| ISMA DRIVER CHAMPIONS |
| 1976 - Steve Gioia Jr. |
| 1977 - Jim Shampine |
| 1978 - Steve Gioia Jr. |
| 1979 - Doug Heveron |
| 1980 - Doug Heveron |
| 1981 - Doug Heveron |
| 1982 - Doug Heveron |
| 1983 - Den Wheeler |
| 1984 - Bentley Warren |
| 1985 - Steve Gioia Jr. |
| 1986 - Steve Gioia Jr. |
| 1987 - Joe Gosek |
| 1988 - Bentley Warren |
| 1989 - Bentley Warren |
| 1990 - Bentley Warren |
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1991 - Russ Wood
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| 1992 - Pat Abold |
| 1993 - Pat Abold |
| 1994 - Russ Wood |
| 1995 - Mike Ordway Sr. |
| 1996 - Russ Wood |
| 1997 - Russ Wood |
| 1998 - Mike Ordway Sr. |
| 1999 - Russ Wood |
| 2000 - Joe Gosek |
| 2001 - Dave McKnight Jr. |
| 2002 - Russ Wood |
| 2003 - Chris Perley |
| 2004 - Chris Perley |
| 2005 - Pat Abold |
| 2006 - Chris Perley |
| 2007 - Chris Perley |
| 2008 - Chris Perley |
| 2009 - Chris Perley |
| 2010 - Russ Wood |
| 2011 - Russ Wood |
| 2012 - Mike Lichty |
| 2013 - Lou Cicconi Jr. |
| 2014 - Ben Seitz |
| 2015 - Dave Shullick Jr. |
| 2016 - Dave Shullick Jr. |
| 2017 - Jon McKennedy |
The International Super Modified Association was founded in 1974 by multi-time Oswego Speedway champions Jim Shampine and Nolan Swift to ensure the future and longevity of supermodified racing. With the help of a Central New York businessman, Tom Heveron, Shampine and Swift formed ISMA as a forum for owners and drivers to express their ideas and opinions.
ISMA's initial goals were to upgrade supermodified racing with better safety conditions, offer more events per season, ensure sufficient purses, and aid drivers and teams. The association worked with track managements in making decisions and in discussing ways of improvement.
The club encouraged new drivers and owners to join supermodified racing, worked to capture racetracks' interest in supermodified racing, and helped to promote the division to a wider audience.
Heveron became the original ISMA president and was aided by Shampine as the vice president and Fred Graves as the secretary and treasurer. These three men and numerous others led ISMA through its developmental stages.
The new supermodified racing association soon negotiated with western New York’s Lancaster Speedway, now known as Dunn Tire Raceway Park, for a 40-lap race held on July 3, 1974 which saw Richwood, Ohio’s Todd Gibson garner the association's first feature win. The following year ISMA booked races at Fulton (N.Y.) Speedway with a $5,000 purse and $1,000 to win.
In 1976, ISMA developed a point fund with tracks contributing $500- $1,000 per race to this fund. Unlike most other point systems, ISMA adopted a system that awards points to the car owners, citing the fact that the association was an owners club rather than drivers. This “owners points” policy is still intact today.
By 1977 ISMA had accomplished sanctioning over $96,000 in purse money and races, adding a point fund of $4,400 paid by promoters, offering tow money at all ISMA-sanctioned races, having insurance certificates from each promoter on file, and working with other promoters for more races.
The ’77 season saw ISMA events at Ontario, Canada’s Delaware and Flamboro speedways, New Hampshire’s Star Speedway, Connecticut’s Thompson Int’l Speedway and Fulton. Over 35 years later, Delaware, Star and Thompson continue as ISMA host tracks.
Today, ISMA continues at the forefront of supermodified sanctioning bodies, pioneering the franchise system, in which teams purchase a franchise at the beginning of the season. Creating a win-win situation for both the teams and promoters, each of the franchise teams are allowed to miss up to three shows during the race season while being guaranteed a minimum starting purse of $1,000 at each event. This system helps to ensure solid, stable car counts and a successful event for the promoter.
Over the past decade, ISMA has sanctioned between 13 and 17 shows a year, including two of the prestigious supermodified races – the July Hy-Miler Nationals at Sandusky (Ohio) Speedway, which has been a staple ISMA event since 1978, and September’s Star Classic at the quarter-mile Star bullring, an event that has a history dating over 40 years.
In 2017 and beyond, ISMA continues to rely on tracks of the past to preserve our rich history, as well as search for new venues and events to help move supermodified racing into the future.
| ALL-TIME ISMA WIN LIST | |||
| POS. | DRIVER | POINTS WINS | NON-POINTS WINS |
| through 2017 season | |||
| 1 | Chris Perley | 73 | |
| 2 | Russ Wood | 52 | 2 |
| 3 | Bentley Warren | 41 | 4 |
| 4 | Mike Ordway Sr. | 33 | 3 |
| 5 | Joe Gosek | 26 | 4 |
| 6 | Dave Shullick Jr. | 22 | |
| 7 | Lou Cicconi Jr. | 20 | |
| 8 | Dave McKnight | 18 | 2 |
| 9 | Pat Abold | 17 | 3 |
| 10 | Doug Heveron | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | Warren Coniam | 12 | |
| Mike Lichty | 12 | ||
| 13 | Jim Shampine | 10 | |
| Eddie Bellinger Jr. | 10 | ||
| Dave Shullick Sr. | 10 | 1 | |
| 16 | Joey Payne | 9 | 1 |
| Tim Jedrzejek | 9 | ||
| 18 | Steve Gioia Jr. | 8 | |
| Nokie Fornoro | 8 | ||
| 20 | Gene Lee Gibson | 7 | |
| Ben Seitz | 7 | ||
| 22 | Randy Ritskes | 6 | |
| Jim Cheney | 6 | ||
| Mark Sammut | 6 | ||
| 25 | Gary Morton | 5 | |
| Gary Allbritain | 5 | ||
| Dick Batchelder | 5 | ||
| 28 | Doug Saunier | 4 | 1 |
| Dennis Wheeler | 4 | ||
| Dave Simard | 4 | ||
| Rob Summers | 4 | ||
| 32 | Paul Richardson | 3 | |
| J. Scott Martel | 3 | ||
| Greg Furlong | 3 | ||
| Bobby Santos III | 3 | ||
| Justin Belfiore | 3 | ||
| Ted Christopher | 3 | ||
| Johnny Benson Jr. | 3 | ||
| Mike McVetta | 3 | ||
| Trent Stephens | 3 | ||
| Moe Lilje | 3 | ||
| Mike Ordway Jr. | 3 | ||
| 43 | Mike McLaughlin | 2 | |
| Larry Record | 2 | ||
| Jamie Moore | 2 | ||
| Jim Shirey | 2 | ||
| Doug Didero | 2 | 2 | |
| Bobby Stelter | 2 | ||
| Jeff Locke | 2 | ||
| Mike Ordway Jr. | 2 | ||
| 51 | Tom Marks | 1 | |
| Todd Gibson | 1 | ||
| Tim Nelson | 1 | ||
| Randy Sweet | 1 | ||
| Nolan Swift | 1 | ||
| Kevin Lyons | 1 | ||
| Ken Bell | 1 | ||
| Kempton Dates | 1 | ||
| John McLaren | 1 | ||
| 60 | Jim Winks | 1 | |
| Jerry O’Neil | 1 | ||
| Howie Brown | 1 | ||
| Gary Griffith | 1 | ||
| Fred Graves | 1 | ||
| Don MacLaren | 1 | ||
| Dave Thomas | 1 | ||
| Cliff Graves | 1 | ||
| Chuck Ciprich | 1 | ||
| Bob Fitzpatrick | 1 | ||
| 70 | A.J. Michaels | 1 | |
| Johnny Payne | 1 | ||
| Rick Wentworth | 1 | ||
| Kyle Carpenter | 1 | ||
| Ray Graham Jr. | 1 | ||
| Charlie Schultz | 1 | ||
| Randy Burch | 1 | ||
| David Gruel | 1 | ||
| Ryan Coniam | 1 | ||
| Bob Dawson | 1 | ||
| 80 | Otto Sitterly | 1 | |
| Michael Muldoon Jr. | 1 | ||
| 82 | Davey Hamilton | 0 | 3 |