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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Set to Open 2008 at Thompson RACE 1 | ICEBREAKER | THOMPSON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 • NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Set to Open 2008 at Thompson • Trio of Past Modified Champions to be Honored at Icebreaker • Handful of Past Icebreaker Winners Hungry for More • ‘Yankees’ Get a Head Start Down South The Race: Icebreaker The Place: Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway The Date: April 6 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Set to Open 2008 at Thompson The Time: 3:15 p.m. ET Since the checkered flag dropped on the 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season at Thompson Track Layout: .625-mile paved International Speedway last October, race teams and Race Purse: $92,276 fans alike have anxiously anticipated the next event. That six-month wait will finally be over this weekend 2007 Winner: James Civali as the roar of 600-horespower engines return to the season standings, is the defending Icebreaker asphalt at the Icebreaker, the traditional opening champion. The Meriden, Conn., native led 52 of the 2007 Pole: Todd Szegedy weekend of NASCAR racing in New England. 152 laps in the event en route to the first of his three For the 23rd time, the NASCAR Whelen Modified victories last year. Seven-time NASCAR Whelen Tour will be the featured attraction of the Icebreaker. Modified Tour Champion Mike Stefanik of Coventry, The two-day show will see the Modifieds practice and R.I., has the most victories of any driver at Thompson qualify on Saturday, April 5. The 150-lap race is set to with 14, including two in the Icebreaker. Rk Driver Points take the green flag at approximately 3:15 p.m., Stefanik also has the most Coors Light Poles at 1 D. Lia 2471 following a pre-race show that will see a trio of past Thompson among active drivers with eight. Todd Modified champions honored. Szegedy of Ridgefield, Conn., earned last year’s pole, 2 T. Szegedy 2291 James Civali, who finished sixth in the 2007 his third at the track. 3 M. Hirschman 2260 4 R. Silk 2257 Champions Take Center Stage at the Icebreaker 5 T. Christopher 2187 In what will be a season-long celebration of past Schneider, who captured the NASCAR Modified 6 J. Civali 2178 Modified champions, NASCAR will kick off its 2008 division title in 1952, is the oldest living champion. Lia 7 M. Stefanik 2077 Whelen Modified Tour campaign by honoring Frankie became the 60th Modified champion in NASCAR Schneider, Donny Lia and Richie Evans at the history when he won his first NASCAR Whelen 8 Ji. Blewett 1883 Icebreaker. Modified Tour title in 2007. Both champions will be in 9 J. Tomaino 1872 attendance and will be honored during the pre-race festivities. 10 E. Flemke Jr. 1851 In addition, NASCAR will recognize the * 2007 Final Standings * accomplishments of one of the greatest champions in Modified history: Richie Evans. Evans will be represented at the Icebreaker by family members, and Schedule: Saturday, April 5: Practice—10:45 one of his restored cars that is privately owned will be a.m.-12:15 p.m., 2:15-2:40 p.m., 5- on hand for the event. 5:30 p.m. New Jersey’s Schneider began racing in 1947, Time Trials—2:45 p.m. one year before the formation of NASCAR. A driver of Sunday, April 6: Green Flag—3:15 p.m. modified, stock, sprint and midget cars, Schneider is believed to have won more than 750 races in his long Track Contact: and distinguished career. In the days where there Russ Dowd 1952 NASCAR Modified Champion Frankie Schneider. were no limits to how many events in which a driver (860) 923-9591 or [email protected] (Continued on page 2) TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 Past Champions Schneider, Lia and Evans to be Honored in Season-Opener at Thompson season. With five career wins entering 2007 as Whelen Modified Tour format – 1985 – Evans an owner-operator, Lia teamed up with longtime won 12 races, including all four events at Modified owner Bob Garbarino to run the “Mystic Thompson. Evans had already clinched his ninth Missile.” With the new partnership, Lia and career title heading into the season’s final race at Garbarino visited victory lane six times en route Martinsville, but tragically perished in an accident to the first championship for both. A New York during a practice session, cutting short a career native, Lia parlayed his Modified success into a that is unmatched still today. ride this year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The king of Modified racing, Evans’ Nine-time Modified Champion Richie Evans. accomplishments are nearly immeasurable. The (Continued from page 1) Rome, N.Y., native captured nine Modified titles in a 13-year span, including a remarkable eight in could participate, Schneider’s Modified win total a row from 1978-85. Evans ranked No. 1 in the during his 1952 championship season is said to 2003 release of “NASCAR All-Time Modified Top have reached 100. 10 Drivers,” and he was included in “The 50 Lia captured the 2007 NASCAR Whelen Greatest NASCAR Drivers of All Time” list in Modified Tour championship in a storybook 1998. In the first year of the current NASCAR 2007 champion: Donny Lia. Handful of Past Icebreaker Winners Hungry for More The starting lineup for Sunday’s Icebreaker “The first race of the year is very important,” feel like you’re digging yourself out of a hole for at Thompson International Speedway is Fuller said. “We put a lot of emphasis on it [the probably about halfway through the season,” projected to include at least five former Icebreaker] because it sets the tempo.” Fuller said. champions of the event. History has shown that winning the opener Regardless of whether Icebreaker success Ted Christopher (2004, 2005), James Civali is not essential to earning a championship, is a predictor of how the season will progress or (2007), Rick Fuller (1991, 1997, 2001), Chuck however. Of the 22 all-time winners of the not, one thing is for sure, a good finish will make Hossfeld (2003) and Mike Stefanik (1998, 2006) Icebreaker since 1985, only four have gone on to the three-week layoff before the second race of are all expected to be in the field when the green capture the season title. the year less stressful. flag drops on Sunday. While the first race of the year rarely makes “It’s always nice to have a good showing at Even though each of those five have or breaks the season, success in the event the first event,” Fuller said. “I’ve won it a few reached victory lane in the season-opener undoubtedly gets a team headed in the right times and, boy, that really feels great.” before, don’t expect them to be any less hungry direction. for a return trip. “If you have a problem, and don’t finish, you NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Thompson: Active Driver Statistics Career Wins Career Poles Icebreaker Wins Wins Driver Last Wins Driver Last Wins Driver Last 14 M. Stefanik 4/9/06 8 M. Stefanik 4/15/98 3 R. Fuller 4/22/01 8 R. Fuller 4/22/01 5 R. Ruggiero 10/16/88 2 T. Christopher 4/10/05 6 T. Christopher 8/17/06 4 T. Christopher 10/27/02 2 M. Stefanik 4/9/06 6 R. Ruggiero 10/15/06 4 E. Flemke Jr. 8/15/02 1 J. Civali 4/1507 3 E. Flemke Jr. 9/12/04 3 Todd Szegedy 8/16/07 1 C. Hossfeld 4/6/03 2 Todd Szegedy 8/16/07 2 R. Fuller 3/29/92 1 Six drivers 1 Six drivers TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2008 ‘Yankees’ Get a Head Start Racing NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Events A host of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Bobby Grigas III, Ronnie Silk and Matt takes some time to get a rhythm back.” regulars got an early taste of the action in North Hirschman joined Christopher among NASCAR Although not a firm predictor of success in Carolina on March 22 to kick off their 2008 Whelen Modified Tour regulars that placed in the the Icebreaker, recent history shows that campaign. top 10 at Caraway. ‘Yankees’ running in the NASCAR Whelen At the season-opener of the NASCAR Rowan Pennink also finished 11th while Southern Modified Tour opener have fared well Whelen Southern Modified Tour at Caraway Kevin Goodale came in 14th and James Civali at Thompson. After running in the 2007 NWSMT Speedway in Asheboro, seven full-time drivers was 22nd. opener at Caraway, Grigas, Hirschman and from the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour took A part-time driver on the NASCAR Whelen Chuck Hossfeld all posted top-10 finishes at the the green flag. The northern contingent made up Modified Tour – and NASCAR Whelen Modified Icebreaker. In 2006 Christopher and Hossfeld more than one-quarter of the 26-car starting grid. Tour regular – Andy Seuss finished 10th in the finished 1-2 at Caraway, then posted top-fives at Making the trek down south, a quartet of opener and earned the POWERADE Power Thompson while Jamie Tomaino was in the top- ‘Yankees’ was able to earn four of the top eight Move of the Race Award after starting 25th. 10 in both. finishes. Ted Christopher and L.W. Miller battled “The cars are prepared well, but I look at it “I like to open the season with a couple of to a furious finish, but the defending NASCAR [running races prior to the Icebreaker] as more of races before the Icebreaker,” Hirschman said. Whelen Southern Modifed Tour Champion was a benefit to me to get some seat time,” “The Icebreaker is tough and the competition is able to edge out Christopher by .213 of-a- Hirschman said.
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