e-Race Of Champions Modified Series Readies for “Thursday Night Thunder”

By admin April 21, 2020 iRacing

E-RACE OF CHAMPIONS MODIFIED SERIES READIES FOR “THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER” WITH SPEED51.COM AND SPEED51 eSPORTS THURSDAY AT USA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
– Racing to be Aired by Race of Champions Media Partner Speed51.com –
– Huge Diverse Entry List Ready for Virtual “Thursday Night Thunder” Speed51, Once Again Over 80 Entries –

Elma, N.Y. – (April 21, 2020) – Virtual “Thursday Night Thunder” resumes Thursday night, April 23rd at 7:30pm on iRacing, this time at the USA International Speedway with another 125-lap feature event, with the content being shown as part of Speed51.com Speed51 eSports program.

More than 80 entries have come together once again, with several Race of Champions Modified Series competitors joining racers from different regions of the country as well as all different forms of motorsports pouring in. Blake Barney of Jackson, New Jersey is the latest driver to enter.

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. Bryce Bailey of Tioga, N.Y., captured the second race of the Series at Oxford Plains (Mainer) Speedway on Thursday, April 9.

The format for the Thursday night race will remain the same as the Oxford Plains event. 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 Oxford Plains Speedway 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 new event, which will be a multiple day “i-Racing” event featuring multiple divisions.. Information in regard to this event will be released shortly.

The Series next event will provide a return to road racing for Modifieds with a special 50-lap event at Lime Rock Park on Thursday, April 30.

The Series will conclude with a “one-off” event taking place at Irwindale Speedway and open to the top-30 invitations based on performance and effort, 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 23 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, USA International Speedway from your personal location.

When: Thursday, April 23, 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 125-lap feature race.

More Information: www.rocmodifiedseries.com

Next Event: Lime Rock Park, Thursday, April 30, 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 21st, 2020;

USA International Speedway

Race of Champions “RoC Invitational” 125

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.) 014 – Blake Barney

15.) 015 – Kenny Zeames

16.) 017 -Tony Jilson

17.) 022 – Edward McCarthy

18.) 026 – Mike Buchanan

19.) 027 – Joseph Clark

20.) 032 – Tyler Rypkema

21.) 033 – Daniel Coutu

22.) 055 – Ryan Doucette

23.) 071 – David Carpenter

24.) 088 – Scott Wylie

25.) 090 – Ken Zeames

26.) 091 – Joe Evans

27.) 1 – Cory A. Plummer –

28.) 2 – Bryce Bailey

29.) 4 – Bobby Hanel

30.) 5 – Timothy Offhaus

31.) 7 – Kurt A Vigeant

32.) 8 – Tommy Kreymborg

33.) 9 – Paul Buzel –

34.) 10 – Samantha Osborn

35.) 12 – Kyle B Scisco

36.) 14 – Troy Sperring

37.) 15 – Michael Timmerman

38.) 16 – Jacob Coutu

39.) 17 – Derek Hopkinson

40.) 18 – Anthony Chrobak

41.) 22 – Alonzo Morales

42.) 24 – Justin L Brown

43.) 26 – Austin Ferguson

44.) 27 – Brad Rygielski

45.) 28 – AJ Griffin

46.) 32 – Bob Palmer –

47.) 33 – Joey Petree –

48.) 39 – Riley O’Keefe

49.) 40 – Tommy Rought

50.) 43 – Matthew Kimball

51.) 44 – Matt Bove

52.) 45 – Austin Beers

53.) 47 – Joey Mucciacciaro

54.) 48 – Tommy Krawczyk

55.) 49 – Todd Hoddck

56.) 50 – Doug Gavette –

57.) 51 – Kenneth Massa

58.) 54 – Jack Ely

59.) 55 – Jeremy Gerstner –

60.) 56 – J.P. Windschitl

61.) 62 – Joe Mooney

62.) 63 – Andy Cryan

63.) 64 – Aidan Coutu

64.) 65 – George Skora III –

65.) 66 – Timmy Solomito –

66.) 69 – Tyler Truex

67.) 70 – Alex Payne

68.) 71 – Garrett Zacharias

69.) 72 – AJ Potrzebowski

70.) 73 – Andy Ticco

71.) 77 – Patrick Hosier

72.) 78 – Briggs Danner

73.) 79 – Tyler Bowman

74.) 81 – Mark Stewart

75.) 82 – Mike Christopher, Jr.

76.) 83 – Darrell Carter

77.) 85 – Brandon Kiger

78.) 88 – Tucker Wingo

79.) 90 – Matt Roll

80.) 91 – Jonathan Parsons

81.) 93 – Sal Accardi Jr.

82.) 94 – Sean Rafferty

83.) 98 – Mark A. Annis, Jr.

84.) 99 – Donny Staubitz

85.) 126 – Dom Fattaruso

86.) 127 – Dylan Zacharias

87.) 133 – Scott McGrath

88.) 164 – Tommy Catalano

89.) 166 – Geoffrey Sharkey

90.) 188 – Roger Turbush

91.) 727 – Katrina N Church

92.) 085 – Jesse Strohl

93.) 012 – Tom McGrath

94.) 065 – Andy Lewis

95.) 010 – Daryl Lewis, Jr.

Sources: Race of Champions PR