Any wmt or mrs mods planning to run roc 200 7/21 at oswego ?

[Teds Race Tours]

The ROC Died a long time ago. Thats not to say the Oswego 200 is not a good race, but when the field this saturday at Riverhead for a race paying about 1500 to win is superior to the ROC Field, well, thats just sad. The Greatest 10 Sporting events I have seen in my lifetime were the 1982-1991 ROC's at Pocono. I pray that someday, somehow, I shall see something even close to that.

[WEEZER]

The ROC Died a long time ago. Thats not to say the Oswego 200 is not a good race, but when the field this saturday at Riverhead for a race paying about 1500 to win is superior to the ROC Field, well, thats just sad. The Greatest 10 Sporting events I have seen in my lifetime were the 1982-1991 ROC's at Pocono. I pray that someday, somehow, I shall see something even close to that.

Pocono is in talks to have the INDY cars race there in 2013, if that's any consolation!!!

[csg]

I don't see a lot of support from the Tour guys or MRS. Official finish from ROC web site. Does anyone know if they sent cars home or did they start everybody?

1. (60) Matt Hirschman
2. (22) Chuck Hossfeld
3. (71) Jimmy Zacharias
4. (51p) Erick Rudolph
5. (6) Jan Leaty
6. (3) Daren Scherer
7. (5) Kyle Ebersole
8. (29) Zane Zeiner
9. (50) Terry Cheetham
10. (51) Wilbur Hebing
11. (14) Doug Reaume
12. (72) T.J. Potrzebowski
13. (07) Patrick Emerling
14. (8) Earl Paules
15. (62) Tony Hanbury
16. (59) Karl Hehr
17. (27) Andy Walko
18. (34) Rusty Smith
19. (69) Tommy Cloce
20. (16) J.R. Kent
21. (47) Jim Storace
22. (31) Nick Barzee
23. (88) Billy Putney
24. (25r) John Ramsey
25. (44) Sege Fidanza
26. (0) Randall Richards
27. (98) Matt Wentz
28. (65) Andy Lewis
29. (10) Daryl Lewis, Jr.
30. (4) Kris Meyn
31. (1) Matt Clemens
32. (77) T.J. Zacharias

[RGeeProductions]

From what I heard, that was it. Hopefully a story by later today..

[limodmaniac]

Congrats to Matty Hirschman and the #60 team. I was with you in spirit! And text messages received at Riverhead Raceway!!

[uticamike]

I was there and it was a decent race not great. First before you crap on the ROC 200 true it is not the ROC of years past. Nothing is. Where is the Thompson 300?

Does the Spring Sizzler still have the sizzle of the original? WMT lovers don't need to lecture anybody about dwindling car counts so give it a rest. Mod counts are

down everywhere and that is a problem. Oswego is waaay down my list of favorite places but it is about the only place left to hold this event. The day was

perfect weatherwise and the back grandstand is the only place in the racing world where you can bring a law chair into the stands. The best place to watch

racing at the Steel Palace. Matt set fast time and drew the fourth stating spot. Got the lead on lap 3 and lead until he (short) pitted for his tires around lap 60

something I believe. After the field cycled thru their stops Matt regained the lead and had to hold off a hard charging Chuck Hossfeld to grab his fourth ROC 200

win. A great finish it was. BTW, there were no halfway breaks, competition yellows or multiple day investments that make the WMT so much better than the rest

but Andy tries.

[BigMac]

People get too wrapped up in the name. Its not 1972 anymore. That's understood. This is still a big event on the ROC Tour. 32 cars in the pits. big purse, and lap money. Nothing wrong with that on a Saturday night in July.

I think you can still bring lawn chairs to Seekonk also.

[JE711618]

The Race of Champions at Pocono on the 2-1/2 mile and 3/4 were magical. Oswego was always a great place to see a race. The old Classic weekend 200 laps Mods and Supers were one of the best weekend events of the year.

[uticamike]

......."After the field cycled thru their stops Matt regained the lead and had to hold off a hard charging Chuck Hossfeld to grab his fourth ROC 200

win." ooops. That should have read FIRST ROC 200. Me goofed.

[art11758]

I was there and it was a decent race not great. First before you crap on the ROC 200 true it is not the ROC of years past. Nothing is. Where is the Thompson 300?

Does the Spring Sizzler still have the sizzle of the original? WMT lovers don't need to lecture anybody about dwindling car counts so give it a rest. Mod counts are

down everywhere and that is a problem. Oswego is waaay down my list of favorite places but it is about the only place left to hold this event. The day was

perfect weatherwise and the back grandstand is the only place in the racing world where you can bring a law chair into the stands. The best place to watch

racing at the Steel Palace. Matt set fast time and drew the fourth stating spot. Got the lead on lap 3 and lead until he (short) pitted for his tires around lap 60

something I believe. After the field cycled thru their stops Matt regained the lead and had to hold off a hard charging Chuck Hossfeld to grab his fourth ROC 200

win. A great finish it was. BTW, there were no halfway breaks, competition yellows or multiple day investments that make the WMT so much better than the rest

but Andy tries.

one itty bitty correction. You can bring lawn chairs into Seekonk too. Though it is some of the most comfortable concrete I have ever sat on. (I like Seekonk)

[Axel]

The old Dogwood 500 races at Martinsville way back in the 70's were great. Great memory of me and my dad driving down route 81 in the 1970's for a race there.
I used to love the 300 -- that was always the best bang for your modified buck.
I missed all of those classic ROC's that were at Pocono (my years of doing things other than race watching). The ROC's at Flemington, while exiciting, were (allegedly) not what they were back in the Langhorne, Trenton, Pocono days)

I gotta agree- there are a lot of decent/good events, but none that say "I gotta go to this." For my family and race buds, i know i will try to hit one of the big spring races, one of the fall races, Riverhead. I've only been to New Hampshire once and that was amazing.

[uticamike]

one itty bitty correction. You can bring lawn chairs into Seekonk too. Though it is some of the most comfortable concrete I have ever sat on. (I like Seekonk)

I've only been to Seekonk once ( gonna change though in about a week) and I didn't realize that. My bad. I should have changed only for few.

Long time no see Art. How have you been?

[bmain]

any thoughts on why the VMRS guys didn't show up for the RoC? It's really hard to consider it a race of champions when its a singular tour competing.

[JMB]

I've only been to Seekonk once ( gonna change though in about a week) and I didn't realize that. My bad. I should have changed only for few.

Long time no see Art. How have you been?

Actually you can no longer bring a lawn chair into Seekonk. This changed 2 or 3 years ago. They put aluminum bleachers on the concrete steps you used to put the lawn chair on. When they first did that, they would not even allow you to bring in a seat with a back on it to put on the bleachers.(despite the fact they will rent one to you) Luckily, they figured out that was not such a good policy and changed it.