Thompson, CT — A partly cloudy day was had at Thompson Speedway’s Saturday opener to the 50th Icebreaker weekend with plenty of rain to darken the spirits on an exciting opening day schedule of events. The crew at Thompson Speedway kept the track dry enough to get in full feature events for both the Thompson Street Stocks and the PASS Super Late Models but the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series was a casualty to the rain and will be postponed to the Friday of World Series weekend on October 11. (more…)
OSBORN, Mo. — A little luck never hurts, especially in Sprint Car Racing.
Sheldon Haudenschild appeared poised for a third straight US 36 Raceway victory on Friday night. He’d taken the lead early and sliced through plenty of traffic as he led the opening 20 circuits. But an incident with a lapped car left him spun between Turns 1 and 2 and ended his hopes of a three-peat at the 3/8-mile. (more…)
(Stafford Springs, CT)—New for the 2024 racing season at Stafford Motor Speedway, Call Before You Dig will serve as the title sponsor of the June 21 CBYD Senator’s Cup event. The 50-lap extra distance SK Modified® feature event will be the first of two extra distance races for Stafford’s premier SK Modified® division in 2024 with the 11th Annual NAPA SK 5k set to take place on August 2nd. The CBYD Senator’s Cup will feature a purse of over $10,000 with the race winner guaranteed to go home with at least $1,550.
Barre, VT and Naples, ME — When the roar of the mighty NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Connecticut’s quiet corner this Sunday afternoon, it’ll be the 153rd time the series has tackled the iconic highbanks of Thompson Speedway and the first time in four years that the Tour has competed on Icebreaker weekend. The Icebreaker 150 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is set as the first homebase battle for the Northeast teams who regularly compete on the fan-favorite Tour. (more…)
Do you like having fun and making money in one of the most exciting atmospheres around? The Speedway is hiring concessions staff and Pit Stewards for the Summer! Must have Saturday Availability From May thru October! The Speedway will also be interviewing Pit Traffic staff and Track personnel. (more…)
Once a driver departs a race team, it’s rare that they ever return to that organization. Anthony Alfredo, however, knew Our Motorsports felt like home following a stressful 2023 season with BJ McLeod Motorsports.
With the fifth race of the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic season set for this weekend, Sadler-Stanley Racing is busy with final preparations. The team is heading for Orange County Speedway in North Carolina with both Jonathan Cash and Luke Baldwin ready to continue their battle towards the series championship.
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Coming into the 2023 season at Stafford Speedway, Alexander Pearl and the #7 Darling Auto Parts team were riding a 5-season streak of winning at least one race per season, dating back to Pearl’s rookie season of 2018. Although Pearl notched three second place finishes last season, he ended up winless for the first time in his SK Light career. With the 2024 season set to kick off at the end of April, Pearl has his sights set on starting a new winning streak.
