Chassis Wars

[pink floyd]

So we have to watch the tail of the field, right lol jk bro

you are right, they will all be catching and lapping the cars on the tail.

[pink floyd]

There are a bunch of Jackie Boggs tweaked Swartz cars in KY. But for some reason Jackie makes you buy tires from him........ I wonder why?????

does he own poske??

[W2Racing09]

Bingo, BShepp even said that in an interview he gave after Bubba, I think it was. I'm sure they'll improve but I wouldn't be anxious to be the first to buy one, you'll more than likely blow them off the track with the tried and true stuff, Blue/Gray or Black as the season unfolds.

10x, really. So 10 DLM's show up you get 100 mods... I have a little trouble believing that one. I'm told there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 Late models actively running in the US so we're to believe there are 100,000 to 200,000 mods... I just dont think so, I imagine its close to 50/50. Most of the chassis builders within 2 states of me don't even build mods and if they do its less than 10% of there output. Good Luck.

No, if 10 DLM's show up you don't get 100 Mods.

It's more like 30-35 DLM's show up between the one or two tracks within 150mi of Fargo, ND that run DLM's. Then 350+ Mods show up in the 4 different divisions of Mods run at the 15 tracks in the same 150mi radius.

Thanks,
Jeff.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

No, if 10 DLM's show up you don't get 100 Mods.

It's more like 30-35 DLM's show up between the one or two tracks within 150mi of Fargo, ND that run DLM's. Then 350+ Mods show up in the 4 different divisions of Mods run at the 15 tracks in the same 150mi radius.

Thanks,
Jeff.

No wonder Rick Aukland moved to Ohio.

[Jim11h]

Northwest Ohio don't run mods often. Millstream Speedway ran limited schedule and they were on it few times. Limaland, Eldora, & waynesfeild run weekly.

[powerslide]

Central to western part of the US its tough to find late models. Regional stuff is about all they have. All the tracks within 2hrs of me run 1 class of mods, some up to 3 classes. IMCA, USRA, IMCA SSM or USRA B-Mods. 1 track had late models for 2 years and averaged less than 10 cars I would say. Couple others about 3hrs have weekly shows but none are what I would call a true super class. Most guys have steel blocks w/ Alum heads, some have basically a street stock motor in them. The track that runs weekly the promoter runs in the class and doesn't run mods weekly, that is my guess why they still run them.

[King1]

no but he sure buys em from poske and sells em. I've asked a few 4b guys why they gave up their tire deals to pay full price from Jackie but cant get a straight answer.

[pink floyd]

no but he sure buys em from poske and sells em. I've asked a few 4b guys why they gave up their tire deals to pay full price from Jackie but cant get a straight answer.

your nose is growing

[MI Dirt Fan]

One track here can get more IMCA mods in one night than 3 UMP tracks combined can get UMP LM or even UMP mods

[Kwd1253]

you are right, they will all be catching and lapping the cars on the tail.

Yeah you right, who going be in Swartz this year pink?

[NormP]

Yeah you right, who going be in Swartz this year pink?

The rooster, Dustin Linville, drove one from 14th to 4th this weekend and finished right behind Jimmy Owens.

Give him the support he needed and he would come along and compete with anyone racing right now.

[SuperEight]

As long as it races on Dirt, I'm in.

No, if 10 DLM's show up you don't get 100 Mods.

It's more like 30-35 DLM's show up between the one or two tracks within 150mi of Fargo, ND that run DLM's. Then 350+ Mods show up in the 4 different divisions of Mods run at the 15 tracks in the same 150mi radius.

Thanks,
Jeff.

My money says its about 50/50 nationwide. Central upper Midwest probably does have more mods, but starting in eastern Texas going east thru Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia are solid DLM states with some mods in the mix but no majority. Indiana, Ohio & Pennsylvania runs Sprints, DLM & Mods. From Virginia up the Eastern seaboard is solid DLM country blending in Big Block mods the further north you go on up into Canada. I'm not trying to get into a urination contest, but maybe because of where you are it just seems like the world is all about mods...

Ever read, "Area Auto Racing News"? That periodical covers everything and gives I think a realistic view of the country's racing population. After my wife graduates from getting her masters we're considering moving to Indianna, since they run everything but Big Block mods and I'd love to give a,"DRC chassis" wingless sprint a go. Be well.

[W2Racing09]

My money says its about 50/50 nationwide. Central upper Midwest probably does have more mods, but starting in eastern Texas going east thru Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia are solid DLM states with some mods in the mix but no majority. Indiana, Ohio & Pennsylvania runs Sprints, DLM & Mods. From Virginia up the Eastern seaboard is solid DLM country blending in Big Block mods the further north you go on up into Canada. I'm not trying to get into a urination contest, but maybe because of where you are it just seems like the world is all about mods...

Ever read, "Area Auto Racing News"? That periodical covers everything and gives I think a realistic view of the country's racing population. After my wife graduates from getting her masters we're considering moving to Indianna, since they run everything but Big Block mods and I'd love to give a,"DRC chassis" wingless sprint a go. Be well.

Once you move to Indiana you will see what we mean.

I live in PA, and in PA there are barely any mods and a pretty good amount of Late Models.

But you just mentioned an area of the country (Texas and East to the Carolinas) that has notoriously low car counts. I keep up to date on racing out in those areas and the tracks running a consi weekly are few and far between. Now lets look at the areas of MN, IA, WI, ND, SD and West all the way to Washington, Oregon and California, and then back East to Texas and everything in between. Those are all areas running Mods almost weekly with many tracks getting full fields in multiple divisions of modifieds every week. You also mention Virginia and North up to the North East. I can say from experience you don't get too far into PA before the Late Model racing is non existent and you have a bunch of BBM tracks instead. In fact up in NE PA and Southern NY there are significantly more IMCA Mods running weekly than there are any type of Late Model. Here in Central PA we have a bunch of LLM tracks but the car counts are likely to be in the mid teens to low twenties at most (more often than not in the teens, and that is at the tracks with big car counts)

I would love to say that Late Models were as healthy as mods but I just don't think it is true. I love racing here in PA and wouldn't trade it for anything (not that racing in the Midwest is bad) but the thing that stuck with me is no matter where you went you saw HUGE fields of Mods.

Thanks,
Jeff.

[pink floyd]

Yeah you right, who going be in Swartz this year pink?

the guys that are winning.