OWATONNA, Minn. -- The Steele County Free Fair will be buzzing all day but all the momentum will be building towards the big show in the grandstand that night. The USMTS Modifieds draw passionate fans wherever they race but when they roll into the Steele County Speedway in Owatonna, Minnesota, the adrenaline seems to ramp even higher. The fair race will be the second of three visits of the series at the half-mile raceway in the 2007 season for the OReilly USMTS Modified Series.

The Thursday night show will be the third stop on a weeklong tour for the USMTS that starts in Farley, Iowa, on Tuesday night, August 14 and heads to Echo Valley Speedway in West Union, Iowa, on Wednesday night August 15 before it rolls in to the Steele County Speedway on Thursday night August 16. The week wraps up on Friday night at the Cresco Speedway in Cresco, Iowa.

When the USMTS last visited the Speedway on Memorial Day weekend, Iowan Zack VanderBeek took the win over his closest competitors Jason Hughes and Greg Skaggs. Kelly Shryock currently leads VanderBeek in the chase for the USMTS. The card for the Thursday special will also feature the popular Wissota Midwest Mods and the Steele County Stock Cars.

The first green flag of the night is scheduled to fall at 8PM.

For more information about these events or the raceway, contact Parsons at 507-363-9124 or steelecountyspeedway@hotmail.com. Log on to www.steelecountyspeedway.com for all the up-to-date information.

Thursday, August 16: Steele County Free Fair Race with USMTS Modifieds, Wissota Midwest Mods, Steele County Stock Cars
Monday, September 3: USMTS Modifieds, Wissota Midwest Mods, Steele County Stock Cars
Saturday September 15: ASCS Sprint Cars (Season finale), Non-sanctioned B-Mods, Stock Cars
Sunday, September 16: Rain date for Saturday's show