E-Race of Champions Modified Series Readies for “Thursday Night Thunder” with Speed51.com and Speed51 Esports Thursday at Oxford Plains Speedway
– “RoC Invitational Series to Visit Oxford Plains Speedway and USA International Speedway in the Coming Weeks
– Racing to be Aired by Race of Champions Media Partner Speed51.com
– Huge Diverse Entry List Ready for Virtual “Thursday Night Thunder” Speed51, Over 80 Entries –
Elma, N.Y. – (April 8, 2020) – Virtual “Thursday Night Thunder” resumes tomorrow night at 7:30pm on iRacing at Oxford Plains Speedway with the “Easter Bunny 125” 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 have poured in. Brothers, Andy and Daryl Lewis, Jr., are the most recent Race of Champions Modified Series regulars to join in on the fun.
The first event which took place at virtual Concord Motorsport Park was won by Ryan Doucette from Framingham, Massachusetts, who is an experienced i-Racer.
For Thursday night’s event the format has changed. There will be 50 driver’s locked into the 7:30pm portion of the event, with all Race of Champions Series drivers, regardless of Series, with more than one (1) “official” Race of Champions Series start, being locked into the 7:30pm portion of the event. The balance of the 50 drivers locked into the 7:30pm portion of the event will be the drivers who qualified for the Concord Motorsport Park feature and the remaining few positions will be filled out based on the “B-Main” finishes by invitation only. Drivers that violate the invitation system and are not in the first will be removed from the event. In the event there is another violation by any driver in this regard, that driver will be suspended indefinitely from the Series.
All remaining drivers will go into the 6:45pm qualifying event and compete for the remaining 12 positions in the 7:30pm event.
In addition Race of Champions management is working on a “Race of Champions Series Drivers” only race that will be separate from the RoC Invitational events. Once established, this race will be for all qualified Race of Champions Series drivers who have made at least one “official” start in any Race of Champions Series event. The field for these races will be limited to 28 participants. Details will be announced in the near future
The Series will take a week off and then return to action at USA International Speedway on Thursday, April 23.
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”.
New drivers are eligible to enter future events by sending an e-mail to; info@rocmodifiedseries.com. The entry deadline for will be Thursday, April 8 at 12:00pm (noon) for any new participants.
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, Oxford Plains Speedway from your personal location.
When: Thursday, April 8, 2020 – Qualifying @ 7:30pm, sign is @ 7:00pm EST, with one 30-minute practice, feature to follow qualifying (Overflow Entry Qualifying Event 6:45pm EST, sign is at 6:15pm with one 30-minute practice).
Directions: www.iracing.com / www.speed51.com.
What: Race of Champions “RoC” Invitational “Easter Bunny 125” 125-lap feature race.
More Information: www.rocmodifiedseries.com
Next Event: USA International Speedway, Thursday, April 23, 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
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Pre Entry List for Thursday, April 8th, 2020 (entries as of 4/8/2020 @ 6:00pm)
Oxford Plains Speedway
Race of Champions “RoC Invitational” East Bunny 125
All Highlighted Entries are locked into the 7:30pm Event;
1.) 003 – Daren Scherer
2.) 006 – Ryan Blanchard
3.) 007 – Kyle Ely
4.) 008 – Chris Finocchario
5.) 009 – Griffin Miller\
6.) 00 – Joseph Clark
7.) 02 – Josh Mayeu
8.) 04 – Dylan Izzo
9.) 05 – Matt Lees
10.) 06 – William Kruszka
11.) 07 – Patrick Emerling
12.) 08 – Sean Verwys
13.) 09 – Charles Buchanan
14.) 015 – Kenny Zeames
15.) 017 -Tony Jilson
16.) 022 – Edward McCarthy
17.) 026 – Mike Buchanan
18.) 027 – Joseph Clark
19.) 032 – Tyler Rypkema
20.) 033 – Daniel Coutu
21.) 055 – Ryan Doucette
22.) 071 – David Carpenter
23.) 088 – Scott Wylie
24.) 090 – Ken Zeames
25.) 091 – Joe Evans
26.) 1 – Cory A. Plummer –
27.) 2 – Bryce Bailey
28.) 4 – Bobby Hanel
29.) 5 – Timothy Offhaus
30.) 7 – Kurt A Vigeant
31.) 8 – Tommy Kreymborg
32.) 9 – Paul Buzel –
33.) 10 – Samantha Osborn
34.) 12 – Kyle B Scisco
35.) 14 – Troy Sperring
36.) 15 – Michael Timmerman
37.) 16 – Jacob Coutu
38.) 17 – Derek Hopkinson
39.) 18 – Anthony Chrobak
40.) 22 – Alonzo Morales
41.) 24 – Justin L Brown
42.) 26 – Austin Ferguson
43.) 27 – Brad Rygielski
44.) 28 – AJ Griffin
45.) 32 – Bob Palmer –
46.) 33 – Joey Petree –
47.) 39 – Riley O’Keefe
48.) 40 – Tommy Rought
49.) 43 – Matthew Kimball
50.) 44 – Matt Bove
51.) 45 – Austin Beers
52.) 47 – Joey Mucciacciaro
53.) 48 – Tommy Krawczyk
54.) 49 – Todd Hoddck
55.) 50 – Doug Gavette –
56.) 51 – Kenneth Massa
57.) 54 – Jack Ely
58.) 55 – Jeremy Gerstner –
59.) 56 – J.P. Windschitl
60.) 62 – Joe Mooney
61.) 63 – Andy Cryan
62.) 64 – Aidan Coutu
63.) 65 – George Skora III –
64.) 66 – Timmy Solomito –
65.) 69 – Tyler Truex
66.) 70 – Alex Payne
67.) 71 – Garrett Zacharias
68.) 72 – AJ Potrzebowski
69.) 73 – Andy Ticco
70.) 77 – Patrick Hosier
71.) 78 – Briggs Danner
72.) 79 – Tyler Bowman
73.) 81 – Mark Stewart
74.) 82 – Mike Christopher, Jr.
75.) 83 – Darrell Carter
76.) 85 – Brandon Kiger
77.) 88 – Tucker Wingo
78.) 90 – Matt Roll
79.) 91 – Jonathan Parsons
80.) 93 – Sal Accardi Jr.
81.) 94 – Sean Rafferty
82.) 98 – Mark A. Annis, Jr.
83.) 99 – Donny Staubitz
84.) 126 – Dom Fattaruso
85.) 127 – Dylan Zacharias
86.) 133 – Scott McGrath
87.) 164 – Tommy Catalano
88.) 166 – Geoffrey Sharkey
89.) 188 – Roger Turbush
90.) 727 – Katrina N Church
91.) 085 – Jesse Strohl
92.) 012 – Tom McGrath
93.) 065 – Andy Lewis
94.) 010 – Daryl Lewis, Jr.
Sources: ROC PR