2011 Big Money Modified schedule for midwest, midsouth and southwest U.S. -

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Open Wheel Modified Racing 2011 - "The Big Ones"

These are USMTS, USRA, SMP and non-sanctioned races with simliar rules and all use American Racer KK704s (and occasionally, Hoosier G60s) as the tire rule which is the predominant tire rule for the class west of the Mississippi. These are midwest, midsouth and southwest shows.

Date - Event, location, (sanction) - combined win amount for the dates indicated or if the 2011 info has not been released yet, what it paid last year in ( ).


February 17-19 - USMTS Spring Nationals, Baytown, TX (USMTS) - winners Ryan Gustin $2000, John Whittington $2000, $3000 resked for 3/20

February 25-27 - Chub Daniels Memorial Winter Meltdown, Las Cruces, NM (USRA) - winners Terry Phillips $22,000, Tommy Weder, Jr. $2000

March 4-5 - Texas World Dirt Track Championships, Fort Worth, TX (non-sanctioned) - Terry Phillips $3000

March 11-12 - OK/KS (USMTS) - $4000

March 18-20 - SE TX (USMTS) - $7000

March 24-27 - NE TX/NW LA (3 are USMTS, 1 non-sanctioned) - $8000

April 6-9 - World Modified Dirt Track Championship, Spring Valley, MN (USMTS non-points) - $20,000

April 15-17 - MO (USMTS) - $6000

April 28-May 1 - NE OK/SW MO (USMTS) - $8000

May 5-7 - CEN TX (USMTS) - $6000

May 19-22 - OK/TX Pan (USMTS) - $8000

May 25-29 - IA/MN (USMTS) - $10,000

June 3-4 - Doug Murphrey Memorial, Vivian, LA (non-sanctioned) - $5000

June 3-4 - Nebraska Spring Thaw, McCool Junction, NE (USMTS) - $5000

June 5-11 - Longhorn Speedweek, N TX/S OK (SMP) - $9000

June 7-25 (only 3 off-days in this stretch) SD/ND/MN/IA/WI (USMTS) - $33,000

July 15-23 - Sooner Speedweek, OK/W AR/SE KS (SMP) - $14,000

July 15-17 - WI/MN (USMTS) - $6000

July 22-23 - Greenwood, NB (USMTS) - $4000

July 27-20 - RAIN DATES for World Modified Dirt Track Championship, Spring Valley, MN (USMTS non-points) - $20,000

August 11-14 - The Hunt, KS/MO (USMTS) - $12,000

August 17-21 - The Hunt, MN/WI/IA (USMTS) - $15,000

August 25-27 - The Hunt, IA/MO (USMTS) - $9000

September 1-4 - The Hunt, IA/MN (USMTS) - $12,000

September 9-11 - USRA Nationals, Fountain City, WI (USRA) - ($12,000)

September 16-18 - The Hunt, NE OK/W MO (USMTS) - $9000

September 16-17 - U.S. National Dirt Track Championships, Fort Worth, TX (non-sanctioned) - $3000

September 22-24 - Fall Jamboree, Spring Valley, MN (USMTS) - $12,000

October 19-22 - Humboldt, KS (USMTS non-points) - $15,000

October 28-30 - Wes Hurst Memorial, Tucson, AZ (USRA) - ($15,000)

November 4-6 - Fall Nationals, Las Cruces, NM (USRA) - ($10,000)

November 12 - Dustin Duncan Memorial, Kilgore, TX (non-sanctioned) - ($3300)

November 17-19 - Texas Winter Nationals, Baytown, TX (USMTS) - $9000




USMTS National Hunt Championship - $20,000

USRA National Championship - $10,000

With one of those championships, that's almost $300,000 to win. Not bad for a year of modified racing. Hughes, Phillips, Gustin, maybe Sanders, maybe Kelly, (who else?) etc., are all capable of winning 1/3 of these, you reckon?


If you know of other 'Big Ones' for Open Wheel Modifieds that use AR KK704 tires and/or Hoosier G60s and USMTS/USRA type rules, let me know and we'll add them. Post here or email hooks@isp.com

For links to these and other races, see http://www.HooksRPM.com
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USA Raceway announced their 2011 schedule yesterday and moved the Wes Hurst up to October 28-30 between Humboldt and Las Cruces.

Hey, that's likely-to-be a minimum of $40,000 to win over 3 weekends at a great time of year too. I bet this helps the car count at both Las Cruces and Tucson and I think the inaugural show at Humboldt is going to be huge too!!!

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The average high temp on the dates of the first big weekend in Baytown, Texas just outside of Houston is 66 with a low of 46. 7 weeks later in Minnesota for the WMDTC, the average high is 50 and the average low is 30 with a record low of 5 in 1936 on April 6th and 8 in 1997 on April 9th BUT...

The record high temps were in 1991 when for three straight days, the temps hit the MID-to-UPPER EIGHTIES!!! That'll work!!! If not, there's always July....

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SNMS promoter Royal Jones has upped the purse in Las Cruces this weekend to $24,000 to win guaranteed with possible $30,000 for a sweep!!!

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That Terry Phillips is something else ain't he?! Reckon he'll win the World at Deer Creek too? He won 2 out of 3 up there at the Jamboree last September. Of course Jason Hughes won the big one that weekend. We'll soon see......