George Weaver, owner of Thompson thanks to www.coldplugs.com

THOMPSON SPEEDWAY 1954 Spankey Smith's historic photos of the very early days at Thompson, CT. Big Jake Bucher is there with his Jag along with Vic Forno and Bill Dukerich in Jags and Ed Licht in his mean modified TC.  Lots of famous names you can find who will appear in later years racing at Thompson photo credits: Spankey Smith, results from Terry O'Neil 59Thompson Pg1          BARC Home

Thompson Speedway in the early years thanks to coldplugs.com

M. Weinman's White #53 OSCA sits in the grass with a gaggle of MG's behind	R. Merril's Bandini #32 ialongside the #91 race winning OSCA of G Moffett	Hank Rudkin's #46 Bandini ran away and won the HM race	Bob Buchers Jag #60 next to his buddy from Endicott, Vic Forno.  Bucher won the event for "M" Jaguars	Number 85 modified MG-TC of Ed Licht was good enough for 6th in FMod
MG's & Jags get ready for racing.  The paddock was inside the oval in '54.  The grandstands are getting full	Bill Spear's 375MM Ferrari won the big modified race.  Look at the great Cadillac grille just behind	Movie star Jackie Cooper was a regular on the SCCA circuit and very fast. Finishing 2nd in DModified	Preston Gray's Allard leads Paul Timmon's Jag Special past the grandstand	Paddock lineup alongside the road leading to the track.  The crowd is around Cooper's Austin-Healey
	Results of 1st 4 races	results of races 5-9