Who had the most successful Modified Production car?

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

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

Danny I agree about the Opel.....

They brought it here to the Summer's I guess around 1980. I remember thinking that the car was very low and small and Hutchens was a pretty tall guy. I think he easily won that race and was letting off early on most runs...Maybe it was a Comp car at the time....just really don't recall the details.

Larry Kopp had it after them I think......It was like a little bullet.....and I wanted one for a long time as a S/G car.......