Who had the most successful Modified Production car?

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

The SummerNationals I mentioned earlier '78 or '79 I can't remember was an awesome event for Modified.

Garley , Terry Hoard in the Mazda and Billy Mansell were the 3 fastest cars.

The Mazda was hideous in looks and sound but it ran way under and would probably win every race if it didn't break...


Mansell won that race I think......

Rich,, One of the most memorable Modified finals I ever saw was out here at the Fallnationals in I believe '79, the year of the Grace Cup points championship. All the heavy hitters were out here at Seattle, and the Opel was here after going 8 teens in recent weeks according to National Dragster at the time. The final pitted Hutchens in the Opel against Hoard and his Mazda. So the lights come down and off goes Hoard and we just knew there was no way he was going to hold off the all conquering Opel GT of Wayne County and David Hutchens,, but by golly, he did it! Noisey assault on the ears and all, and we couldn't believe it, and yes the crowd went wild!
I'd still say after all these years that the Opel is my favorite car from the Modified Eliminator days, although there were a couple NW based Corvettes that run a vey close second place. My 2 cents.
Danny Durham