I ventured up to South Bend last night to see the supermodifieds in their only appearance in Indiana this year. After a 25 year absence, the ground pounding machines of the Midwest Supermodified Series invaded the South Bend Motor Speedway. I wasn't quite sure what to expect since I hadn't been to the speedway before. My thought was that a quarter mile bullring might be a little to tight for the supers to shine.
After the heat races were run, I was kind of concerned that with all of the cars on the track, the feature might be a wreckfest. Boy was I ever wrong. The 40 lapper was interrupted only once and that was for a car that had pulled into the infield and had a fire under the cowling. When the green light came back on, racing was fast and furious with the field again bunched back up.
"Liquid" Lou Cicconi put on a masterful performance in coming from the 8th starting position to take the victory. He was able to work lapped traffic in holding off Trent Stephens who finished second and defending MSA champion "Charging" Charlie Schultz who started in the 10th position. Brandon Fisher and Dave Shullick Jr. rounded out the top 5.
Just a reminder that the MSA will again join up with the Auto Value Super Sprints this coming Friday night in what is billed as the "Fastest Short Track Show in the World" at the Toledo Speedway. These two series always put on a great show on the big 1/2 mile track.
They do two full programs with qualifying, heats, and features. The qualifying alone is exciting to see which series can produce the fastest times. Toledo is a great place to watch the supers especially since it is very smooth and offers great racing action. If you ever want to see the supers run, I would highly recommend this event.
