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StanM
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July 09, 2019 at 04:52:35 PM
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This message was edited on July 09, 2019 at 04:54:49 PM by StanM
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Posted By: revjimk on July 09 2019 at 04:11:58 PM

I envy you for being around during that transitional period. I started watching dirt track "Jalopies & "modified coupes" in Virginia in the early 60s, we moved North in 1966 & i went to 2 races on pavement, lost all interest until i started going to sprint car races in Pennsyltucky in 2010.

And yes, pretty sure that transition was different in different parts of the country. If you ever go to EMMR museum in York Haven, Pa., you can see what they call "bugs" or "30x 90s", which I guess are similar (or the same?) as "supermodifieds". Doesn't seem like there was one clearly defined moment of transition



Your comment about there not being one clearly defined moment of transition is spot on.  Roll cages were used on the old open wheel Modifieds or Supers or whatever we agree to call them from the first day I saw them.  Wings made out of plywood, old car hoods and anything else they could think of were around as far back as around 1963 in my area.  The only difference is that we didn't refer to the winged and caged cars as Sprints.  On a side note Buzz Barton used to winter up here and used the same car for Sprint and Supermodified races by bolting a cage on it.  He had to take it off to run the IMCA races but he would run at Twin City (the track that later became North Starr) with a cage.

Another conversation that would be interesting is when did arm restraints become mandatory.  They solved one problem by adding the cages but a lot of arms got mangled until they came up with the arm restraints.  Rutherford exiting Eldora in a cageless car with both arms extended is an iconic shot that illustrates that point.  Someone who was involved in working on the cars might be able to weigh in on that.


Stan Meissner



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