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Icebreaker race
on tap at raceway
this weekend
THOMPSON --- 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 noon with the WMT 150-lap main slated for a 3:15 p.m. 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.
Highlighting the racing action will be the 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. New drivers, new cars and new race teams will blend with the veterans of NASCAR’s oldest racing division. Of special interest for the Icebreaker is the expected appearance of one of the stars of the hit television show Madhouse. Burt Myers of Walnut Cove, N.C., a regular competitor Bowman Gray Stadium and on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, is expected to make the trip north to compete against the very best Modified racers in the north. Myers told Thompson officials that he is coming to win in his first competitive appearance in New England. Race fans will also have the opportunity to meet and greet their favorite WMT drivers in an autograph session that is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Sunday