Probably the best driver in the Windsor area was Stan Earish but these were late models at Checker Flag Speedway. there may have been others in different parts of the U.S. New Yorker Nolan Swift really pushed the envelope with car developement in 1960-61 with what was probably the beginning of the modifieds from what we called "stockcars ". Personally I consider super modifieds to be offset motored cars. Not sure what year the regular modifieds started. The first offset supers I ever saw were at The Ex in Toronto in 1963, Jimmy Howard and partner Gary Witter. Edited by Offset on Wednesday 8th of April 2015 03:52:43 PM Pardon any spelling mistakes and if you know of anyone not on the list let me know. Gary Witter (lost his life September 1971 Oswego Classic) "Downtown" Andy Brown (NHL Goalie from Hamilton, Ontario) So the following is an alphabetical list of those racers who made the trip to Oswego. There is speculation that the class of Supermodified racing actually started at the CNE in the 1950's, the folks in Ohio beg to differ but certainly the Hogan/Duncan car was one of the very first tubular framed supers ever built. This place has always been a big deal for pavement open wheel racing, there was a reason that for years it was described at the Indy of the East. Some years ago I complied with the help of a lot of people all the Canadian drivers who have competed in Supermodifieds at Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York.
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