Event: Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75
Where: Thompson Speedway
When: Saturday April 11
Schedule: Click here for full details for Saturday at Thompson
Who: Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Entry List At Thompson
Broadcast: Northeast Short Track Network
Notes
— The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series kicks off its 13th season with the running of the Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 at Thompson Speedway.
— Saturday’s race is the first of nine events on the 2026 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series schedule.
— Saturday’s race will mark the fourth series event to take place at Thompson Speedway. The division ran its first event at Thompson Speedway on Oct. 12, 2024. It was won by Jon McKennedy. The series ran as part of the Icebreaker weekend last year with Ron Silk winning on March 29. Silk also won when the division returned to Thompson on May 14, 2025.
— The Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series announced on March 17 that for the first time in series history there will be a championship points fund, which will be backed by USNEPower and Union Insurance Group. The $50,000 point fund will pay $11,000 to the series champion.
— Saturday’s event at Thompson marks the 68th Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event since the division’s inception in 2014.
— As of Wednesday afternoon there were 33 cars on the entry list for Saturday’s event.
— There have been 23 different winners on the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series since the division’s inception in 2014.
— The series will visit five different tracks in three states in 2026.
— Jon McKennedy was the 2025 champion of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series. It was his second series title. McKennedy also won the series championship in 2014. Matt Hirschman has nine series championships (2015, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23, ’24). Ronnie Williams was the 2019 series champion. Click here for the final 2025 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series standings
— Matt Hirschman is also the division’s all-time winningest driver with 24 victories in 63 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 63 starts each. Click here for the division’s all-time starts list
2025 Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series Season Review
— Ron Silk won the season opening Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event, the Propane Plus Heating & Cooling 75 at Thompson Speedway on March 29, 2025.
— Ron Silk won the second Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event this season, the RaceChoice.com 75 at Thompson Speedway on May 14, 2025.
— 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, 2025.
— 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, 2025.
— Jake Johnson won the sixth event of the season, the GAF Roofing Modified Masters at Stafford Speedway on July 16, 2025.
— Blake Barney won the seventh event of the 2025 season, the RaceChoice.com 125 at Star Speedway on Aug. 2, 2025.
— Jake Johnson won the eighth event of the season, the Belltown Motors/Fowlers Auto Recycling 100 at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl on Aug. 23, 2025.
— Ron Silk scored his third victory of the season in the NAPA Fall Final 80 on Sept. 27, 2025 at Stafford Speedway.
— Matt Hirschman won the season ending USNEPower Haunted Hundred XL on Oct. 25, 2025 at Seekonk Speedway.
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.
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