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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I never did understand why they got rid of Modified instead of Comp. Not many raced Comp, and nobody watched Comp.
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You are way off base on this Ed. Back at the time that Modified got axed, it was very common for close to 60 cars or more show up for 32 car show. It was also common for 100 plus to show for 64 car show. Comp was and still is the class that bridges the gap technology and innovation wise from Super Stock to Pro Stock. I have worked on Modified cars back in the day as well as Comp cars then and now. It was a shame that Modified took it in the shorts like they did because it obsoleted most cars from that category overnight. The problem with Comp nowadays is that it is awful hard to explain index, CIC and permenant index hits to the average Joe. Collectively as Sportsman racers, we can not afford to lose any classes from Comp on down. I may not care for some sportsman classes in terms of how they race, but I hope that I never go to a race again and find out that someone just got axed like I did back in Indy many years ago. I did shed a tear when that happened to Modified knowing that this was the last time that I would see many familar faces that showed up every week without fail and supported the very organization that stuck it in their rearend. My rant is now over..........