Supermodifieds - Diamond Cup 2019 - Meridian Speedway

[@duanerutherford9033]

I grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, and there was a local one-third mile track that would host the supers a few times a season. This was in the 70s, and the cars would turn that track in 11 seconds, on three wheels, because they had so much torque they would twist the frame so far that the left front was airborne. The sound of the engines was nearly painful. That was real racing!

[@rondyechannel1399]

Hard to imagine how hard these cars accelerate out of the corners without being there!

[@randymarsh-Tegridy420]

I believe the track record here was set by a super mod.

[@aaronmcdaniel7868]

These used to race at the (now defunct) Cajon Speedway, also in CA. Super modifieds were always a blast to watch, very fast & loud.

[@bobbysolo5411]

YES and they raced at the now defunct San Jose speedway as well as the also defunct Altamont speedway, and on dirt at West Capital Speedway in Sacramento, they park trucks there now.

[@saragrant9749]

If this division can keep working on rebuilding it could be a real force again. Such a majestic division of race car, I hope it can be revived!

[@Jake-zg2km]

Sara Grant it’s still going strong in the North East

[@saragrant9749]

@@Jake-zg2km oh yes, I'm from new Hampshire. Been watching them since the early 80's, my favorite division!

[@saragrant9749]

@jacktheripped no, unfortunately that died out about 10 years ago. There are, at most, 5 or 6 supers left in the California area. The group in this video is different.

[@randymarsh-Tegridy420]

Caught the Englewood super mods in 2018 at meridian. They were running vintages race that same night. Caught the last Englewood super mod race at RMR before the track closed.

[@Everetttango1]

For REAL supermodified action, check out the Star Classic at Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire

[@Jake-zg2km]

Everetttango1 yeah lol I was going to say these things are not supermodifides

[@jamesanderson3411]

Yes when we can back to the races,have to check it out! Thanks 👍☕

[@fastfoodreviewandelvistoo]

Oswego Speedway is the real track

[@jamesanderson3411]

Oswego,n.y. awesome supermods!👍

[@granthoule7418]

Man super cool to see guy from my town Canon City win this race. Local paper never even mentions a thing about racing ever. Way to go Ricky doing the hometown proud

[@raymondswarmer1433]

Pretty cool looking cars! Kind of a cross between an outlaw sprint and an Indy car.

[@DrummuseTimbo]

Excellent racing!! Great camera work/filming! Thanks for posting. Cheers!

[@jpyt845]

17:59 if this track can stay open. So can nazareth.

[@saltybildo4415]

Man a 30 lap feature on a 3/8 mile uo north in ohio, lorain county speedway in ohio, last bout 15 min tops lol

[@saltybildo4415]

Yall check out the 3 wheel right side super that tim Richmond drive at Sandusky speedway in ohio, the car was banned by the sanctioning body, too fast, i met the designer , he told me he never worked off plans, and he cut the car up for scrap

[@sillygoose2508]

Fastest cars in the world even indy cars can't compare to them when it comes to horsepower and down force

[@timryerson6733]

that car was definitely thinking out of the box, was freaking bizzare

[@CRYSTALSPARKLEZ777]

Can’t wait to see the race tonight 2024 !!! #19!!! Go ART 🏎️🏎️🏎️

[@danobryant7740]

I was down there once from Vancouver island Canada crewing for a friends Imca modified I had the headset on for communication to the driver when racing but I never knew I had to run from the pits to the grandstands where all the rear race spotters were standing. The stands were so packed I had to climb up the side of the grandstands after someone told me to go there . 35 degree sun and I was sweating bullets. It was still worth the heatstroke I got afterwards lol

[@fredhelberg3002]

JoJo Helberg took his Sprint car to New York A few years ago and was too fast for the super modified`s he was asked to leave.

[@naughtmoses]

NorCal's JoJo was too fast for the (rest of the) asphalt sprints at the BIG Kern County Raceway several times.

[@waynegarfield6607]

​@@naughtmoses...b Bullshit. In the begining of Supermodifieds at Oswego they were sprint cars, ex Indy cars ( front engine) they had rear engine supers , 4 wheel drive supers and home designed / built with every shape/ style imaginable. Jim Shampine created the 18 inch offset wedge car that became the standard. If they so called kicked him out it wasnt for being too fast it would be because of weight, tires and other rules saying no center driveshaft sprint cars that weigh 300 or more lbs less and different wheelbase. On a short sprint race the 1200 to 1400 lbs sprint cars that run softer tires would be quicker by a tenth or two seconds from the weight and tire advantage but a longer race or bigger track the super would prevail. They are made from the same componets just chassis is different geometry and fixed wing plus big nose wing not allowed on supermods.

[@5jr.racing982]

Put starters on those ugly things...its only 50 more pounds.....the REAL super modifies are in upstate New York

[@richardlizhaskell6679]

5jr. Racing upstate ny sucks

[@idahoterritorymotorsportsv9374]

Ugly? Surely that's a matter of opinion... These things are the most bad ass cars on any short track lucky enough to host them. Watching them pull the left front wheel off the ground going down the back stretch is a site to behold. And that sound...my God that sound when you see em live..there's nothing like it.

[@saltybildo4415]

West coast supers lot different than the east

[@dookiebooger9967]

I'd like to see a car like these designed for a road course, so it has a more symmetrical design. They look cool but how everything is staggered to the left is just kinda goofy lookin

[@johnbaker4847]

Body designed on outlaw winged cars, on dirt they do run!

[@dozer1642]

Go fast and turn left.

[@bobbysolo5411]

@Zach Michaelis On Dirt. If you're turning right on asphalt, things are not going good. There's only a little room for that on pavement or you'll meet and greet the wall and Bob Euker seats when it hooks into the wall.

[@donaldgillespie2634]

Why is the car count so low in this series out west?

[@ThomasFerner]

What is this track 100 ft long ....WORTHLESS !!!

[@tcjohnson3437]

I remember when Bentley Warren, or Warren Bentley, never was sure which is correct name, ruled the world in these.

[@jamesanderson3411]

Yah I was never sure about the name either? but he did rule that's for sure

[@paulglinz7905]

Bentley Warren

[@dougcorwin4902]

Bentley Warren, Kennebunkport Maine

[@bobbysolo5411]

@@dougcorwin4902 Somehow I hear that name in my head as if spoken by ''Thurston Howell III''.

[@jonkerr2050]

I loved when the Super Mods came to Cajon Speedway in El Cajon Ca back in the 90s. We ran IMCA Asphalt Modifieds there. I worked on my cousins crew. They’d do an open wheel night when the Supers were in town so we got to race those nights. I will never forget Davey Hamilton was the man. Held the all time track record at Cajon. (Its an empty lot now 🤬) I think it was a 13.5 or something insane on a 3/8 mile. Our mods ran in the low 16s. 3 seconds slower on that little track. 😲

[@ThomasFerner]

Issac Newton said make a track longer than a 100 ft !!

[@saltybildo4415]

Lotta of em not east coast wings, strange

[@russellcurrie6099]

I like the little clay/dirt track in the infield, good for Champ Karts and/or Quarter Midgets.

[@x-man5056]

These are cools cars but the track is to small for them, length and width.

[@Angel-dp9sl]

Kind of agree, would like to see these monstrosities do more than just carousel around a tiny oval track.

[@x-man5056]

@@Angel-dp9sl I think a one mile would be about max for them. Richmond would likely be awesome. Phoenix and NH would work. A high banked oval like Texas or Charlotte would likely prove deadly.

[@x-man5056]

@@Angel-dp9sl And they are designed from the get go to turn left.

[@williampatterson5374]

@@x-man5056 New Hampshire was tested and the straightaways are to long the cars were wanting to take flight ( seriously ). Phoenix they raced at for many years called the Copper World Classic. These cars really excel on 1/2 mile like Sandusky to 5/8 mile tracks like Oswego.

[@CRYSTALSPARKLEZ777]

Thank You for this video 🙏🏼

[@randallbates8891]

i'd like too see these cars on a 3/8 mile track

[@randybrechbiel9748]

They use to run them at Meridian once a month back in the 90's

[@johnbremner5339]

How many times can you mention a track that closed 25 years ago?

[@ronnie9471]

Probably the worst camera man I've ever seen.. lol

[@dac3790]

Well it does say Low Budget TV

[@dozer1642]

He was filming seagulls. Seagulls.

[@saltybildo4415]

Isma fk ya

[@dougiejohnstone4490]

My partner keeps asking why are their going that way ..so i told her they are left hand drive ...🤣🤔😁

[@bobbysolo5411]

They go the opposite way in Australia, in case that matters or helps.

[@kerrydevereux7798]

Love these beasts So exciting power monsters . Used to be common up here in Ontario Canada . My Dad and brother had glorious times watching these years ago . Expensive division to run , delicate machines . People should be more aware of this type of spectacle . The economic $$ problems of racing is slowing depleted a great deal of competitor’s . So sad The audience should really try to soak all this in . Missing the “ Supers in Canada 🇨🇦

[@kerrydevereux7798]

Duane Rutherford. You are probably thinking of Flamboro . Up on # 6 hyw . Been there too many times to count . Great, great times . Supers would come to Delaware and Cayuga as well . So sad that economics have killed off so many of teams . Many great former Canadians ran successfully for years. Especially at Oswego NY The commentators here are annoying as hell …. The spectators are sitting on their hands … c-on get UP !!!!!

[@blakeplays3332]

♡ The video is so good

[@saltybildo4415]

I c 2 that look normal

[@bobbysolo5411]

I saw a sprint car main at South Sound Speedway in Tenino Washington and the leader started last and was tapping 2nd place as he crossed the finish line having lapped all the other cars. Tim Brown.

[@saltybildo4415]

Sandusky speedway ne isma, msa

[@dougcorwin4902]

Tri Sac back in the day!!!

[@sillygoose2508]

Super fast most people don't realize how fast they are

[@fan48483]

They looked like sprint cars

[@fastfoodreviewandelvistoo]

Track is way too small for supers

[@robertghorne8607]

Sandusky speedway has m. Great show

[@Bi_irish]

This is so cool

[@MrHothead1974]

Awesome!! I was there. I live just a few miles from the track.

[@Jake-zg2km]

shannon mullin not real supermodifideds wish you guys had real ones but you don’t get that unless your in the North East

[@fastfoodreviewandelvistoo]

I’ve been going to Oswego since 1967. Nice to see the supers in Idaho! Who’d a thunk it?

[@steveovenden6605]

Long history of supers in Intermountain West.

[@rienwiersma7731]

More cameras needed

[@avalon1rae]

Great job.

[@brianballa3086]

weeeeeeeeeeeee

[@saltybildo4415]

That opening in the wall isnt good

[@skyedog24]

Not too impressive sorry . They used to run the first few laps in a pack just as they started . Then you would see magic happen. But all of this was after Hamilton would take the lucky ticket stub holder for a lap after lap of tire smoking Hilborn injected scare ride each saterday night. Many more exp. Then as to now. This is low budget.

[@MrFabrizio1962]

great race,the Richie Larson #22 have a great looking

[@mjriemen]

That car has a giant wing… jeeez… Is it running a Sprint Car wing?

[@mjriemen]

Why does that car have the motor offset to the right?? Thats weird…

[@Papa_-mh9nr]

no one in the crowd is practicing social distancing!!!!! how many went home with the coronavirus????

[@CyprusHartford]

This is from 2019

[@mattmoilanen3813]

@@CyprusHartford Papa may have Alzheimers?