Johnny Benson's Super Modified In Car Camera at Berlin Speedway 7/12/24

[@arrowkart4j]

Super modified are some of the most bad ass race cars on the planet . Oswego motor Speedway in Oswego New York is a five eights asphalt track that they race on . Big blocks on fuel injection. Nothing like it.

[@mikekenyon3322]

I got to see Super's and Modified's at the Steel Palace in the early 70's, Jimmy Shampine was my guy.

[@dward7848]

@@mikekenyon3322 And he died with his boots on.

[@garyslama7163]

I saw them race their first time at Cayuga Speedway in Ontario in the early 90s. The first car out in practice broke the track record on its first lap. Watching those wings level out at speed and then slam the car back down when they lifted for the corner. The floor in my car was vibrating on their pace laps while I was waiting to go out for practice. Lol. Awesome cars, even back then.

[@rumerstain12]

I was very blessed to know somebody that worked in the media and had a social media page and local radio station in Northwest Ohio. He ended up getting us media passes at Sandusky speedway last year and had a wonderful time seeing the super modifieds run at that track. I was very fortunate enough to bump fist and say something nice to Jonny Benson before he got into his car during driver intros before the A main last year. What a fun time 😊

[@jeffjohnston3504]

Too friggin cool 😎🤟 ive not had the chance to see these in person yet.

[@noelwarner1235]

Johnny is the coolest.Big fan of his in tge truck and cup series.

[@Mymusickb]

Grew up in Oswego. Still addicted to supermodified racing after 50 years! John is popular everywhere he goes. Could have listened to Johnny talk another 2 hours!

[@brandondilts5158]

Mark Sammut #78 from my hometown London, Ontario. Loved going to the races when ISMA would come to Delaware Speedway

[@TomSmith-io9uk]

Love your chanel. You should try interviewing Indy car drivers from the 70's. Those studs won in everything including shopping carts. To win a USAC championship you had to be the best sprint car driver and best Indy car driver to win the championship. AJ and Mario won Daytona 500's as well as Indy 500's Mario a World driving championship and AJ 24 hr's of Laman. All the greats back then won in everything and half the field built there own Indy cars. So many great drivers like Lone Star JR, Gordon Johncock, Tom Senva, Al Unser Jr, and the late great brothers Bobby and Al Unser. and so, so many more Gladiators from that era.

[@stapleton42extra]

Thank you Tom! I agree

[@bobpratt8224]

It was awsome too see you guys do a story on JB.! #Michigan Racers

[@wrigman]

Used to enjoy watching Jonny in a Cup car in the 90’S……

[@1revwilly]

Nice! Just finished the main channel video with Johnny Benson, it was awesome! This was cool as well, glad to see him still racing!

[@stapleton42extra]

thank you!!

[@sirmonkey1985]

that's awesome, with how twitchy those cars are it makes it feel like the video's sped up when it isn't.

[@stapleton42extra]

Right! I thought the same

[@vapinbachelor289]

Johnny probably thought it was in slow mode!!🤣

[@artnascar9748]

I'm from Indiana in the 70s super modifieds were real popular they sure have changed through the years. got to see Johnny Benson Dad driving in the super modifieds. Berlin is a cool track sprint cars are really fast there track record that's hauling ass thanks for the video another great job.

[@larryjohnson7591]

Wow felt like I was racing again. Talk about being in the action. Thanks Mitchell.

[@benwatkins7600]

Great bonus footage, Thanks!

[@vapinbachelor289]

That is awesome, boys are hauling.

[@davidgough1161]

Supers are so cool!

[@raykaufman7156]

Fun fact: watching the car pull in and sit there idling with the drive shaft spinning is mesmerizing. It takes some getting used to...lol

[@stapleton42extra]

These things are just all around super strange but awesome at the same time 😂

[@muggins9389]

For those of you who have never seen one, a super modified runs a Big Block Chevy 454 block, stroked to a 480, with all billet internals, roller cam, shaft rockers, and timing belt, and mechanical fuel injection stacks, and run pure methanol, making between 900 to well over a thousand horsepower... No transmission, no clutch, no starter, just a titanium driveshaft bolted the back of the crankshaft, to the rearend... with the front wing, and the top wing they have the downforce, and speed of an IndyCar... These cars are an engineer's dream, and are simply bada$$... They also used to run at the Copper world classic at Phoenix (There's KZbin video out there) If you ever get a chance to watch them race in person, you will not be disappointed, but bring ear plugs...

[@sk8rsteve2004]

I have never been to a supermodified race before but where im from, its known as the "Sprint Car Capital of the World!" Im getting ready to leave in awhile for night 1 of the Knoxville Nationals!

[@calebbartosiewicz3879]

My grandpa used to work for him back when jonny raced nascar and i was actally at this race with my grandpa

[@BrianMoylan-sq2bt]

I need to go to Berlin speedway now , great video

[@DMR67442]

Hi Logan and Mitchell. I just finished watching the tour through his shop. As always very interesting and exciting video. I do have a question. Does Logan have her own channel dedicated to the Mustang?

[@stapleton42extra]

She doesn’t! Maybe someday if she learns how to edit 😂 she’s got a couple terabytes of footage

[@Blackswan19874]

Really cool to see Johnny run some laps in the super ! Does he run competitively or just out to get his kicks ? Seen about a half dozen super shows over the years at Oswego and Flemington N. J. Cars are as bad as 410 winged sprinters , gotta have a man size set to drive those chariots !!

[@stapleton42extra]

He runs pretty often!

[@brianlundsr1489]

The thrill of watching open wheel car racing. It's easy to get in trouble if you roll up on a competitor's wheel.

[@Ultimate23Dragon]

This has to have been the Friday night event that weekend. Johnny's car seems to have constant mechanical issues during his 2024 ISMA races & that night was one of those nights. The other Berlin race the following day went much better for him.

[@stapleton42extra]

Correct it was Friday

[@Cbman375]

It was a great show, was the Friday night event. These car haul the mail!!!

[@raykaufman7156]

Zoom in on the tach. Minimum to maximum RPM change was only about 1200...that tells you how fast the corner speeds are. I don't miss many things about life. Not racing supers anymore IS one thing I miss.

[@speedwaystevecronk6680]

Well Damn , one of those important parts must have failed ! ? Thanks for the Ride-A-Long .

[@KyleLeeuw]

I was there that night! Love going to my home track 😊

[@ritchschut1997]

Berlin sure hasn't changed much since I last help spin wrenches there. I see they haven't bothered to fix the bad bump in 3 and the drain pipe bump in 4..lol. I will say this, I am not used to seeing Johnny run that low in the corners at this track. Anyone who has spent any appreciable amount of time around this track also knows names like Bob and Terry Seniker, Tim Steele and Randy Sweet to name a few from back when. While the super mods are a hoot, one should watch winged sprints run around that track once. Those things are crazy fast here.

[@loviedebiasio8864]

Love the super mods. When the came to my home track at Saugus Speedway in California they would fun 13 second laps on a 1/3 mile flat asphalt oval

[@raykaufman7156]

Ahh...Saugus. 😢

[@greenmirror5555]

Oswego NY might be on a place to visit too...dolp someone already mentioned it

[@sbcbuilder4279]

These should really be 2 seaters- on for the driver and the other to carry the balls it takes to drive them.🤣

[@stapleton42extra]

😂

[@mrwest5552]

git ya some Johnny ! Like 👍 (and then years and years ago he was paid as driving coach for Danica Patrick)

[@jimhaines8370]

Fast really Fast

[@bcbloc02]

Did he cut down a tire or was it a wing problem why he had to pit early?

[@stapleton42extra]

It got really loose. I dont think there was an obvious reason why

[@richrinehart1083]

Is Berlin 5/8's or a big 1/2 mile?? I grew up watching Tri-Sac supermods at Kalamazoo Speedway. I also watch JB himself run a dirt late model....... back when dirt late models still looked like a Camaro or whatever.... 70's

[@gregholmes3661]

Mitchell, did you go to Lernerville speedway when you lived in PA? How about Blanket Hill?

[@stapleton42extra]

I did a couple times for my friend Bill who ran an enduro race. I towed his car there with my escalade lol. That is the only times I had been there though.

[@cagedruss]

Pro safety tip. Before you race you might to pull the pin locking the Fire system pull cable. Just in case there is a fire.

[@Carlos-r5n2b]

Never seen these run, they welded straight through pushed off?

[@chrisf8766]

A drive shaft connects directly from the crank to rear end. It is either in gear or out. Needs to be pushed to be started. Put it in gear, truck starts pushing, when oil pressure comes up flip the ignition on.

[@Carlos-r5n2b]

@@chrisf8766 pretty awesome cars. Thanks for info.

[@DimMakTen]

Guess this was a big block by what i seen the rpms doing. Talk about smooth on and off the throttle.

[@lynxmh]

Is that a digital speedometer on the dash? Sure does look like those things are going faster than 50-65mph. Perhaps that’s oil pressure in PSI?

[@stapleton42extra]

It’s not a speedometer they go way faster than that. It could be spoiler angle I’m not sure

[@qcan8468]

I went to college in Grand Rapids in the late 80s. Never made it to Berlin in person, but always checked out the results. JB was /is in my top five favorite drivers. Mark Martin and Allen Kulwicki are also in my top five. Thanks for the great content.

[@chrisf8766]

Oil pressure is to the right. I believe that is a digital tach(×100).

[@ronw59]

Oil pressure gauge.

[@raykaufman7156]

It is a digital tach. Multiply by 1000 (5.5 = 5500rpm)

[@davidcyrus3581]

Is that a digital tach or speedo on the dash

[@raykaufman7156]

It's a tach. Zoom in on it and watch how much the rpm stays up in the corners. You won't see THAT with a stock car...

[@DaveMcLain]

It looks like Johnny's engine has a ton of oil pressure.

[@funone8716]

Is that a digital speedometer or oil pressure gauge?

[@sk8rsteve2004]

It's a digital tach. Sprint cars use those same tach also.

[@funone8716]

@@sk8rsteve2004 Cool thanks

[@baims8367]

🥱 💤 😴 boring. 😑 real racecars have fenders !!

[@ronw59]

Real race cars have engines, suspension & tires. Everything else is optional!

[@watsonroadster3707]

Supermodifieds....The last vestiges of the old Indy roadsters. Seen them many times at: Delaware, Cayuga( Jukasa), Lancaster, and, Oswego...