Race fans get ready for a night of thrills, as the USRA Modified Season Championship will come down to the wire this Saturday at the Lebanon I-44 Speedway, as the top three drivers in the class are within seven points of each other. Rookie David Hendrix has led the points most of the year, but has hit a rough stretch late in the season, allowing for Tony Jackson Jr. and defending track champion Justin Neuman to get back into the championship hunt.

It’s hard to believe that it’s season championship time of the season already, but this Saturday, Aug. 25, will be Cunningham Fertilizer Season Championship Night at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway.

Chateau Raceway in Lansing, powered by Husqvarna, has announced their schedule for there Fall Specials. The final three weekends of AMSOIL Dirt Track Racing Series action which will take place between Labor Day weekend and the final weekend of September.

This Friday, Aug. 24, the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series will be in action at the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway for the final time this season, and track championships are up for grabs as H & S Motors presents the USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series Season Championships at the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in Northeast Iowa.

The USRA Late Models will wrap up their inaugural season next week with a tripleheader to decide the inaugural USRA Late Model National Champion. It all breaks loose on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. On Friday, the lightning-fast men and their machines travel to the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway, then return to the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. — home of the season opener and season finale that will see the crowning of the 2007 champ!

The USRA Late Models will wrap up their inaugural season next week with a tripleheader to decide the inaugural USRA Late Model National Champion. It all breaks loose on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa. On Friday, the lightning-fast men and their machines travel to the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway, then return to the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, Mo. — home of the season opener and season finale that will see the crowning of the 2007 champ!

The season is rapidly winding down and the invitational part of the season is upon the speedway. The 25th of August will see the drivers take to the high banked speedway as they finish out the season with the Season Championship night.

Back To School Night scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Southern Iowa Speedway has been called off. Next Wednesday, Aug. 22, the Mahaska County Half-Mile Monster will host a wild barnburner as the lightning-fast USRA Late Models invade Oskaloosa. The event will be the first of three races at three tracks in four days that will determine the first-ever USRA Late Model national champion.

This Saturday night, Aug. 18, Huset's Speedway with rock the house with two blockbuster events. The night's special program will include the Interstate Auto Center's Road to $10 Grand Challenge for USRA Outlaw Sprint Cars as well as the 6th Annual Jay Egge Automatic Service All-Star Memorial.

With the kids returning to school over the next several weeks, now is the time to take them to see the fastest cars in Missouri race the high banks of the Lebanon I-44 Speedway.

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series veteran Ken Schrader finished sixth in Tuesday night's standing-room-only O'Reilly USMTS show at the Cresco (Iowa) Speedway and will compete Wednesday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. On Tuesday, Schrader announced he'll make it a four-day trek by adding the show on Thursday at the Knox County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, Ill., and Friday's tilt at the Mountain Dew Bloomfield (Iowa) Speedway.

Next Race: Friday, Aug. 10, Cresco (Iowa) Speedway, $2,000 to win.