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The oldest of the four sanctioning bodies for supermodified racing is the Colorado-only Englewood Racing Association, which was formed in 1965 at Englewood Speedway. That track closed in 1979 and following its closure, the series ran a 9-race schedule, all of which were run at Colorado National Speedway (CNS) in Dacono until May 29, 2016.
The track featured Young Guns 4's, Outlaw 4's, Bombers4. Street Stocks5, Thunder Trucks6, TQ Midgets, 3PS Sprint Cars and Dwarf Cars weekly. Florida United Promoters Series Super Late Models, Pro Trucks, Sportsman, Open Wheel Modifieds, Legends Cars and Tampa Bay Area Racing Association Winged Sprint Cars also visited the track.
The Modified Division is NASCAR's oldest division, and is the only open-wheeled division that NASCAR sanctions. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events are mainly held in the northeastern United States, but the 2007 and 2008 tours expanded to the Midwest with the addition of a race in Mansfield, Ohio. The tour races primarily on short oval paved ...
Modified racing remained popular, particularly on the east coast, and grew away from "strictly stock" or "Late Models" and became akin to both stock cars and open-wheel cars. Until the early 1970s, drivers typically competed on both dirt and asphalt surfaces with the same car. [2] Modified cars resemble a hybrid of open wheel cars and stock cars.
IMCA Modified – Modified race cars with open wheels in the front and closed wheels in the back; IMCA Latemodel – full-bodied late model race cars; IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car – traditional 305 non-winged and winged sprint cars; IMCA Stock Car – full-bodied production stock cars; IMCA Hobby Stock – 8-cylinder rear wheel drive entry-level ...
Modified racing during Open Wheel Wednesday takes stage with 4+ 12 lap heat races, with usually the top four or five drivers guaranteed entrance to the 100 lap race. Drivers who do not qualify for the race run 12 lap consolation races, with the top 3 or 4 in each race moving on to the B-Main.
Doug Auld immediately founded Wheels-Up Publishing, Inc. and began publication of Sprint Car & Midget Magazine, which quickly took the position formerly held by Open Wheel, as the "bible" of short-track open-wheel racing. Doug Auld was one of the few national racing media members who also continued as a racecar driver.
IMCA Modified is the top modified division sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. [1] The series began in 1979. It was designed to be a mid-level class between late models and hobby stocks. [2] The first IMCA modified race was held at the Benton County, Iowa Speedway in 1979 on a 1/4 mile track. [3]