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“Just to get that recognition is huge for Chemung and also big for the community in general,” Hodge said. The race ran at Langhorne (Pa.) Speedway from 1951 to 1971 before moving on to Trenton (N.J.) Speedway, Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., and Flemington (N.J.) Raceway. Oswego is one of only five previous facilities to hold the most prestigious Modified division race in the United States. The three-eighths of a mile Speedrome asphalt short track should be a worthy successor to five-eighths of a mile Oswego Speedway, which has held the event since 1996. It replaces the originally scheduled September date at Oswego Speedway. Late last month, ROC director and event promoter Andrew Harpell announced the Speedrome will host the 65th annual Sunoco Race of Champions Modified 200 from Oct 2-4. There was a lot of hard racing, yet there was only a couple of incidents and nothing major.” Speedrome race director Ray Hodge said Wednesday, “It was a great race. Tony Hanbury emerged with the Race of Champions (ROC) win last weekend in what track announcer Carol Houssock described in a track press release as “one of the best ROC races ever contested at Chemung.” If Saturday’s Race of Champions 100 at Chemung Speedrome was an indication of what is to come in October, then the oval should put on a exciting event in the Asphalt Modified Tour’s biggest annual race.