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Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is the track that had hosted the most ever races in the modern era of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with 155 races from 1985 to 2024. The speedway also had hosted 3 NASCAR Grand National Series races, one in 1951 and two between 1969 and 1970.
A park was built on the site. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park: 0.625-mile paved oval Thompson, Connecticut: Thompson Speedway 200 (1969–1970) 1951 1969–1970 Remains active as home to several NASCAR feeder series. [10] Tucson Speedway: 0.375-mile paved oval Tucson, Arizona: 1995–1997 (Truck) Track still active. Was closed briefly ...
Thompson has the highest-banked race track (Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, a 5/8 mile oval and a restored 1.7 mile road course) in New England. This speedway holds one of the biggest race programs in New England, The World Series of Auto Racing, where 16 divisions and about 400 cars show up each fall. Another claim to fame is that the Tri ...
For the first time since 2020, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Thursday, Aug. 18, for the running of the Phoenix Communications 150. The 11th race ...
It was not purposely built for motor racing, however. It started as a one-mile (1.6 km) horse-racing track in the 19th century. The first closed-circuit automobile race was held on September 7, 1896 at the Narragansett Trotting Park in Cranston, Rhode Island, [11] and was won by an electric car built by the Riker Electric Vehicle Company.
The King Cadillac GMC Throwback 100 was a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race that took place at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut. The race adopted its "throwback" format in 2017. [1] On June 4, 2019, NASCAR announced the cancellation of the 2019 event. [2]
The 2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 21st season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), and the first with Whelen Engineering as the title sponsor. It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10.
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson: April 5 2 Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford: April 27 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford: May 23 4 New England Dodge Dealers 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson: June 19 5 New England 100: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon: June 28 6 Mason Farms 100