It was seemingly a Cinderella story in victory lane Thursday night at Seekonk Speedway. Brian Robie scored his first career Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series victory at Seekonk, which came with a massive $20,000 payday to the winner. As it turns out though, the Cinderella story was just too good to be true.
The $80,150 purse marks the largest purse in Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series history with a $20,000 payday for first place.
Management of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series will double the winner’s share for the event – making the race $20,000 to win – as part of a $28,000 overall increase in the purse for the event in honor of legendary Seekonk competitor Vinny Annarumo. Annarummo, a 2019 inductee to the New England Racers Hall of Fame, passed away in February at 74 years old.
“I can’t believe it,” Kopcik said. “I can’t believe it. … This is the best series going right now. … It’s awesome. I’ve never driven here before so this is a special win.”
The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series opens its 11th season on Sunday at Thunder Road. The season was originally supposed to begin on April 6 at Thompson Speedway as part of Icebreaker weekend, but weather issues forced the postponement of the Constantine Paving & Sealing 75 at Thompson. That event will now be run on Oct. 11 as part of the Sunoco World Series weekend at Thompson.
RaceDayCT: The teams of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series are gearing up for their first event of the season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl as part of the 61st Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26.
Race Day CT: New places will be a theme for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series in 2024. Earlier this month it was announced that the series would make its first visit to Thompson Speedway on April 6, 2024 as an anchor event for the track’s Icebreaker weekend. A second new facility for the series will be visited in July. The MMTTS will compete at White Mountain Motorsports Park on July 27, 2024. It will make the first time the series visits the North Woodstock, N.H. facility.
