by Jay | Mar 18, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Partners with Ellis Tech to Offer Exciting New Program for Automotive Tech Students
(THOMPSON, CT) – Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) is excited to announce a partnership with Ellis Tech’s Automotive Technology program, offering a unique experience for students to find out what it’s like working on a real race car crew. This program is designed to help fuel a passion for racing in the next generation, and provide hands-on learning opportunities not available elsewhere.
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by Jay | Mar 15, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Mini Stock Preview: Trudeau Seeks to Defend Title
(THOMPSON, CT) – First time Mini Stock champion Dave Trudeau will attempt to defend his championship beginning Icebreaker weekend on April 8-10, at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP). It’s not the championship that defines the driver’s reputation, but instead it’s his aggressive no-holds-barred approach to every event.
“I always have a target on my back,” said Trudeau. “A lot of people are intimidated by me and I’m like Earnhardt. You give it to me and I’ll give it back to you. I try to run people clean and I don’t want people to fear me.”
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by Jay | Mar 7, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
photo by RPM 360
Story by Chris Roy
Max Zachem is ready to get back behind the wheel of the #14 Whelen Modified car as the tour gets set to kick off the 2016 race season in the “Icebreaker 150” at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10th.
Max has been keeping busy during the winter months, “This offseason has been really busy. I started a new job working for M2 Services as a contractor (painter/sandblaster) for Army National Guard. Also, I am a corner flag man for the Len Sammons Productions Indoor races. In between that MPZ Motorsports has been searching for sponsors and rebuilding our program for 2016.
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by Jay | Jan 29, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
INEX Legends to return to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park for Road Course Series
(THOMPSON, CT) – When the Legends debuted for the first time on the 1.7 mile road course at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) last May, it was regarded by many as one of the best races of the season on the road course track. OTB Promotions has partnered with TSMP to bring the Legends back for a full-season series in 2016. Midstate Site Development (MSD) will sponsor the eleven-race championship campaign, spanning from April through October. The series will award both INEX and TSMP points, and begins with a National Qualifier on April 29. A total purse of over $15,000 will be paid out through the season, and there will be a separate point fund of $3,250 paid out to the top 10 by OTB at the end of the season.
The INEX Legend cars are 5/8-scale fiberglass full-fendered versions of the famed NASCAR Modifieds driven by legendary drivers such as Fireball Roberts, Buck Baker, Curtis Turner, Speedy Thompson and Banjo Matthews. They give drivers a fun and affordable “spec” class of racing for anyone to participate in.
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by Jay | Jan 21, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
O’Reilly Auto Parts Becomes Official Partner of Triple Crown Series at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) is pleased to announced O’Reilly Auto Parts as the official sponsor of the Triple Crown Championship for the Limited Sportsman and Mini Stock NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (NWAAS) divisions. The Triple Crown Championship debuted in 2015 as a mini-series for these two divisions that consists of three events. Competitors’ finishing positions in these events earns them both TSMP championship points and Triple Crown Series points. The Triple Crown will pay its own point fund and award the top three.
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by Jay | Jan 14, 2016 | Connecticut, New, Thompson
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park to display the Championship-Winning Mertz Racing Sunoco Modified car at the 2016 New England International Auto Show
TSMP will be exhibiting from January 14 – 18 at the New England International Auto Show, located at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
(THOMPSON, CT) – Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) home of one of the oldest paved oval and road course racetracks in the country, will once again return to the New England International Auto Show at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on January 14-18. On display in the TSMP booth will be the Stan Mertz – owned No. 6 Just Get Dirty Apparel Company / Morningside Lawn & Landscape Sunoco Modified car, driven by multiple championship-winning driver, Woody Pitkat. The particular car that is on display is the one that Woody Pitkat drove throughout the 2015 season to seize his title.
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