THREE
RACES TO PAYING $2,000 TO THE WINNER SET FOR DIVISION II CLASS
THOMPSON,
Conn. -- Thompson
Speedway Motorsports Park and
Save The Purse jointly announced
on Thursday that
competitors in the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Model division will have three, 50-lap feature races in
2020 as part
of a
new Late
Model Mid-Summer Challenge.
A
group of competitors joined together over
the offseason to form
Save The Purse, a group that has come up with additional purse money through sponsors and have put it towards these special events. The group is run by recognized racing crew member Brad Martel.
Each
of the three events will pay $2,000 to the winner, $1,000 for second and $750 for third. A
full purse will be distributed to the top 25 competitors. The
races will take place as part of the three standalone NASCAR Weekly Racing Series events scheduled
for June
3, July 8 and August 5.
Thompson
Speedway is committed to the future of oval track racing and in 2020 has
planned a six-race NASCAR schedule. With
the addition of a night of double features for all five NASCAR divisions, competitors will have the chance to run seven feature races.
These
Late Model special events are going to be a must-watch for all race fans.
“Watching
a group of racers come together and come up with funds to increase the purse is something special, and we are happy to work with them,”
Terry Eames, the General Manager of Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, said. “We’re looking forward to watching competitors race
for this extra purse money while running some
extra laps.
Fans won’t want to miss these special events.”
“We
were determined to come up with the best possible solution to increase the purse value at Thompson in 2020,” Brad Martel, the Director of Save The Purse, said. “We’re looking forward to watching a competitive division competed in double their normal distance
for some extra cash.”
Sponsors
included in the Mid-Summer Classic will be announced later. As
part of these special night events, the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Sunoco Modifieds,
SK Light Modifieds,
Limited Sportsman and Mini Stocks will join the action.
Thompson
Speedway also
runs in the
Late Model program under American Canadian Tour rules, and in 2020, will also be part of the New England Late Model
Challenge Cup. Thompson is one of five tracks in the program – one that will have all scheduled weekly Late Model events eligible to receive points towards winning the Cup. ACT will take the 10 best finishes for each registered driver
across all five tracks and count it towards the drivers totals, with a special points system in place based on a driver’s feature finishes and event car counts, with bonus points for wins and cars passed. With
the three events paying additional purse, these could be races that
drivers across New England elect to attend to earn crucial points.
With
COVID-19 sweeping through the United States, Thompson officials have been forced to update the 2020 schedule. Currently, the 46th annual
Icebreaker presented by Liquid Death is tentatively scheduled for May 15-16. A full schedule of postponed events will be released later.
For
more information on
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, visit thompsonpeedway.com
and follow the track on social media.
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Source; Kyle Souza
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Pa
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