Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, formerly Thompson Speedway and Thompson International Speedway, is a motorsports park in Thompson, Connecticut, featuring a 5/8 mile high-banked paved oval racetrack and a 1.7 mi road racing course. Once known as the “Indianapolis of the East”, it was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the American-Canadian Tour (ACT) and Pro All Star Series (P.A.S.S) banners. Each year, Thompson hosts one of the great fall variety events “The World Series of Speedway Racing” now highlighted by the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. This event frequently draws over 300 race cars in 16 separate divisions over three days. Besides that, it currently hosts the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 3 times a year, and also hosted various SCCA sports car races between 1957 and 1972, NASCAR Grand National series races between 1951 and 1970, and two SCCA F5000 events in 1968 and 1969.