(Press Release from American-Canadian Tour)
After three weeks off, Thursday Night Thunder returns to Thompson Speedway for the final time before making the switch to Wednesday night racing in 2024 this Thursday, July 25 with the Twisted Tea Midsummer 50! The Thompson Sunoco Modifieds return to take on the Mighty Big-T for their second $3,000 to win, 50 lap showdown of the year along with action courtesy of the Late Models, AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds, Street Stocks and Mini Stocks!
Mechanical problems in the first 50-lapper of the season for the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds dissolved Jon Puleo’s point lead down to just nine points ahead of Danny Cates in the overall standings last time out. Puleo will be looking to return to his winning ways in the debut season of the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds this Thursday with the Twisted Tea Midsummer 50 on tap for the premier track championship division while Cates, Josh Carey and rookie Isaiah Newcomb, among others look to break into Thompson victory lane.
As with the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds, the Late Models had quite the shake-up last time out as defending champion Nick Johnson had a less-than-stellar showing, giving point leader Ryan Morgan some extra room at the top of the charts going into Thursday’s Twisted Tea program. The competitive division has seen three different winners this season while rookie Kyle Gero, former champion Brian Tagg and Emma Monahan look to join Morgan, Johnson and Derek Gluchacki as 2024 Late Model victors on the Thompson highbanks!
With the added benefit of his first victory of the season last time out, Jason Chicolas stands atop the Street Stock standings and looks to continue his stance above Icebreaker champion Al Stone III. The fan-favorite Street Stock division will be back to rocket around the 5/8-mile Thompson Speedway this Thursday in pursuit of the Twisted Tea victory and the added Eden Raffery bonus money for first, second and ‘Lucky Seventh’-place finishers!
Both the AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds and the Mini Stocks have been absolutely dominated by one lone driver in each division so far this season. Ellington’s Tyler Chapman has made his way to the front of all three SK Light feature events so far this season while defending champion Jarred Roy has made sure all the Mini Stocks have stayed in his rear-view mirror this summer. Be prepared for Thursday as both Chapman and Roy’s competition is sure to have thrown the kitchen sink at their machines to break the streaks this Thursday!
Thursday Night Thunder is back for the third and final time in 2024 on Thursday, July 25headlined by the $3,000-to-win, Twisted Tea Midsummer 50 for the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds! Along with the Thompson Sunoco Modified 50-lapper, the Late Models, AZ Roofing SK Light Modifieds, Street Stocks and Mini Stocks are back in action on Thursday, July 25 with a 6:00pm Post Time! Adult General Admission is set at $25 with kids 12-6 for $10 and children 5 and under free!
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Hopefully, Thompson has a successful night! They certainly deserve it.
I’m going.
Its to bad this track has gone to hell its in poor shape the car counts are awful i mean 10 car features total joke and i grew up loving this track from the 80s they just dont care about the oval course 1/2 longer ride to Stafford but so worth the show and cost
It’s a shame the drivers can’t or won’t support the track. They have tried so many different variations of the show and nothing has worked. Not sure what the promoters could do to get cars to come, How has the crowd size tonight? I know they said the crowd was ok for the first few shows. Then they dropped the mods and went up against tri track at Seekonk. Hoping maybe the crowd wasn’t that bad maybe better than the last show. but the crowd size is usually proportional to the number of cars in the pits.,,,,,,and that wasn’t all that good tonight.
It’s dead Jim
I was all set to hit as many Thompson events as I could, but with so many racing options, I do have to pick and choose which events I go to. As much as I love Thompson and it’s the 2nd closest track to me, I can’t justify taking time off work to go to the mid-week events except for the WMT race. With the expense of racing today, there just doesn’t seem to be enough cars to go around. I do hope Mr.’s Mayberry and Michaud continue to find a way to keep the track alive. I’m guessing the Icebreaker and World Series are pretty successful, hopefully the Wednesday WMT race is as well.