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Thompson, CT — Defending NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Austin Beers earned the pole position Wednesday night with the 19.154-second fast lap and quickly ran with the lead at the start of the Thompson 150. Matt Hirschman followed on the tail of Beers throughout the opening circuits while mechanical trouble took fan-favorite Jon McKennedy out of action early on.
Matt Hirschman made his way into the lead around a loose Austin Beers in turn two, slowly but surely extending that lead through the first third of the event. Andrew Krause met an early end on lap 60 as he slammed the turn one wall to call out the first caution. All but three lapped cars took the chance to jump to pit road with Hirschman winning the race to the backstretch while Eric Goodale and Matt Swanson nearly collided for the runner-up spot.
After hanging around sixth, Patrick Emerling entered the top-five picture to chase down Mike Christopher Jr., Beers and Hirschman. It was all for not as Matt Hirschman ran away in the 80+ green flag run to the checkered flags to take his first career Thompson Speedway NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win over Austin Beers and Patrick Emerling. Chase Dowling kept it clean all race long to finish fourth with Matt Swanson climbing back from a pit-road gamble to finish fifth.
The Crown Vics kicked off Wednesday’s racing action with their feature event. Ethan Williams looked strong enough to take his first win of the season but it was July’s winner Jack Emerson who took over at the halfway point. Emerson ran away with it to take win number two with Williams relegated to second over John Dulac.
The SK Light Modifieds got things started with a bang as Dennis Sneade and Milania Shilosky made contact coming off turn four, plowing up the infield grass and pit wall before coming to a halt on lap 4. Back under green, Austin Goff got the jump on Corey Caddick and began to run from RJ Marcotte. Marcotte made contact with Goff, spinning the 07 into the turn one wall to call up the lap 17 caution. With Marcotte sent to the rear, Caddick and point leader Kevin Davis went to war at the front for the final three circuits with Davis getting the win over Caddick with John O’Sullivan taking third.
It was a battle for the ages between top Late Model aces Jake Johnson and Matt Lowinski-Loh throughout their 25 lap feature. The two top guns ran side-by-side, slamming doors on one another, beating and banging around the Thompson highbanks for twenty-three laps until Jared Roy’s spin in turn four. The green-white-checkers sealed the fate for Johnson, who slid sideways on the final lap to give Matt Lowinski-Loh the Wednesday night victory.
Following NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour time trial qualifying, Derek Ramstrom took the lead early in the Thompson Sunoco Modified feature with Bryan Narducci and Todd Owen in hot pursuit. Point leader Keith Rocco made his way into third and then second as Ramstrom fell back behind Narducci. Bryan Narducci never faltered in the caution-free feature to take his first win of the season over Rocco and Owen at the line.
Rookie Charles Beal lost the pole position on the initial green, falling back through the top five leaving Ryan Lineham and Al Stone III out front. Jarrod Soucy motored his way underneath Stone by the halfway point as former track champion Ryan Waterman and former Thunder Road Speedbowl champ Jason Woodard battled for fourth. In the end, no-one had any steam for Lineham who took the night-ending win over Soucy and Stone.
Thompson Speedway roars back to life on Wednesday, September 16 for the Eden Raferty Attorneys Fall Showdown Late Model Special! The Late Models take center stage in their extra-distance showdown alongside the Thompson Sunoco Modifieds, SK Light Modifieds, Street Stocks and Crown Vics with a 6:00pm Post Time.
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
NWMT Thompson 150 pres. by FloSports.com
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour – Thompson 150 (150 Laps)
(Fin. Pos., Car #, Driver, Sponsor, Laps Completed)
1 60 Matt Hirschman Bar Harbor Bank & Trust; Pee Dee Motorsports 150
2 64 Austin Beers Lumiere Electrical; G&G Electrical Supply 150
3 1 Patrick Emerling USNE Power 150
4 44 Chase Dowling S&S Paving / Harshaw Paving 150
5 89 Matt Swanson Ceravolos Auto; Swanson GMC 150
6 58 Eric Goodale GAF Roofing Riverhead Building Supply 150
7 73 Paulie Hartwig III Professional Therapy LLC; Jersey Shore Contracting 150
8 21 Stephen Kopcik Wanick Construction; Newtown Pools 150
9 28 Doug Coby Nucar 150
10 3 Tyler Rypkema Northeast Drilling; SYP 150
11 54 Tommy Catalano FX Caprara; USNE Power 150
12 31 Michael Christopher Elite Towing; Elite Racing; Baker Racing 150
13 05 Teddy Hodgdon Business Time Motorsports; Montanari Fuel 149
14 82 Andrew Molleur Horton Avenue Materials; Village Springs Water 149
15 36 David Sapienza Sapienza Enterprises 149
16 18 Ken Heagy Merkel Racing Engines 147
17 56 Trevor Catalano USNE Power 147
18 8 John-Michael Shenette Eighty-Two Services 146
19 95 Cory Plummer* Tuckers Fabrication & Welding 144
20 6 Cory DiMatteo* Manafort Brothers; Sargis Associates 123
21 50 Ronnie Williams Empower Financial Advisory 86
22 24 Andrew Krause Supreme Mfg Co. 58
23 20 Max Zachem Lu-Macs Package Store; USNE Power 27
24 79 Jon McKennedy Stuarts Automotive; Christophers Towing 1
Thompson Sunoco Modifieds – (35 Laps)
1. 1 Bryan Narducci Colchester, CT
2. 09 Keith Rocco Berlin, CT
3. 81 Todd Owen Somers, CT
4. 35 Derek Ramstrom Worcester, MA
5. 7 Jon Puleo Branford, CT
6. 24 #Mikey Flynn Hampden, MA
7. 2 Danny Cates Chaplin, CT
8. 24MA Nathan Pytko Oxford, MA
9. 27 Chase Cook Norwich, MA
10. 12 Rob Schultz Neptune, NJ
11. 99 Mike Mayberry Naples, ME
12. 86 Robert Georgiades E. Hampton, CT
Late Models – (25 Laps)
1. 17 Matt Lowinski-Loh Thompson, CT
2. 31CT #Travis Hydar Woodbury, CT
3. 73CT Jared Materas Somers, CT
4. 91CT Jake Johnson Rehoboth, MA
5. 32 Jason Williams Colchester, CT
6. 1CT Jared Roy Moosup, CT
7. 28 #Shaun Kekacs Bristol, CT
SK Light Modifieds – (20 Laps)
1. 10 Kevin Davis Somers, CT
2. 27 Corey Caddick Richmond, RI
3. 51x John O’Sullivan Norwich, CT
4. 6 Todd Douillard Palmer, MA
5. 21 Sami Anderson Wolcott, CT
6. 95 Leo Nunes Somers, CT
7. 05 Ian Nunes Somers, CT
8. 51 Ryan West Brooklyn, CT
9. 07 Austin Goff Stafford Springs, CT
10. 26 RJ Marcott Millville, MA
11. 80 #Thomas Herrington Grafton, MA
12. 99x Dylan Houghton Springfield, MA
13. 55 Dennis Smeade Oxford, MA
14. 99 #Milania Shilosky Colchester, CT
15. 36 Eddie Gomarlo Swanzey, NH
Street Stocks – (20 Laps)
1. 19 Ryan Lineham Warwick, RI
2. 42 Jarrod Soucy Wales, MA
3. 25 Al Stone III Durham, CT
4. 75 Ryan Waterman Danielson, CT
5. 68VT Jason Woodard Waterbury Ctr., VT
6. 85 Michael Viens Seekonk, MA
7. 67 Aaron Plemons Uncasville, CT
8. 55 Nick Anderson Oxford, MA
9. 86 Jon Porter Baltic, CT
10. 66 Tyler Cinamella Willimantic, CT
11. 77 Andrew Gillis Ashland, MA
12. 30 #Charles Beal Ledyard, CT
Thunderstock Crown Vics – (20 Laps)
1. 52 Jack Emerson Caterbury, CT
2. 4 Ethan Williams Promfret Ctr., RI
3. 2 John Dulac Swansea, MA
4. 53 Wes Monson Charlton, MA
5. 9 Ty Mello Millville, MA
6. 19 Dylan Cabral Richmond, RI
