Why are there no "NASCAR" modifieds, down south?

[kendo]

I would LOVE to see something like this come together.

I can only dream though....

Grew up in the late 60's-70's watching tracks run modifieds only (4 heats 2 consi's 24 car feature) with 6-8000 fans in the stands studying the weekly program and cheering for their favorite drivers...

At least we can dream

[Dana Barlow]

Times are changing for sure,gas cost ect.so fans and cars don't move around like they did years back,I loved to run up to tampa/st pete/jax/ect. from Miami,no way anymore! Even local have droped, and here in Miami its all dead gone.
,I always loved mods in nearly all there styles,but thin tires don't look or feel right at all on a mods. Its a look and speed thing,be the fastist class and have fans and repect.!!!!!!
I did crate a class of mods in the mid 1980's thats still racing/going here in Fl. for lower $ guys;
http://www.outlawmodified.com/
It should be updated*,but I no longer control the class having turned it over to others years ago when I burned out a bit. They need to move to V6 now[in stock form with FI computer and any chip] faster and lower cost by far motor wise,lots in junkyards now vs not many Pinto's left at all so they are to high $ motors now to keep using. But what do I know,I only wrote rules that are for the most part still working from mid 80's to 2013.

[Phil Jacques]

I've always wondered why they have built motor's for the SK's,. From what I understand they are somewhere around 450-500hp...so why not REALLY bring the cost down and run a crate motor, like a 604/347 like the pro lates, or run SK Lites like they do up North, which is with a 602, kind of lame but it would keep the cost down for the class. Maybe we could have a class like that, and make the only difference between it and a full blown Whelen mod be the motor, that way the couple of times a year the Whelen Southern mods come down, just switch the motor and go. Or just run the class as a full blown Whelen Mod but only run them once a month to try to keep the motor rebuild cost down. I think they are so much cooler as our modifieds, from a fans perspective. Like Frasson said, there is a ton of old cars and parts around for those cars.

All of the SK tracks up here now have a "Spec Motor" option which only costs in around the $20,000 range compared to other... SK Lites are a nice concept but they don't make enough power to make the racing exciting to watch... Everyone I know that drives them say the SK Lites are so underpowered it makes them drive like a giant gokart.

I do agree with what was said above though... Even though it's no SK, I say put a 604 in a Troyer, CD, Spafco S&S or Raceworks chassis and it would be a much better show and still in the realm of affordabilty (engine wise)... Gotta remember though unfortunately... It costs just about the same ammount to stuff the Right Front on an SK Light as it does on a Whelen Modified Tour car haha Those cars are not cheap to fix...

[Lurkin]

Please start another class

Yeah that'll help.

[Winger]

Yeah that'll help.

While I love the NASCAR modifieds, Lurkin is correct. Florida already has too many classes that dilute the driver pool. Now if you can get rid of 4 or more classes and then bring in the big modifieds, that would be great.