Chad Brachmann Wins Wayne County Speedway Modified Tour Event

By Mike Swanger

Twenty three BRP BigBlock Modifieds checked into the pits of NAPA Wayne 

County SpeedwayFriday night for the first time in ten years as Sanborn, NY’s Chad Brachmann had to work through the field after starting in the eleventhposition due to the handicapped system for the win.

Tom Glenn leadthe first of the 30 laps from the pole, but outside pole sitter TomMattocks took over the lead on lap two as sixth place starter Brad Rapppowered his way into second at the same time. Rapp would move pastMattocks on lap seven for the lead as Brachmann was working his way upfrom his 11th starting position, moving into third on lap ten.

Brachmann and hisMighty Taco and Gold Bond #3 would slide under Rapp coming out of turn two forthe top spot on lap 13 and drive away to expand his point lead in theseries by 17 points, and collect his second tour win of the 2013 season.   Rapp held on to second with the King’s,Rex Jr. and Rex Sr. finishing third and fourth as both had started in thefourth row. Ricky Richner finished fifth. Steve Feder,  Brachmann and Rappcaptured the heat wins.

FeatureFinish:  Chad Brachmann, Brad Rapp, RexKing, Jr., Rex King, Sr., Ricky Richner, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Mike Turner,Steve Barr, Kevin Hoffman, Tommy Mattocks, Mark Frankhouser, Steve Feder, CarlMurdick, Randy Chronister, Ricky Ryder, Chris Haines, Tom Glenn, RonCartwright, Jr., Joe Kubiniec, Dillon Barr, Bob Warren, Don Brown – DNS, DaveMurdick – DNS.

By: Pam Baker

Marble, PA……..A beautiful sunny day greeted the fans for the running of the BRP Modified Tour event at the Expo Speedway which was held at the Trumball County Fairgrounds during fair week this past Thursday evening.

Dave Murdick and Rick Richner brought the 25 car field to the green flags with Murdick jumping into the lead on the first lap. Murdick held that lead through lap nine when Rex King, Jr. took over the lead, but Murdick was able to get that lead back the next lap. On lap thirteen the first caution flag waved for Jim Rasey who slowed on the speedway. On the restart, Murdick was able to extend his distance over Rex King, Jr. as Jeremiah Shingledecker was closing in on King for third.

The race was slowed again on lap 15 for Ron Cartwright, Jr. who also slowed on the speedway. On the restart it was all Murdick with Rex King, Jr. in second until lap twenty six when King’s car shredded a right rear tire bringing out the final caution of the event.

Chad Brachmann made his way into the second position on the restart, but Brad Rapp worked past Brachmann for second two laps later. Dave Murdick went on to pick up the $1,500 winners check with Brad Rapp finishing second. Third place went to Jeremiah Shingledecker with Rex King, Sr. coming home in fourth after starting at the rear of the field twice during the event. Fifth place went to Rick Richner.

Sixth through tenth went to Kevin Hoffman, Chad Brachmann, Mark Frankhouser, Joe Kubiniec and Eric Gabany.

The BRP Modified Tour will be at Wayne County Speedway in Friday, July 19th for their first visit back in ten years.

Feature: Dave Murdick, Brad Rapp, Jeremiah Shingledecker, Rex King, Sr., Rick Richner, Kevin Hoffman, Chad Brachmann, Mark Frankhouser, Joe Kubiniec, Eric Gabany, Rick Ryder, Randy Chronister, Randy Chrysler, Rex King, Jr., Steve Barr, Don Brown, Bob Warren, Tom Mattocks, Ron Cartwright, Jr., Chris Haines, Jim Rasey, Mike Turner, Dillon Barr, Steve Feder

By Jay Pees

Hammett,
PA, July 7, 2013: The BRP Big
Block Modified Tour came to Eriez Speedway, bringing a full field of 28 of the
cars from all over PA, OH, and NY. Scattered showers were predicted all day and
a brief, light shower passed through the area early in the day but at race time
the sky was beautiful with the thermometer in the upper seventies. During
intermission one of the best fireworks displays in the area was presented by
“Fireworks by Gibson” of Titusville.
Ricky Rickner led flag to flag for the win in a race that saw several cautions
and two red flags, one for a flip and one for a pileup that had the track
blocked.

      With the field set through heat races
Steve Barr and Chris Haines sat on the front row for their thirty-lap A-main.
The front row ran side by side for a lap with Barr gaining the upper hand just
as caution flew for a two-car incident in turn four. After another yellow Barr
again led the way with Ricky Richner coming into second at lap six and was
looking low for the lead a lap later, getting by at the flag at the completion
of eight laps. At halfway the order was Rickner, Haines, Barr, Kevin Hoffman,
and Brad Rapp. As the leaders took the halfway signal Brad Rapp and Chad Brachmann,
the tour point leader got hooked nose to tail on the front straight slowing
suddenly. Unable to slow in time, Rex King, Sr. got into the rear of Kyle Fink
who had slowed to avoid contact, causing King, Sr. to flip one and a half times
at the end of the straight. King was uninjured in the accident. A second red
flag was thrown the next lap after the restart when seven cars piled up in turn
one, blocking the track. Two more cautions were necessary to complete the event
with six laps remaining. Rickner went on to the win over Kevin Hoffman, who got
by Haines for second with five to go. On the final lap Chad Brachman got by
Haines on the final straightaway to finish third.  Ron Cartright rounded out the top five.   

      Sixth through tenth went to Dave Murdick,
Mike Turner, Steve Barr who faded in the closing laps, Joe Kubiniec and Jeff
Schaffer.  Heats were won by Chad
Brachmann, Rex King, Sr. and Steve Barr.

Finish: 
Ricky Richner, Kevin Hoffman, Chad Brachmann, Chris Haines, Ron
Cartwright, Jr., Dave Murdick, Mike Turner, Steve Barr, Joe Kubiniec, Jeff
Schaffer, Bob Warren, Don Brown, Rex King, Jr., Carl Murdick, Jeremiah
Shingledecker, Tom Mattocks, Mark Frankhouser, Brad Rapp, Chad Homan, Eric
Gabany, Tom Glenn, Rex King, Sr., Kyle Fink, Steve Feder, Bob Ryder, Randy
Chronister, Rick Regalski, Dillon Barr.

By Pam Baker

NewYorker Chad Brachmann made the long tow to Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedwayworth it as he dominated the 30 lap Modisaurus Mod Tour event on Saturday, May25, 2013 picking up the $1,500 top prize money.

The 30-lap Modisaurus main event saw New Yorkers RickRichner and defending race winner Randy Chrysler lead the 28 car field to thegreen. Richner led the first three laps before Chad Brachmann took the lead onthe fourth circuit. Brachmann built up a half lap lead over Richner as thefirst 22 laps were caution free. Rex King, Sr., Rex King, Jr. and BrianSwartzlander battled for positions three through five and swapped the positionsmultiple times.

            BobWarren’s spin on lap 23 would also find him collecting Richner, who had noplace to go. The New Yorkdriver retired to the pit area with damage to his front end. The final sevencircuits would find Brachmann weathering four more cautions before he went onto capture the win in the Modified Tour opener. Swartzlander, King, Jr.,Jeremiah Shingledecker (who started the event in the 28th spot aftergoing to a backup car) and King, Sr. rounded out the top five.  Sixth through tenth went to Kevin Hoffman,Randy Chrysler, Dave Murdick, Eric Gabany, and Ron Cartwright, Jr.

Dave Murdick, Ron Cartwright, Jr. and Jeremiah Shingledeckerwon the heat races.

Feature:  ChadBrachmann, Brian Swartzlander, Rex King, Jr., Jeremiah Shingledecker, Rex King,Sr., Kevin Hoffman, Randy Chrysler, Dave Murdick, Eric Gabany, Ron Cartwright,Jr., Steve Feder, Mike Turner, Joe Kubiniek, Tom Mattocks, Chris Haines, TomGlenn, Rick Regalski, Mark Frankhouser, Bob Warren, Randy Chronister, BradRapp, Skip Moore, Steve Barr, Dillon Barr, Rick Richner, Carl Murdick, DaveReges, Don Brown.

Chad Brachmann starts at the rear of the B-Main to win BRP Modified Tour rained out Steel City Stampede race from October 2012 at Lernerville Speedway

By Pam Baker:

Chad Brachmann was notpresent for the Steel City Stampede heat races in October and thus had to tailthe BRP/Diehl Mods B-Main #2 just to make the Kodiak Graham Memorial startinglineup.  He started 23rd in a stacked A-Main and raced his wayto the front; taking the lead from Ricky Richner who took the lead early in therace from Russell King.  Brachmann made the winning pass on lap 28 andscored the $3,000 win in the prestigious 20th Annual Kodiak GrahamMemorial; his second straight Steel City Stampede BRP/Diehl Mods featurewin.  Richner settled for second ahead of Rex King Sr., Russell King andRandy Chrysler.  Rounding out the top tenwere Brad Rapp, Dave Murdick, Joe Kubiniec, Skip Moore and Steve Feder.

Feature Finish:  Chad Brachmann, Ricky Richner, RexKing, Sr., Russell King, Randy Chrysler, Brad Rapp, Dave Murdick, Joe Kubiniec,Skip Moore, Steve Feder, Eric Gabany, Chris Haines, Brian Swartzlander,Jeremiah Shingledecker, Jerry Schaffer, Mark Frankhouser, Ed Lynch, Jr., GarySmoker, Dave Reges, Frank Guidace, Carl Murdick, Rex King, Jr., Tommy Mattocks,Kevin Hoffman, JR McGinley, Justin Wright.

By: Pam Baker

9/15/12…..ForImmediate Release….The BRP/Hoosier Tire Modified Tourmade their second visit of the season at Pittsburgh’sPennsylvania Motor Speedway for the running of the Pittsburgher 100 and RexKing, Sr. got to work out his frustrations on the speedway. “I wasaggravated all day, just everything with the weather yesterday and we had toget here early today.” The wait was worth it though, as King found somemoisture low in turns three and four just past the midpoint of the race andsaid that the “tacky stuff launched right up here and away we went.”

Mark Frankhouser and Mike Turnerled the field to the drop of the green flag with Mike Turner taking the lead onthe start.  . Randy Chrysler, who won the$500 King of the Hill race earlier in the day, jumped into second from sixth onthe grid. But the biggest move on the opening lap belonged to series pointsleader, Brian Weaver, who advanced from twelfth to fifth.

Chrysler claimed the lead on thesecond circuit, with Brad Rapp and Weaver in tow. Weaver was working theoutside line effectively and took second away from Rapp just one laplater.  While Chrysler continued to lead overWeaver and Rapp, Rex King, Sr. worked his way into fourth and Dave Murdickfollowed him to fifth.

The first stoppage of the raceoccurred on lap 19, when Don Brown spun. Chrysler surrendered the lead toWeaver on the restart. In just two laps, King blasted into second.

After King found the moisture, hewas able to reel in Weaver. On lap 26, he powered off the bottom of turn fourwith the lead. Soon thereafter, the second and final caution was displayed forBrown, who came to a stop near the backstretch pit entrance.

King led Weaver on the restart,with Chrysler and Murdick close behind. However, the fastest car on the trackin the closing laps belonged to Eric Gabany. He picked up several positions inthe stretch run.

King swept under the checkersfirst, followed by Weaver and Chrysler. Gabany was fourth, with Murdick fifth.  Rex King, Jr. was sixth, with Rick Ricknernext. Rapp faded to eighth. Jeremiah Shingledecker and Kevin Hoffman were ninthand tenth, respectively.  Heats went tothe top three touring drivers: Weaver, Murdick and Shingledecker

BRP/Hoosier Tire Modified TourResults: Rex King, Sr., Brian Weaver, Randy Chrysler, Eric Gabany, DaveMurdick, Rex King, Jr., Rick Rickner, Brad Rapp, Jeremiah Shingledecker, KevinHoffman, Joe Kubiniec, Mike Turner, Steve Feder, Mark Frankhouser, ChrisHaines, Darren Galagher, Steve Barr, Shawn Fleeger, Carl Murdick, Dave Regis,Don Brown, Dillon Barr, Rick Ryder.

By: Pam Baker

Marble, PA…  ForImmediate Release…. For the second time this season, The Modified Tour, Inc.will be returning to Pittsburgh’sPennsylvania Motor Speedway on September 14th – 15th.  The two-day event will find the Modified Tourrunning their heat races and a King of the Hill race that will pay $500 to thewinner on Friday night.  Then on Saturdaynight the 30-lap feature event will be run with the winner going for the cool$3,000 top prize money.  Up to 32 carswill start the event that pays $200 to the final starting car. 

The last time the Modified Tour, Inc. visited Pittsburgh’s PennsylvaniaMotor Speedway was over the Memorial Day weekend and there were 21 cars on handfor the event.  Randy Chrysler whostarted in the tenth position methodically worked his way to the front duringthe non-stop race to take over the lead on lap twenty-one.  Finishing second to Chrysler was KevinBolland over Rex King, Steve Feder and Jeremiah Shingledecker. 

Many other drivers should be on hand for the event such asSharon Speedway winner, Steve Feder, Eriez Speedway winner Skip Moore alongwith Joe Kubiniec, Brad Rapp, Rex King, Jr., Chris Haines and our current pointleader Brian Weaver from Binghamton, NY.  Weaver is leading the points with a total of284 after 7 races completed.  Sitting insecond in points is Dave Murdick with 276 points.  Third place goes to Jeremiah Shingledecker whohas 264 points, followed by the 2011 Champion, Rex King, Sr. who is currentlysitting in fourth with 263 points. Rounding out the top five in points is Kevin Hoffman with 259points.  As you can see it is a very tightpoint’s battle with the final point night being determined during the SteelCity Stampede at Lernerville Speedway on October 25th-27th. 

Gates open at Pittsburgh’sPennsylvania Motor Speedway on Friday night at 3:00 pm with races starting at7:00 pm.

At our September board meeting of the Modified Tour, Inc.the board accepted the resignation of Lou Long as President and boardmember.  Taking over the Presidency isDenny McNany.  Denny and his wife Barbhave been on the Modified Tour board for several years and questions for himcan reach him at [email protected].

Now in its fifteenthyear The Modified Tour, Inc. racing series is a non-profit organization established to give the V-8 Modifieds in the WesternPennsylvania/Eastern Ohio area a chance to compete with one another for ahigher purse structure and for a point fund for the scheduled events. Startedin 1998 by Tim Engles, Lon and Pam Baker and Randy Myers the Modified Tour hashad great success at bringing the local cars together at various speedways inWestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Canada.

The 2012 sponsors for The Modified Tour, Inc. include:  Bicknell Racing Products; Hoosier Racing TireCorp; World Racing Group; Sunoco Race Fuels; Bazell Oil Co; Approved ToiletRentals, Inc.; Bert Transmission; ATL Fuel Cells; Big Daddy’s Speed Center,Inc; Bilstein Shocks – Fastline Performance; Brisk Spark Plugs; Bulldog RearEnds-Diversified Machine, Inc; Bully Dog; Controlled Thermal Processing, Inc.;Engles Trucking Services, Inc.; ISC Racers Tape; Hall’s Safety Equipment,Corp.; JE Pistons; King Brothers; Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Inc.; LandrumSprings; Mallary Ignition Performance; McCool’s Signs and Graphics; OylerPhotos & More; PerformanceParts.com; Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick &Raspanti, LLP; Priest Enterprises, Inc; Pyrotect; R2C Performance Products;RaceQuip; Ray’s Racing Collectibles; Redhorse Performance; Richmond Geer; RodEnd Supply; Scorpion Racing Products; Turbo Start Batteries; Turn One PowerSteering; Ultra-Shield Race Products; Winters Performance Products, Inc; andWrisco Industries, Inc.

By: Pam Baker

The BRP/Hoosier Tire Modified Tour held its second doubleheader weekend and the drivers went for special prizes offered by BullyDog.  Taking the win at Sharon Speedwaywas Steve Feder while Skip Moore picked up the win at Eriez Speedway.

Although Kevin Hoffman won the race the weekend before at Dog Hollow he had the best points of the two races combined for the weekend and won the Bully Dog Challenge which entitled him to the $500 Bully Dog topprize.  Eric Gabany picked up $350 fromBully Dog for second while Rex King, Sr. collected $250 from Bully Dog.  Other drivers getting $100 certificates fromBully Dog included Jeremiah Shingledecker, Brian Weaver, Dave Murdick, SteveFeder, Chris Haines, Brad Rapp, and Skip Moore.

The 2012 sponsors for The Modified Tour, Inc. include:  Bicknell Racing Products; Hoosier Racing TireCorp; World Racing Group; Sunoco Race Fuels; Bazell Oil Co; Approved ToiletRentals, Inc.; Bert Transmission; ATL Fuel Cells; Big Daddy’s Speed Center,Inc; Bilstein Shocks – Fastline Performance; Brisk Spark Plugs; Bulldog RearEnds-Diversified Machine, Inc; Bully Dog; Controlled Thermal Processing, Inc.;Engles Trucking Services, Inc.; ISC Racers Tape; Hall’s Safety Equipment,Corp.; JE Pistons; King Brothers; Kirkey Racing Fabrication, Inc.; LandrumSprings; Mallary Ignition Performance; McCool’s Signs and Graphics; OylerPhotos & More; PerformanceParts.com; Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick &Raspanti, LLP; Priest Enterprises, Inc; Pyrotect; R2C Performance Products; RaceQuip;Ray’s Racing Collectibles; Redhorse Performance; Richmond Geer; Rod End Supply;Scorpion Racing Products; Turbo Start Batteries; Turn One Power Steering;Ultra-Shield Race Products; Winters Performance Products, Inc; and WriscoIndustries, Inc.

Now in its fifteenth year The Modified Tour, Inc. racing series is a non-profit organization established to give the V-8 Modifieds in the Western Pennsylvania/Eastern Ohio area a chance to compete with one another for a higher purse structure and for a point fund for the scheduled events. Started in 1998 by Tim Engles, Lon and Pam Baker and Randy Myers the Modified Tour has had great success at bringing the local cars together at various speedways in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio,New York and Canada.

By: Pam Baker

Skip Moore has been waiting a long time to get to victorylane, a long 9 years if you can believe that as his last win was at Tri CitySpeedway on May 18, 2003.  “We had allthose problems on Saturday night at Sharonand didn’t run time trials, or the heat race as we were having MSD electricalfailure and also spark plug failure. Besides that we had to replace the transmission three times and werehaving some engine problems.  Then Sundaynight our troubles continued as we broke a transmission line before the heatrace and had to replace it, but we went out and won the heat and the feature.  So it turned out to be a really greatnight.  I want to thank my sponsorsMuscle Lubricants,R & R Construction, McCool’s Signs and Graphics; SlipperyRock Sportswear, Nichols-Hepp Racing Engines, GME Steering, #1 Speed Centerand Moore’s Auto Body,”said Moore. Moorewas not going to be denied on Sunday evening as he led from green to checker topick up his second win of his career and his first Modified Tour feature event.

The seventh leg of the Modified Tour racing series was heldat Eriez Speedway on Sunday night of Labor Day weekend and leading the field tothe drop of the green flag by virtue of the handicapped system used by theModified Tour, Skip Moore and Shawn Fleeger started on the pole for theevent.  At the drop of the green flag, Moore gained theadvantage over Fleeger and led the group of cars through the first turn.  Coming down the back stretch, Chris Hainesworked his way into second with Mike Turner running third.  The trio raced this way through lap four whenKevin Hoffman started getting into the mix and passed Turner for third.  Moorewas using the high side of the speedway to his advantage while Haines wasapplying the pressure from the bottom of the speedway.

A caution on lap 14 for Shawn Fleeger who spun in turn threegrouped the field back together.  On theensuing restart, Haines got the jump on Moorebut a caution for Brad Rapp who spun in the second turn brought the group backtogether with Moorestill the leader.  On the next restart, Moore was not to bedenied the lead and got the jump over Haines. Moorecontinued his charge at the front, but a caution with two laps to go for aslowing Ricky Richner who had a flat tire brought the field together for thefinal two laps.

On the restart, Moore and Haines were side by side comingoff the turn and made slight contact about the flag stand.  The contact was just enough for Haines toslide high in turn one allowing Jeremiah Shingledecker who started in theseventh position to get by for second.  Moore held on the finaltwo laps to pick up the feature win over Shingledecker, Haines, Rex King, Jrand Brian Weaver.  Rounding out the topten were Eric Gabany, Kevin Hoffman, Brad Rapp, Rex King, Sr and MikeTurner.  Heat races were won by BradRapp, Dave Murdick and Skip Moore.

The Contingency Connection award winners were Skip Moore,Eric Gabany and Shawn Fleeger while gift certificates from Bully Dog wereawarded to Skip Moore, Ricky Richner and Kevin Hoffman.