N. WOODSTOCK, N.H. — The pit area at White Mountain Motorsports Park filled to near capacity on Saturday night for the first-ever Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series event at the quarter-mile facility.
With 2024 winners Stephen Kopcik and Teddy Hodgdon leading the field to the green flag, the Mighty Modifieds of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series took on the White Mountain highbanks in a series first. Kopcik took the early lead with a rear-view mirror full of Woody Pitkat. ‘The Sultan of Stafford’ would be the first to take the shot down low, taking over the lead on lap 19 from Kopcik at the head of the pack.
Throughout the middle of the 100-lap event, it wasn’t the race to the front for Matt Hirschman, rather the race not to be lapped. Again and again race leader Woody Pitkat closed on Matt Hirschman with Hirschman motored inside and outside of slower cars to maintain a lead-lap position.
‘Big Money Matt’ would be saved with the first caution on lap 73 for the stalled Chris Pasteryak on the backstretch. Pitkat, Hirschman, Ronnie Williams and Kyle Bonsignore were among those who took advantage of the yellow flag to jump pit-side for tires and adjustments.
While Hirschman made it to the top five under the return to green, his luck ran out with the No. 60 sliding through the infield to bring out the lap 82 caution. Jake ‘The Jet’ Johnson took command of the field and never faltered through the final restart for the lap 89 caution as Les Hinkley kissed the turn four tire barrier.
Johnson earned his first career Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series victory in the series’ first trip to White Mountain followed by Pitkat and Steven Kopcik at the line.
The Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank Strictly Stock Minis feature was won by Patrick Switser, who led from a late-race restart and took down the win over a hard-charging McKenna Merchant.Â
The Fisher Auto Parts Flying Tigers wrapped up the night with Nate Hamblett and Luke Peters leading the field to green. Point leader Brandon Gray would make his way through traffic to claim the lead by lap seven and took the green-to-checkers feature victory over Shane Sicard and Logan Powers to cap off the evening.