PETE LORETTO TRIBUTE LAP PROGRAM TO RETURN TO LAKE ERIE SPEEDWAY ON JUNE 9TH
-Loretto Family to Post Lap Money for 75-lap Race of Champions Modified Race-
North East, Pa. – (March 30, 2018) – When the Race of Champions Modified Series hits the track on Saturday, June 9 there will be an additional lap money posted by the Loretto family in tribute to the late Pete Loretto.
Loretto’s daughter Melissa will once again being selling laps beginning at $25 per lap. In 2017 just under $2,000 was raised and paid out to driver’s who participated in the race with all 75-laps being sold. Loretto wanted to make sure her Father was remembered by all who knew him in the racing community.
“My Father’s real love was racing,” stated Loretto. “He was around it all of his life from a very young age until he left us. Our family felt that this was a great way to pay tribute to him and carry on his legacy. We are excited to be involved once again at Lake Erie and look forward to a great event.”
Loretto, a long-time racing enthusiast, who passed in 2016, was one of the most familiar tracks through the Western New York and Pennsylvania regions. He served as an official, media member and more importantly was a huge fan which built the tremendous amount of personal racing memories he accumulated over the years. Besides being involved in the local short track racing, Loretto was a family man, retired highway supervisor, firefighter and emergency disaster coordinator.
Loretto can be contacted via e-mail at dryfuss65@yahoo.com or at 716.517.1871.
Lap Fund: Lake Erie 75 Tribute to Pete Loretto
When: Saturday, June 9, 2018
Where: Lake Erie Speedway
Lap Sponsorship Contact: Melissa Loretto
Phone: 716.517.1871
E-Mail: dryfuss65@yahoo.com
The Race of Champions is a sanctioning body presenting Modified and Stock Car racing on asphalt and dirt surfaces throughout the Northeast, with events in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey with primary marketing partners Hoosier Racing Tire, VP Racing Fuels, Upstate Automotive Group, Waddell Communications, Pilat Graphic Design, Jerico Performance, TDH Refrigeration, Sherwood Racing Wheels, PavedTrackDigest.com and Speed51.com. The 68th annual Race of Champions weekend will take place in 2018 at Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pennsylvania and is the second longest consecutive auto-racing event in North America, second only to the Indianapolis 500. 
