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Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5 ⁄ 8 mi (1.0 km) asphalt oval racetrack and a 1.70 mi (2.74 km) road racing course.
Thompson is located in the northeastern corner of the state and is bordered on the north by Webster, Massachusetts and Dudley, Massachusetts, on the east by Douglas, Massachusetts and Burrillville, Rhode Island, on the west by Woodstock, Connecticut, and on the south by Putnam, Connecticut. Thompson has the highest-banked race track (Thompson ...
Thompson National Races 15 mi (24 km) Thompson International Speedway: Thompson, Connecticut: September 6 13 Stead National Sports Car Races 2 hours, 30 minutes Stead Air Force Base: Reno, Nevada: October 18 14 Sowega International Sports Car Races 250 mi (400 km) Turner Air Force Base: Albany, Georgia: October 25 15
Lakeville, Connecticut: June 30 9 Lake Garnett Grand Prix 70 mi (110 km) Lake Garnett Circuit: Garnett, Kansas: July 8 10 Meadowdale SCCA National Championships 210 km (130 mi) Meadowdale International Raceway: Carpentersville, Illinois: August 5 11 SCCA National Races 60 mi (97 km) Thompson International Speedway: Thompson, Connecticut ...
Thompson International Speedway: Thompson, Connecticut: September 4 12 Road America 500: 500 mi (800 km) Road America: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin: September 10 13 Watkins Glen Grand Prix: 100 mi (160 km) Watkins Glen International: Watkins Glen, New York: September 23
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.
^D C Modified were classified with B Modified at Thompson. ^E E Modified were classified with D Modified at Thompson. ^F E and F Modified were classified together at Watkins Glen; the combined class was won by Roger Penske's FM Porsche 718. The highest-finishing EM car was William Kimberly in Briggs Cunningham's Maserati Tipo 61.
The longest automobile race in history, with Paris as the finish line, was the 1908 New York to Paris Race. Six teams from France, Italy, Germany, and the United States competed with three teams actually reaching Paris. The American Thomas Flyer driven by George Schuster was declared the winner of the epic 22,000 mile race in 169 days