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Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park (TSMP), formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5 ⁄ 8 mi (1.0 km) asphalt oval racetrack and a 1.70 mi (2.74 km) road racing course.
The facility was home to the Eastern League's Hartford Senators, the Hartford Blues of the National Football League, and included a 1 ⁄ 5 mile dirt oval for motor sports. Originally named Clarkin Field from 1921–1927, the stadium was renamed for former Connecticut Governor and First President of the National League, Morgan Bulkeley in 1928.
Both NASCAR Cup races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway draw over 100,000 fans, thus making NHMS the largest capacity sports venue in New England. [10] New Hampshire also possesses the New England Dragway facility in Epping, New Hampshire, as one of the very few remaining dragstrips in the New England region.
The New England Motorcycle Museum has nearly 200 vintage motorcycles, dating from 1920 to 2021, making the museum the largest collection of vintage motorcycles in the Northeast, and one of the largest motorcycle museums in the country. [10] The museum contains motorcycle memorabilia as well as a motorcycle library. [11]
1994 New England Dodge Dealers Grand Prix: Group 4: 0:53.800 [41] Hurley Haywood: Porsche 934/5: 1977 Lime Rock 100 Miles: GT4: 0:54.077 [42] John Capestro-Dubets: Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport: 2022 Lime Rock Park 120: TCR Touring Car: 0:54.129 [43] Michael James Lewis: Hyundai i30 N TCR: 2018 Lime Rock Park Pirelli World Challenge round ...
Thompson has the highest-banked race track (Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, a 5/8 mile oval and a restored 1.7 mile road course) in New England. This speedway holds one of the biggest race programs in New England, The World Series of Auto Racing, where 16 divisions and about 400 cars show up each fall. Another claim to fame is that the Tri ...
The New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for racing-related people in the New England region of the United States. NEAR was established in 1981. NEAR was established in 1981. The New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame was established in 1998 by the New England Antique Racers.
The Hartford–Springfield region is New England's second-most populous conurbation after Greater Boston, with approximately 1.9 million residents and 160,000 university students. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The region also features "a dense concentration" of hospitals and over 29 universities and liberal arts colleges , including a large number of the United ...