[Tigers] Thompson Speedway in CT

[Stu Brennan]

Those of you in the Northeast with sufficient quantities of grey, or long 
departed hair, will recall that there was also a road course at the Thompson 
Speedway in northeast Connecticut. Historic photos from back in the day show 
everything from Jaguars to MGbs to Allards, Porsches, and Maseratibs 
competing on the track. It operated in several configurations from the early 
b50bs until the late b70bs, after which only the short oval on the site 
continued to host racing.

Until this year.  Thompson's  grand re-opening of the oldest road racing 
course in the United States will be celebrated by a combined VRG and VSCCA 
Vintage racing program on the June 27 b 29 weekend. A car show is also 
planned. As I write this, they havenbt posted all the details on their web 
page yet, but it promises to be a great show. Check it out at:

http://www.thompsonspeedway.com/events/vintage-motorsports-festival

I hope to get down there for at least one of the days, maybe with the Tiger, 
depending on the details of the planned car show.

And don't forget:  British Car Day at Lars Anderson in Brookline is the 
weekend before, June 22.  There will likely be around 200 of everything 
British on wheels, dripping oil on the museum's lawn.  Museum details are 
at:

http://larzanderson.org/

I hope to see you at one or both of these!

Stu