The Modified Tour Inc.

         2021 IS ON TRACK TO BE THE LARGEST SCHEDULED              SEASON IN THE BRP MODIFIED TOUR'S 24 YEAR HISTORY !

                                SCHEDULED RACE COUNT CURRENTLY AT : 17

      SEE RULES PAGE FOR IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR THE                                                      2021 SEASON

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                                                                       Recent Results

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                                             Krummert Picks Up Feature Win at Hummingbird Speedway                                                                                                    by Pam Baker

Marble, PA….6/5/2021….The original race for the season at Hummingbird Speedway was rained out on May 29th due to cold, rainy weather, but the make-up event brought sunny blue skies and warm temperatures. Garrett Krummert showed the rest of the field what it is like to have a great car on a beautifully prepared race track as he picked up the feature win from the sixth starting position.

By luck of the redraw on the front straightaway in front of the fans at Hummingbird Speedway, Dave Murdick and Rex King, Jr. brought the twenty-car field around to the drop of the green flag. Murdick was able to get the lead coming off the fourth turn on the first lap. A caution after lap two was completed for a spin in turn four that collected Steve Slater, JR McGinley, Steve Barr and Nathan McDowell regrouped the field for the restart. Rex King, Jr. was on his game and took the lead away on lap three before the caution flew once again for Paul Kot who came to a stop on the back stretch after losing his brakes.

When the race resumed King was the leader and Krummert made the pass on Murdick for second. This duo raced side by side for several laps before Krummert was able to make a sweeping pass coming off of turn three to get the lead on lap fourteen.

Meanwhile while this was taking place, Brad Rapp who started in fifth was moving to the front and took over third place on the fourteen lap. He then began the real battle for second position with King, Jr. and even though lapped traffic started to play an important role, kept his cool and took second away on lap twenty-four.

Once Krummert was out front, he cruised to an easy victory over Brad Rapp who had his best race with the BRP Modified Tour in quite some time. Rex King, Jr. finished third with Rex King, Sr. fourth and Chad Brachmann rounded out the top five. Heat races were won by Rex King, Jr., Chad Brachmann and Brad Rapp.

Coming up next on the BRP Modified Tour schedule will be Bedford Speedway on Sunday, June 13th and then the Rick Hall Memorial Race will be next on Saturday, June 19th at Michaels Mercer Raceway.

Feature Finish: Garrett Krummert, Brad Rapp, Rex King, Jr., Rex King, Sr., Chad Brachmann, Dave Murdick, Rick Regalski, Tony Pangrazio, Kyle Fink, Mike Dougherty, Chris Rudolph, Shawn Kozar, Mark Frankhouser, John Venuto, Rodney Beltz, Steve Slater, Nathan McDowell, Paul Kot, JR McGinley, Steve Barr, Eric Gabany – DNS

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of our organization: Bicknell Racing Products, Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic, Bazell Race Fuels/Sunoco, Big Daddy’s Speed Center, Frankland Racing Supply, Hall’s Safety Equipment, K. Hoffman Door, King Bros., McCandless Ford, McCool’s Signs and Graphics, Moore’s Auto Body, Racequip Safety Equipment, Rockhouse Bar and Grill, Slippery Rock Sportswear, and Wrisco Industries.

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Brachmann wins BRP Modified Tour event at Tyler County
BY SHAWN WOOD

Middlebourne, WV, May 1, 20201….. – Chad Brachmann made the long tow from Sandborn, N.Y. pay off on Saturday night when he held off a hard-charging Garrett Krummert over the middle stages of the 35-lap feature to record the $3,000 win and his first BRP Modified Tour triumph of 2021 at the Tyler County Speedway.

By luck of the draw, Brachmann would start on the pole for the feature but it would be outside pole sitter Brad Rapp getting the jump into turn one and taking the lead.
Rapp would lead the first seven circuits before Brachmann took the lead in a wild, three-wide battle on the front stretch coming to the line. “It got dicey for a few laps,” Brachmann said of the battle for the lead. “The preferred line was the outside line and Brad was running it until he bobbled.”
On the lap five restart, Rapp continued to lead the field until turn two when Brachmann drove under Rapp and lead on the backstretch while Krummert pulled alongside Rapp on the backstretch. Brachman would go high in turn three, opening the door for Rapp and Krummert to get under him and that’s when Brachmann turned his car hard and came down the banking to make it a three-car battle for the lead with Brachmann on the low side, Krummert in the middle and Rapp on the outside with King Jr. following Krummert’s tire tracks.
Brachmann led briefly at the line while Rapp took the outside line and Krummert went low. As the four cars entered the first turn, Rapp would spin out on his own to bring out the caution just as Brachmann had made the pass on Krummert for the lead on the low side of the first and second turns. “The key to making that pass was when they (Rapp and Krummert) slid up in front of me, I knew I to turn hard to turn the car inside to get a run-down off the banking,” Brachmann said. “You have to take any opportunity that you can when you have a small little bull ring like that.”
Brachmann would spend the next segment of the race holding off Krummert until he was able to get his car to the high side and open up his lead in the late stages of the race. Brachmann’s night almost came to end with under 10 to go when he got squeezed up into the front stretch wall by a lapped car, but was able to continue on and not lose any momentum or his lead over Krummert. “I was worried that it was going to do damage to the car, but I kind of glanced off the guardrail. It was a lot closer than I would have liked,” Bachmann added.
Brachman is the sixth different winner in eight races for the BRP Modified Tour at the quarter-mile track. It was Brachmann’s seventh win with the Tour which ties him for ninth on the all-time win list with Jim Rasey. Krummert would hold on to finish second with Eric Gabany, JR McGinley, and Kyle Fink rounding out the top five. Sixth through 10th were Rex King Sr., Rapp, Steve Barr, Rick Regalski, and Jim Rasey.
Heats for the 25 big block modifieds were won by Dave Murdick, McGinley, and Krummert.
Friday night’s event at Ohio Valley Speedway in Washington, West Virginia, was canceled due to wet grounds. The BRP Modified Tour returns to action on Saturday, May 29 at Hummingbird Speedway.

FINISH: Chad Brachmann, Garrett Krummert, Rex King Jr., Eric Gabany, JR McGinley, Kyle Fink, Rex King Sr., Brad Rapp, Steve Barr, Rick Regalski, Jim Rasey, Tony Pangrazio, Paul Kot, Mike Turner, Mark Frankhouser, Chris Rudolph, Tom Glenn, Dillon Barr, Rodney Beltz, Shawn Kozar, Steve Slater, Nathan McDowell, John Venuto, Mike Dougherty, Dave Murdick.

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          We just wanted to keep you updated on what is happening in 2021 with our racing series. We are looking at reinstating our perfect attendance money for the upcoming season. Due to the current circumstances in our nation and with COVID 19 at this time, we have decided to break it down into a three tier scale. Contingent on the number of races that we are able to run in 2021 will determine how much perfect attendance money will be distributed at the end of the season. Here is the breakdown we will use for 2021:

            If we are able to hold 1 to 5 races only, perfect attendance money will be $50.

            If we have 6 to 10 events, perfect attendance money will be $250.

            If we are able to have over 10 events, perfect attendance money will go to $500.

Drivers must attend every event that we are able to complete on our 16-17 race schedule in order to qualify for the perfect attendance money. Along with that money, we are once again able to give away a Bicknell Chassis 2021X kit compliments of Bicknell Racing Products to one lucky perfect attendance driver.

We will also be increasing the membership fee to $175 which will be payable either in one payment on opening night or it can be broken down into two payments of $87.50 on our first two nights of racing. You will also be able to pay per event at $25 each night.

          We will once again be honoring our late board member Rick Hall by implementing the $25 given to any driver that pulls the Number 4 pill during our pill draws. If that number is not drawn, then we will add $25 to that for each week until we get a winner. We will then start over again.

          We are also currently looking for someone that is interested in towing the Modified Tour trailer to each of our events. We need someone that has a truck capable of getting the trailer to the tracks on our entire schedule. If you might be interested, please give Pam Baker a call at 814-229-3837 to discuss further details. We will pay the fuel bill and you will be admitted to the tracks free of charge.

We are hoping that 2021 turns out to be a much better season that 2020. We are headed in a good direction so far, as we have the largest scheduled season in our 24 years in the business. If you have any questions, please contact us through our Facebook page or on our website at www.themodifiedtourinc.com

We hope you are using your down time this winter to get ready for hopefully a busy racing season ahead.

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