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THOMPSON SPEEDWAY RELEASES 2010 RACE SCHEDULE
THOMPSON, CT. The Thompson International Speedway has released its 2010 race schedule.
Four new and exciting events have been added to traditional fan favorites thus creating one of
the most talked about racing schedules in all of New England.
The four new additions to the Thompson schedule will feature Tour-Type Modified race
cars competing in sprint-style, 35-lap feature events on June 3rd, July 1st, August 5th and
September 2nd.
The 2010 racing schedule opens the New England racing season with the traditional
Icebreaker on the weekend of April 10th and 11th. The season will close with the traditional
World Series of Speedway Racing slated for the 15th through the 17th of October. The popular
Thursday Night Thompson Thunder series will get underway on May 20th and will run through
September 16th. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will once again visit Thompson three times
and four brand new Tour-Type Modified, 35-lap shoots outs along with two stops for the Modified
Racing Series (formerly the True Value Series) will make for some exciting changes from
previous years. The PASS Super Late Models will make a return appearance as well. Also
included are the traditional Eve of Destruction Family Fun Night on Memorial Day weekend, the
popular Vintage Antique Car Extravaganza and four open practice sessions for competitors.
Copies of the 2010 schedule are available on the track’s web page. www.thompsonspeedway.com
“We feel that this could be one of the most exciting years of racing in our history,” said
track owner, Don Hoenig. “We think we have an exciting mixture of brand new race programs
along with events that have been popular with fans for many years. Putting all of this together in
one season’s race schedule should make for a great line up for competitors and fans alike,” he
concluded.
Competitors are reminded that it’s time to renew their car numbers for next year. As in
previous years, any racer who secured track points with a registered car number in 2009 has
until January 15, 2010 to renew that number. If the car number is not renewed by the deadline, it
will then be assigned to the first person requesting that number. Thompson Speedway does not
charge competitors to register a race car. However, if a car number is assigned but not used by
the end of June 2010, that number will then become available to another competitor. Race teams
are reminded that Thompson will accept requests for one and two digit numbers only. Letters or
symbols of any kind will not be accepted as part of the car’s official number.
Breaking News
- The 2010 season starts this weekend in Atlantic City . THANKS to our friends at Area Auto
Racing News. Then its off to DAYTONA and New Smyrna Speedway. Plus we may hit
Volusia Speedway for sum DIRT! Stay tuned for as many all most live updates I can send
in. & My lovely wife and EDITOR Michelle can post....
- Mike Lichty won Friday night at The DUNK. While Iron Mike Stefanik took down a very
popular win on Saturday night. Great car count, lots of FAST action all around the track. If
you missed it SORRY theres always next year!
- Rowen Pennink won the Turkey Derby yesterday at Wall Stadium .Pete Brittian was 2nd.
Jimmy Blewertt won the SK 100 followed bye Selely and Pennink.
- Well its off to the Turkey Derby Tomorrow . Hope its a nice day.
- Next stop Turkey Derby.
- The DIRT Track at Lowes. It was the BEST racing we saw all weekend. It is The Greatest
Show on DIRT. Non stop racing. The Sprints were fast as hell. The Late Models raced
door ta door 4 WIDE. 3 rows deep,If you haven,t seen them yet don,t wait any longer, See
this show as soon as you can.
- The racin at the Thompson Speedway this weekend was great . The SK battle was one for
the ages. A close head ta head battle between TC and Silkie in the 12 car. The SUPERS
were flyin.. The MIDGETS were great. So were all the other classes. If you missed it..Don't
make the mistake next year. SEE YOU AT THE NORTH SOUTH SHOOTOUT NEXT
WEEK?? Till Then. SEE YOU AT THE RACES!!!!!!!!
- RAIN RAIN GO AWAY!! PLEASE
- TC wins again at Thompson. Tonight was the last TTNT for 09.
- Otto Sitterly won the 53rd Annual Budweiser INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC.
- August 22nd Chris Pasteryak won the Del,s Lemonade 100 at the SEEKONK Speedway
tonight followed bye Les Hinckley and Rowin Pennink.
- Donny Lia wins UNOH Perfect Storm 150 at Bristol followed bye Christopher and Preece
for third.
- Wings and Wheels, Water SpeedBowl. August 15th Supers Lou Cicconi . Midgets Russ
Stoehr. True Value Modifieds Rowin Pennink Waterford SKs Jeff Paul.
- Friday,August 14th LEE USA Speedway. Ollie Silva Classic saw Mark Sammuts #78 come
out off what seemed like nowhere to WIN the 75 lape Super Feature. Followed bye Russ
Wood #29 and in third was the 11 off Chris Perley.
- Tonight Aug 13th . If it don't RAIN! The Whelen Modified Tour takes on the high banks of
The Thompson speedway in The Bud 150. See ya there!!
- August 8th The NEMA Midgets ran at The SEEKONK Speedway in the famed BOSTON
LOUIE, The race was won by Jeff Abold #29 followed in second by Cole Carter and Nokie
Fornoro in third...
- August 7th Ryan Preece won his second TOUR race in a row tonight at the Stafford
Motor Speedway.
- August 1st Ryan Preece won the Whelen Modified Tour race at Riverhead Raceway
Today. Nice job Ryan tacking down your first Mod Win...
- Were off to Riverhead tomorrow for the Whelen Modified Tour race. Check in all day for
updates and results.
- July 11, 2009 2:53am - The True Value Modified Series headlined the Port City 100 at Lee
USA Speedway tonight. Always a crowd pleaser, the True Value Mods put on another
great show, with Jimmy Kuhn Jr taking the checker. Congrats Jimmy!!
- June 27, 2009 2:44pm - The weather has finally broken, and just in time for the Whelan
Modified Tour to put on a show at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Always the premier
race of the NASCAR weekend this year was no exception. With no further ado the top
eight finishers are - 1st with his first win of the season #4 Donny Lia, 2nd #10 "Fast Eddie"
Flemke, 3rd #79 Ronnie Silk, 4th #93 Rowan Pennink, 5th #36 Ted Christopher, 6th #19
Doug Coby, 7th #21 Richard Savary, and 8th #2 Todd Szegedy.
- June 13, 2009 10:29pm - The True Value Modified Series put on a great show, as usual,
at Seekonk Speedway this evening, and the top five finishers are as follows. 1st #73 Jon
McKennedy, 2nd #28 Dwight Jarvis, 3rd #72 Jimmy Kuhn Jr, 4th #11 Vinnie Annarummo,
and 5th #82 Dave Berghman. Please check out our Photo Gallery for pics. Thanks to
Mike Fenner for covering the rain shortened ACT Super Modified event at Waterford
Speedbowl.
- June 12, 2009 11:48pm - The big SK feature has lived up to expectations with Keith Rocco
and Ted Christopher trading the lead for just about the whole race in a hard-fought but
clean contest. The top five finishers are - 1st #88 Keith Rocco, 2nd #13 Ted Christopher,
3rd #15 Zach Sylvester, 4th #3 Jeff Malave and 5th #12 Jimmy Blewett.
- June 12, 2009 7:29pm - For the first time in three weeks the sun has kept her promise and
shined enough light on Stafford Speedway to permit Friday night racing. With no further
ado the evenings first heat results are as follows: SK Mods Heat 1 - 1st #19 Kenny
Horton, 2nd #2 Richie Pallai Jr, & 3rd #9 Brad Hietala; Heat 2 - 1st #13 Ted Christopher,
2nd #91 Frank Ruocco, & 3rd #49 Zach Sylvester. Heat 3 - 1st #77 Matt Gallo, 2nd #3
Jeff Malave, & 3rd #5 Mark Bakaj. Be back with more updates.
- May 30, 2009 10:13pm - The SK150 has just completed and the top five finishers are - 1st
#4 Ron Yuhas Jr., 2nd #10 Doug Coby, 3rd #57 Keith Rocco, 4th #3 Dennis Gada, and
5th #27 Tyler Chadwick.
- May 30, 2009 8:42 - They just keep rolling in! The top three finishers in the Pro4
Modified Tour feature are - 1st #1m Norm Wrenn, 2nd #4 Cory Cleary, and 3rd #12 Rich
Richardi Jr.
- May 30, 2009 8:15 - The first feature results are in from the Waterford Speedbowl for the
evening. The top 3 finishers in the Late Model feature are - 1st #27 Marc Curtis, 2nd #5
Richard Staskowski, and 3rd #02 Dennis Stampfl. Be back with more as they roll in.
- May 24, 2009 - In front of a packed house at the Waterford Speedbowl, # 61 Dave Shullick
Jr. held off all comers from pole to finish to win the ISMA Supermodified feature. The rest
of the top five are - 2nd #11 Chris Perley, 3rd, #10 Liquid Lou Ciccione, 4th #9 Danny
Lane, and 5th @35 Jeff Holbrook. The top five finishers of the SK Modified feature were -
1st #4 Ron Youhas Jr. in his first win of the season, 2nd #90 Corey Hutchings, 3rd #57
Keith Rocco, 4th #27 Tyler Chadwick, and 5th #51 Ron Janovic Jr.
- May 23, 2009 1:15am - Sorry for the delay, but connectivity issues sidelined me for most
of the evening. I just wanted to check in with the better late than never results of the Tour
Mod feature. Taking top honors tonight was #12 Jimmy Blewett, congrats Showtime, 2nd
#36 Ted Christopher wresting second place from 3rd place finisher #2 Todd Szegedy at
the line, 4th #16 Iron Mike Stefanik, and 5th #14 wiley veteran Reggie Ruggerio. Thanks
for staying up late with me. See you tomorrow for the Supers at the Waterford Speedbowl.
- May 22, 2009 6:34 - It's a beautiful, breezy evening at Stafford Speedway, and the
southern New England race fans have shown up in force for the Connecticut 150. The
cars look to be in race trim, and the drivers are chomping at the bit to get this party
started. I have the top five qualifiers for the Whelen Modified Tour, and with no further
ado they are - Pole goes to #36 Ted Christopher, 2nd #12 Jimmy Blewett, 3rd #3 Ryan
Preece, 4th #52 Chris Pasteryak, and 5th #93 ?????.
- May 9, 2009 10:47 pm - The night is winding down at the 'Bowl, and the True Value
Modified feature results are in : 1st #20 Doug Coby, 2nd #66 "Iron" Mike Stefanick, 3rd
#15 Chris Pasteryak, 4th #06 Les Hinckley, and 5th #13 Steve Masse. For all feature
results from tonight's races at the Waterford Speedbowl please go to www.speedbowl.com
- May 9, 2009 8:31pm - The weather has finally cleared enough for some weekend regional
racing here in southern New England. Stafford managed their Friday night opener last
night, and Waterford is hosting the True Value Mods this evening. The SK Mod feature
has just finished, and the early top three is as follows. 1st #3 Dennis Gada, 2nd #91 High
Def Jeff, 3rd #51 Rob Janovic.
- April 5, 2009 4:45 - What a perfect day for the Icebreaker. The stands were full of happy
fans enjoying the sunny weather and fast racing. The results for the Whelan Modified
Tour feature are just in, and the top five finishers are - 1st #36 last year's champ and local
bad boy Ted Christopher, 2nd fan fav #12 Jimmy Blewett, 3rd and back in the #4 Donny
Lia, 4th hot young prospect Ryan Preece, and 5th aiming for this year's championship
Ronnie Silk. I'm hoping to have more of the days feature results as well as pics, pics, pics
when the boys get back from the track. Get a gander at the photos of yesterday's track
action courtesy of Mike Fenner. Thanks a lot Mike.
- April 2, 2009 - A sure sign of spring in New England is Thompson Speedway's season
opener, The Icebreaker, and it is upon us this very weekend. Not only the starter for the
six weekly NWAAS divisions at Thompson, but also the 2009 premier race for the Whelan
Modified Tour. Yes folks, the ground-pounders are back in Connecticut and, if you're a
race fan, you should be too! Grandstands open at 9:30am both days (8:30am pit gates),
with qualifying for all divisions Saturday beginning at 1:30pm. The first halves of twin
feature races for the Sunoco Modifieds and Late Models will run after the Tour Mods have
had their Time Trials. Sunday will be features, features, features. Let the sights, sounds
and smells of short track racing in New England break you out of your winter hibernation at
Thompson Speedway's Icebreaker this weekend.
- March 28, 2009 2:41 - It's a truly gorgeous day for racing at the Waterford Speedbowl,
and I for one am chomping at the bit to begin the 2009 season. The track looks great, and
if time trials are any indication, the teams are ready to go. I have a few preliminary
qualifying results for you. The top six qualifiers in the SK Modified time trials are - 1st with
a new track record #57 Keith Rocco (14.138), 2nd #97 Frank Ruocco, 3rd #78 Diego
Monahan, 4th #91 Jeff Paul, 5th #4 Ron Yuhas Jr,and 6th #10 Doug Coby. The top two
qualifiers in the Late Model division are - 1st , also setting a new track record, #35 Bruce
Thomas Jr. (15.240) and 2nd #47 Tim Jordan. Be back with more results as soon as they
come in.
- March 6, 2009 12:10 - Feature results for the inaugural Indoor Race at the Dunkin Donuts
Center are in. Mike Iles in the #7-11 took top honors with #26 Joey Payne in a close
second. The hair-raising finish was the grand finale to a night of action-packed racing.
Be there tomorrow night or you'll never let yourself live it down.
- March 5, 2009 8:51 - The results for the Heats are in from the Dunk. Heat 1 - 1st #57 Lou
Cicconi, 2nd #36 Mike Stefanick. Heat 2 - 1st #7-11 Mike Iles, 2nd #13 Ted Christopher,
3rd #75 Mark Yoder, and 4th #39 Alison Cumens. Heat 3 - 1st #79 Ian Cumens, 2nd #4
Jeff Heotzler, 3rd #22 Ryan Smith, and 4th #26 Joey Payne. Heat 4 - 1st #1 Mike Lichty,
2nd #48 Matt Janisch, 3rd #66 Bobby Santos III, and 4th # ????. Consi 1 - 1st #19c Chris
Allen and 2nd #98 Tim Procter.
- March 4, 2009 - We have a special treat this weekend here in southern New England. The
boys at Len Sammons Productions have read our race-starved minds and come up with
an indoor, open wheel extravaganza at the Dunkin Donuts Center. The card includes top
draws from all of the Northeast's premier regional divisions: Whelan Modified Tour greats
Mike Stefanick, Ted Christopher & Bobby Santos, NEMA Midget stars Randy Cabral &
Joey Payne, ISMA's Liquid Lou Cicconi and far to many more to mention here. They will
be racing TQ (3/4) Midgets with the support division being Champ Karts, in a Heat
qualifying format. With two complete shows on Friday & Saturday, March 6 & 7 - 7:30pm,
there should be plenty of action for all. Show up and support indoor racing this winter and
we may breathe sweet exhaust fumes every year at this time to tide us over until The
Icebreaker. Hope to see you all there; if not, tune in for all the results and pics.
- February 13, 2009 10:17 - What a finale to my Speedweeks 2009 at New Smyrna
Speedway. The Tour Type Modifieds put on quite a show with lots of passing including
lead changes almost continually in the last ten laps. The top three finishers ran a seat of
your pants, nonetheless clean, race and they are - 1st #00 Ted Christopher, 2nd #79
Ronnie Silk, and 3rd #09 Bobby Grigas. Thanks for another stupendous week of racing,
and see you next year.
- February 11, 2009 10:37 - The results are for the big 50 lap Tour Type Modified feature.
The top ten finishers are - 1st #79 Ronnie Silk, 2nd #00 Ted Christopher, 3rd #59 Matt
Hirschman, 4th #12 Jimmy Blewett, 5th #50 Kevin Goodale, 6th #09 Bobby Grigas, 7th #58
Eric Goodale, 8th #25 Ryan Preece, 9th #80 Frank Ruocco, and 10th #73 Jon McKennedy.
- February 10, 2009 10:01pm - The top eight finishers for the Tour Type Modified feature
are - 1st #00 Ted Christopher, 2nd #12 Jimmy Blewett, 3rd #22 Chuck Hossfeld, 4th #79
Ronnie Silk, 5th #73 Jon McKennedy, 6th #58 Eric Goodale, and 7th #7ny Ryan Newman.
That'll be it for tonight; see ya'll tomorrow.
- February 10, 2009 8:55pm - Local boy Ryan Preece, #2x, has just won a pole to checker
victory in the FL/IMCA Type Modified feature. Another New England short track driver
showing 'em how it's in the Sunshine State.
- February 10, 2009 7:53pm - Another win for Jimmy Blewett; that's right boys and girls,
count 'em, four in a row. It was a little difficult to untangle, but the top five finishers in the
SK Modified feature were - 1st #12 Jimmy Blewett, 2nd #09 Bobby Grigas, 3rd #91 Frank
Ruocco, 4th #59 David Cranmer, and 5th #10 Ron Schultz.
- February 10, 2009 1:04am - Well it's been a long fullmoon night of smash-em-up racing at
New Smyrna and we've packed it in until tomorrow. Congrats to Dave Steele for his second
straight victory in the Winged Sprint division, and NE short track fav Jimmy Blewett for
three SK Modified feature wins. Keep up the good work Jimmy!!! See you back here
tomorrow night.
- February 9, 2209 9:24pm - The results are for the Tour Type Modified feature for this
evening. The top eight finishers are - 1st #7ny last year's Daytona 500 winner Ryan
Newman, 2nd #00 Ted Christopher, 3rd #58 Eric Goodale, 4th #91 John Jensen, 5th #73
Jon McKennedy, 6th #40 Louie Mechlides, 7th #9nh Peter Jarvis, and 8th #76 Shelly Perry.
- February 7, 2009 10:35 - The SK Modified results are in for their feature. 1st #12 crowd
favorite Jimmy Blewett, 2nd #09 Bobby Grigas, 3rd #19 Kenny Horton, 4th #59 David
Cranmer, and 5th #79 Chris Jensen.
- February 7, 2009 9:05 - The first results of the 2009 racing season are in. From New
Smyrna Speedway the top five finishers in the Tour Type Modified feature are - 1st #59
Matt Hirschman, 2nd #00 Ted Christopher, 3rd #22 Chuck Hossfeld, 4th #73 Jon
McKennedy, and 5th #50 Kevin Goodale.
- February 7, 2009 - The boys are on the plane to Florida to bring you all the news from
Speedweek 2009. I hope to have results as they come in from New Smyrna Speedway
tonight, and we'll play the rest of the week as it comes. Thanks for tuning back in; see you
tonight.
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