Posted on Wednesday, 25th November 2009 by Admin

BY Carol D Haynes, ISMA PR

Verona, NY – The resplendent setting of the Turning Stone Casino served as the perfect backdrop for the International Supermodified Association to close out its 35th anniversary season. Founded in 1974 by Jim Shampine, Nolan Swift and Tom Heveron, ISMA ran its first two seasons establishing itself and then began issuing points and naming champions in 1976. Steve Gioia Sr. was crowned the first owner-driver champion. Vic Miller and Chris Perley took home the owner-driver honors this year for their fourth straight title and sixth overall. Perley, with this year’s crown, tied Russ Wood as a six-time ISMA driver champion, while Miller, as a car owner now has two titles less than the late record-holding Paul Dunigan. Dunigan acquired eight owner championships with four different drivers over his career.

ISMA began the evening by honoring its top-20 car owners and drivers with plaques and point fund checks. Then it was on to handing out the top honors to Vic Miller and Chris Perley. Championship jackets, plaques and the winning point fund checks went to the popular winners.

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Posted on Wednesday, 25th November 2009 by Admin

by Roy Sova

Strap in – hang on – for the thrill of a lifetime ride! Hit speeds of 120 – 130 – 140 Miles per hour in the 2-seat Supermodified, which will be driven by some of Oswego’s best drivers. Rides will be available on most Saturdays before the pits open for racing action. The Oswego Speedway kicks off its “60th Season” of weekly racing action on Saturday May 8th and for the first time ever, fans will get a chance to tour the “fast five eighths” race track as a passenger in a real supermodified race car.

The 2-seater Supermodified will make its first appearance in Oswego Sunday, November 15th at the fund raiser for Stephen Gioia, III at Lighthouse Lanes. A highlight of the day will be somebody is going to win a ride in the 2-seater. Plus, for the first time, “Ride with the Supermodified Stars” tickets will be available for the 2010 season. Also look for the 2-seater at the National Parts Peddler trade show at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse the weekend of November 20-21-22. You will be able to purchase rides in the 2-seat Supermodified at both events.

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Posted on Sunday, 1st November 2009 by Admin

by Gerald Laurie

Troy Regier not only won the Saturday’s fifty lap Supermodified feature at the LVMS Bullring, he took the 2009 Supermodified Racing Association Championship by merely starting the feature. This was the eighth time Troy has won the West Coast Championship in recent years. Although many were expecting Troy to announce his retirement from full time competition in Victory Lane, no announcement was forthcoming and he refused to get specific when asked in the pits after the races.

There were 12 Supermodifieds in the pits with five additional competitors stuck on the East side of the Rockies by a huge Blizzard. One Colorado competitor called and said they had made twenty miles in four and a half hours and they all just packed it in and went home. Maybe next year.

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Posted on Sunday, 1st November 2009 by Admin

by Carol Haynes

Thompson, CT – “I’ll take this one,” Chris Perley shouted as he erupted from his Vic Miller 11 in victory lane at Thompson Speedway Sunday. With ten laps to go in the ISMA portion of the World Series of Racing, Chris Perley, who had won six of the last nine World Series’ events, had not really expected win number seven. He was running fifth late in the race and figured that was where he was going to stay. Ahead of him Mark Sammut, Dave Shullick Jr., Russ Wood and Mike Lichty had been the show. But on lap 43 things began to happen. Leader Sammut broke a hub and crashed out of the race. Dave Shullick Jr. took over the lead on the restart and Perley was able to pass a “loose” Mike Lichty who had used a lot of car battling Sammut, to gain third with five to go. Then with two to go, Perley had moved by Wood when all of a sudden Shullick’s wing broke giving Chris the opportunity to grab the lead and the win.

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Posted on Sunday, 1st November 2009 by Admin

by Carol Haynes

Epping, NH – Chris Perley became a four-time winner of the prestigious All-Star Classic on Saturday night, tying him with supermodified legend Ollie Silva who also won four. Only two drivers – Bentley Warren and Russ Wood – have won more in the 44 years of the event’s running. Perley’s run to the front of the ISMA Classic Cigar 100 was an exciting and challenging one, as he had to find a way around some tough competition. Ipswich, Mass.’s Justin Belfiore and Canadian Mike Lichty led the way until Perley swapped the point with Lichty after midway to take the lead on lap 66. Lichty stayed with the Vic Miller 11 until the waning laps of the event when the 84 began to fade and Lou Cicconi and Dave Shullick Jr. powered by. Perley, whose last win came on July 25, has felt the loss of some of his competitive edge, uncharacteristically falling out of the top five on two occasions in the last five race events, although staying on top of the point standings. Perley described what brought him back into victory lane.

“We’ve definitely been off lately. We’ve been searching and hoping that we didn’t get to a point where we were over-engineering and over-thinking what we had. We came here and practiced a couple weeks ago and it wasn’t bad. We warmed up earlier today and it wasn’t that great. The times weren’t there but it didn’t feel that bad. We just kind of left it alone. Two things were out there today.  Number one basically, we felt that whatever happens, happens. And number two, let’s get this race under our belts and get more information as well as go back to look at some of the old notes that worked.

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Posted on Monday, 5th October 2009 by Admin

by Carol Haynes

Two of the most famous and prestigious New England Supermodified races are coming up in these next two weekends of October. First the 44th annual ISMA Classic 100 at All-Star Speedway is up on the slate. The Classic, this year sponsored by the C.A.N.H. and called the Cigar 100, will take to the track early on Saturday afternoon, October 10. And the next weekend, the granddaddy of racing events, takes place October 16-18 at the Thompson Speedway in Connecticut. ISMA wraps up the season with a 50-lapper on Sunday.

Last season Chris Perley took home his third All-Star Classic of his career. The 43rd Classic marked the first all green flag 100-lap Classic to be held at the New Hampshire bullring. This new format resulted in one of the most exciting races in recent times at the event. After a shaky start, the century grind developed into an awesome –almost indescribable battle between Chris Perley and Jon McKennedy for the win. For almost 60 laps they fought tooth and nail out front. In the end Perley took home the trophy but it was the road to fruition that led to the prize that brought the most gratification.  

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Posted on Monday, 28th September 2009 by Admin

by Chris Meyers

Sandusky, Ohio- During the last few years in MSA competition, Dave Shullick Jr. and Charlie Schultz dominated at Sandusky Speedway. After this weekend, another driver accomplished that feat. The first two MSA shows at Sandusky this year saw Timmy Jedrzejek put the Reed’s Salvage machine in victory lane. Jedrzejek continued his dominance by taking his third win at Sandusky this season.

Veteran hot shoes Randy Burch and Rich Reid brought the field of eighteen PPG Vibrance supers to the green flag with Reid taking the early lead. Caution would fall on lap three for Bobby Dawson who spun over the hill in turn one. Dawson was able to do a few 360’s and keep it going but was charged with the caution. By this point, Canadian Mark Sammut worked his way up to second from the sixth starting position. With five laps in the books, it was Reid, Sammut, Tim Jedrzejek, Charlie Schultz, and Burch. Jedrzejek impressively motored and navigated his way to the lead by passing both Sammut and Reid on lap seven. Sammut and Schultz would both maneuver by Reid for second and third respectively on lap ten.

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Posted on Monday, 21st September 2009 by Admin

by CNS

Saturday, September 19th marked the 2nd to last event of the year at Colorado National Speedway. It was the 35th annual Snap-On Tools challenge cup. Over one hundred drivers in 6 different division showed up. Modified Coupes, Super Modified, Figure 8s, Legends and Super Stocks hit the track for their last night of the 2009 season.

All of the ERA super mod guys delivered what was by far, one of their best races of the year at CNS. #11 Nick Haygood started dead last and spent the first 5 laps charging through the field to take 2nd behind #40 Harry Stone. Things changed for the top dogs when Paco Moralles’ #14 supermodified blew up. The field lined back up for a single file restart and it was a safe bet that Haygood would take over the lead. This was not the case. Stone took off on the restart, regaining his massive lead in an instant. With his eyes set on another win, Haygood steadily reeled in Harry Stone until the very last moment, finally passing him AT THE FINISH LINE for the win by about 6 inches. Haygood won the race, but Rich Castor Jr took 3rd place along with the season championship! Congrats to our winners Nick Haygood and Rich Castor Jr!

Official Finish:
1 #11 NICK HAYGOOD, 2 #40 HARRY STONE, 3 #2 RICH CASTOR J.R., 4 #8 LARRY LAPOINT, 5 #02 JOHNNY PICKARD, 6 #3 HJ EVANS, 7 #22 IRA CASTOR, 8 #51 JOE PRISELAC, 9 #15 JOSHUA LEWIS, 10 #29 MOORE CRAIG, 11 #26 BRIAN PACHECO, 12 #88 KEVIN DAY, 13 #52 SCOTT DECENICK, 14 #14 JOE GALLEGOS

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Posted on Monday, 21st September 2009 by Admin

by Chris Meyers

Sandusky, Ohio – No one knew what to expect heading into the first non-wing supermodified race at Sandusky Speedway in twenty-six years.  Many thought passing was going to be at a premium.  Two drivers proved that theory wrong.  By the end of the race, Oswego , New York native Joe Gosek proved them all wrong by winning from his tenth starting position.  MSA rookie hot shoe Trent Stephens started twelfth and finished right behind Gosek.

Randy Burch and Timmy Jedrzejek paced the field of twenty-three PPG Vibrance Collection non wing supers to the green flag.  A caution quickly flew for a tangle on the frontstretch between Lou Levea Sr. and Jimmy Paller.  Paller was done for the night with front end damage and Levea Sr. would restart later, several laps down.  As the race got underway, the top five was Jedrzejek, Burch, Gene Lee Gibson, Jack Smith, and Tim Ice. Jon Henes would go pitside for the night on lap three.  Smith would fall out of the top five when Schultz motored by on the same lap.  The yellow flew on lap seven for Tim Ice, who spun in turn three.  He would rejoin the field at the tail end.  The top five on the restart was Jedrzejek, Burch, Gibson, Charlie Schultz, and Joe Gosek.  The yellow flew on lap eight for Danny Shirey who came to a halt on the backstretch.  He also rejoined the field at the tail end.  At the completion of lap ten Burch had fallen from second to fifth.  The yellow flew again on lap ten for Jason Spaulding flying off turn three.  He rejoined tail. Levea Sr. would rejoin the field from his first lap crash. On the restart, the red flag flew in turn two for Johnny Torresee and Tim Ice who both hit the turn two wall.  Both drivers were okay, but their machines were done for the night.

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Posted on Sunday, 20th September 2009 by Admin

by Gerald Laurie

The 2009 edition of Madera Speedway’s Annual Harvest Classic turned out to be the proverbial barnburner that keeps fans on their feet. The Classic featured  the SMRA Supermodifieds, and Madera Speedway’s 360 Supermodifieds. When the dance was finally over for the night, Troy Regier had won his third Madera SMRA feature of the year, and Kenny Kinchen had bested the 360 Supermod field.

The 360 Supermodifieds were the first to challenge the clocks. Kenny Kinchen proved fastest at 13.280 followed by Lance Tatro at 13.399, Lance Jackson at 13.399, Dan Vanderpool at 13.484, and David Tuey at 13.618.

The Supermodified Racing Association Supers rounded out time trials. Jeff Russell paced the field at 12.392 seconds. Bryan Warf was next with a time of 12.409, followed by Troy Regier at 12.426, A.J. Russell at 12.492, and Davey Hamilton at 12.566.

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