It’s the task faced by all champions in the quest for repeating. Taking what was the best and trying to making it better. For many teams that likely means replicating at best the most successful ingredients that led to a championship, while fine tuning the weaker points. But when it comes to Doug Coby and […]
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Whole New World: Theme Of Change For Doug Coby In Defending 2014 Whelen Mod Tour Title
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New Frontiers: Woody Pitkat Ready For Title Chasing On Whelen Modified Tour
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It was the question for years many around the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour would ask when the topic of Woody Pitkat came up in conversation. Could he win with the series? Last year Pitkat answered that question, and definitively so. Pitkat not only got his first career victory in his 86th series start in last […]
Seventy-Five Lap SK Modified Feature to Kick Off Season At Thompson Speedway
April 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from Thompson Speedway) This is modified country. That one statement defines short track racing in the northeast. Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) will honor its storied past of 75 years by running a 75 lap feature for the Sunoco Modifieds at the Icebreaker this weekend with $2,000 paid to the race winner. The […]
Setting The Scene: Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 At Thompson Speedway
April 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Press Release from NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications) For the tradition-rich NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, each offseason has historically brought little turnover among the ranks. Although ride swapping can occur with frequency, many of the drivers and teams remain the same from year to year. Things are a little different in 2015, however. Most all of […]
NASCAR Releases Deep Whelen Modified Tour Entry List For Icebreaker At Thompson Speedway
April 6, 2015 by 6 Comments
With winter’s grip finally releasing, Thompson Speedway is set to wake to life with the running of the Icebreaker Saturday and Sunday at track. The feature event of the weekend is Sunday’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opening event. Monday NASCAR announced an entry list for the event featuring 36 teams. The entry list features […]
Familiar Faces Returning To Late Model Division In 2015 At Thompson Speedway
April 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
(Press Release from Thompson Speedway) Last season, the Late Model division at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) saw 6 different winners in 7 events. All but one of them will return to compete full time in 2015, with the lone exception being surprise World Series winner Charlie Rose. In the final race of the season, […]
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park To Reestablish Partnership with Pepsi
April 2, 2015 by 1 Comment
(Press Release from Thompson Speedway) Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP) is proud to announce the return of Pepsi to the family of partners at the facility. TSMP and Pepsi-Cola of Central New England have had a long established relationship in the past, and their return to the facility will bring back many of the brands […]
Traveling Man: Ryan Preece Already Streaking Through Loaded 2015 Modified Racing Schedule
April 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
Call it spring training at speed. While many of the teams of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour wait patiently to start shaking down equipment in preparation for the 2015 season, Ryan Preece will go to Thompson Speedway for the April 12 season opening Icebreaker carrying confidence. The confidence that comes with already having run a […]
New London-Waterford Speedbowl Instituting Revamped Points Format For Weekly Divisions
April 1, 2015 by 22 Comments
Championship battles leading to the closing events of the season are what all short track management teams would like to see at their facilities. But late season championship battles have been hard to find in recent years at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl. Newly named race director Scott Tapley is hoping to change that fact with […]
Banta Racing Owners Looking To Diego Monahan To Bring Them Second Thompson Speedway Title
March 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s a new relationship between driver and team that’s been 30 years in the making. David Banta and his father Charlie Banta will go looking for their second Thompson Speedway Limited Sportsman division championship in three seasons with new driver Diego Monahan behind the wheel of their car in 2015. David Banta has been close […]
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