Race Preview: Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series RaceChoice.com 125 At Star Speedway

Event: RaceChoice.com 125

Where: Star Speedway, Epping, N.H.

When: Saturday Aug. 2

Schedule: Click here for full details for Saturday at Star

Who: Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Entry List For Star Speedway

Notes

— The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series holds its seventh of 10 events on the 2025 schedule with the running of the RaceChoice.com 125 at Star Speedway.

— Saturday’s event mark’s the 13th visit to Star Speedway since 2014 for the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series. The series ran single events at the track in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The series ran two events at the track in 2017 and 2021. The series did not run at Star in 2015.

— Woody Pitkat won the 2024 series event at Star. Jake Johnson won the 2022 and 2023 series events at Star. Matt Hirschman leads all drivers with five series victories at Star (2016, 2017, 2017, 2020, 2021). Other series winners at Star include Jon McKennedy (2014, 2021), Ron Silk (2019) and Todd Patnode (2018). 

— Jake Johnson has a perfect record with the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series at Star Speedway with wins in both of his series starts there. Johnson got his first series victory at Star in 2022 and his second series win there in 2023.

— Ron Silk won the season opening Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event, the Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 at Thompson Speedway on March 29.

— Ron Silk won the second Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event this season, the RaceChoice.com 75 at Thompson Speedway on May 14.

— Austin Beers won the third Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event this season, the Granite City 100 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on May 25.

— Jake Johnson won the fourth Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event this season, the Monaco Modified 100 at White Mountain Motorsports Park on June 8.

— Matt Hirschman won the fifth event of the season, the Midweek Madness 125 at Seekonk Speedway on June 25.

— Jake Johnson won the sixth event of the season, the GAF Roofing Modified Masters at Stafford Speedway on July 16.

— There have been 22 different winners on the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series since the division’s inception in 2014. Austin Beers was the last first-time series winner with his victory earlier this season at Thunder Road.

— Jon McKennedy leads the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series standings. McKennedy has a second place finish, a third place finish, three fourth place finishes and a seventh place finish this season. Ronnie Williams is second in the standings, 39 points behind McKennedy. Chris Pasteryak is third, 49 points off the lead. Click here for the full series standings

— The 10-race schedule for the series in 2025 marks the most events in one season in series history. The division had a then all-time series high of eight events in 2024.

— Saturday’s event at Star marks the 64th Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event since the division’s inception in 2014.

— The series will visit seven different tracks in four states in 2025. After Saturday at Star the division visits New London-Waterford Speedbowl (Aug. 23), Stafford Speedway (Sept. 25) and Seekonk Speedway (Oct. 25).

— Matt Hirschman is the reigning champion of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series. Hirschman won his ninth series title in 2024. Click here for the final 2024 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series standings

— The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series began in 2014. Jon McKennedy won the first series title. Ronnie Williams was the series champion in 2019. Matt Hirschman has won every other series title.

— Matt Hirschman is also the division’s all-time winningest driver with 23 victories in 59 series starts. Click here for the division’s all-time win list

— Woody Pitkat and Matt Hirschman are tied at the top of the series’ all-time division starts list with 59 starts each. Click here for the division’s all-time starts list

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2024 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Season Review

— The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series opened its 11th season on May 26, 2024 at Thunder Road International Speedbowl. Stephen Kopcik won his first Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event that day.

— The second event of the 2024 season was the 19th running of Open Wheel Wednesday at Seekonk Speedway on June 27. Brian Robie led the field to the checkered flag in the event but post race inspection found issues with Robie’s motor. Robie was disqualified from the victory, giving Teddy Hodgdon IV the win and the $20,000 first place prize.

— Jake Johnson celebrated his third Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series victory in the divison’s inaugural event at White Mountain Motorplex in North Woodstock, N.H. on July 27, 2024.

— Matt Hirschman won the Belltown Motors/Fowlers Auto Wrecking 100 on Aug. 10, 2024 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl

— Woody Pitkat scored his second career Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series victory – and first since 2015 – in the RaceChoice.com 125 at Star Speedway on Sept. 15, 2024.

— Matt Hirschman scored his second victory of the season in the NAPA Fall Final 80 at Stafford Speedway on Sept. 28, 2024. It was Hirschman’s second consecutive victory in the historic event at Stafford.

— Jon McKennedy was victorious in the first Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event at Thompson Speedway on Oct. 12, 2024.

— Matt Hirschman closed out the 2024 season by scoring victory in the USNE Power Haunted Hundred at Seekonk Speedway on Nov. 2, 2024.

2023 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Review

— Ronnie Williams won the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series season opening event at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on May 28, 2023.

— Matt Swanson won the second Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event of the season on June 28, 2023 at Seekonk Speedway.

— Jake Johnson was victorious when the series visited Star Speedway on July 22, 2023.

— Matt Hirschman won in the division’s first visit of the season to the New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Aug. 12, 2023.

— Matt Hirschman won in the Haunted Hundred on Oct. 21, 2023 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl.

— Matt Hirschman won the 50th NAPA Fall Final at Stafford Speedway on Oct. 28, 2023.