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It is with heavy hearts that we have to say goodbye to Bob Ryder. He was a dirt car racing crew chief, friend and dedicated to the BRP Modified Tour for many years who has passed away too early in his life. Bob was the son of Rick Ryder who we lost in May 2022. We want to send our love, thoughts and prayers to his fiancée Amber, her son and the rest of the Ryder family. Rest in Peace Bob.

Visitation will be at Cunningham Funeral Home, Inc., 144 S. Pitt Street, Mercer, PA 16137 on Friday, February 3, 2023 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. There will be no funeral service.

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RUDOLPH SEALS THE DEAL

By virtue of his 2nd place finish on night one of the 25th Silver Anniversary Weekend Showdown at Michaels Mercer Raceway , Erick Rudolph has locked down the BRP Modified Tour's 2022 points championship. This is the New York state driver's 3rd BRP Modified Tour points championship.

THE RACE TO THE 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP !
(TOP TEN)

Full points can be viewed on our "Points" Page *indicates Perfect Attendance

RECENT RESULTS

Erick Rudolph Picks Up his 3rd BRP Modified Tour Point Champion Title and was Honored at the 2022 Banquet on Saturday at Edward Michaels Building

By: Pam Baker

Marble, PA……9/10/2022…..The final points night ended on Friday, September 9th and the 2022 BRP Modified Tour Champion was honored on Saturday, September 10th at Edwards Michaels building on the speedway grounds. Erick Rudolph secured his points title on Friday night with a second-place finish.

This was Erick’s third BRP Modified Tour Championship and he picked up the $4,000 championship money, championship gift of a personalized fire ring, and accumulated 823 points over the season with wins at Lernerville Speedway, Hummingbird Speedway, Knox Raceway and Sharon Speedway. Finishing second in points was Rex King, Jr. with a total of 771 points and one feature win at Expo Speedway. Third place in points was Brad Rapp with a total of 715 points. Chas Wolbert finished fourth in points with 658 and rounding out the top five was Rick Regalski with 637 points.

Special Awards went to: Rick Hall Memorial Award - Tyler Willard

Debbie Oyler Memorial Award – Ray Bliss

Hard Luck Award – Shawn Kozar

Milestone Award – Butch and Lisa Rapp

Rookie of the Year Award sponsored by Russ King Racing – Chas Wolbert

Rick Ryder Memorial Award – Jim Rasey

Overall Hard Charger – Chas Wolbert

Chas Wolbert received $1,000 for being the Rookie of the Year sponsored by Russ King Racing and was determined by points. Chas finished fourth in points where the other contender for Rookie of the Year was Mike Kinney who finished seventh in the final point standings.

MadSkins Race Car Bodies/Sunflowers of Sanborn provided $150 gift certificates to the following: Rodney Beltz, Ray Bliss, Ayden Cipriano, Mark Frankhouser, Adam Hilton, Rex King, Jr., Erick Rudolph, Tyler Willard, Chas Wolbert, Brad Rapp.

MadSkins also provided five other prizes at the banquet including Outer Body Kit (Doors, Quarters, Windows & Pillars) also one-Wing Kit (Deck, Middle Wings & Front Wings) – Dave Murdick; Outer Kit (Doors, Quarters, Windows & Pillars) – Kyle Fink; Bumper Kit – Garrett Krummert; BRP Heavy Nose – Mike Kinney; $100 Gift Certificate – Rex King, Jr.

GME Mfg. provided bottles of power steering fluid to the top 20 drivers. Frankland Racing Supplies provided $75 gift certificates towards a rebuild for rearends for each of the top 20 drivers. Wrisco Aluminum also provided for the top 20 drivers a sheet of aluminum and Big Daddy’s Speedway supply provided $25 gift certificates.

The biggest drawing of the day was done by a reverse draw for the drivers with perfect attendance and taking home the 2023X Bicknell Racing Products Modified Chassis from Bicknell Racing Products out of St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada was Erick Rudolph . This chassis was valued at $6,985. Rex King, Jr. won a helmet compliment of Racequip for being the next finisher in the drawing. Racequip also provided a pair of shoes and a pair of gloves to the third and fourth place reverse drawer.

In addition to the $21,660 point fund payoff the following drivers received an additional bonus of $500 for perfect attendance from the BRP Modified Tour:

Erick Rudolph, Rex King, Jr., Brad Rapp, Chas Wolbert, Tyler Willard, Rick Regalski, Mike Kinney, Mark Frankhouser, Steve Barr, Ray Bliss, Steve Slater, and Rodney Beltz.

Following the 2022 BRP Modified Tour Championship Banquet was the 25th Silver Anniversary Showdown that paid $7,000 to the winner and $500 to start. This concludes the 2022 BRP Modified Tour season. However; we can announce that Bicknell Racing Products is back on board for the 2023 season with a 2024X Chassis for a BRP driver that has perfect attendance in 2023. We thank Bicknell Racing Products for their support and sponsorship of the BRP Modified Tour.

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