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Modified stock car racing, also known as modified racing and modified, is a type of auto racing that involves purpose-built cars simultaneously racing against each other on oval tracks. First established in the United States after World War II , this type of racing was early-on characterized by its participants' modification of passenger cars ...
Watt made 24 appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series (predecessor of the NASCAR Cup) between 1966 and 1967, winning a qualifying race for the 1966 Firecracker 400 at Daytona. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Watt was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2013.
Landers also connected with NASCAR drivers Austin and Ty Dillon, building the brothers a dirt modified. [1] In 2011, Landers started competing in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, winning Rookie of the Year. [2] In 2013, Landers made his NASCAR debut in the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, NASCAR's first dirt track race since 1970. [3]
1980 EMPA Al Holbert National Driver of the Year [4] Jack Johnson (September 2, 1944 – April 1, 2021) was an American dirt modified racing driver. A six-time Mr. Dirt Champion and four-time Super DIRT Series Champion, Johnson won 428 Modified feature races at 35 tracks in 10 states and two Canadian provinces.
Doug Hoffman began his racing career in the late model division at the former Dorney Park Speedway in Pennsylvania, winning in his 5th start. He won 5 track championships at Big Diamond Speedway PA, and also competed successfully at, East Windsor NJ, Flemington Speedway NJ, Fonda Speedway NY, Grandview Speedway PA, Lebanon Valley Speedway NY, Nazareth Speedway PA, Orange County Fair Speedway ...
Brett Hearn (born September 1, 1958) is a semi-retired modified stock car driver from Kinnelon, New Jersey. [5] He currently serves as race director at Orange County Fair Speedway Hearn has amassed 919 wins in a stock car over the course of his professional career which has spanned four decades.
Mervyn "Merv" Treichler (born July 28, 1944) is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed on both asphalt and dirt surfaces. In 1970 he won the Race of Champions, the premier asphalt race for modifieds. He also claimed the marquee events for dirt modifieds at Super Dirt Week in 1981 and 1982. [2]
The track dropped its Super Stock and Modified classes in 2020 and added a class of Limited Late Models. [8] Other classes include Super Late Models, Sportsman, 4 Cylinder, and Mini-Wedges. [8] Berlin Raceway won the 2021 Advance Auto Parts 'Advance My Track Challenge' $50,000 award beating out Hudson Speedway in New Hampshire and Alaska ...