Story By: RACE OF CHAMPIONS – NORTH EAST, PA – Patrick Emerling of Orchard Park, N.Y., raced his way to his first-ever Race of Champions victory this past Sunday at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pa., in the 73rd Annual Race of Champions 250.
The race was telecast on live on MAVTV.
Emerling fended off the challenges of eight time race winner Matt Hirschman of Northampton, Pa., to earn the victory.
Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was the last winner of the “250” finished third.
George Skora, III of Eden, N.Y., and Paulie Hartwig, III of Galloway, N.J., rounded out the top-five.
“This was a big one for us,” offered Emerling in victory lane. “It is absolutely incredible to win this after trying so many times.”
Nik Welshans of West Seneca, N.Y., captured the Race of Champions Street Stock event while Nick Robinson of Waverly, N.Y., captured the Race of Champions FOAR SCORE Dash Series victory as well as the Dash Series Triple Challenge along with the Fred Rounds Cup. Andy Jankowiak of Tonawanda, N.Y., won the WNY Mighty TQ Midget feature.
The Series now shifts to it’s final two races of the season with the conclusion for the Modified Series this week where Zane Zeiner of Bath, N.Y., looks to clinch the Series championship.
The Race of Champions Sportsman Modified; Race of Champions Super Stock; Race of Champions FOAR SCORE Dash Series and Race of Champions Rocket Performance 602 Sportsman Modified Series have to wait until “Shootout Weekend” at Wyoming County International Speedway to wrap up their championships on Saturday, October 14.
The next and final race of the 2023 season for the Race of Champions Modified Series is this Sunday at Lancaster (N.Y.) Motorplex with the traditional running of the US Open “125”.
Lucas Oil 73rd Annual ROC 250 (250 Laps): 1. 14E-Patrick Emerling[2]; 2. 60-Matt Hirschman[1]; 3. 73X-Andy Jankowiak[11]; 4. 65NY-George Skora III[4]; 5. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III[3]; 6. 45B-Austin Beers[7]; 7. 3-Daren Scherer[21]; 8. 81-Jack Ely[17]; 9. 45PJ-Timmy Catalano[15]; 10. 66-Austin Kochenash[23]; 11. 34-John Fortin[13]; 12. 64PJ-Tyler Catalano[9]; 13. 10-Daryl Lewis Jr[14]; 14. 17-Danny Knoll Jr[16]; 15. 25-Mike Leaty[5]; 16. 54PJ-Tommy Catalano[8]; 17. V4-Tim Connolly[12]; 18. 22-Zane Zeiner[6]; 19. 28-John Michael Shenette[19]; 20. 14M-Dan Majchrzak[20]; 21. 72-TJ Potrzebowski[24]; 22. 2-Tony Hanbury[18]; 23. 56PJ-Trevor Catalano[10]; 24. 24-Greg Krause[25]; 25. 40-Tommy Rought[26]; 26. 83-Jeff Szafraniec[22]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 45B-Austin Beers[1]; 2. 56PJ-Trevor Catalano[3]; 3. 34-John Fortin[2]; 4. 17-Danny Knoll Jr[4]; 5. 28-John Michael Shenette[5]; 6. 83-Jeff Szafraniec[6]; 7. 24-Greg Krause[7]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 54PJ-Tommy Catalano[1]; 2. 73X-Andy Jankowiak[2]; 3. 10-Daryl Lewis Jr[4]; 4. 81-Jack Ely[3]; 5. 14M-Dan Majchrzak[6]; 6. 66-Austin Kochenash[5]; 7. 40-Tommy Rought[7]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 64PJ-Tyler Catalano[1]; 2. V4-Tim Connolly[2]; 3. 45PJ-Timmy Catalano[4]; 4. 2-Tony Hanbury[3]; 5. 3-Daren Scherer[6]; 6. 72-TJ Potrzebowski[5]
GWC Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 60-Matt Hirschman, 00:14.532[5]; 2. 14E-Patrick Emerling, 00:14.534[10]; 3. 73H-Paulie Hartwig III, 00:14.669[1]; 4. 65NY-George Skora III, 00:14.672[26]; 5. 25-Mike Leaty, 00:14.674[8]; 6. 22-Zane Zeiner, 00:14.696[16]; 7. 45B-Austin Beers, 00:14.733[6]; 8. 54PJ-Tommy Catalano, 00:14.762[12]; 9. 64PJ-Tyler Catalano, 00:14.768[13]; 10. 34-John Fortin, 00:14.769[14]; 11. 73X-Andy Jankowiak, 00:14.788[19]; 12. V4-Tim Connolly, 00:14.817[15]; 13. 56PJ-Trevor Catalano, 00:14.825[25]; 14. 81-Jack Ely, 00:14.830[17]; 15. 2-Tony Hanbury, 00:14.867[4]; 16. 17-Danny Knoll Jr, 00:14.931[23]; 17. 10-Daryl Lewis Jr, 00:14.933[2]; 18. 45PJ-Timmy Catalano, 00:14.989[22]; 19. 28-John Michael Shenette, 00:14.998[3]; 20. 66-Austin Kochenash, 00:15.048[18]; 21. 72-TJ Potrzebowski, 00:15.090[20]; 22. 83-Jeff Szafraniec, 00:15.243[24]; 23. 14M-Dan Majchrzak, 00:15.340[21]; 24. 3-Daren Scherer, 00:15.344[11]; 25. 24-Greg Krause, 00:15.743[9]; 26. (DNS) 40-Tommy Rought
Street Stocks
Race of Champions 30 (30 Laps): 1. 41-Nik Welshans[2]; 2. 55-Tommy Wentland[7]; 3. 32W-Timothy Welshans[6]; 4. 6-Jim Loffredo[3]; 5. 21-Mitch Friend[8]; 6. 19-Kyle Schosek[9]; 7. 24-Cullen Sharpsteen[10]; 8. 32NY-Bob Palmer[11]; 9. 42-Scott Chaplin[12]; 10. 88-Tim Garlock[4]; 11. 66-Jacob Gustafson[5]; 12. 18-Max Northerm[1]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Nik Welshans[4]; 2. 66-Jacob Gustafson[2]; 3. 6-Jim Loffredo[1]; 4. 55-Tommy Wentland[5]; 5. 19-Kyle Schosek[3]; 6. 32NY-Bob Palmer[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 32W-Timothy Welshans[3]; 2. 88-Tim Garlock[4]; 3. 18-Max Northerm[6]; 4. 21-Mitch Friend[5]; 5. 24-Cullen Sharpsteen[2]; 6. 42-Scott Chaplin[1]
Asphalt Four Cylinders
Triple Challenge Day 3 (30 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Robinson[3]; 2. 00-Russ Bulger Jr[2]; 3. 12-David Milbrand[7]; 4. 41-Joey Bevacqua[1]; 5. 24-Tommy Hughes[5]; 6. 14-Christopher Deyoe Jr[4]; 7. 32NY-Bob Palmer[14]; 8. 5-Gene Purvis[10]; 9. 96-Mason Russo[12]; 10. 9-Kenny Hejna[11]; 11. 02-James Dunkleman III[6]; 12. 20-Nick Galusha[13]; 13. 2-Trisha Connolly[16]; 14. 29-Jay Withey[17]; 15. 11NY-John Byrd[8]; 16. 76-Eric Black[9]; 17. (DNS) 83-Jeff Szafraniec
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Russ Bulger Jr[1]; 2. 41-Joey Bevacqua[4]; 3. 14-Christopher Deyoe Jr[2]; 4. 24-Tommy Hughes[6]; 5. 76-Eric Black[8]; 6. 9-Kenny Hejna[7]; 7. 20-Nick Galusha[5]; 8. (DNS) 83-Jeff Szafraniec
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Nick Robinson[7]; 2. 12-David Milbrand[8]; 3. 02-James Dunkleman III[2]; 4. 11NY-John Byrd[1]; 5. 5-Gene Purvis[6]; 6. 96-Mason Russo[4]; 7. 32NY-Bob Palmer[3]; 8. 2-Trisha Connolly[5]; 9. 29-Jay Withey[9]
TQ Midgets
Harry Macy Classic (29 Laps): 1. 73X-Andy Jankowiak[13]; 2. 72-Steve Lewis[8]; 3. 02-Ronnie Flaim[4]; 4. 88X-Kyle Hutchinson[7]; 5. 3-Vincent Christiano III[5]; 6. 6-Erik Musto[10]; 7. 27-Brian Schulz[6]; 8. 88-Nick Groff[3]; 9. 26B-Brendan Wallace[1]; 10. 22-Carl Schroeder[2]; 11. 43-Chester Haywood[9]; 12. 1-Dave Wollaber[12]; 13. 2-Vinnie Christiano Jr[11]; 14. 59-Adam Brown[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Vincent Christiano III[5]; 2. 88X-Kyle Hutchinson[6]; 3. 02-Ronnie Flaim[4]; 4. 26B-Brendan Wallace[1]; 5. 43-Chester Haywood[2]; 6. 2-Vinnie Christiano Jr[3]; 7. 73X-Andy Jankowiak[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Steve Lewis[6]; 2. 27-Brian Schulz[5]; 3. 88-Nick Groff[3]; 4. 22-Carl Schroeder[1]; 5. 6-Erik Musto[4]; 6. 1-Dave Wollaber[7]; 7. 59-Adam Brown[2]
