RoC NOTES; After breaking his primary ride in hot laps Zane Zeiner jumped into his backup car which was slated to see John Wilbur behind the wheel. Bob Reis had driveline problems which saw him receive no hot laps due to repairs taking place. Jimmy Zacharias was in the former Dean DeMaree car that was just purchased by Zacharias Racing. Greg Furlong who just won the International Classic for the fourth time three weeks ago was in the second Rick Kluth entry. To get into the top 12 for time trials you had to have a lap quicker than 17. 926. Joe Gerber attended his first race in 13 years on this weekend and was the Grand Marshall of the race. Don Toal and Gerber gave the command to fire the engines. The drivers did a collection for the family of John Blewett, III which saw $3, 355 collected and that amount was matched by the Spalding Foundation for Injured Drivers, Inc. Marilyn Toal received a dozen roses along with recognition from RoC owner Andrew Harpell and the Modified drivers for all of her efforts throughout the years for raising lap money for the Modifieds as this year a record $23, 950 was raised. The entire Saturday racing program was completed at 8:50 Saturday night.

RACE REPORT RACE OF CHAMPIONS DART ASPHALT MODIFIED TOUR COMBINATION RACE # 2 57TH SUNOCO RACE OF CHAMPIONS

FINISH; Jan Leaty, Matt Hirschman, Wilbur Hebing, JR Kent, Chuck Hossfeld, Pete Brittain, Buck Catalano, Billy Putney, Daren Scherer, Lee Sherwood, John Markovic, Rick Zacharias, Phil Slater, Tommy Farrell, III, Eddie Hawkins, TJ Potrzebowski, Larry Fisher, Jimmy Zacharias, Bobby Holmes, Jim Storace, Earl Paules, Zane Zeiner, Eric Beers, Erick Rudolph, Chris Finocchario, John Bennett, Rick Kluth, Woody Pitkat, Tony Hirschman, Sege Fidanza, Patsy Catalano, Rusty Smith, Greg Furlong, Bill Mislin, Bob Reis, JR Swansbrough, Chris Zacharias, Tommy Kinsella, Mike Leaty, Doug Reaume.

DNQ’S; John Wilbur, Rich Kuiken, Jr., Mark Tychoniewicz, Ken Canestrari, Matt Clemens, Chris Risdale, Andy Szapacs.
LAP LEADERS; Brittain ( 1 – 133 ), Hebing ( 134 – 182 ), J. Leaty ( 183 – 200 )
LAP MONEY WON; Brittain $13, 914, Hebing $5,090, J. Leaty $ 2,750
DART MACHINERY AWARD SET OF HEADS $1,200 VALUE; Brittain
GATER RACING NEWS DRIVER BONUS DRAWING $500; Canestrari
HOOSIER RACING TIRE HARD CHARGER AWARD; Slater ( 38th to 13th )
HOOSIER RACING TIRE HARD LUCK AWARD; T. Hirschman ( 8th to 29th )
GATER RACING NEWS BEST APPEARING CAR & CREW; Hossfeld
AREA AUTO RACING NEWS HARD LUCK AWARD; Tychoniewicz

NEXT RoC DART EVENT – Sunday September 30th – Lancaster Motorsports Park – 100 lap US OPEN - $5,000 to win – Combined Race # 3 – Final Point Show

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