{"id":26453,"date":"2020-03-05T08:56:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=26453"},"modified":"2020-03-05T03:57:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T08:57:34","slug":"ten-division-lineup-announced-for-46th-annual-liquid-death-icebreaker-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2020\/03\/ten-division-lineup-announced-for-46th-annual-liquid-death-icebreaker-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"TEN DIVISION LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR 46TH ANNUAL LIQUID DEATH ICEBREAKER WEEKEND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TEN&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>DIVISION&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>LINEUP<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;ANNOUNCED FOR 46<\/strong><strong><sup>TH<\/sup><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;ANNUAL LIQUID DEATH ICEBREAKER WEEKEND<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PRACTICE&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>FRIDAY;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;RACING SATURDAY &amp; SUNDAY&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>APRIL 4-5&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>INCLUDES NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/LegKlPAyQMJZIcid_fw1kAbY9LTKWntAL1bEI9hX3cO4me2PaDGIZilygzuQOzDXGf4RoXpwJP5iyVRwf9-RBA-adhN9GEvYXQJo9llqwsWeJFAbnn0gPkR5v5WBwzKK2wYU2TOzDtxQ2fB6ZRd7IxVHSFaE4suloUGvaL8EKzFvBrsIlM3Z6hFoD0jJTngaKWVJNYZ0bA8bTkRFB9MIBjlc8peNm4-Fn2q6suB7iTucb_qs6q1Q-mt7F-lmYNp_9EKD6zwa4WVr8ErzT2Wb0dVa4dnb0pknZeeXPNpGVnpGLtAnJg3lut0AjYwRPARP0aJdHkHqQtiYO-OOO6LFXCrhQi53jOGtP6U4GGWJIAm4QybiWNqFez653wkooUA0Aeukho-EXrFF5AZrmbJha7zdcj2ZA9LAA_aly8F2wfq_h5vMKGRatQTeqZrHcmQLcdsdahLfcopeFryqQ8qazNXl-soX1RTvO4F3QV86sBmBuBTXQc3joe_yabyn4bbIlwFZ_rPNzO3k7g9DkGCFpfxSu1qxPlpt03qBgnPi_VFmmRfPEtrp2qCCd6Nq6B9V39MFwuK_Uf0nSMg8HVQB7GDYMapiLN2K5siGu-8X8CVX7CKPtHd6VEYVMloZUZneXtB9BHmq9XuHuhInJDEyO4BK92HfCtmzoJ62VMilbJ-v3v_3V2hYpQ=w1484-h1536-no?pageId=117885742654144314464\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"259\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THOMPSON, Conn. &#8212;&nbsp;<\/strong>Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park announced on&nbsp;Wednesday&nbsp;that&nbsp;10&nbsp;divisions will compete in the 46<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;annual Liquid Death Icebreaker weekend,&nbsp;April&nbsp;3-5. The&nbsp;event&nbsp;begins with a Test &amp; Tune practice on Friday, followed by two days of&nbsp;action to begin the New England racing season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event also marks the&nbsp;official beginning of Thompson\u2019s 80<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year celebration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns for the&nbsp;35<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;consecutive season and headlines the weekend with the&nbsp;Death&nbsp;To&nbsp;Plastic 150 presented by Liquid Death&nbsp;on Sunday. Justin Bonsignore took three of the four races at TSMP last season, and has won seven of the last eight, while names like Craig Lutz, Ron Silk and&nbsp;Woody&nbsp;Pitkat&nbsp;will be looking to take him off the top.&nbsp;Defending tour champion Doug Coby is opening a new race team and will compete as both the owner and driver, as the&nbsp;Milford, Connecticut, native has six Thompson&nbsp;wins to his credit, including the Bud 150 last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thompson\u2019s five NASCAR Weekly Racing Series divisions will begin their championship quest, as the&nbsp;Sunoco&nbsp;Modifieds, Late Models, SK Light&nbsp;Modifieds, Limited Sportsman and Mini Stocks&nbsp;open&nbsp;with qualifying and feature racing.&nbsp;Each weekly series division will run a night of 20\/20 racing&nbsp;in&nbsp;2020&nbsp;\u2013 with double 20-lap features planned, beginning with the Late Models at the Icebreaker. The Late Models will run one feature&nbsp;on Saturday&nbsp;and one Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Mini Stock events will be 20 laps in distance, up five laps from last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The Modified Racing Series returns for another year of Icebreaker competition&nbsp;for a 50-lap feature on Saturday night. The winged warriors of the NEMA Lites will be in town for their own feature.&nbsp;The EXIT Realty Pro Truck Challenge (35 laps) and EXIT Realty 375 Pro Sportsman&nbsp;(35 laps)&nbsp;will both qualify and race as part of the Saturday program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full schedule for Icebreaker weekend will be released once completed. Drivers in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series are encouraged to fill-out the driver registration form, located in the competitor info section of the website, prior to arriving for the Icebreaker.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New for 2020, minors&nbsp;will be allowed in the paddock area for just $15 per event&nbsp;once&nbsp;necessary parental waivers&nbsp;have been&nbsp;signed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pit admission for Friday is just $20, while a paddock pass for Saturday-Sunday is $60.&nbsp;Anyone wishing to enter just the grandstands for Saturday-Sunday can purchase a general admission ticket at $55, with seniors, veterans and active military $50. Kids 12 and under are free in the grandstand general admission.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liquid Death, the sponsor of the 46<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;annual Icebreaker, puts water, the healthiest beverage on earth, into aluminum cans, the most sustainable container on earth. With a mission to get more people to drink water, they are creating one of the first sustainable alternatives to plastic bottled water.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thompsonspeedway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thompsonspeedway.com<\/a>&nbsp;and follow the track on social media via&nbsp;Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEN&nbsp;DIVISION&nbsp;LINEUP&nbsp;ANNOUNCED FOR 46TH&nbsp;ANNUAL LIQUID DEATH ICEBREAKER WEEKEND&nbsp; PRACTICE&nbsp;FRIDAY;&nbsp;RACING SATURDAY &amp; SUNDAY&nbsp;APRIL 4-5&nbsp;INCLUDES NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR&nbsp; THOMPSON, Conn. &#8212;&nbsp;Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park announced on&nbsp;Wednesday&nbsp;that&nbsp;10&nbsp;divisions will compete in the 46th&nbsp;annual Liquid Death Icebreaker weekend,&nbsp;April&nbsp;3-5. 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