Mike edwards / modified eliminator

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by XFlatRock

That's correct, Mike was the last Modified Eliminator World Champ in '81 and was and is a heck of a racer and an even nicer and genuine guy.

Absolutely!

[tommy d]

Anyone know where the Maverick is today?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by tommy d

Anyone know where the Maverick is today?

Last time I talked to Mike about it, the son of a guy from Ford owned it. Don't remember his name. Probably 6 or 7 years ago. Don't think it was being raced.

[Shaun Quill]

I still can't believe NHRA dumped Modified. i still miss it.

[FED 387]

A guy named Joe Spinelli from Pennsylvania bought the car about 7-10 years ago and took about 2-3 years to totally restord it to what it looked like when Arlen drove it--- not sure if he still has it --FED387

[XFlatRock]

Originally Posted by FED 387

A guy named Joe Spinelli from Pennsylvania bought the car about 7-10 years ago and took about 2-3 years to totally restord it to what it looked like when Arlen drove it--- not sure if he still has it --FED387

The Maverick was at the York Muscle Car Madness show this July restored (beautifully and correctly I might add) to its configuration when Arlen won Modified at Indy in '77.

[richie 2]

could they not run modified with comp eliminator?

[Dave Ley]

Joe Spinelli from Philadelphia still owns this car along with Al Joniec's 70 Boss429 Mustang. Joe has a very extensive car collection and his restorations are incredible.

[Isaac Zane]

Originally Posted by richie 2

could they not run modified with comp eliminator?

Modified got split up into comp and SS with the "faster" classes going into Comp and the slower ones going to SS generally speaking. Some classes could go either way, such as F/SM in Comp and SS/CS in SS. SS/CS being the old C/SM class.

It was great running Modified, with the stick shift cars with hood scoops. I had the honor to run my uncles K/G, (SS/BX, later SS/AX) Opel GT.....