RaceDayCT: The king of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series reached the 20-win plateau at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl.
RaceDayCT: The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series hosts the fourth of eight events on their 2024 schedule at the Speedbowl.
RaceDayCT: Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series management confirmed Wednesday that there will be a change in schedule for the division’s historic first event at Thompson Speedway.
Jake Johnson of Rehoboth, Mass. used a pitting free strategy to go to the front and drove away from Woody Pitkat over the closing laps to win the 100-lap Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series feature Saturday at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, N.H.
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.
