{"id":10406,"date":"2012-07-26T23:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T03:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=10406"},"modified":"2012-07-26T23:35:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T03:35:57","slug":"weather-postpones-thompson-races-until-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/weather-postpones-thompson-races-until-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"WEATHER POSTPONES THOMPSON RACES UNTIL SUNDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/thompson.gif\" alt=\"Thompson\" class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left'>With predictions of severe thunderstorms and the possibility of tornados, the Thompson International Speedway has postponed its Thursday Night Thompson Thunder race event until this coming Sunday, July 29th.<\/p>\n<p>                The paddock will open on Sunday at 11 AM and practice will start at 12 Noon. Grandstands will open at 12 Noon. Qualifying is slated for a 2:30 PM start with features getting underway at about 3 PM.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>                \u201cThe threat of severe weather being forecast for the entire state made the decision to postpone this race an easy one,\u201d said track owner, Don Hoenig. \u201cHowever, the best alternative date to run this event proved to be Sunday, July 29th. The Valenti Modified Racing Series has a very busy schedule for the balance of the summer and we did not want to have to cancel the VMRS 75-lap feature event race,\u201d Hoenig concluded.<\/p>\n<p>                The race seven-division race program on Sunday will feature the Valenti Modified Racing Series along with Thompson\u2019s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series \u201cSuper 6\u201d divisions. Fans are urged to check the Thompson web page for the complete schedule of events for the day. www.thompsonspeedway.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With predictions of severe thunderstorms and the possibility of tornados, the Thompson International Speedway has postponed its Thursday Night Thompson Thunder race event until this coming Sunday, July 29th. The paddock will open on Sunday at 11 AM and practice will start at 12 Noon. Grandstands will open at 12 Noon. Qualifying is slated for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[196,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut","category-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}