[Tigers] Thompson Speedway in CT

[Jeffery Randall]

Gonna be cutting it close to make it to SUNI VI on time, may have to pass
  Jeff


On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Stu Brennan <stubrennan at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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 MGb s to Allards, Porsches, and
> Maseratib s competing on the track. It operated in several configurations
> from the early b 50b s until the late b 70b s, 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 havenb t 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!
>
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