THOMPSON, CT The roar of the engines will once again fill the air at the Thompson International Speedway when the track opens for the first of two pre-season practice sessions on Saturday, March 30th. Each year, the first open practice session is very important to competitors and this year it will be of particular importance to the drivers of the former Thompson Modified division.
Nearly every TIS Modified team has moved to a new division at the track and each will be faced with challenges as they adapt to new cars and drivers in a completely different class of race cars. The Thompson Late Model class has become the division of choice for the majority of the TIS Modified Drivers. (more…)
THOMPSON,CT. Newly appointed Race Director, Jeff Zuidema, is anticipating a brand new era of competition for both race teams and fans at Thompson International Speedway. Zuidema received his new assignment at the historic race track shortly after the first of the year and has devoted virtually all of his time to the new task at hand. Zuidema is a four-time Thompson track champion and sits 5th on the track’s all-time win list with some 52 victories.
Zuidema recently expressed thanks to the Hoenig family for their confidence in him and for the opportunity to take on this extremely important job. He has spent endless hours talking with race teams about the 2013 racing season. “I’m looking for race cars, race cars, race cars. I want to be sure that race teams know that they are more than welcome to be part of the new atmosphere that we will bring to the speedway. Thus far, I have been getting very positive reactions and am excited about working with the competitors. I know that together we can present a race program that will be fun and exciting for the fans,” he said. (more…)
2013 Schedule of Events
March 30 Sat. Practice, Test & Tune Session 11-5 pm (Any safe race car welcome)
April 6 Sat. Practice, Test & Tune Session 11-5 pm (Any safe race car welcome)
April 13-14 Sat.-Sun. ICEBREAKER – WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR 150L (5 NASCAR Divisions + Granite State Pro Stocks)
May 19 Sun. VALENTI MODIFIED RACING SERIES (75 Lap Special Event + 5 NASCAR Divisions)
May 26 Sun. EVE OF DESTRUCTION – Demo’s – Fireworks – Trailer Trash & More (Rain Date 5/28)
May 30 Thurs. Thursday Night Thunder Kick Off! – 5 NASCAR Divisions
June 6 Thurs. TNTT – 5 NASCAR Divisions
June 13 Thurs. TNTT – 5 NASCAR Divisions
June 20 Thurs. TNTT – 5 NASCAR Divisions (more…)
THOMPSON, CT. The 2013 Thompson International Speedway racing schedule has been released. The track will host three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races, three Valenti Modified Racing Series events, the Granite State Pro Stocks, the Northern Mini Stock Tour, the New England Truck Series and other touring series in addition to a weekly Thursday night racing schedule that will run from May 31st through August 29th.
The 2013 season will open with the traditional Icebreaker on the weekend of April 13 & 14 and will end with the World Series of Speedway Racing slated for October 18th -20th. The WMT will top the billing at each of these events and will also return for the annual 150-lap August race. (more…)
