4/1/2020
Race of Champions
RACE OF CHAMPIONS MODIFIED SERIES SET TO REVIVE VIRTUAL “THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER” WITH SPEED51.COM AND SPEED51 eSPORTS BEGINNING THURSDAY AT CONCORD
Virtual “Thursday Night Thunder” will kick-off tomorrow night at 7:30pm on iRacing at Concord Motorsport Park with the content being shown as part of Speed51.com Speed51 eSports program.
Over 80 different entries have poured in, with several Race of Champions Modified Series competitors joining racers from different regions of the country as well as all different forms of motorsports.
“This should be exciting,” stated Joe Skotnicki, Race of Champions. “I’m looking forward to be able to watch it and see what takes place. We are all looking at things a little differently these days and being able to literally take a break from reality for a couple of hours will be worth it.”
The race format will contain time trials that will set the qualifying race lineups for nine (9) 10-lap qualifying races. The top-two (2) finishers in each qualifying race will advance to the 125-lap feature. There will be two (2) 15-lap B-Mains that transfer five (5) cars from each for a field of 28 to start the feature. Entries for the Thursday, April 2, event at Concord closed, as posted on Social Media platforms, at 5:00pm today (Wednesday, April 1).
All drivers entered in the initial race will be automatically entered in the next Series event, which will be next Thursday, April 9 at Oxford Plains Speedway. The Series will then move to USA International Speedway on Thursday, April 23. A determination at that point based on the “Stay-at-Home” act will be made as to continue the Series or not.
The Series will conclude with a “one-off” event taking place at Irwindale Speedway and open to the top-30 in the point standings as of the final event, with select driver’s from this series and others earning an invitation to the “Virtual RoC Invitational Showdown”.
Drivers are eligible to enter future events by sending an e-mail to; info@rocmodifiedseries.com. The entry deadline for all events will be the Wednesday before the Thursday events at 5:00pm EST.
The Race of Champions partnered with Sim Racers for Mental Health for a series of events during the late Fall 2019, into the Winter ending in January 2020. Tommy Kreymborg, a young racer from North Sea, N.Y., was crowned the intial Race of Champions Series eSports champion.
Where: I-Racing, Concord Motorsport Park from your personal location.
When: Thursday, April 2, 2020 – Qualifying @ 7:30pm, feature to follow qualifying
Directions: www.iracing.com / www.speed51.com.
What: Race of Champions “RoC” Invitational 125-lap feature race.
More Information: www.rocmodifiedseries.com
Next Event: Oxford Plains Speedway, Thursday, April 9, 2020 – Qualifying @ 7:30pm
The Race of Champions is a sanctioning body presenting Modified and Stock Car racing on asphalt and dirt surfaces throughout the Northeast, with events in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with primary marketing partners Hoosier Racing Tire, VP Racing Fuels, Upstate Automotive Group, Waddell Communications, Pilat Graphic Design, TDH Refrigeration, Sherwood Racing Wheels, DirtTrackDigest.com; MyRacePass and Speed51.com. The 70th annual Race of Champions weekend will take place in 2020 at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pennsylvania and is the second longest consecutive auto-racing event in North America, second only to the Indianapolis 500.
For more information, contact;
Race of Champions Media at media@rocmodifiedseries.com
Follow us on Twitter; Instagram and Facebook; @RoCModSeries or visit our website: www.rocmodifiedseries.com
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Pre Entry List for Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 (entries as of 3/30/2020 @ 6:00pm)
Concord Motorsport Park
Race of Champions “RoC Invitatioinal” 125;
1.) 003 – Daren Scherer
2.) 006 – Ryan Blanchard
3.) 007 – Kyle Ely
4.) 008 – Chris Finocchario
5.) 009 – Griffin Miller
6.) 02 - Josh Mayeu
7.) 04 – Dylan Izzo
8.) 05 – Matt Lees
9.) 06 – William Kruszka
10.) 07 – Patrick Emerling
11.) 08 - Sean Verwys
12.) 09 – Charles Buchanan
13.) 015 – Kenny Zeames
14.) 017 -Tony Jilson
15.) 022 – Edward McCarthy
16.) 026 – Mike Buchanan
17.) 027 – Joseph Clark
18.) 032 – Tyler Rypkema
19.) 033 – Daniel Coutu
20.) 055 – Ryan Doucette
21.) 071 – David Carpenter
22.) 088 – Scott Wylie
23.) 090 – Ken Zeames
24.) 091 – Joe Evans
25.) 1 - Cory A. Plummer –
26.) 2 - Bryce Bailey
27.) 4 – Bobby Hanel
28.) 5 - Timothy Offhaus
29.) 7 - Kurt A Vigeant
30.) 8 – Tommy Kreymborg
31.) 9 - Paul Buzel –
32.) 10 – Samantha Osborn
33.) 12 - Kyle B Scisco
34.) 14 – Troy Sperring
35.) 15 – Michael Timmerman
36.) 16 – Jacob Coutu
37.) 17 – Derek Hopkinson
38.) 18 – Anthony Chrobak
39.) 22 – Alonzo Morales
40.) 24 - Justin L Brown
41.) 26 - Austin Ferguson
42.) 27 - Brad Rygielski
43.) 28 - AJ Griffin
44.) 32 - Bob Palmer –
45.) 33 - Joey Petree –
46.) 39 – Riley O’Keefe
47.) 40 – Tommy Rought
48.) 43 - Matthew Kimball
49.) 44 - Matt Bove
50.) 45 – Austin Beers
51.) 47 - Joey Mucciacciaro
52.) 48 - Tommy Krawczyk
53.) 50 - Doug Gavette –
54.) 51 - Kenneth Massa
55.) 54 – Jack Ely
56.) 55 - Jeremy Gerstner –
57.) 56 - J.P. Windschitl
58.) 62 – Joe Mooney
59.) 63 – Andy Cryan
60.) 64 - Aidan Coutu
61.) 65 - George Skora III –
62.) 66 - Timmy Solomito –
63.) 69 – Tyler Truex
64.) 70 – Alex Payne
65.) 71 – Garrett Zacharias
66.) 72 – AJ Potrzebowski
67.) 73 – Andy Ticco
68.) 77 - Patrick Hosier
69.) 78 – Briggs Danner
70.) 79 – Tyler Bowman
71.) 81 - Mark Stewart
72.) 82 – Mike Christopher, Jr.
73.) 83 - Darrell Carter
74.) 85 - Brandon Kiger
75.) 88 – Tucker Wingo
76.) 90 - Matt Roll
77.) 91 – Jonathan Parsons
78.) 93 - Sal Accardi Jr.
79.) 94 – Sean Rafferty
80.) 98 – Mark A. Annis, Jr.
81.) 99 – Donny Staubitz
82.) 126 – Dom Sattaruso
83.) 127 – Dylan Zacharias
84.) 133 - Scott McGrath
85.) 166 - Geoffrey Sharkey
86.) 188 - Roger Turbush
87.) 727 - Katrina N Church
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