Thompson, CT — Miller Place, NY’s Craig Lutz ended the 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season on the highest of highs with his second win of the year at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Sunday, October 11. Lutz swiped the lead from Jon McKennedy with seven laps remaining and hung on to win the 150-lap event at the 58th Annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing as Holtsville, NY’s Justin Bonsignore secured his second series championship.

Thompson, CT — Wolcott, CT’s Mike Christopher Jr. and Stafford, CT’s Woody Pitkat took it to the bank with a pair of big victories at the 58th Annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing on Saturday, October 10. Christopher passed Chase Dowling with 10 laps remaining to win the $5,000 top prize in the Budweiser Modified Open 75 while Pitkat copped a $4,800 total winner’s purse for dominating the ACT-type Late Model Open at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Thompson, CT — Belchertown, MA’s Christopher Buffone was both good and lucky on his way to the $1,000 win in the Street Stock Open at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Friday, October 9. Buffone inherited the lead with less than two laps remaining in the 25-lap feature and took the victory on the first night of the 58th Annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing.

Thompson, CT — The Budweiser Modified Open at this weekend’s Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing is shaping up as one of the biggest events of the three-day festival. Entries have been pouring in from the biggest names of Northeast Modified racing for the 75-lap, $5,000-to-win showdown at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on Saturday, October 10.

(From series press release)

A great field of Pro4 Modified’s have confirmed attendance in the 22 lap Harry Kourafas Memorial race at the World Series of Racing at Thompson. Expected are past Champions Brett Meservey, Rob Richardi, Randy Cabral. Also returning to competition is Doug Meservey Sr., who won a championship at Riverside Park in the 90’s!

Thompson, CT — The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship will be decided this Sunday, October 11 with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. The final race of the 58th Annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing will tie a bow on the tour’s 36th season with two modern greats battling for the title.

(FROM SPEED51.COM PRESS RELEASE)

Thompson, CT — The 58th Annual Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing takes place at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (CT) this weekend, bringing together an incredible variety of short track racing. Fans will be able to watch two days and 13 divisions of racing from this year’s World Series via a pay-per-view broadcast on Speed51.TV.

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Thompson, CT — Some of New England’s top weekly competitors will arrive at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park looking to chase more than $16,000 in purses as part of the 58th annual Sunoco World Series on October 9-11.

The Sunoco Modifieds, Twisted Tea SK Light Modifieds, Sam Adams Limited Sportsman and Mini Stocks will all hit the high-banks for their second races of the season. Although it looked like divisions might remain dark for the season, a new agreement with the American-Canadian Tour and Pro All Star Series leasing the track in the summer allowed these divisions to return and chase a lucrative payout to close the oval season at Thompson.