RoC Dirt Tours Continue Busy March With Visit To New Egypt Speedway

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Re: RoC Mods To New Egypt

RoC Dirt Tours Continue Busy March With Visit To New Egypt Speedway This Saturday.

Three Way Tie Leads Modified Point Race In To Saturday Combination Race - Cabin Fever 60.

BINGHAMTON, NY…The 2012 Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour started off in fine fashion last Friday and Saturday at the Selinsgrove Speedway in Pennsylvania for the Icebreaker V Weekend. Duane Howard and Billy Pauch recorded wins over the weekend which vaulted them into a three way tie with Jimmy Phelps for the current point lead entering this Saturday’s Cabin Fever 60 at the New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey.

The Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour awards 5 bonus points for each heat win throughout the tour season. Both Howard and Pauch recorded heat wins over this past weekend and Jimmy Phelps actually recorded two heat wins to add ten points to his tally and put himself into a third place tie for the lead.

After his Big Block Modified win this past Saturday, Billy Pauch has to be feeling confident entering this Saturday’s race at New Egypt Speedway, his weekly home track. Last year Pauch dominated the weekly competition at the popular oval enroute to capturing the 2012 Modified Track Title. He also took advantage of his 11 American Racer Cup Feature wins at the speedway to win the $10,000 overall Cup title last season as well. Should a driver win both the Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour Title and the overall American Racer Cup Championship a $20,000 bonus will be paid.

This Saturday New Egypt Speedway will see a huge double header of Race of Champions Dirt action as both the Modified and Sportsman Tours will be in action. The Sportsman teams will be competing in their first event of 2012 on the tour. Two-time defending RoC Sportsman Champion Jeff Crambo is hoping for a quick start this weekend in trying to win his third straight title.

Last year Jeff Strunk was the RoC Modified race winner at New Egypt Speedway for the Cabin Fever 60. The victory earned the Norm Hansell owned team $10,000. Strunk currently sits in fourth place in the point standings. A star studded field of the top Modified drivers in the entire northeast are expected to be on hand for what will certainly be a must see event.

Defending RoC Dirt Modified Tour Champion Billy Decker is already entered along with a host of others that include Tim McCreadie, the 2010 RoC Victoria 200 Winner at the Utica Rome Speedway, Danny Johnson, Pat Ward, Ryan Godown, Duane Howard, Rick Laubach, Larry Wight, Wade Hendrickson, Ryan Watt and defending race winner Jeff Strunk.

This Saturday is just a part of a very busy month of March for the Roc Dirt Teams. Next Saturday, March 31^st will see the first ever RoC Modified Tour race at the Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey. The very next day – Sunday, April 1^st the Sportsman will be in action at Five Mile Point Speedway (NY) along with the opening event for the RoC Street Stock teams.

Pit gates open at 10 a.m. this Saturday at New Egypt Speedway. Grandstand gates open at 2 p.m. with practice set to start at 3 p.m. Racing is set to get underway at 4 p.m. To contact the New Egypt Speedway offices directly please phone 609-758-1900 or visit their website at www.newegyptspeedway.net.

For more information please contact the Race of Champions offices at 607-775-5555 or by emailing the office at rocdirt@aol.com. The official RoC Dirt website can be found at www.rocdirt.com.

Current Race of Champions Dirt Modified Tour Standings…

Pos.	Driver	Total	Feature	Heat Pts	DNQ Pts
1	Billy Pauch Sr	65	60	5
1	Duane Howard	65	60	5
1	Jimmy Phelps	65	55	10
4	Danny Johnson	55	55
4	Doug Manmiller	55	50	5
4	Jeff Strunk	55	50	5
7	Larry Wight	49	44	5
8	Jimmy Horton	48	48
8	Ryan Godown	48	48
10	Kevin Hirthler	47	42	5
10	Matt Sheppard	47	42	5
12	Stewart Friesen	46	46
13	Pat Ward	40	40
14	Shawn Reimert	39	34	5
15	Billy Decker	38	38
16	Jackie Brown Jr	36	36
17	Rick Laubach	33	28	5
18	Danny Hieber	32	32
19	Brett Hearn	30	30
19	Sammy Piazza	30	30
21	Andy Bachetti	26	26
22	Brian Kressley	24	24
22	Ryan Watt	24	24
24	John Willman	23	23
24	Tim Fuller	23	23

Schedule and regional alignment posted below…

Schedule and Regional Breakdown

*Fri. March 16^th Selinsgrove Speedway Duane Howard

*Sat. March 17^th Selinsgrove Speedway Billy Pauch

Sat. March 24^th New Egypt Speedway 60 (combo event)

Sat. March 31^st Bridgeport Speedway 60 south region

Sun. April 22^nd Five Mile Point Speedway 60 north region

Mon. May 28^th Utica Rome Speedway 100 (combo event)

Tues. June 12^th Penn Can Speedway 60 (combo event)

Tues. June 19^th Selinsgrove Speedway 40 south region

Wed. June 20^th Lincoln Speedway 60 south region

Wed. June 27^th I-88 Speedway 60 north region

Wed. July 11^th Black Rock Speedway 60 north region

Tues. July 17^th Five Mile Point Speedway 60 south region

Tues. July 31^st Grandview Speedway 60 south region

Tues. Aug. 14^th Glen Ridge Speedway 60 north region

Wed. Aug. 22^nd Utica Rome Speedway 60 north region

Fri. Sept. 21^st Accord Speedway 100 (combo event)

Sat. Oct. 27^th Five Mile Point Speedway 100 (combo event)

* March Selinsgrove events will see single best finish from either day count toward both regions…