The $80,150 purse marks the largest purse in Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series history with a $20,000 payday for first place.
The purse for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series portion of Seekonk’s annual Open Wheel Wednesday event – currently at $80,150 – has been released by Series officials. The breakdown (revised 6/14/24) is as follows (*the 11th and 12th place bump is in honor of Vinny’s car numbers):
Open Wheel Wednesday Payout Boost in Honor of Vinny Annarummo
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.
Van Horst General Contractors and Hartford Jet Center renew their Choose Cone and Hard Charger sponsorship. The Hard Charger Award will reward a $500 bonus at every 2024 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event to the driver who advances the most positions during the feature race.
The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Constantine Paving & Sealing 75 has been postponed to Friday, October 11 as the headline to opening day of the 62nd Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing.