is $40 per person and includes nine holes, half a cart and a steak dinner… you can even drive your ATVs and golf carts to the course from the track!

Social hour starts at 5 p.m. and tee time is 6 p.m. There will be a long ball challenge, longest putt and other pin prizes as well. Call Dereck Van Der Brink at 712-470-1850 for more information or to get signed up.

The Rapid Speedway is located 0.5 mile east of US 75 on SR 9, then 0.5 mile south on South Tama St. For more information call 712-472-2067, visit them on the World Wide Web at www.rockrapidsspeedway.com or check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RapidSpeedway.

After Tuesday’s race, practice will kick off the next night on Wednesday, July 22, at the Deer Creek Speedway for the 5th Annual World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Red Tail Tackle with USRA Stock Cars racing Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 23-25.

While all three nights will award USRA national points, Saturday’s show is also a Holley Iron Man Series event for the fast and furious full-fendered freaks.