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October 16, 2020 at
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I know this is a sprint car sight but just wanted to say. I have never seen the pits At port royal this crowded as they are this week for the mods. They had to extend the pit area out into the general parking lot
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: Nerf Bar on October 16 2020 at 12:24:39 PM
I know this is a sprint car sight but just wanted to say. I have never seen the pits At port royal this crowded as they are this week for the mods. They had to extend the pit area out into the general parking lot
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From the looks of the Grandstand on Facebook they have more cars than fans. Hopfully more show up for Friday And Saturday.
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October 16, 2020 at
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Modifieds are huge in the northeast. It's just that they usually have more cars than fans.
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October 16, 2020 at
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i'm thinking about going up saturday if i can convince my son to go. i grew up in the lehigh valley where modifieds are more popular. also grew up watching rush hour on dirt and was always amazed by the idea of a 200 lap dirt race.
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October 16, 2020 at
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Port Royal is quickly becoming the jewel of the east, bar none.
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October 16, 2020 at
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I'm a sprint car zombie from the upper plains. Northeast style modifieds are foreign to me. Around here we used to have IMCA modifieds. We now have several flavors of B-mods, the slower version that spins out more frequently. What is a modfied similar to? A late model perhaps?
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: alum.427 on October 16 2020 at 03:33:16 PM
Port Royal is quickly becoming the jewel of the east, bar none.
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You know I haven't heard that before. Have they made improvements to the track recently or something?
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: turn4guy on October 16 2020 at 02:26:21 PM
Modifieds are huge in the northeast. It's just that they usually have more cars than fans.
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I love New York style modifieds but outside of NY and a few other spots, they're not very popular. Unfortunately for the promoters, Central is not a spot where the mods are popular.
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: Nerf Bar on October 16 2020 at 12:24:39 PM
I know this is a sprint car sight but just wanted to say. I have never seen the pits At port royal this crowded as they are this week for the mods. They had to extend the pit area out into the general parking lot
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I think it mostly is a sprint car site, not sure though if it is a sprint car sight.
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: Murphy on October 16 2020 at 04:04:46 PM
I'm a sprint car zombie from the upper plains. Northeast style modifieds are foreign to me. Around here we used to have IMCA modifieds. We now have several flavors of B-mods, the slower version that spins out more frequently. What is a modfied similar to? A late model perhaps?
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A Northeast Dirt Mod is a beast of it's own. The top level are big block powered, but they have SB and Crate variants. The driver sits over the drive shaft. Back in the early 2000's Rich Tobias built a car that could run as a Silver Crown Car or a Dirt Modified. So I guess the best approximation is an overweight, big block, silver crown car with a roof and quarter panels. Oh, and smaller tires. Suspension is coilover fronts with a solid axle, but the rear suspension can be a late model style, or a torsion bar style. I have also seen them with live axles and bird cages or full floater style. (I may have seen cars built to different rule books though, I don't always keep close track of that. The wildest variation I have ever seen was the East Windsor Modified, which had no weight limit, injected aluminum small blocks, and huge sail panels. They got around the track a lot like a Non Wing Sprint car, except they ran straighter because of the sail panels.
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: Murphy on October 16 2020 at 04:04:46 PM
I'm a sprint car zombie from the upper plains. Northeast style modifieds are foreign to me. Around here we used to have IMCA modifieds. We now have several flavors of B-mods, the slower version that spins out more frequently. What is a modfied similar to? A late model perhaps?
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"sprint car zombie from the upper plains" Sounds like a grade B Horror Movie title! 
Starring "The North Pole Nightmare"????
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: 91RI on October 16 2020 at 05:34:40 PM
A Northeast Dirt Mod is a beast of it's own. The top level are big block powered, but they have SB and Crate variants. The driver sits over the drive shaft. Back in the early 2000's Rich Tobias built a car that could run as a Silver Crown Car or a Dirt Modified. So I guess the best approximation is an overweight, big block, silver crown car with a roof and quarter panels. Oh, and smaller tires. Suspension is coilover fronts with a solid axle, but the rear suspension can be a late model style, or a torsion bar style. I have also seen them with live axles and bird cages or full floater style. (I may have seen cars built to different rule books though, I don't always keep close track of that. The wildest variation I have ever seen was the East Windsor Modified, which had no weight limit, injected aluminum small blocks, and huge sail panels. They got around the track a lot like a Non Wing Sprint car, except they ran straighter because of the sail panels.
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I like that they're more of a hot rod than Late Models, but the times I've seen them, racing wasn't too exciting
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: dsc1600 on October 16 2020 at 05:06:27 PM
I love New York style modifieds but outside of NY and a few other spots, they're not very popular. Unfortunately for the promoters, Central is not a spot where the mods are popular.
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They're pretty big at Grandview... but you probably know that
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October 16, 2020 at
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Posted By: 91RI on October 16 2020 at 05:34:40 PM
A Northeast Dirt Mod is a beast of it's own. The top level are big block powered, but they have SB and Crate variants. The driver sits over the drive shaft. Back in the early 2000's Rich Tobias built a car that could run as a Silver Crown Car or a Dirt Modified. So I guess the best approximation is an overweight, big block, silver crown car with a roof and quarter panels. Oh, and smaller tires. Suspension is coilover fronts with a solid axle, but the rear suspension can be a late model style, or a torsion bar style. I have also seen them with live axles and bird cages or full floater style. (I may have seen cars built to different rule books though, I don't always keep close track of that. The wildest variation I have ever seen was the East Windsor Modified, which had no weight limit, injected aluminum small blocks, and huge sail panels. They got around the track a lot like a Non Wing Sprint car, except they ran straighter because of the sail panels.
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I've been tempted to go on the rare occasions that they have Big block & SB both, but never pulled the trigger. I've only seen them as part of a sprint car show
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