7/27/2014
Deer Creek Speedway
Sanders adds World Modified Dirt Track Championship title to rapidly-expanding résumé
SPRING VALLEY, Minn.—In the highly-competitive sport of dirt modified racing, Rodney Sanders earned the title of King of America just four short months ago, and now the 24-year-old from Happy, Texas, is the King of the World.
Saturday night at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn., Sanders rocketed into the lead on lap 10, and then rolled in victory lane 90 laps later as the winner of the 4th Annual World Modified Dirt Track Championship presented by Red Tail Tackle.
Not only did he pad his checkbook to the tune of $20,000 for his efforts, he also extended his United States Modified Touring Series win streak to eight—the second-most in the 16-year history of the USMTS, three short of Kelly Shryock’s mark of 11 in a row.
While Sanders was already locked in to Saturday night’s 100-lapper by virtue of his “A� Main win on Thursday, Craig Thatcher wired the field in the make-up “A� Main that was rain-delayed from Friday night and sat on the pole for the championship race.