{"id":311,"date":"2009-06-08T22:15:45","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T03:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9076"},"modified":"2009-06-08T22:15:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T03:15:45","slug":"thompson-champs-to-make-june-18th-true-value-modified-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/thompson-champs-to-make-june-18th-true-value-modified-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"THOMPSON CHAMPS TO MAKE JUNE 18TH TRUE VALUE MODIFIED DEBUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THOMPSON CHAMPS TO MAKE JUNE 18<sup>TH<\/sup> TRUE VALUE MODIFIED DEBUT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THOMPSON, CT.\u00a0 Two Thompson International Speedway division champions will make their first True Value Modified Series starts on Thursday, June 18<sup>th<\/sup>. \u00a0That\u2019s the date that the exciting True Value Modifieds invade the Thompson race track for the running of the Town Fair Tire 75-lap main event.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Zuidema of North Brookfield, MA is a multi-time division champion at Thompson. But, in spite of all of his success at the Connecticut oval, Jeff will be behind the wheel of a Modified division race car for only the second time in his career.\u00a0 Speaking about this new racing venture, Zuidema said, \u201cIt\u2019s something new, challenging and different. We\u2019ve had our hands in just about everything, so why not try it.\u201d Zuidema has raced just about every kind of race car competing in the northeast and will now add an ultra-fast True Value Modified to his resume. The car is owned by veteran owner and driver, Dennis Gagliardi.<\/p>\n<p>The second Thompson champion who will attempt to make the starting field will be Kurt Vigeant from Oxford, MA. Vigeant gained back-to-back Thompson Modified championships before making the move to a True Value Modified. \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to it, said Vigeant. Thompson has been my home track. We have practiced with the car there and it felt good. But, this will be the longest race I\u2019ve ever run, so I will need to learn to be patient. My goal would be a top ten finish, if possible.\u00a0 On the other hand, if I walk out with four wheels still on the car, that would be a win, win situation for me. It will be a big step to suddenly be racing with the big guys. It will be my first time racing with Ted Christopher, Kirk Alexander and all of those guys. I\u2019m really excited about it,\u201d Vigeant concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The True Value Modified Series will make a stop at Thompson on Thursday, June 18<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The list of drivers and race teams is impressive. The popularity of this touring series has exploded in recent years and the series has attracted some of the very best racing talent in the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Stefanik, the 7-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion will have a brand new car with which to compete. He\u2019ll face some very tough competition from the likes of defending True Value champ, Chris Pasteryak, veteran Dwight Jarvis, Les Hinckley, Rowan Pennink, Andy Suess and last year\u2019s winner at Thompson, Todd Owen.<\/p>\n<p>Grandstands will open at 2 PM on June 18<sup>th<\/sup> with qualifying set for 5:30 PM. The first feature race is slated for 6:45 PM. The True Value Modifieds will be joined by Thompson\u2019s \u201cSuper 6\u201d NASCAR Whelen All American Series divisions.\u00a0 This combination will provide fans with a total of seven main events for the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THOMPSON CHAMPS TO MAKE JUNE 18TH TRUE VALUE MODIFIED DEBUT THOMPSON, CT.\u00a0 Two Thompson International Speedway division champions will make their first True Value Modified Series starts on Thursday, June 18th. \u00a0That\u2019s the date that the exciting True Value Modifieds invade the Thompson race track for the running of the Town Fair Tire 75-lap main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","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=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}