MIDWEST CITY, Okla. -- The State of Oklahoma will once again be at the forefront for some of the best paying modified shows in this part of the country for the 2006 race season as three key weekends of racing have been finalized for the Oklahoma Modified Open, Sooner Modified Round-Up and the Xtreme Modified Super Nationals. With race fans and drivers setting their sights and putting in their requested vacation time for the 2006 race season, both track operators have officially released dates for those successful events.

On Memorial Day weekend, May 25-28, 2006, the 2nd Annual Oklahoma Modified Open will once again be held at Clinton Speedway in Clinton, Oklahoma. The $5000 to win $1500 to start feature finale will once again be known as "The Racer's Race," with the pay scale expected to be the same as this years inaugural event. In that races finale, Mike Bowers of North Little Rock, Arkansas outdueled Tim Crawely of Mablevale, Arkansas for the first place prize which saw 121 drivers from fourteen states compete during the three day weekend. An open practice will once again be held on Thursday night with qualifying on Friday and Saturday night with last chance races and feature finale to be held Sunday afternoon.

Then on Thursday through Sunday, September 14-17, 2006, the high banked, three-eighths mile Clinton oval will play host to the 3rd Annual Sooner Modified Round-Up which will once again pay $20,000 to win and $1500 to start. Jeremy Payne of Cave City, Arkansas won this years event while Jack Sullivan of Greenbriar, Arkansas held off fellow Razorback Wendall Wallace to win the inaugural event back in 2004. Open practice will be held on Thursday night with qualifying on Friday and Saturday night with the last chance and big feature finale held on Sunday afternoon.

Both events will see a new, revamped qualifying format and pre-entry registration rules which will be announced at a later date.

For the second year in a row, State Fair Speedway in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will host the $25,000 to win Xtreme Modified Super Nationals on Wednesday through Saturday night, October 12-14, 2006. This years running saw 126 drivers representing fifteen different states descend upon the big three-eighths mile oval which saw Terry Phillips of Springfield, Missouri pass United States Modified Touring Series champion Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa with six laps remaining to win the thirty lap feature and the richest paying modified race in the states history.