Shangri-La Super Modified Pictures

Shangri-La Speedway
Owego, NY

Super Modified Photos Modifed 4/23/06
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I think this is from a 1964 Sunday afternoon Supermodified show. I can't remember the driver's name, but he was an awning maker, and used canvas for the body sides & roof. It was quite a sight to see everything flapping as it went downt he track. The are was black, with yellow numbers. This day, it ran with a single 4-barrel. The other thing I remember was that the back of his pickup truck was filled with every other conceivable form of fuel manifold : 2-4's, 3-2's, 4-2's, 8-2's, injection, and who knows what else!
Anyone know who the driver was? This picture was taken the same day as the #3. I believe it was a class of car called a Bug, but they attempted to run it with the Supers. Don't remember the driver's name - it didn't run very much (or well), and maybe only practiced. It was metallic blue, with white trim. If anyone has any info about this "Bug", I'd love to hear it!
Mike Monnat: This was a local car (Elmira,NY) built and driven by Norm Evendon. It first featured a six cylinder Fuel Injected GMC poweplant. It seemed a tad underpowered, so I think he updated it to a small block Chevy. It was later sold to Brian Osgood, who won with it on the Central PA "Bug" circuit.

The 1964 season found Diff in John Manny’s 10-10 super modified. Diff competed that summer at both Owego and Oswego winning features at Owego. This car was purchased from Dave Paul of Michigan after winning the 1963 Oswego International Classic. Owego that summer played host to super drivers from all over the country. Photo Courtesy Gary "AJ" George Mike Monnat: Here's a shot of the #49 as it
first appeared in 1962. Note how much shorter the car was in the 1964 picture....
Photo Courtesy of Mike Monnat

Billy Yuma came to the Binghamton area during the summer months from Melbourne, Fla with both a super and a URC sprint car. He was a regular at Shangri-La’s Friday night super events that drew national stars during the early 60’s. Although this picture is at Oswego this was the same car that he drove at Shangri-La to a feature win in 1963. Billy had a successful career as a Florida sprint car champion. He passed away of natural causes a few years ago.
Photo courtesy Gary "AJ" George
Mike Monnat: When Billy Yuma first came to Shangri-La back in 1963, he carried the letter X on the side of the car, and it had a Chevy crossfire poweplant. The #79 was also on the one & only modified he owned, which was destroyed in a fire on the backstretch in 1965. He was the first driver to fill the seat of the S/360 owned by Glen Scott, in it's turquoise & red incarnation. Whn Yuma got fired later in the season, Diffendorf got the ride for the next 3 &1/2 years.
The above photo is of Billy in his later days.
Photo Courtesy of Mike Monnat

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I think this is from a 1964 Sunday afternoon Supermodified show. I can't remember the driver's name, but he was an awning maker, and used canvas for the body sides & roof. It was quite a sight to see everything flapping as it went downt he track. The are was black, with yellow numbers. This day, it ran with a single 4-barrel. The other thing I remember was that the back of his pickup truck was filled with every other conceivable form of fuel manifold : 2-4's, 3-2's, 4-2's, 8-2's, injection, and who knows what else! Anyone know who the driver was?	This picture was taken the same day as the #3. I believe it was a class of car called a Bug, but they attempted to run it with the Supers. Don't remember the driver's name - it didn't run very much (or well), and maybe only practiced. It was metallic blue, with white trim. If anyone has any info about this "Bug", I'd love to hear it! Mike Monnat: This was a local car (Elmira,NY) built and driven by Norm Evendon. It first featured a six cylinder Fuel Injected GMC poweplant. It seemed a tad underpowered, so I think he updated it to a small block Chevy. It was later sold to Brian Osgood, who won with it on the Central PA "Bug" circuit.

The 1964 season found Diff in John Manny’s 10-10 super modified. Diff competed that summer at both Owego and Oswego winning features at Owego. This car was purchased from Dave Paul of Michigan after winning the 1963 Oswego International Classic. Owego that summer played host to super drivers from all over the country. Photo Courtesy Gary "AJ" George	Mike Monnat: Here's a shot of the #49 as it first appeared in 1962. Note how much shorter the car was in the 1964 picture.... Photo Courtesy of Mike Monnat

Billy Yuma came to the Binghamton area during the summer months from Melbourne, Fla with both a super and a URC sprint car. He was a regular at Shangri-La’s Friday night super events that drew national stars during the early 60’s. Although this picture is at Oswego this was the same car that he drove at Shangri-La to a feature win in 1963. Billy had a successful career as a Florida sprint car champion. He passed away of natural causes a few years ago. Photo courtesy Gary "AJ" George	Mike Monnat: When Billy Yuma first came to Shangri-La back in 1963, he carried the letter X on the side of the car, and it had a Chevy crossfire poweplant. The #79 was also on the one & only modified he owned, which was destroyed in a fire on the backstretch in 1965. He was the first driver to fill the seat of the S/360 owned by Glen Scott, in it's turquoise & red incarnation. Whn Yuma got fired later in the season, Diffendorf got the ride for the next 3 &1/2 years. The above photo is of Billy in his later days. Photo Courtesy of Mike Monnat