Woodhull ran "Bugs" or B-Modified cars from opening day on June 13 to July 8, 1965. The car counts ranged from six to eleven cars with the eleven showing up on the day George Williams decided to stop running them. I think the car count had alot to do with the decision, but also the cost of running three classes in the early weeks of Woodhull was putting a drain on the profit margin. Charlie Wright from Little Marsh, Pa. won the first week, with Jackie Soper sweeping the next three races in a white #2 that looked alot like the Purdy Deuce from up north. I think the car was owned by Gil Frisbie. On July 8, George returned the pit fee to the teams, and gave them ten bucks for tow money.
I don't ever remember B- Mods at Addison Hill, but I know Mills ran cars that would have fit the B class, Pete Kent and Phil Thompson had cut down Model A Coupes that were based in the Nelson area and ran Mills in the last couple of years at that track. A couple guys came down to Woodhull from the Cuba, Belfast, Wellsville area with Bugs, so I'm sure some of the western tracks were running them, and Art Clark, Eddie Anchor etc had Bugs, so Im sure the Northwest part of the state ran them. I know Perry did as I have a few photos from that era. I'll defer to Dale on the eastern part of the state.
Pa. had V-8 cars that resembled the Bugs... Russ Smith's Flathead powered blue and yellow #11 comes to mind and a little later a young fellow started his racing career in a 302 Ford powered machine that looked alot like one of the Chemung Bugs but was called a Sportsman. Guy's name was Kramer Williamson.
I think the B-Modifieds were a pretty solid class in the northeast, with a few regional quirks.
If you want some really wild looking Bugs, or Dirt SuperModifieds, do some searching for some of the midwest modifieds of the era.
