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NASCAR officials announced Tuesday that the K&N Pro Series East event scheduled for June 15 at Thompson Speedway has been cancelled.

“The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race scheduled for Saturday, June 15 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, Connecticut, has been cancelled and will not be replaced,” read a brief statement from NASCAR.

Neither NASCAR officials nor officials at Thompson Speedway would comment on the decision to cancel the event.

Sources close to both the track and NASCAR said logistical issues specifically involving the K&N Pro Series East forced the decision to cancel and that the cancellation of the event has no bearing on Thompson Speedway continuing to host the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour or serving as a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series sanctioned track.

The June 15 event at Thompson will remain on the schedule with the American-Canadian Tour headlining the restructured racing card, which will also include the Whelen All-American Series SK Modified, SK Light Modified, Limited Sportsman and Mini Stock divisions. The Late Model division will be off, as had already been expected, to allow Thompson teams the chance to compete in the ACT event.

Front grandstand admission for the event will be $25. Seniors (65 and over), active military and/or veterans admission will be $20. Kids 12 and under are free. A paddock pass will be $40. Camping will be allowed for both Friday and Saturday night at a rate of $25. Camping reservations can be made online or registration forms can be completed upon arrival at the facility.

The return of the K&N Pro Series East to its short track roots in New England has been a struggle over the last four years for NASCAR.

In June 2016 the series returned to Stafford Speedway after seven years away. Noah Gragson won in the event at Stafford, which attracted a 22-car field, but struggled to make waves at the box office. The series did not return to Stafford after 2016.

In July 2017 the series returned to Thompson Speedway after a seven year absence from the schedule there. Harrison Burton won that event, which featured a 20-car field.

The series returned to Thompson in 2018, but the struggles were evident. Tyler Ankrum won a race that featured a 13-car starting field.

The K&N Pro Series east has averaged 17 cars through the first five events of the 2019 season with 19 cars starting each of the first two events and 17 cars in the third and fourth events of the season. The most recent event, on Saturday at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park attracted 14 cars.

The cancellation of the Thompson event drops the 2019 K&N Pro Series East schedule down to 12 races for 2019. The division will run its next event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 20 as part of the Monster Energy Cup Series Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 weekend in Loudon. The series will also return to Loudon as part of the track’s Full Throttle Weekend Sept. 21