Archive for April 5th, 2010

News & Notes: Whelen Modified Tour To Open Season At Thompson Icebreaker

Published at April 5, 2010 in NASCAR WMT and Thompson. 0 Comments

As the 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opens this weekend at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway with the Icebreaker, the championship quest will be a wide-open competition.

For the second time in three seasons, Donny Lia celebrated at the Thompson World Series with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship trophy. And this past off season, for the second time in the last three seasons, Lia has vacated his seat in the No. 4 ‘Mystic Missile’ for an opportunity in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. That once again leaves a field full of teams that will unload for the Icebreaker with optimistic title expectations.

Heading the list of championship-contending teams is the No. 3 Modified of Boehler Racing Enterprises with driver Ryan Preece. Preece showed championship potential in 2009 as he piloted ‘Ole Blue’ to a pair of wins and 10 top fives in 13 2009 races. He trailed Lia by just 26 points entering the season finale, but Lia was able to hold on and the final points margin was a slim 16 tallies.

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Icebreaker this Weekend at Thompson

Published at April 5, 2010 in NASCAR WMT and Thompson. 0 Comments

Thompson, CT — The annual racing season opener, The Icebreaker, will be run this weekend at the Thompson International Speedway. The two-day event will feature the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and Thompson’s own “Super 6” NASCAR Whelen All-American series divisions.

Racers will qualify their cars on Saturday with feature events for the Sunoco Modifieds and Super Late Models rounding out the day. Sunday’s racing activities will begin at 12 Noon with the WMT 150-lap main slated for a 3:15 PM start.

Thompson’s Icebreaker event is a New England tradition that signals the start of another great season of wheel-to-wheel racing competition at the famed, 70 year old racing oval. Thompson International Speedway opened in 1940 as the first asphalt race track in the country.

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