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– Schedule set for Race of Champions Modified 250 on Sunday, September 17, 2023 –
– Race of Champions Weekend Friday, September 15, 16 and 17, 2023 at Lake Erie Speedway –
– Buy Your Tickets Now – https://www.lakeeriespeedway.com/roc-annual –
North East, Pa. – (September 6, 2023) – When the 73rd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250 rolls off for the Race of Champions Modified Series on Sunday, September 17 it will be the return of the Series to the ultra-modern Lake Erie Speedway in conjunction with Race of Champions Weekend, a three-day celebration of racing hosting the region’s biggest asphalt racing party.
Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., has won the race an incredible 8 times, including six consecutive between 2015 and 2020, vaulting him in to discussions that have ranked him amongst the greatest driver’s in the Modified division. Due to injury, Hirschman’s status remains unknown for the event.
Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y., remains the defending event champion and will be looking to repeat.
Hirschman, Jankowiak and an incredible field of Race of Champion Modified Series competitors will come to the green flag just after 4:30pm at Lake Erie Speedway on Saturday, September 17 all looking to etch their names into Modified racing history as a winner of the longest standing event in the division.
The Race of Champions Sportsman Modified; Super Stocks; Late Models; FOAR SCORE Four Cylinder Dash ; Street Stocks and Rocket Performance 602 Sportsman Modified Series all play a part in Race of Champions Weekend at Lake Erie Speedway in Northeast, Pa., over the course of Friday, September 15; Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17.
Practice, with free open grandstands will take place on Friday, September 15. Pit gates for practice will open at 12:00pm (Noon) with practice running from 4:00pm until dusk.
Tickets may be purchased for the Race of Champions Weekend along with camping and will be available at the Lake Erie Speedway ticket office or at https://www.lakeeriespeedway.com/roc-annual.
Where: Lake Erie Speedway, North East, Pa.
When: Friday, September 15; Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17, 2023
Directions: The track is located just twenty minutes of East Erie, Pa., minutes from Interstate 90 and directly of Interstate 86 at 10700 Delmas Drive, North East, Pa., 16428
What: Race of Champions Weekend featuring the 73nd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250
More Information: www.lakeeriespeedway.com (Track Phone: 814.725.3303) / www.rocmodifiedseries.com
Champions Weekend 73rd Annual Race of Champions 250
Lake Erie Speedway, North East, Pennsylvania
*All times and events subject to change
DATE TIME EVENT
Thursday – 9/14 5:00pm – 10:00pm Early Arrival Camping, Pre-Paid Pit Parking, spot parking only. (Any other Haulers will be towed).
Friday – 9/15 9:00 am Pre-Paid Pit Parking for numbered spot holders.
10:00 am Gates open for Campers and Hauler Parking
1:00 pm Pit Gates Open for Practice – ALL DIVISIOINS
4:00 pm to dusk Practice by Division (Practice will continue during Four Cylinder Dash Series race) 5:15 pm Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series Draw
6:15 pm Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series Qualifying Races (6- laps)
TBD Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series B-Main (8-laps)
Final Session of Night Race of Champions FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series Feature (20-laps)
Saturday – 9/16 9:00 am Gates Open for Campers and Hauler Parking
10:00 am Pit Gates Open
10:15 am Inspection and Draw for All Divisions Open
11:30 am Driver’s Meetings by Divisions posted; Race of Champions Sportsman Modifieds; Super Stocks; Late Models; TQ Midgets; FOAR Score Four Cylinder Dash Series – Overall Meeting
12:00 pm (Noon) Grandstands Open
12:00 pm (Noon) Practice by Division (Two Rounds);
Late Models
Four Cylinder Dash Series
Super Stock Series
602 Sportsman Modified Series
TQ Midget Series
Sportsman Modified Series
2:30 pm Qualifying Races Begin
Late Models (8-laps)
TQ Midget Series (8-laps)
Super Stock Series (8-laps)
602 Sportsman Modified Series (6-laps)
Sportsman Modified Series (8-laps)
Four Cylinder Dash Series B-Main (8-laps)
Super Stock B-Main if necessary (8-laps)
Sportsman Modified B-Main if necessary (8-laps)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm “KIDS RoC” Race of Champions Kid’s Club (Activity TBA)
Immediately Following the Conclusion of Qualifying:
Invocation and Anthem
Pre-Race:
Late Model Feature “40” – (40-laps)
Four Cylinder Dash Series Feature 2 (25-laps)
602 Sportsman Modified Series Feature (15-laps)
Super Stock Series National Parts Peddler 40 (40-laps)
TQ Midget Feature (20-laps)
Pre-Race;
DATE TIME EVENT
Sunday – 9/17 9:00 am Pit Gates Open (Haulers Enter)
9:15 am Inspection and Draw for Group Begins
10:00 am Modified Tire Sales Begin (Tire Sale Order; Group 3, Group 4, Group 1, Group 2)
10:45 am Driver’s Meetings by Divisions posted; Race of Champions Modifieds Modifieds; Street Stocks; TQ Midgets; Four Cylinder Dash Series – Overall Meeting
11:00 am Practice by Division (Two Rounds);
Modifieds
Four Cylinder Dash Series
Street Stock Series
TQ Midget Series
1:15 pm Qualifying Races Begin
Modified Series – Green-White-Checker Qualifying (Overall Top-6 locked in to the 73rd Annual Race of Champions 250)
Four Cylinder Dash Series B-Main (8-laps)
TQ Midget Series (8-laps)
Street Stock Series (8-laps)
Modified Series (10-laps)
Four Cylinder Dash Series B-Main (8-laps)
Modified B-Main if necessary (12-laps)
Followed by; TQ Midget Series Feature – “Harry Macy Classic” (29-laps)
Followed by Victory Lane
Followed by Four Cylinder Dash Series Feature – (30-laps)
Followed by Victory Lane
Followed by; Street Stock Series Feature – (30-laps)
Followed by Victory Lane
3:30 pm APPROXIMATE
Pre-Race, Cars begin to Stage for 73rd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250
3:45 pm Race of Champions Hall of Fame Inductions (if any) and special awards
3:55 pm “KIDS RoC” on Front Stretch at Start / Finish Line
4:00 pm Driver’s Introductions
4:10 pm “KIDS RoC” Pledge of Allegiance
4:15 pm Invocation / Anthem
4:20 pm Command to Start Engines – 73rd Annual Lucas Oil Race of Champions 250 (250-laps)
6:30 pm Pit Are Closed
