THOMPSON, Conn. — Even though Ron Silk is now a part-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, he will end the 2025 season with more victories than any other driver.
Silk clinched that distinction in Saturday’s World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park by leading half the event for his fourth victory this year. With his dominant performance, Silk became the eighth driver in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour history to tally at least 30 wins.
The two-time series champion pulled away to earn the win with an eight-second advantage at the checkered flag. While Silk did not expect the final margin of victory to be that wide, he possessed plenty of optimism about winning the World Series 150 once he got comfortable.
“We just had a great car,” Silk said. “We didn’t qualify great in 11th, but I knew the way it practiced and even how it drove in qualifying that I’d be able to get it to the front. It was probably a weird race for the fans, and I’m sure they would have liked to see some excitement there toward the end, but it was pretty good from my seat.”
Matt Swanson was the closest driver to Silk in the closing stages, earning a distant-but-stellar second at Thompson. By finishing runner-up to Silk, Swanson clinched the FloRacing Connecticut Challenge, an in-season championship between the three Thompson events exclusive to new teams or programs that have not competed in the past three years.
Modified Tour points leader Austin Beers departed Thompson with a slightly larger margin over Justin Bonsignore. After methodically biding his time behind Bonsignore for most of the second half, Beers finally overtook the veteran driver to come home in third.
The rest of the top five consisted of Matt Hirschman and Craig Lutz.
Bonsignore, Kyle Bonsignore, Patrick Emerling, Tyler Rypkema and Stephen Kopcik rounded out the top 10.
