(Press release from Race Of Champions Modified Series)
– 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 –
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
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, Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV, MAVTV Plus, Airport Collision, Rocket Performance, Waddell Communications, Image X Design, Sherwood Racing Wheels, DirtTrackDigest.com and Speed Sport. The 72nd and 73rd annual Race of Champions weekend will take place in 2023 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.
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