The Race of Champions Modified Series management, in conjunction with the operating partners of Thompson Speedway, announced Friday that the 75th annual Race of Champions Modified event will take place at Thompson Speedway in 2025.
The historic event will be part of the Sunoco World Series weekend at Thompson Speedway and take place on Oct. 11, 2025.
The 150-lap event will pay $12,500 to win along with the Al Gerber Memorial trophy.
“It’s an honor for both Tom [Mayberry] and myself to be able to host this iconic event as part of the 63rd Sunoco World Series Weekend,” said American-Canadian Tour managing partner Cris Michaud, who also partners with Mayberry to operate Thompson Speedway. “We’re proud to bring the 75th annual Race of Champions to Thompson Speedway and play a role in it’s legendary history.”
It will make the first time the event has been run at a Connecticut track. Over its first 74 years the event has been run at facilities in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
The event will feature live pit stops with three crew members permitted over the wall and one tire allowed to be changed per caution period.
The Race of Champions Modified Series will also crown its 2025 series champion at the Thompson event.
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Way to go RoC!!!!!
Can’t wait!!!
Awesome. I’ve been trying to find a way to fit a ROC modified event into my calendar but travel usually winds up being a dealbreaker.
Way to go men from up North!
Awesome news for us New England fans. Hope they get a strong car count.
I remember the days where there ROC Guaranteed Qualifying races at tracks all over. Then we went to Trenton, Poconos Langhorn and others. We got to see ALL the modified stars. Oh the good old days
Nothing about this that indicates anything good about the state of modified racing. It’s coming to Thompson mostly because Lake Erie is fan challenged. Top 10 in the last event teams that travel well, the rest mostly ROC regulars that get a dagger in the back travel wise for promotional opportunism. Also opportunistic ACT/PASS once again throwing yet another big event that’s a fish out of water at the wall hoping it will stick to make the most of the limited windows they have at Thompson to make money. This is about weakness not strength. Abandoning the fan base and ROC focused teams in the interest of chasing an audience and staying financially viable.
@Doug I’m not sure how a regional touring modified series is a “fish out of water” at Thompson. As for ROC regulars getting screwed, only 6 drivers made all 9 features last year, and only 15 made as many as 6 starts. So just like every other race on the schedule you’ll probably see a handful of full-timers, a collection of semi-regulars, a couple crossovers from the Whelen Tour that’s running the next day, and a bunch of local teams. One interesting thing I noticed at the MMTTS race at this year’s world series at Thompson was a few teams from the ROC series, so there already seemed to be interest.