Vintage Racing Pictures Thompson CT [Pics Added7/16]

[dge467]

Went down to Thomson CT racetrack with my dad. A good time as usual! I am no pro photographer, but enjoy the pictures! I will post more tomorrow.

[dge467]

A few more.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Photos are great. That certainly looks like a fun day to me.

[RichD]

Thanks for posting those pictures! I used to watch the modifieds at Thompson in the '60s and I did get to a sports car race when the road course was separate from the oval. Some time around 1968 the road course was connected to the oval, but not all of the old road course was used. I went to one race at that track in 1972 I believe. Cars on the road course entered the oval just before the 1st turn and went backwards down the front straight and around the 25° banked 4th and 3rd turns and down the back straight about 2/3rds of the way before turning left onto the old road course. If you were sitting in the oval track grandstand that was all you could see. Since cars entered the oval where the banking already started a car that swung wide could get airborne. I managed to snap a picture of a flying car with my Instamatic just before it landed in the infield.
The new track incorporates the oval but the cars do not run on the banking I am told, they use a new flat section on the inside of the 3rd and 4th turns.
One of the guys in my club belongs to a Porsche club, he is an instructor and a racer and he has run on the new Thompson track a number of times.

[PetesLightKits]

Great variety of cars. Thanks for sharing.

Peter

[ourwayband]

Great pictures!!

[dge467]

Thanks for looking. Here are some more.

[dge467]

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Action shot of this Camaro backing into a cone! :lol:









Some interesting cars parked here and there.

[NHBandit]

Wow ! Just found this thread and it really brought me back. My dad was the President of the Sports Car Club of New Hampshire in 1959 and I have old choppy 8mm movies with no sound from him and his buddies racing at Thompson back in the day. I really need to dig that stuff out and have them put on a CD.

[RichD]

You could put those movies on You Tube and post a link to them here.

[NHBandit]