THOMPSON, Conn. — Ron Silk banked the $10,000 top prize as the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series headlined a full card of racing at Thompson Speedway.
Noah Korner and Mike Christopher Jr. fought for the lead in the opening laps. Content to ride it out, veterans Ronnie Williams and Silk followed the leaders before slowly picking them off with the turn three slingshot underneath.
After blowing the engine in his primary car in practice, Jon McKennedy ran home to Chelmsford to grab the back-up car and just made the tail of the starting field. By the lap 19 caution for a single-car spin in turn two, McKennedy sat tenth on the grid.
It continued to be the Ronnie and Ron show out front with Williams leading Silk around the five-eighths-mile oval until the lap 39 caution sent the field pit-side for fresh Hoosier rubber. Patrick Emerling would use the superior pit stop to take the restart lead but Williams, McKennedy and Silk stayed nose-to-tail behind him.
One final restart with 14 laps remaining left this talented gaggle of cars to fight it out to the end. Ultimately it was Silk who took down the $10,000 win with Emerling across the line in second followed by Williams, Austin Beers and Jon McKennedy.
Keith Rocco won the SK Modified feature and Randy Burr topped the Pro Truck event.
Jake Johnson won the late model main event and Kevin Davis bested the SK Light field.
