E-Race of Champions Modified Series Readies for “Thursday Night Thunder” with Speed51.com and Speed51 Esports Thursday at Oxford Plains Speedway

By admin April 8, 2020 iRacing

– “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 70^th 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

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