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Coordinates. 43°3′N 76°34′W. / 43.050°N 76.567°W / 43.050; -76.567. Type. Modified Stock Car Racing (Dirt Surface) Website. Official website. The Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame was established in 1992 to recognize individual achievements in the sport of stock car racing. It is located at 1 Speedway Dr., Weedsport, New York .
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 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 ...
The series was founded in 1972 by Glenn Donnelly as a series of qualifier races for the inaugural Super Dirt Week at the New York State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Syracuse, New York. The series became a true points championship in 1974 that also awarded a points fund. Will Cagle won the first points championship in 1974 over two-time Super DIRT ...
Schaefer 300 (1970) Northern 300 (1971–1972) 1958–1959 (Cup) 1967–1972 (Cup) During NASCAR years, began as 1.000-mile oval; reworked to 1.500-mile "peanut" oval in 1969; closed in 1980. Now the site of a sculpture garden and a housing development. Walt Disney World Speedway. 1.000-mile (1.609 km) paved triangular oval.
Brett Hearn. 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.
Alan Johnson began his racing career in 1975 with a win at the Canandaigua Speedway NY, and claimed at least one feature event victory annually over the next 48 years. He has competed and been victorious at the east coast race tracks from Florida to Canada, including Black Rock Speedway NY, Fulton Speedway NY, Orange County Fair Speedway NY, Ransomville Speedway NY, and Weedsport Speedway NY.
The 2018 Super DIRTcar Series is the 46th season of Big Block Modified racing sanctioned by DIRTcar Northeast & World Racing Group.The season will begin with the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park on February 12 (featuring 5 non-points races) while the first points scoring race of the season will be the Highbank Holdup at Can-Am Speedway on April 13 The season will end with the Can-Am ...