THOMPSON – Thompson Speedway management released their schedule for the 2014 season of racing on the .625-mile oval Sunday morning.
The schedule features seven events, bookended by the track’s traditional season opening Icebreaker and season ending World Series of Speedway Racing.
In between will be three Thursday night events and two Wednesday night shows at the track. The track will still be sanctioned by NASCAR as part of its Whelen All-American Series.
The schedule features three visits to the track by the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and two by the Valenti Modified Racing Series. As has become tradition, the Whelen Modified Tour will be part of the Icebreaker and World Series events at the track.
The Icebreaker will take place April 5-6. The Granite State Pro Stock series will also be part of that event. The World Series will take place Oct 17-19 and will feature 16 divisions at the track. The Valenti Modified Racing Series is also part of the World Series.
The Whelen Modified Tour will also be at the track for an event on Wednesday Aug. 13.
The Valenti Modified Racing Series will be the showcase event for an event on Thursday May 29. The track will also have events on Thursday May 15, Wednesday July 30 and Thursday Sept. 4.
The schedule features of number of double feature nights for weekly divisions at the track.
2014 Thompson Speedway Oval Track Schedule
Saturday, April 5 – Sunday, April 6, 2014
Icebreaker
(Rain: Saturday, April 12, – Sunday, April 13, 2014
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (150 laps)
Granite State Pro Stock Series (50 Laps)
Sunoco Modifieds (30 laps)
Late Models (25 laps)
Lite Modifieds (20 laps)
Limited Sportsman (20 laps)
Mini Stocks (15 laps)
New England Truck Series
Vintage Outlaws
Segment Saturday:
Limited Sportsman (2 – 10 lap races; 1 – 5 lap sprint)
Mini Stocks (3 – 5 lap races)
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Late Model 20/20 Sprint
(Rain: Thursday, May 22, 2014)
Sunoco Modifieds (30 laps)
Late Models (2 -20 lap races; 1 – 10 lap sprint)
Limited Sportsman (20 laps)
Mini Stocks (15 laps)
Additional TBA
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Valenti Modified Racing Series
(Rain: Sunday, June 1, 2014)
Valenti Modified Racing Series (75 laps)
Sunoco Modifieds (30 laps)
Double Points: Late Models (25 laps)
Double Points: Limited Sportsman (20 laps)
Mini Stocks (20 laps)
Vintage Outlaws
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Sunoco Modified 20/20 Sprint
(Rain: Thursday, July 31, 2014)
Sunoco Modified (2 – 20 lap races; 1 – 10 lap sprint)
Late Models (25 laps)
Limited Sportsman (20 laps)
Mini Stocks (15 laps)
Additional TBA
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Bud ‘King of Beers’ 150
(Rain: Thursday, August 14, 2014)
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (150 laps)
Double Points: Sunoco Modifieds (30 laps)
Late Models (25 laps)
Limited Sportsman (30 laps)
Double Points: Mini Stocks (15 laps)
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Double Sunoco Modified Features
Sunoco Modifieds (2 -25 lap races)
Late Models (25 laps)
Limited Sportsman (20 laps)
Mini Stocks (15 laps)
Additional TBA
Friday, October 17 – Sunday, October 19, 2014
World Series of Speedway Racing
(Rain: Friday, October 24 – Sunday, October 26, 2014)
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Valenti Modified Racing Series
International Supermodified Association
Northeastern Midget Association
Granite State Pro Stock Series
New England Truck Series
Pro-4 Modifieds
North East Mini Stock Tour
Sunoco Modifieds
Late Models
Limited Sportsman
Mini Stocks
Lite Modifieds
Outlaw Mini Stocks
Outlaw Sportsman
Outlaw Street Stock
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What a shame Thompson was the best for years now looks like seekonk will be
How can Seekonk be the best when they don’t run SK’s?
So, will the cars be compatible with either Stafford or Waterford (if it isn’t foreclosed on?) Sure wouldn’t be wise to build a car just for Thompson, unless you have Hoenig money!!
DiDi, most cars already are compatible with Waterford… SK, SKL, Sportsman, Late Models and Mini Stocks can all go there with little to no changes. Stafford is the odd track out… They try to be “unique” and end up screwing themselves on this deal. Sportsmans cant go there without engine change, Mini Stocks are non existent at Stafford, and Late Models aren’t even close to the same car! SKL and SK are the only ones that really can go over with very little changes… My call is most will go to Waterford just because they don’t have to make much of a change.
That being said, what Thompson is doing is very interesting and there is still going to be a LOT of racing even with a minimized schedule… People need to step up and support them and applaud them for not simply shutting down the oval completely like 99% of other tracks would have, and HAVE done…
I don’t understand why we can’t have both TNT and a roadcourse car counts where coming back with Zuidama there. oval tracks been running since what 1938 the old roadcourse didn’t make it. should build dragstrip for Fridays and dirt track for sats make real motorspoerts park. Im just sad’ don’t know what ill do on Thurs nights, Thunder roads to far away..
Thompson has been, is, and will always be a special event only oval track. Just about everyone who has tried to make a go of weekly racing there (and there has been a bunch) has lost their shirt eventually.
Some tracks can only succeed as special events only, Thompson is one of those places. Be thankful that ownership is creative enough to find other revenue sources to keep the place around as a track for the near future anyway.
many years ago when I started racing at Seekonk & Westboro, close to a hundred cars would show up every week. They had 4 heat races at Seekonk, and the top six made the feature. Westboro had 3 full fields,of cars, and had a consi. The rules were pretty much all the same. As promoters got greedy, they started changing rules, figuring the cars would only come to their track. Those promoters were wrong. The owners should all get together, and publish their rules–they are the ones spending the money and giving up time with their families to support the sport. Let the track owners contact them if they want cars and crowds. One set of rules per division is enough for the whole country.