Mike edwards / modified eliminator

MELSF · 11-05-2013, 10:31 PM

Does anyone have photos of Mike Edwards running a Maverick in modified eliminator in the 70/s. Thanks

Don Anderson · 11-05-2013, 10:58 PM

saw this on another site. Mike edwards used to race a maverick. heres a link to it
http://www.competitionplus.com/index...ace-in-history

Don Anderson
M/S #5342

Alan Nyhus · 11-05-2013, 11:17 PM

The Maverick that Mike Edwards had was originally the Super Stock Magazine car owned and driven by Arlen Fadely.

Here's a pic of it at an NHRA Div. 5 points race at my local track, Thunder Valley Dragways in Marion, South Dakota:

Here's one when it was owned by Arlen Fadely. It was a project car built to compete in the then-new Super Modified class(es).

Super Modified was the brainchild of Car Craft's Ric Vogelin and Norm Mayersohn and was created as an affordable way to race in Modified Eliminator. Car Craft did the Vogelin/Mayersohn Camaro and SS&DI did the Fadely Maverick.

btrc · 11-06-2013, 12:17 PM

If I remember correctly he had a Fairmont SM after the Maverick. One of my favorite cars at the time (1980).

Bob

Lyn Smith · 11-06-2013, 03:32 PM

Wasn't he the last NHRA Modified World Champion with the car in 1981 before NHRA dumped the eliminator?

XFlatRock · 11-06-2013, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Wasn't he the last NHRA Modified World Champion with the car in 1981 before NHRA dumped the eliminator?

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.

Rory McNeil · 11-06-2013, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btrc

If I remember correctly he had a Fairmont SM after the Maverick. One of my favorite cars at the time (1980).

Bob

I think that you are thinking of the Fairmonts of either Ron Baker (green B/SM sedan), or Don Bowles(Yellow A/SM Futura). I believe that Mike edwards won the 1980 championship with the Maverick.
And I gotta agree, Modified Production had to be one of the coolest classes ever to watch.

11-05-2013, 10:31 PM	#1
MELSF Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 28 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mike edwards / modified eliminator Does anyone have photos of Mike Edwards running a Maverick in modified eliminator in the 70/s. Thanks

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Don Anderson Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Duluth, Mn. Posts: 155 Likes: 2,790 Liked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Mike edwards / modified eliminator saw this on another site. Mike edwards used to race a maverick. heres a link to it http://www.competitionplus.com/index...ace-in-history Don Anderson M/S #5342 Last edited by Don Anderson; 11-05-2013 at 11:22 PM.

11-05-2013, 11:17 PM	#3
Alan Nyhus VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lower Dakota territory Posts: 1,180 Likes: 1,074 Liked 799 Times in 236 Posts	Re: Mike edwards / modified eliminator The Maverick that Mike Edwards had was originally the Super Stock Magazine car owned and driven by Arlen Fadely. Here's a pic of it at an NHRA Div. 5 points race at my local track, Thunder Valley Dragways in Marion, South Dakota: Here's one when it was owned by Arlen Fadely. It was a project car built to compete in the then-new Super Modified class(es). Super Modified was the brainchild of Car Craft's Ric Vogelin and Norm Mayersohn and was created as an affordable way to race in Modified Eliminator. Car Craft did the Vogelin/Mayersohn Camaro and SS&DI did the Fadely Maverick. __________________ "That'll never work....."

11-06-2013, 12:17 PM	#4
btrc Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 253 Likes: 286 Liked 84 Times in 42 Posts	Re: Mike edwards / modified eliminator If I remember correctly he had a Fairmont SM after the Maverick. One of my favorite cars at the time (1980). Bob

11-06-2013, 03:32 PM	#5
Lyn Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pontiac,il. Posts: 1,198 Likes: 282 Liked 963 Times in 193 Posts	Re: Mike edwards / modified eliminator Wasn't he the last NHRA Modified World Champion with the car in 1981 before NHRA dumped the eliminator?