The NorthEast Race Cars Tri Track Open Modified Series (TTOMS) is set to open the season this Wednesday, June 29, at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Massachusetts. It will be the first of what is now four races during the 2016 campaign. The first event that was scheduled for June 11 at Monadnock Speedway was rained out and unfortunately will not be rescheduled.

 

On Wednesday, $10,000 will be up for grabs to the winner of the 12th annual Open Wheel Wednesday 100 lap feature event. The annual event, that started in 2005, has been won by many different modified veterans. In 2005, it was Donny Lia who captured the checkered flag during a last race dash with Ted Christopher.

 

Other winners over the years include Matt Hirschman (2008 & 2012), Kirk Alexander (2006), Vinny Annarummo (2007), Chris Pasteryak (2009), Todd Annarummo (2010), Doug Coby (2011 & 2013), Tommy Barrett (2014) and Richard Savary, who is the defending winner behind the wheel of his Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists No. 99.

 

More than 40 drivers will pack the paddock area hoping to qualify for the big dollar event — but it will not be an easy task. Qualifying heats will begin at 7 p.m. and if drivers are not able to qualify through the heat race rounds, they will have the chance to head into the consolation races. Finally, if drivers can’t find their way through the consi rounds, they will have a chance at winning the B-Main, a 25 lap feature where the winner earns himself a guaranteed spot in the 100 lapper.

 

Among the entered drivers include the two Tri Track Open Modified Series champions, Jon McKennedy and Matt Hirschman. Both are searching for a solid finish to get some points towards the remainder of the season.

Modified veterans and former winners of the OWW event Coby, Alexander, Pasteryak, Todd Annarummo, Barrett and Savary will all be hoping to put their name on another trophy and collect another big check.

 

However, all the others will be chasing their first Tri Track win at Seekonk it’s a stout field of competition coming in. Ted Christopher has entered behind the wheel of the famous Brady No. 00 and Art Barry has prepared a ride for current NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver Justin Bonsignore, who will pilot car No. 21.

 

Others on the entry list include young drivers like Branden Dion, along with veterans like defending Valenti Modified Racing Series champion Woody Pitkat, Les Hinckley, Ron Silk and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour defending champion Andy Seuss.

 

Fans are asked to rise to their feet on lap 44 to honor a veteran Wednesday night. Longtime modified car owner Mario Fiore, who passed away last week, was a championship team owner on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2000 and the racing community lost a legend this past week. On lap 44, fans are asked to stand and hold four fingers up from each hand to make the 44 all around the 1/3 mile oval. Barrett will honor Fiore while changing his car number to 44.

 

The event will also include two other divisions on the racing card. The NEMA Midgets and NEMA Lites will both compete in 29 lap feature events in the annual Boston Louie Seymour Memorial feature races.

 

Qualifying heats get underway at 7 p.m., with the consolations, B-main and the 100 lap, $10,000 to win feature event to follow. Admission to the front gate for Wednesday’s show is $25 and the paddock fee is $35.

 

 

 

 

QUICK NOTES: Open Wheel Wednesday Tri Track 100 at Seekonk Speedway

 

Track Facts:

1   1/3 mile oval in Seekonk, Massachusetts

2   Noted for weekly Friday and Saturday night racing; Saturday under NASCAR banner

3   Created by the late D. Anthony and Irene Venditti

 

Race Facts:

1   12 lap heat races

2   12 lap consolation races

3   25 lap B-Main feature

4   100 lap A-main feature

5   $10,000 to win

 

Event Schedule:

1   Pit gates open at 10 a.m.

2   Practice starts at 3:15 p.m. — rotating rounds with all divisions in attendance

3   Front gates open at 4 p.m.

4   Heat racing begins at 7 p.m.

 

 

Current Entry List:

 

1          0 – Mike Holdridge

2         00 – Ted Christopher

3          04 – Branden Dion

4          1 – Anthony Sesely

5          2 – Doug Coby

6          3MA – Troy Talman

7         4 – Jeff Gallup

8         12 – Todd Annarummo

9          13 – Chase Dowling

10          13 – Steve Masse

11           15CT – Chris Pasteryak

12           16 – Eric Berndt

13           17 – Roger Coss

14           21 – Justin Bonsignore

15           23 – Mike Douglas Jr.

16           24 – Todd Patnode

17          25 – Rowan Pennink

18           27 – Andy Jankowiak

19           28 – Dwight Jarvis

20          28 – Jeff Rocco

21           29 – Jon McKennedy

22          33 – Rob Richardi

23          39 – Calvin Carroll

24          40 – Eddie LeClerc

25          43 – Kirk Alexander

26          44 – Tommy Barrett

27          45 – Dan Meservey

28          47 – Ken Bouchard

29          50 – Ron Silk

30          50 – Carl Medeiros Jr.

31           52 – Woody Pitkat

32          52 – Les Hinckley

33          55 – Joe Doucette

34          57 – Keith Rocco

35          60 – Matt Hirschman

36          66 – Austin Kochenash

37          68 – Johnny Bush

38          70 – Andy Seuss

39          76 – Dennis Perry

40          80 – Dick Houlihan

41           85 – Mike Benevides

42          85 – Todd Szegedy

43          93 – George Sherman

44       99 – Richard Savary

Source: Tri Track Series PR/Kyle Souza

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