<DIV><p>Never before has a national publication featured a collection of photos of the Northeast&rsquo;s favorite stock car racing&rsquo;s division &ndash; the modifieds. The author brings together photos and text of the region&rsquo;s best-loved drivers and their cars, as well as the &ldquo;also-rans,&rdquo; during the &lsquo;60s and &lsquo;70s when modifieds were built in backyards by local mechanics utilizing junkyard parts, no two cars looked alike, and there were so many tracks to race at. See them now as they were!</p></DIV>