Lockport Rotary Coffin Races

07/22/2025

10/11/2021

Rotary Club of Lockport had another successful Coffin Race! ALL THINGS LOCKPORT, IL Come join the fun next year. We have a tentative date of October 15th!

10/11/2021

Well the 3rd Annual Coffin Races are in the books. Embers came in and took the title from Lockport Police Department in Epic fashion. I want to put a special thanks out there to the amazing photographer Tracy Spoeci MistieckImages for these awesome pictures. There are so much more too! Follow the link to view them all! Extra special thanks to all of our sponsors as well. Sue Dufault, Broker, Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group , Canals & Trails Credit Union , , Portable John INC , , Lockport IL, Chamber of Commerce , Ryan Sharp of Edward Jones, Caneva Foot Clinic, & Gary Bronner from Country Insurance.
An Extra Special Thank you to Embers Tap House. They supplied the food and drinks. Putting on events like this is difficult. We had a hard time finding someone that had enough staff to provide refreshments and Embers certainly delivered. Thank you Thank you Thank you to all the participants, the sponsors, the spectators and Embers.
The first place team was Embers followed by Lockport Police Department in 2nd and the Rockin Realtors from Coldwell Banker. Our best dead guy was the Lockport Police Department's Sonnie dressed as SuperGirl, best entourage was the Barral of Monkies and the best coffin was Witches of Hamilton!
I know this is a long post but I do have one more shout out to in Romeoville. They sponsored the barrel of monkeys team. If you have a local business and want to get involved but don't want to run, try and get a team together and sponsor their coffin. Thanks again everyone!!!

09/28/2021

We have just over a week until our 3rd annual Coffin Race! Grab a team and if you do not have time to build a coffin, we have some you can rent!!!!!

09/23/2021

Coming up!!!!

08/09/2021

The Entry Forms are online at our website. Go to www.lockportcoffinraces.com to download your form and meet us at the races!

Join us for the 3rd Annual Coffin Races. Build a coffin and friends or just come out to enjoy the festival of fun. Costumes are encouraged.

06/08/2021

SAVE THE DATE
Coffin Races will be on October 9th 2021!

05/21/2021

What the heck is a coffin race?? Observe the Lockport Police Department take the win!

05/21/2021

2019 We had a great race and we had a Great T-shirt! This was designed by a local artist Kevin Traynor and I would love to see another artist design one this year. If you think you can create an awesome shirt for our racers and guests, we would love to hear from you. Our tentative race day is set! Can't wait to see everyone at the races!!!

Thanks Again Kevin Traynor! The local artist that designed this years T-shirts! Great job

05/21/2021

2019 Coffin Races!