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SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (Sept. 13) – Race fans fortunate enough to witness the thrilling conclusion to last year’s Featherlite Fall Jamboree been counting the days until the next installment of the undisputed marquee event for America’s most talented Modified drivers on dirt.

The wait is nearly over for thousands of fans as just ten days are left to be crossed off the calendar before the 12th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree takes place at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., next Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 22-25.

What took more than a generation for the Knoxville Nationals and World 100 to become for sprint cars and late models, the Featherlite Fall Jamboree has exploded into the Mecca for Modifieds where “anybody who’s anybody” in the sport makes a pilgrimage each year to measure his or her abilities against the best that their peers has to offer.

And while all of the entrants will be focused on garnering the biggest share of the prize money, a handful of drivers will also have one eye on the most prestigious title in all of dirt Modified racing: the USMTS National Championship.

For the fourth straight year, the Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship will conclude at the Featherlite Fall Jamboree with a possible $13,000 (or more) to win over three days and an additional $10,000 payday awaiting the 2010 USMTS National Champion.

Along with the USMTS Modifieds, the event will also feature WISSOTA Midwest Mods with more than 60 entries expected to compete again this year. Combined, the two classes will compete for a total purse of more than $200,000 in America's dream date for modified fans.

The Deer Creek Speedway is a high-banked 3/8-mile clay oval which sits on 60 acres with one of America’s most popular state-of-the-art racing complexes and an adjoining campground. More USMTS main events have been staged at ‘The Creek’ than any other racetrack, and Saturday’s Featherlite Fall Jamboree program will be the 44th event here since Kelly Shryock won the first-ever main event at Deer Creek in 2002.

On Wednesday, early bird race fans can get a free preview of the action, and drivers will get their chance to make final adjustments to their machines with an open practice for drivers in both classes from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. with admission to the grandstands free for all.

Three complete shows are on tap for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Thursday's 30-lap USMTS Modified main event carries a $3,000 top prize and pays a minimum of $400 to each of the 30 starters (up from $300 last year). WISSOTA Midwest Mods will race for $300 to win – but that’s only opening day at the Featherlite Fall Jamboree. Gates open at 3 p.m. and the first green flag waves at 5 p.m.

On Friday, the USMTS Modifieds will compete in a 35-lap feature race with $4,000 earmarked for the winner and $500 for each of the 30 starters (up from $350 last year). WISSOTA Midwest Mods will see $400 going to the winner. Gates open at 4 p.m. and the first green flag waves at 5:30.

Friday’s menu will kick off with the annual golf tournament at 9 a.m. at the Maple Valley Golf and County Club in Rochester. Fans, drivers, crews and families will put a lid on Friday’s festivities with the annual Karaoke Night … open to everybody.

Saturday's explosive finale will feature the hottest dirt Modified pilots in the nation battling for one of 30 spots in the 40-lap main event that will take the green flag three cars wide and ten rows deep. Drivers will battle for a $6,000 top prize and at least $800 (up from $700 last year) just to take the green flag.

And if that wasn’t enough, Saturday’s non-qualifiers will have a chance at one of 30 spots in the Non-Qualifiers Race, which carries a $2,000 top prize and pays $400 to start (up from $300 last year) ... that’s more than most “big” Modified races pay to win their main event.

Saturday's WISSOTA Midwest Mod Carroll’s Corn “A” Main winner will earn $1,000 with $100 guaranteed to start the 24-car main event.

The annual Bean Bag Tournament begins earlier in the day on Saturday at 12 noon with registration at 11 a.m. Fans can begin storming the gates at 3:00 p.m. and the mud starts flying at 5:00.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, breakfast will be served by the Bear Creek Lutheran Church in the hospitality area from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All proceeds benefit the Bear Creek Men’s Club. Open to all … you don’t want to miss this great home-cooked opportunity.

WISSOTA national points will be awarded all three nights for the WISSOTA Midwest Mods.

Tickets may be purchased online at www.deercreekspeedway.com or by calling toll-free 877-DCS-RACE. For track or campground info, call 507-346-2342 or email info@deercreekspeedway.com.

The Deer Creek Speedway is located off of I-90 at Exit 209, then 11.3 miles south on US 63 (0.7 mile north of SR 16).

To learn more about the United States Modified Touring Series, visit www.usmts.com online or call 515-832-7944. You can also follow the USMTS on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube.

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