by Jay | May 10, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson, Touring Series News, VALENTI MODIFIED SERIES
The Valenti Modified Racing Series will top the bill at the Thompson International Speedway on Sunday, May 20th. The popular VMRS will compete in a 75-lap main event as the highlight of the day’s racing activity.
Defending VMRS champion, Chris Pasteryak, will lead an impressive field of Modified racers for this special Sunday afternoon race event. He will be joined by drivers like Rowan Pennink, Less Hinkley, Doug Coby, Norm Wrenn and Jon McKennedy. The 2012 season has been very good to McKennedy after having logged victories in both of the VMRS races run to date. The Chelmsford, MA driver won the season opener at the Waterford Speedbowl and then went on to repeat his winning ways at the Monadnock Speedway. All bets are off, however, when the VMRS arrives at Thompson which is the largest and fastest track on their race schedule.
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by Jay | Apr 26, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The newest NASCAR Whelen All-American Series division at Thompson International Speedway, the LKQ/Keystone Lite Modifieds, will make its debut on Sunday, May 20th. LKQ/Keystone is the nation’s leading supplier of used and after market replacement auto parts. The lite style of Modified race cars proved to be very popular at Thompson in special events appearances during the last two years and, as a result, have been added as a weekly division in 2012.
In making the announcement of title sponsorship for the Lite Modified division, Mike Dufresne, Regional Vice President of LKQ/Keystone, said that LKQ/Keystone was very pleased to have the opportunity to provide weekly sponsorship in the form of bonus money to the new and exciting racing division. “We know that many of our customers are involved in racing and we wanted to step up and support this program. Our customers know of our love for auto racing and we wanted to show them that we support their dedication to the sport.” said Dufresne. LKQ and Keystone have locations coast to coast in the USA.
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by Jay | Apr 16, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, NASCAR, New England, Thompson, Touring Series News
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Story and Results – Silk Emerges Victor In Wild Modified Tour Finish
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by Jay | Apr 15, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, New England, Thompson
Preece, O’Sullivan, Ramstrom, Boss, Sundeen and Poulin Score Icebreaker Wins
Thompson, Conn: Ron Silk celebrated his eighth career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory in an extended 159-lap event after Rowan Pennink was posted for not allowing Silk, who chose to take the inside groove for the final restart, to set the pace. He officially jumped the restart.
“I had a better car than Rowan (Pennink),” said Silk after the race. “Before the last restart, he had me up in the marbles. He didn’t even give me a chance to have a line. You can’t beat the leader to the line. If you do, you have to lift. I’m happy to win and we had a better car than he did. I ran him down and passed him with 15 to go. The rule is in black and white. You can’t beat the leader to the line.”
Silk started the race in eighth and led just one time throughout the race distance taking the lead at lap 138 when he dove underneath Pennink in turn three. The win marked his fourth at Thompson International Speedway, and his first during Icebreaker weekend.
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by Jay | Apr 13, 2012 | Connecticut, New England, Thompson
THOMPSON, CT. The season-opening Icebreaker race will be run this weekend, April 14th & 15th, at the Thompson International speedway. Thompson’s Icebreaker, a two-day event and the most anticipated race of the year, will feature seven different NASCAR racing divisions topped by the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Joining the WMT will be Thompson’s “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American Series divisions. The “Super 6” includes the Sunoco Modified, Super Late Models, Thompson Modifieds, Late Models, Xtra Mart Limited Sportsman and the Monster Mini Stocks.
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by Jay | Apr 9, 2012 | Connecticut, Modified, NASCAR, Thompson, Touring Series News
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Set To Open At Thompson
Icebreaker Begins Season For 11th Straight Year
The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is set to take the green flag in the traditional season-opening Icebreaker weekend at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway on Sunday, April 15.
Picking up where the 2011 season left off, and where Ron Silk captured his first championship, the Whelen Modified Tour returns to the high banks at Thompson to begin its 28th season of competition. The .625-mile oval in northeast Connecticut has played host to more events than any other facility in the Tour’s history: the 2012 Icebreaker will be the 117th there since 1985.
Silk celebrated the 2011 championship at Thompson in the season finale last October, and he’ll open his title defense at a track where he’s won three times previously and has finished in the top 10 in 11 of his last 13 visits. The Norwalk, Conn., native will be looking for his first win in the Icebreaker, an event where he’s finished on the podium just once in six previous tries.
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