by Jay | Mar 27, 2013 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
ICEBREAKER TO FEATURE “BEST OF THE REST” RACE
THOMPSON, CT. Thompson’s Icebreaker weekend will offer two special race events on Saturday evening, April 13th. The events will be called “Best of the Rest” events and will be held for the Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman and the Monster Mini Stocks.
The fields in these races will be made up of drivers who raced at Thompson in 2012 but did not finish in the top ten in points at year’s end. Anyone in either division who did finish in the top ten in points will not be eligible to participate in these “Best of the Rest” races.
Fast track Concessions will provide the sponsorship for the Monster Mini Stock 15-lap race and New England Race Fuels will provide the sponsorship for the Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman 20-lap main. These two non-points events will be in addition to the regular Icebreaker races for these two divisions that will be run on Sunday, April 14th.
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by | Mar 21, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The first of two open practice dates at the Thompson International Speedway is slated for Saturday, March 30th with a second scheduled for Saturday, April 6th. The practice sessions will be open to any safe race car and run from 11 am until 5 pm on both days.
In spite of Mother Nature’s desire to extend the long New England winter, track officials are working extra hard to have the speedway in race condition when the paddock area gates open 9 am. All vehicles will be inspected and then allowed onto the track for a full day of practice. The practice sessions will, as always, be conducted in a “round robin” format by division. The on-track activity will be virtually non-stop during each of the practice days.
Race teams look forward to these open practice days so that they can test their race cars prior to the Icebreaker, the most anticipated race event of the year. The Thompson Icebreaker will be run on the weekend of April 13th and 14th and will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, The Granite State Pro Stocks and Thompson’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Sunoco Modifieds, LKQ/Keystone Lite Modifieds, Late Models, Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman and Monster Mini Stocks. (more…)
by | Mar 13, 2013 | Connecticut, New England, New England Motorsports South, Thompson
By Lou Modestino
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.
The 2012 Thompson Modified champion, John-Lowinski-Loh, JR is just one of the drivers moving to the Late Models. He recently said that he was really looking forward to competing in a Late Model but he said that he and his team had their work cut out for them. He spoke of the fact that the cars are bigger and that there will be a need to adjust to a different suspension system, different tires and to learn to work with less visibility in the full-body style car. Lowinski-Loh, Jr said, “We will be racing with much more experienced guys but I think there will be close competition. I also think there will be a nice field of cars and that will make for really good racing. We are also looking forward to traveling to other tracks and getting valuable seat time. We are even thinking about going to Loudon,” he concluded. Lowinski-Loh, JR. had a very successful 2012 season. He scored eighteen top five finishes and visited victory lane a total of nine times. (more…)
by | Mar 6, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
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…)
by Jay | Feb 3, 2013 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
NEW ERA ON TAP AT THOMPSON
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…)
by | Jan 7, 2013 | Connecticut, Thompson
2013 Schedule of Events
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…)
