Heavy storms rolling through the Northeastern Connecticut this afternoon forced Thompson International Speedway officials to pull the plug on tonight’s Whelen All-American Series racing card and also their scheduled 40-lap Tour Type Modified Shootout event.

The cancellation means an extra date of racing added to the track’s weekly schedule, on a different day than normal.

Thompson Speedway officials made the decision to add an event to the schedule on Sunday Sept. 26. The new event will include the last of four 40-lap Tour Type Modified Shootout events for the season and also will include the final points day for all six of the track’s Whelen All-American Series divisions.

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THOMPSON – The streak is over for Larry Gelinas at Thompson International Speedway, snapped by the Super Late Model division’s defending champion.

Derek Ramstrom of West Boylston, Mass. from third to the front at the start and never looked back in winning the 30-lap Super Late Model feature Thursday at Thompson International Speedway.

“The car was on rails tonight,” Ramstrom said. “It was amazing. I’ve got to thank the crew, they all worked extremely hard and I’ve got to thank the fans for coming out tonight. The car count’s a little small but we all still try to put on a good show for you guys.”

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THOMPSON – The yo-yo numbers of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series SK Modified division at Thompson International Speedway continued Thursday at the track.

For a month now the numbers have been swinging drastically each week in the division. On July 8 there was a season-low 14 cars in the paddock for the track’s Thursday night show.

That was followed by a season-high of 20 cars a week later on July 15, marking the first event of the year at the track with what NASCAR considers a full field.

Last week the numbers tumbled again, dropping back down to 17 for the Thursday night show.

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Last year, when the Pro All Star Series made its annual visit to Thompson International Speedway it was a home-track driver making the event his personal playground.

Thompson International Speedway Super Late Model division regular Derek Ramstrom led every circuit around the .625-mile oval on the way to victory in last year’s 75-lap PASS event at Thompson.

Ramstrom, the 18-year old defending champion of the Super Late Model division at the track, will be looking for a carbon copy performance tonight when the division returns to the track. He’ll be riding the confidence that came with domination of last year’s event.

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THOMPSON – Ted Christopher has been virtually unstoppable this year in a Whelen All-American Series SK Modified at Thompson International Speedway.

Pro All Stars Series North car owner Brad Watson is hoping that domination can carry over in his car tonight.

In a deal put together Thursday afternoon, Watson tabbed Christopher, of Plainville, to drive his No. 80 PASS car in tonight’s 75-lap event  for the division at Thompson.

It will mark the first time in a PASS car for Christopher since he won at Thompson for car owner Clinton Teague on July 10, 2004.

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