{"id":27371,"date":"2020-09-29T07:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=27371"},"modified":"2020-09-25T07:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:25:37","slug":"big-money-on-the-line-in-act-style-late-model-show-at-thompson-speedway-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2020\/09\/big-money-on-the-line-in-act-style-late-model-show-at-thompson-speedway-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Money on the Line in ACT-Style Late Model Show at Thompson Speedway World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Big Money on the Line in ACT-Style Late Model Show at Thompson Speedway World Series<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thompson, CT<\/em> \u2014<\/strong> Late Model drivers in New England won\u2019t want to miss a big 50-lap feature\u202fas part of the 58th\u202fAnnual\u202fWorld\u202fSeries of Speedway Racing at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.\u202fOn Saturday,\u202fOctober 10,\u202fsome of the top competitors in ACT-style Late Models will bear down on the Thompson high-banks with more than $17,000 in total prize money on the line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race pays $2,000 to win, $1,200 for second, and $1,000 for third\u202fwith a minimum $300 payout to take the green flag. However, the lucrative purse\u202fthroughout the field isn\u2019t the only value drivers will be chasing.\u202fFor the first time in recent World Series memory, drivers will also be chasing lap money in the Late Model feature, with most laps slated for $50 to the driver who leads that circuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The total value of lap money rises close to $3,000 with $100 from the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) to the lap-one leader and $300 from \u201cThe Dumpster Guy\u201d for the leader of the final lap. ACT and Pro All Star Series (PASS) officials are leasing the track for the prestigious World Series in 2020 and running operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Lesnewski, a crew member on Woody\u202fPitkat\u2019s\u202fNo. 91 Hartwell Motorsports Late Model, and Brian Tagg, a long-time competitor at Thompson,\u202fcollected sponsors for the lap bonuses within just a few days after an announcement was made by Lesnewski on Facebook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJohn texted me and said he was trying to get some sponsors together and I shared it, and the two of us just went at it trying to sell them,\u201d Tagg said. \u201cIt only took us a little bit over two days to sell them all. It makes it interesting… as a driver, you\u2019re always looking for ways to make it more interesting and try to draw more interest from competitors who wouldn\u2019t normally come. The purse was already awesome, and we figured we would spice it up even more.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of the lap money, two additional bonus awards have been provided. The second-place finisher will earn an extra $100, a donation that reads: \u201cpaying it forward in honor of generosity of Cape Towing and Salvage and Streb Chiropractic.\u201d\u202fWoody\u202fPitkat, who won the Late Model feature as part of the Thompson 150 on September 3, also has donated a $100 bonus to the sixth-place finisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat John, Brian, and their teams have done to help support the World Series is great to see,\u201d World Series co-promoter and ACT managing partner\u202fCris\u202fMichaud said. \u201cWe think this is going to be one of the top races of the entire weekend and one that fans won\u2019t want to miss.\u201d\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Tagg, watching what Michaud and PASS owner Tom Mayberry have done to try and bring Thompson back to the top is special\u202f\u2013 and he couldn\u2019t be more thankful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to even describe,\u201d\u202fTagg said. \u201cAs a competitor,\u202fyou\u202fnever want see your home track go away.\u202fWhen you have people like\u202fCris\u202fand\u202fTom…\u202fthey didn\u2019t have to do anything. They are three states away, but they wanted to do what they could for the local short track… it\u2019s truly amazing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 58th<\/sup> Annual World Series of Speedway Racing takes place October 9-11 with three action-packed days of racing. The schedules include 18 divisions and series with the season finale for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. Two additional open shows \u2013 a $2,000-to-win 350\u202fSupermodified\u202f30-lap race and a 75-lap, $5,000-to-win Modified Open \u2013 will join the Late Model Open on Saturday’s schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of the Late Models, purses for Thompson\u2019s local divisions include a $1,500-to-win Sunoco Modified race, $350-to-win Limited Sportsman and SK Light Modified features, and a $200-to-win Mini Stock main event. Full purse structures for all the local divisions and open shows can be found on the Thompson, ACT, and PASS websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General admission tickets are just $55 for a three-day pass and are a hot\u202fcommodity\u202fsince Connecticut COVID-19 regulations have the track at just 25% grandstand capacity. Tickets can be purchased by visiting\u202fhttps:\/\/happsnow.com\/event\/Thompson-Speedway-Motorsports-Park-YHPQ\/WORLD-SERIES–NO2QX<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the World Series of Speedway Racing schedule, contact the ACT offices at (802) 244-6963, media@acttour.com<\/a>, or visit www.acttour.com\/thompson-speedway<\/a> or www.thompsonspeedway.com<\/a>. You can also get updates on Facebook and Twitter at @ACTTour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For camping information and general Thompson Speedway inquires, call (860) 923-2280 or email oval@thompsonspeedway.com<\/a>. You can follow Thompson Speedway on Facebook and Instagram at @ThompsonSpeedway or on Twitter at @ThompsonSpdwy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For technical information concerning all PASS divisions, and for media or marketing questions, please contact passracing@roadrunner.com<\/a> or visit www.proallstarsseries.com<\/a>. Don’t forget to “Like” the Pro All Stars Series on Facebook or follow on Twitter @PASSSLM14 to keep up with breaking news as it happens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Big Money on the Line in ACT-Style Late Model Show at Thompson Speedway World Series  Thompson, CT \u2014 Late Model drivers in New England won\u2019t want to miss a big 50-lap feature\u202fas part of the 58th\u202fAnnual\u202fWorld\u202fSeries of Speedway Racing at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.\u202fOn Saturday,\u202fOctober 10,\u202fsome of the top competitors in ACT-style Late Models will bear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3,4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-act","category-connecticut","category-thompson","category-touring-series-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27372,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27371\/revisions\/27372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}