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.