i would have to say les myers is at the top of that list not because he his my dad but if you really new what hes done for the sport in helping so meny drivers eather fixing or building things or set up car or drive there car to help them understand what a car is doing and it really upsets me when people say he would run over them insted of go around them yes dad (les) is very agresive but he only knows one thing out on the racetrack to get to ther front so look back to the early 80s track champ in two div. faverit driver. and driver of the year .the year tricity burnt down.so dont say hes a good mech.and not a driver hes beaten lou blaney ed lynch.and so on meny meny times in my eyes there is NOBODY better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who was the best modified driver ever?
Started by blackie watt #1, Nov 01 2005 04:49 AM
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Posted 10 August 2006 - 05:14 AM
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Originally posted by x3modracer:
i would have to say les myers is at the top of that list not because he his my dad but if you really new what hes done for the sport in helping so meny drivers eather fixing or building things or set up car or drive there car to help them understand what a car is doing and it really upsets me when people say he would run over them insted of go around them yes dad (les) is very agresive but he only knows one thing out on the racetrack to get to ther front so look back to the early 80s track champ in two div. faverit driver. and driver of the year .the year tricity burnt down.so dont say hes a good mech.and not a driver hes beaten lou blaney ed lynch.and so on meny meny times in my eyes there is NOBODY better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd never disagree that your dad was both a great driver and agressive! He was always one of my favorites. I remember a night at Mercer back in the early '80s when Rege O'Rock tackled him in the pits for some perceived wrong Les had committed to his son on the track. Rege later admitted to me that if he ever hired a driver, Les Myers would be his #1 pick..
Like Lou Blaney, I'd have loved to see how your dad would've fared against the fulltime modified drivers back east or in NY on a regular basis.
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Posted 10 August 2006 - 10:46 AM
i think Brian Fink would be one of the best......not because he is my dad but because he doesnt need the best equipment or the best motor to do good and he knows alot about setting up cars and how to build decent motors
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Posted 10 August 2006 - 05:59 PM
yes me two but unlike hearn , or pauch. or bear foot bob dad (les and lou) didnt have the money backing them any of the top drivers from the area couldnt run with that kind of money no matter how good thats why dad built cars for other drivers to keep him self in racing like myself iam les,s oldest son i also run smallblock mods but the rising cost has sidelined me since 2001 help others build cars just to stay in the shawows of the sport i have always said given the money and a fair chance dad(les) would fly no one would stop him but that will never happen now hes getting up ther in age not that hes old but not to get bounced around a racecar to much any more i know it realy bothers him not that with his talant that some one out there would give him a ride but lets face it this is a young mans sport there looking for some young kid that fearless and by the time he relises the danger hes got it mastered!!!!
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Posted 10 August 2006 - 06:10 PM
DAD (LES) BACK IN THE 80S MADE THE TRIP TO FLORIDA AND RAN WITH THE BEST 10 NIGHTS AND FINISHED IN THE TOP TEN EVERY NIGHT WHEN B.L.WADE OWED DADS CARS BACK TO THAT SUBJECT OF MONEY!!!!!!!! NOONE COULD BEAT HIM BACK HERE AND YES DAD KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND MERCER HE SHOULD AFTER ALLMOST 40YRS RACING ON IT
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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:59 AM
Say what ya want about Hern he is one of the best there ever was he set the bar for a very long time for all the mod guyz just because hes not in the spotlite now dont mean crap hes done alot for the other mod drivers an has won a ton of big block races,,
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Posted 05 November 2006 - 07:47 PM
Jerry Bowersock
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Posted 15 November 2006 - 03:51 AM
honestly id have to say one of the best drivers is brett hearn. But rex king sr. is also one of the best drivers he just hasnt had the opportunities that hearn and all the rest of the new york boys have had!
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Posted 12 August 2007 - 08:31 AM
ERNIE TOTH no doubt
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Posted 17 August 2007 - 05:58 PM
Lou Blaney, Hands down!!!! who else has won more championships. The really ironic thing is that he never got the fame & glory. His sons, both good drivers in their own right, got & are getting the fame.
Long Live POPS Blaney.
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Posted 20 August 2007 - 09:00 PM
Hern has won more modifide races than anyone hands down..
#32
Posted 24 October 2007 - 10:27 PM
You forgot two of the best ever: Blackie Watt and Billy Pouch................
#33
Posted 30 October 2007 - 01:53 AM
what about blackie watt?
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 12:43 AM
Blackie Watt drove various Mopar Hemi powered modifieds for Joe Pitkavich for years and won a bunch of races including a Race of Champions qualifier in the old Trenton days when the ROC meant something. He also ran at Syracuse in the early '70s and was involved in a nasty crash that made the pages of Stock car Racing magazine. I'd rank Blackie among the top 15 Modified drivers from our area.
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