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An ISMA supermodified. Note the extreme weight offset and the engine mounted outside of the central frame rails. Supermodifieds are a class of open wheel race car that compete on paved short tracks throughout North America. The class was founded in the 1950s and is especially popular in the Western, Northeast, and Great Lakes regions ...
ISMA has generally sanctioned between 13–17 shows a year including two of the prestigious Supermodified Triple Crown Series at one-quarter to five-eighths mile (0.25-0.625 mile), paved short tracks located in 6 states and Canada. In 2023, ISMA merged with the Midwest Supermodified Series (MSS), focusing on events in New York, Ohio and ...
Joseph Edward Gosek (born March 11, 1956, in Oswego, New York), is a Supermodified race car driver. He also raced in the 1996 Indianapolis 500, finishing 22nd.Gosek was nicknamed 'Double-O Joe' for his traditional use of car number '00'.
The modern supermodified car is a front-engine / rear-drive vehicle with a big block Chevrolet engine mounted on the left side of the chassis to maximize kinetic force for left turns on the 5 ⁄ 8 mi (1.0 km), asphalt track. The normally aspirated, fuel-injected engines make 900 or more horsepower, or one horsepower or more for each two pounds ...
D. James "Jim" Shampine (March 25, 1941 – September 4, 1982) was one of the most successful drivers in Supermodified competition and an equally skilled racer in asphalt and dirt-track Modified stock cars. He won 92 feature races at Oswego Speedway NY, and with his innovative car designs captured 38% of the Supermodified events held from 1970 ...
Supermodified may refer to: Supermodified (album) , a 2000 album by Amon Tobin Supermodified racing , a class of open wheel race car that races on short tracks in North America
Bobby Gerhart Sr. began racing stock cars at Silver Springs Speedway PA in 1954, and later mastered sprint cars and supermodifieds, becoming the 1967 supermodified champion at Susquehanna Speedway. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He claimed a total of 42 victories at Reading Fairgrounds Speedway and was the modified champion in 1969 and 1970.
John "Irish Jack" Murphy (December 22, 1927 – May 2, 2013) was an American Modified and Supermodified racing driver. Equally skilled on asphalt and dirt-track stock cars, he won the inaugural Oswego International Classic in September 1957.