9/29/29 –
Blair Collects Two Day Show Victories
2019 ThunderFest Two Day Show
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- Fans and drivers from all over traveled to the small town of Knox Dale to participate in two days of action packed racing. Night one crowned five drivers 2019 ThunderFest winners starting with the pure stocks. The Watt Logging Pure Stocks were up first for their fifteen lap feature. Jake Foradori in the 81 and Justin Watt in the 00 made up the front row to go green. Watt jumped out to the early lead as the 28 of Bryce Swauger moved into second. The 871 of Bill Mumau ran third as the 615 of Andy Frey moved into fourth over Brandon Lansberry in the 76W. At the end, it was Justin Watt who went on to collect the 2019 ThunderFest Pure Stock feature event. Watt was followed by 2) Makinna Pearce 01P 3) Bill Mumau 871 4) Jenna Pfaff 33 5) Rich Powell 516 6) Brandon Lansberry 76W 7) Jacob Weyer 87 8) Jake Foradori 81 9) Cody Wolfe 97W 10) Bryce Swauger DNS= 629 Greg Blystone DQ=615 Andy Frey (Weight). Heat winners were Jake Foradori and Justin Watt.
Second for the evening were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models with the Ultimate North East Super Late Model series. Doug Drown in the 12 and Dan Angelicchio in the 14 made up the front row for the thirty lap feature. Drown would take the early lead as Matt Lux in the 111L moved into third. Max Blair in the 111 would then move into third over Lux as Michael Norris in the 02 moved into fifth over Jared Miley in the 10. Doug Drown would lead the early stage of the feature as the 111 of Max Blair reeled him in for the lead. Blair would take over the lead with ten laps to go. At the end, it was Max Blair who picked up the $4,000 pay day. Blair was followed by 2) Doug Drown 12 3) Michael Norris 02 4) Dan Angelicchio 14 5) Matt Lux 111L 6) Jared Miley 10 7) Michael Maresca 7MM 8) Bryce Davis 94D 9) Charlie Powell 94 10) Greg Oakes 22 11) Boom Briggs 99B 12) Mike Wonderling 18 13) Colton Flinner 48 14) David Scott 4S 15) Michael Lake 27 16) Ryan Markham 5M 17) Chris Hackett 33 18) Kyle Knapp 33K 19) Kirk Baker 11 20) Dave Blazavich 18B 21) Del Rougeux 28D 22) Shaun Jones 32J 23) Chub Frank 119 24) Colby Frye F1. Bmain Winners were David Scott and Kyle Knapp. Heat winners were Max Blair, Jared Miley, Dan Angelicchio, Matt Lux, Michael Norris, Doug Drown.
The FDR HVAC Street Stocks were track side next for their twenty lap feature. Rusty Martz in the 16M and Jamie Barber in the 1B made up the front row. Martz would take the early lead as the 55 of Chris Schneider moved his way through the field to second. A few laps later, Schneider would take the lead from Martz as the 31 of Noah Brunell pressures Martz for second. Martz would secure the position as the 4ord of Ray Hickok Jr ran in fourth with the 983 of Zach Gustafson running in fifth. At the end, Chris Schneider went on to win his first ThunderFest feature event. Schneider was followed by 2) Rusty Martz 16M 3) Noah Brunell 31 4) Ray Hickok Jr 4ord 5) Zach Gustafson 983 6) Allen English 64 7) Brandon Birdsall 28X 8) Dale Yeaney 11Y 9) Jamie Barber 1B 10) Duke Davidson 81 11) Fuzzy Fields 28 12) Bill Phillips Jr 23JR 13) Gary Luzier 960 14) Jamie Colwell 54J 15) Ray Reynolds. DNS= Bill Hurrellbrink C8. Heat winners were Jamie Barber, Rusty Martz, and Chris Schneider.
Fourth on the card were the Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models. Brandon Connor in the 27C and Bernie Whiteford Jr in the 33JR made up the front row for twenty laps. Whiteford would take the early lead the 1M of Zach Myers moved into second over Connor. Gabe Shafffer in the 28S would pressure Connor for third before a pile up in turn two occurs. On the restart, JefSweeney in the 222 would take the lead and not look back. Nick Fulmer ran in second as the 43 of Tom Decker moved into third over Brandon Connor in the 27C. With the checkers out, Jeff Sweeney would go on to pick up his first 2019 Semi Late Model feature event win. Sweeney was followed by 2) Nick Fulmer 2 3) Tom Decker 43 4) Zach Myers 1M 5) Brandon Connor 27C 6) Ryan Caldwell 29 7) Rick Strong 17R 8) Gary Fulmer 22 9) BJ Hudson 20 10) Austin Getch 71A 11) Joe Becker 39B 12) Gary Little 69* 13) Bernie Whiteford Jr 33JR 14) Gabe Shaffer 28S 15) Brandon DeBrakeleer 59 16) Paul Ivory 00 17) Dalton Shick 2T 18) Jim Challingsworth 44 19) Kevin Geist. DNS= Caleb Whiteford 1W. Heat winners were Brandon Connor, Bernie Whiteford Jr, and Gary Little.
Last for night one of ThunderFest were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders with a field of twenty eight cars. Ricky Nelson in the 00 and Matt Bryant in the 200 made up the front row for the fifteen lap feature event. Rob Williams in the 9Mm would take the early lead as Jeff Huber in the 42 moved into second over Nelson. Cara Perino in the 69, Greg Brouse in 36, and Shawn Haddden in the 3H all battled for third until Hadden secured the position. Williams and Huber would battle for the lead until Huber takes over the lead. At the end, it was Jeff Huber in the 42 who went on to collect the ThunderFest feature event. Huber was followed by 2) Rob Williams 9MM 3) Shawn Hadden 3H 4) Zach Frantz 35F 5) Merle Shelley jr 6) Greg Brouse 36 7) Joe Anthony 55 8) Austin Fedder 777 9) Larry Conkin 13C 10) Cara Perino 69 11) Cody McNaughton 21M 12) Tondra Brown 104D 13) Jay Swager Jr 14) Ryan Lippert 58R 15) Brian Fabiano 35 16) Brian Snyder 33S 17) Wayne Truitt 54 18) Greg Kiehl 13 19) John Bower 69U 20) Chad Greeley 27 21) Sam Pennington 00X 22) Sparky Mitchell 0 23) Ricky Nelson 00 24) Joe Huber 64 25) Eric Luzier 6 26) Matt Bryant 200 27) Bill Fuchs 10 28) Blake Joiner 516. DNS: Cory Price 4P/ Jerry Walls 51S. Heat winners were Ricky Nelson, Matt Bryant, Jeff Huber, and Rob Williams.
Night Two
Drivers and fans packed the area once again for the second and final day of the ThunderFest two day show. With tons of great racing in each division, the night was full of action. First on the track were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks for their fifteen lap feature. Justin Watt in the 00 and Bill Mumau in the 871 made up the front row to go green. On the start, Watt jumps out to the lead as Mumau and Rich Anderson in the 516 battled for second. Anderson would take over the second position as Andy Frey in the 615 moves into fourth. The caution would then come out for Makinna Pearce on the backstretch. On the restart, Frey moves into third as Andrew Wallace and Jake Foradori ran fourth and fifth. A lap later, Foradori would spin in turn two to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Frey moves into second as the 516 of Rich Anderson pressures Frey for the second spot. Anderson would take over the second spot as Justin Watt went on to make it two in a row for ThunderFest victories. Watt was followed by Rich Anderson 516 3) Andrew Wallace 76W 4) Andy Frey 615 5) Jacob Weyer 87 6) Cody Wolfe 97W 7) Makinna Pearce 01P 8) Jake Foradori 81 9) Bill Mumau 871. DNS: Wayne Garvey 75. Heat winners were Bill Mumau and Justin Watt
Up next were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models with the Ultimate North East Super Late Model Series for the 15th Annual Stephanie Eckl Memorial. Colton Flinner in the 48 and Matt Lux in the 111L made up the front row to go green for forty laps. On the start, Lux jumps out to the early lead as Doug Drown in the 12 battled the 48 of Flinner for second. Chub Frank in the 1* and Max Blair in the 111 battled for fourth before Blair takes over the position. Drown would then take over second from Flinner as Kenny Schaffer in the 13X moved into sixth. Max Blair would then get by Flinner for third as Dan Angelicchio in the 14 and Michael Norris in the 02 battled for seventh. Angelicchio would take over the seventh spot two laps later as the 5L of Jon Lee cracks a top ten running in tenth. Lux and Drown would then battle for the lead as Chub Frank moves into fourth over Colton Flinner. Drown would then get around Lux for the lead as Max Blair moves into second over Lux. Drown and Blair would battle for the lead for a number of laps until Blair takes over the lead out of turn four. With the checkers out, it was Max Blair in the 111 who went on to win the 15th Annual Stephanie Eckl Memorial with a $7,100 pay day. Blair was followed by 2) Doug Drown 12 3) Matt Lux 111L 4) Chub Frank 1* 5) Jacob Hawkins 8 6) Dan Angelicchio 14 7) Colton Flinner 48 8) Michael Norris 02 9) Andrew Wylie 84 10) Boom Briggs 99B 11) David Scott 4S 12) Jared Miley 10 13) Jon Lee 5L 14) Greg Oakes 22 15) Chris Hackett 33 16) Michael Maresca 7MM 17) Charlie Powell 94 18) Wyatt Scott X3 19) Shaun Jones 32J 20) Andrew Gordon 25 21) Kyle Knapp 33K 22) Kenny Schaffer 13X 23) Gale Huey 11H 24) Kirk Baker 11 25) Mike Wonderling 18. Bmain winners were Charlie Powell and Jacob Hawkins. Heat winners were Matt Lux, Doug Drown, Colton Flinner, and Max Blair.
Third for the evening were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. Duke Davidson in the 81 and Andrew Gordon in the 25G made up the front row for twenty laps. Gordon would take the early lead before the 104 of Allen Lamb slows to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Jamie Colwell in the 54J slams the front stretch wall. Under this caution, Colwell was ok and Gordon, who was leading, headed to the pits. On the restart, Rusty Martz in the 16M takes the lead as the 983 of Zach Gustafson moves into third over Ray Hickok Jr in the 4ord. Hickok would battle back as Dale Yeaney in the 11Y ran in fifth. Gustafson would then move into second as Davidson and Hickok battled for third. Hickok would take over the position as Rusty Martzwent on to win night two of ThunderFest feature events. Martz was followed by 2) Zach Gustafson 983 3) Ray Hickok Jr 4ord 4) Duke Davidson 81 5) Chris Withers 21W 6) Dale Yeaney 11Y 7) Fuzzy Fields 28 8) Allen English 64 9) Ray Reynolds 61R 10) Jamie Colwell 54J 11) Andrew Gordon 25G 12) Allen Lamb 104 13) Bill Phillips Jr. Heat winners were Duke Davidson and Andrew Gordon.
The Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models were track side next for their twenty lap feature. Ryan Caldwell in the 29 and Nick Fulmer in the 2 made up the front row. Gabe Shaffer in the 28S jumped out to the early lead over Fulmer and Caldwell before the 69* of Gary Little slows in turn two. On the restart, Jeff Sweeney in the 222 moved into second as Caldwell and Tom Decker battled for third .Decker would then take over the third position a lap later as Fulmer pressures Caldwell for fourth. Deegan Watt in the 17, Gary Fulmer in the 22, and Bernie Whiteford Jr in the 33JR all battled for sixth before Fulmer secured the position. Sweeney woudlthe again on leader Gabe Shaffer before the 26 of Chad Desmett and the 2T of Dalton Shick tangle in turn four. On the restart, Tom Decker moves into second over Sweeney with three laps to go. With the checkers waving, Gabe Shaffer went on to collect night two’s ThunderFest feature event for the Semi Lates. Shaffer was followed by 2) Tom Decker 43 3) Jeff Sweeney 222 4) Ryan Caldwell 29 5) Nick Fulmer 2 6) Bernie Whiteford Jr 33Jr 7) Brian Rhed 69R 8) Deegan Watt 17 9) Jim Challingsworth 44 10) Austin Getch 71A 11) Gary Fulmer 22 12) Vern Ward 67 13) Chad Desmett 26 14) Dalton Shick 2T 15) Gary Little 69* 16) Jack Sarnousky 16 17) George Bailey 20 18) Caleb Whiteford 1W. DNS: Rick Strong 17R. Heat winners were Ryan Caldwell, Rick Strong, and Gabe Shaffer.
Last for the evening and the 2019 ThunderFest were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Zach Frantz in the 36F and Shawn Hadden in the 3H made up the front row to go green for fifteen laps. On the start, Hadden jumps out to the early lead as the 42 of Jeff Huber moved into second over Rob Williams in the 9MM. Zach Frantz and Rob Williams would then battle for third before Williams secured the position. A few laps later, Jeff Huber takes over the lead from Hadden as the 6 of Eric Luzier and Bill Fuchs in the 10 battled for fifth. Rob Williams then pressured the 3H of Shawn Hadden for second until Hadden pulled away to secure the spot. With fiive laps to go, Jeff Huber and Rob Williams had a dog fight for the lead. At the end, it was Jeff Huber who went on to hold off a hard charging Rob Williams for the win. Huber was followed by 2) Rob Williams 9MM 3) Shawn Hadden 3H 4) Zach Frantz 36F 5) Joe Huber 64 6) Blake Joiner 516 7) Eric Luzier 6 8) Cory Price 4P 9) 81S 10) Greg Kiehl 13 11) Greg Brouse 36 12) Austin Fedder 777 13) Tondra Brown 104D 14) Brian Snyder 33S 15) Chad Greeley 27 16) Jay Swager Jr 13J 17) Bill Fuchs 10 18) Casey Birch 00 19) Larry Conkin 13C 20) Ryan Lippert 58R 21) Tyler Oakes 22T. DNS: Cara Perino 69. Heat winners were Zach Frantz, Shawn Hadden, and Jeff Huber.
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9/25/19 –
Anyone bringing a camper can start coming in at noon on Thursday until 9pm Thursday. And then all day Friday you will be able to park them. There will be a designated spot and someone will be showing the campers where to park. If you are not in that location you will be asked to move. There is no fee for camping and there are also no hookups.
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9/22/19 –
Updated payout for the Ultimate NE Super Lates on Sept 27th and 28th. Also a practice has been added for Thursday evening 5:30pm to 9pm. $20/person for pits, Grandstands Free.
9/15/19 –
THUNDERFEST 2019!!
Ultimate Registration fee is $55 each night.
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9/13/19 –
We are racing tonight! No rain insight til way after midnigh .
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9/7/19 –
Hackett Watt Gustafson Collect 2019 Championship Titles
9/6/19-Season Championship
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- With the season just about done at Thunder Mountain, cars and fans gathered once again for another dose of Friday night racing. The first feature for the night were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. Fuzzy Fields in the 28 and Zach Gustafson in the 983 made up the front row for twenty laps. Fields would take the early lead as Gustafson and Gary Luzier in the 960 ran second and third. A lap later, the 81 of Duke Davidson spins in turn three to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Luzier takes second away from Gustafson and pressures the 28 of Fields for the lead. Fields, Luzier, and Gustafson would go three wide for the lead and continue to fight for the lead for a number of laps. Gustafson would then take second from Luzier and take the lead from Fields out of turn two before the 4ord of Ray Hickok Jr spins in turn four. On the restart, Fields takes back the lead as Gustafson runs low to reel in the 28. With five laps to go, Gustafson makes the pass to take the lead away from Fields. At the end, it was Zach Gustafson who went on to collect the feature event and the 2019 Championship title. Gustafson was followed by 2) Gary Luzier 960 3) Fuzzy Fields 28 4) Ray Hickok Jr 4ord 5) Trevor McCann 12M 6) Duke Davidson 81. Richard Waltman in the 8 was a DNS. The lone heat winner was Fuzzy Fields. Zach Gustafson is the 2019 points champion with 359 points.
The Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models were trackside next for their twenty lap feature. Zach Myers in the 1M and Paul Ivory in the 5J made up the front row. Myers would take the early lead as Paul Ivory and Rick Strong in the 17R ran second and third. A lap later, the 135 of Kevin Geist spins in turn two as a pile up occurs in turn three. On the restart, Myers shoots to the lead again as Brian Rhed in the 69R moved up to fourth with Jeff Sweeney in the 222 hot on his tail. The 10P of Jared Patton would spin in turn two to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Jon Lee in the 5L, who started dead last, worked his way up to seventh before Patton in the 10P spins in turn four. The next restart seen Lee move into fifth over Jeff Sweeney as Brian Rhed and Rick Strong battle for second as Gary Little in the 69* ran in third. Strong would take over the second position before the 222 of Sweeney slows on the front stretch and pits under green flag conditions. Jon Lee would then power by Rhed and Strong for the third position before the 516 of Andy Vancuren goes over the backstretch. Under this caution, Lee who had a strong run going, would pit with fuel issues. On the restart, Rick Strong, Paul Ivory, and Brain Rhed would go three wide for second as Strong secures the position. With three laps to go, the Whiteforrd boys of Bernie in the 33Jr and Caleb in the 1W would battle for sixth before Bernie Whiteford takes over the sixth position. At the end, it was Zach Myers who went on to collect another feature event at Thunder Mountain. Myers was followed by 2) Rick Strong 17R 3) Paul Ivory 5J 4) Brian Rhed 69R 5) Gary Little 69* 6) Bernie Whiteford jr 33Jr 7) Caleb Whiteford 1W 8) Vern Ward 67 9) Jim Decker 79D 10) Jim Challingsworth 44 11) Scott Young 88Y 12) Jon Lee 5L 13) Andy Vancuren 516 14) Joe Becker 39B 15) Jack Sarnousky 16 16) Jeff Sweeney 222 17) Kevin Geist 135 18) Jared Patton 10P 19) Ryan Weakland 50W. Scott Umbaugh in the 36 was a DNS. Heat winners were Zach Myers, Paul Ivory, and Rick Strong. Semi Late Model points will end next week due to make up races.
Third for the evening were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models. Gale Huey in the 11H and Dan Angelicchio in the 14 made up the front row for their twenty five lap feature. Angelicchio would take the early lead before the W3 of John Weaver spins in turn two as the 22 of Skip Lindemuth goes over the backstretch. With no laps in, a complete restart came out next. Michael Lake in the 27 and Charlie Powell in the 94 would battle for second before Lake secures the position. Huey, Mike Pegher Jr in the 1C, and Chris Hackett in the 33 would all battle for fourth before Pegher takes over the fourth position with Matt Lux in the 111 running in fifth. The 54 of Shawn Lindemuth would then slow on the front stretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Michael Lake and Angelicchio would battle for the lead before the yellow flag came out again for pushed out track tire. The next restart seen Matt Lux move into fourth over the 94 of Charlie Powell. Powell would battle back for the position before a pile up occurs in turn four. Johnny Lindenpitz in the 29L, Wendall Pickney in the 1, and Clay Ruffo in the 14R were all involved. Once turn four was cleared, the next restart was in place before the 28D of Del Rougeux spins in turn four. On the next restart, Angelicchio powers out to the lead again before the 11H of Gale Huey and the 33K of Kyle Knapp get together in turn two with Huey sitting in turn two. The fourth restart in a row would then come out. Mike Pegher would pressure Angelicchio for the lead before Lindenpitz, Knapp, and Pickney pile up in turn four. On the next restart, Powell battles Lake for fourth and takes over the position from Lake. At the end, it was Dan Angelicchio who went on to win his first ever Thunder Mountain feature. Angelicchio was followed by 2) Mike Pegher Jr 1C 3) Matt Lux 111 4) Charlie Powell 94 5) Michael Lake 27 6) Ken Schaltenbrand 29 7) John Wayne Weaver W3 8) Gale Huey 11H 9) Del Rougeux 28D 10) Wendall Pickney 11) Kyle Knapp 33K 12) Johnny Lindenpitz 29L 13) Joe Martin 10S 14) Clay Ruffo 14R 15) Chris Hackett 33 16) Shawn Lindemuth 54 17) Skip Lindemuth 22. DNS: 57S Levi Sikora/ 3D Bill Davis. Heat winners were Gale Huey, Dan Angelicchio, and Michael Lake. Chris Hackett is the 2019 points champion with 450 points
The Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders were track side next for their fifteen lap feature. Josh Frantz in the 15B and Jeff Huber in the 42 made up the front row. Huber would take the early lead as Frantz and Joe Huber in the 8H battled for second. Chad Greeley in the 27 would move into fourth over the 13 of Greg Kiehl as the 116 of Sam Orf Jr and the 10 of Bill Fuchs battled for sixth. Orf would take the sixth position as Frantz and Joe Huber continued to fight for second. Frantz would hold on to the second position as Jeff Huber would go on to collect another Thunder Mountain feature event. Huber was followed by 2) Josh Frantz 15B 3) Joe Huber 8H 4) Greg Kiehl 13 5) Chad Greeley 27 6) Sam Orf Jr 116 7) Bill Fuchs 10 8) Robert Lydie 87 9) Lucas Morgan 235 10) 10-4D Tondra Brown. Heat winners were Josh Frantz and Jeff Huber. Front Wheel Drive points will conclude next week due to make up races.
Last for the evening were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Rich Anderson in the 516 and Bill Mumau in the 871 made up the front row for fifteen laps. Anderson would take the early lead as Greg Blystone in the 629 moved up to second. Blystone would pressure Anderson for the lead for a number of laps. Mumau ran in third as Justin Watt in the 00 pressured Mumau for the third position. With two laps to, Blystone takes the lead from Anderson out of turn two as Bill Mumau holds off Watt for the third position. Blystone would go on to win another Thunder Mountain feature event. Blystone was followed by 2) Rich Anderson 516 3) Bill Mumau 4) Justin Watt 00 5) Makinna Pearce 01P 6) Brandon Doland 8C. The lone heat winner was Rich Anderson. Justin Watt is the 2019 points champion with 449 points
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9/5/19 –
The winner of the Super Late feature tomorrow night 9/6 at Thunder Mountain will receive a guaranteed starting position Saturday 9/7 at the $3000 to win Eric Witherite Memorial at Hummingbird Speedway.
And the winner of the Eric Witherite Memorial at Hummingbird will get a provisional spot at our ULMS $3013 to win Mark O’Donnell Memorial Race on Friday, Sept. 13th.
Come out and support both tracks for great racing!!!
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9/2/19 –
This Friday, September 6th will be our Season Championship for the Super Lates, Street Stocks and Pure Stocks. Semi Lates and FWDS will also be in action (their points will conclude on Sept 13th). We will be having the make-up Kids Bike Races at intermission presented by Legends Powersports!
Double Points for all divisions and We do not line up by points.
Dont forget we pay $1500 to win for Super Lates, $900 for Semi Lates, $50 more to the winner of Street Stocks and Pure Stocks (depending on car count) and $350 for FWDs
Kids Bike Racing at Intermission Information:
There will be three age groups and a Bike awarded to each group winner courtesy of Legends Powersports:
6 years old and under
7 years old to 10 years old
11 years old to 12 years old
Helmets required for all children.
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8/30/19 –
We are racing tonight!
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8/25/19 –
Anderson Lee Frank Huber Hickok Score Wins On Race For A Cure Night
Race For A Cure Night
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- With another night of racing, fans were treated to great racing in each division. First class for the evening were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Mike Anderson in the 76 and Andy Frey in the 55X led the field to the green for fifteen laps. Anderson took the early lead as Bill Mumau in the 871 took second over Frey. Justin Watt in the 00 moved up to fifth and was battling Dennis Harrison Jr in the 42 for fourth before Harrison started to battle Frey for third. With Frey, Watt, and Harrison battling for third, Greg Blystine i the 629 moves up top and rockets past Harrison, Watt, and Frey to move into the third position. Frey would then get pressure from the 42 of Harrison as he makes the pass by Frey moving himself into third. A lap later, Makinna Pearce in the 01P gets sideways in turn two to bring out the caution. On the restart, Blystone in the 629 battles Mumau for second but does not get past the fast running 871. At the end, it was Mike Anderson who went on to collect his first Thunder Mountain victory of 2019. Anderson was followed by 2) Bill Mumau 871 3) Greg Blystone 629 4) Justin Watt 00 5) Dennis Harrison Jr 42H 6) Rich Anderson 516 7) Andy Frey 55X 8) Jenna Pfaff 33 9) Stephen Hazlett 969 10) Makinna Pearce 01P 11) Tyler Blystone 79 12) Jacob Weyer 87. Jake Foradori in the 81 was a DNS. Heat winners were Dennis Harrison Jr and Bill Mumau.
The Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models were track side next. The 222 of Jeff Sweeney and the 2T of Rich Wicker made up the front row for twenty laps. Wicker took the early lead as Sweeney and Kevin Dickson in the 9 ran second and third. The 1M of Zach Myers and the 5L of Jon Lee battled for fifth before Myers secured the position. Jeremy Ohl in the 5J reeled in the 29 of Ryan Caldwell for seventh before Rich Wicker went up in smoke on the backstretch. This handed the lead over to Jeff Sweeney. On the restart, Sweeney jumps out to the lead as Lee in the 5L moved into second before the 1 of Caleb Whiteford slows on the front stretch. The next restart seen Lee rocket to the lead as Myers in the 1M moved into third. Doug Surra in the 3AA and Kevin Dickson in the 9 battled for fifth before Surra took over the position. Dickson would then hold off the 67 of Vern Ward and the 50 of Bob McMillen for sixth, At the end, it was Jon Lee in the 5L who came out strong to pick up the win for the feature event. Lee was followed by 2) Zach Myers 1M 3) Jeff Sweeney 222 4) Doug Surra 3AA 5) Nick Fulmer 2 6) Kevin Dickson 9 7) Vern Ward 67 8) Gary Fulmer 22 9) Bernie Whiteford Jr 33JR 10) Jim Challingsworth 44 11) Nate Synder 155 12) Jim Decker 79D 13) Bob McMillen 50 14) Ryan Caldwell 29 15) Jeremy Ohl 5J 16) Caleb Whiteford 1 17) Rich Wicker 2T. DNS= 20 George Bailey/ 28S Gabe Shaffer/ 17R Rick Strong. Heat winners were Kevin Dickson, Zach Myers, and Jon Lee.
Third for the evening were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models. Dave Blazavixh in the 18B and Del Rougeux in the 28D made up the front row for twenty five laps. Rougeux took the early lead as Blazavich and Chub Frank in the Chad McClellan owned 119 battled for second. Chub secured the second position as Doug Eck in the 20 moved into fourth over Paul Kot in the 36. a lap later, Frank takes the lead from Rougeux as Blazavich pressures the 28D for second. Blazavich would take over the second position and set his sights on Frank. Chris Hackett in the 33 moved into fourth before Blazavich took over the lead from Frank. The 94 of Charlie Powell would get sideways on the backstretch to bring out the yellow. Since a lap was not completed, the next restart had Frank back out to the lead. On the restart, Blazavich goes high to take the lead before Frank slides up in front Blazavich to hold the lead. This made the 20 of Eck and the 111 of Matt Lux to move into second and third as Blazavich collects himself and powers on. Rougeux, Hackett, and Kot had a dog fight going on for fourth as Lux in the 111 moved into second over Eck. Blazavich would then move into third over Eck. The yellow flag then came out for Wendell Pickney and Jeremy Ohl in the 11H who got together in turn three. On the restart, Lux and Blazavich battle for second as Rougeux and Eck fought for fourth. Eck would then move into fourth as Lux secured the second position. Lux then set his sights on Frank for the lead. Lux would reel in Frank but it was not enough as Frank went on to win one of the best super late feature events in 2019. Frank was followed by 2) Matt Lux 111 3) Dave Blazavich 18B 4) Doug Eck 20 5) Del Rougeux 28D 6) Chris Hackett 33 7) Paul Kot 36 8) Mike Wonderling 18 9) Dwayne Brooks 1B 10) Wendell Pickney 1 11) Kenny Schaffer 13X 12) John Wayne Weaver W3 13) Bill Davis 3D 14) Jeremy Ohl 11H 15) Charlie Powell 94 16) Mike Laughard 38L 17) Greg Kent 111K 18) Kyle Knapp 33K. Heat winners were Chris Hackett and Charlie Powell.
The Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel DriveFour Cylinders were track side next for their fifteen laps. The 33M of Curtis Mohney and the 200 of Matt Bryant made up the front row. Bryant would take the early lead as Mohney and Rob Williams in the 9MM ran second and third. Josh Frantz in the 15B and Joe Huber in the 8H battled for fourth before Huber secured the position. Bill Fuchs in the 10 and Chad Greeley in the 27 battled for fifth as Fuchs moved into fifth before the 777 hits the front stretch wall. On the restart, Frantz and Mohney battle for second before Mohney secures the position. Jeff Huber, who has been fast all year, started dead last and was working his way up to seventh before he powered by Greeley for sixth. Jeff Huber would then set his sights on the 8H of Joe Huber and the 15B of Josh Frantz. the 42 would then move by the 15B and 8H for third. Greeley would move into seventh before the 116 of Sam Orf Jr spins in turn two. On the restart, Bryant and Huber battle for the lead before the 42 of Jeff Huber moves into the lead. With three laps to go, Huber runs away from the field. At the end, it was Jeff Huber who went on to win his fourth feature event in a row. Huber was followed by 2) Matt Bryant 200 3) Joe Huber 8H 4) Curtis Mohney 33M 5) Shawn Hadden 3H 6) Bill Fuchs 10 7) Chad Greeley 27 8) Sam Orf Jr 116 9) Tondra Brown 104D 10) Greg Kiehl 13 11) Josh Frantz 15B 12) Brooks Kaufman 25B 13) Jason Rittenour 3K 14) Jim Prenni 0 15) Rob Williams 9MM 16) Austin Fedder 777. DNS= 17 Wayne Newberry/ 73S/ 81R Greg Rockwell. Heat winners were Matt Bryant, Curtis Mohney, and Jeff Huber.
Last for the evening were FDR HVAC Street Stocks. Duke Davidson in the 81 and Ray Hickok Jr in the 4ord made up the front row for twenty laps. Hickok took the early lead as Gary Luzier in the 960 moved into second . Bill Hurrellbrink in the C8 and Duke Davidson battled for third before Davidson spins in turn three. Four cars were left on the next restart. On the restart, Hickok takes the lead as Luzier ran second. Zach Gustafson in the 983 ran third as Bill Hurrellbrink ran fourth. At the end, it was Ray Hickok Jr who went on to pick up the win in the street stocks. Hickok was followed by 2) Gary Luzier 960 3) Zach Gustafson 983 4) Bill Hurrellbrink C8 5) Duke Davidson 81 6) Fuzzy Fields 28. The lone heat race winner was Zach Gustafson.
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8/19/19 –
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8/18/19 –
Hackett Scores First Win At Thunder Mountain
8/16/19-Fan Appreciation Night
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- Fans were treated to another night of racing that involved meeting their favorite drivers and picking up piles of candy. The first feature of the evening were the Super V6 Late Models. Curtis Stivason in the 36S and Mike Spinneweber in the 6 lead the field to the green flag. Frank McFeaters in the 1 would take the early lead before the 03 of Craig Cummings would slow with front end damage. On the restart, Mike Spinneweber moves into second over Curtis Stivason in the 36S. Spinneweber and Stivason would battle for a number of laps for second before Spinneweber held the position. With a straight away lead over the field, Frank McFeaters went on to win the Super V6 feature event. McFeaters was followed by 2) Mike Spinneweber 6 3) Curtis Stivason 36S 4)Nate Mechling 54 5) Ed Dunkel 34 6) Matt Cajka 12 7) Brett Moore 10 8) Jason Willard 18 9) Shane Spinneweber 14 10) Craig Cummings 03. Gary Kriess Jr was a DNS. Heat winners were Curtis Stivason and Mike Spinneweber.
The Watt Logging Pure Stocks came track side for the second round of features. Bill Mumau in the 871 and Rich Anderson in the 516 made up the front row for fifteen laps. Mumau would take the early lead before a pile up in turn two brought out the yellow flag. On the restart, Greg Blystone in the 629 moved into fifth as Anderson in the 516 pressures Mumau for the lead. Kylee Brown in the 99K, Greg Blystone, and Justin Watt in the 00 battled for third before Brown spins in turn two holding the third position. On the restart, Rich Anderson makes the pass over Mumau for the lead as Jenna Pfaff in the 33 moved into sixth over the 55X of Andy Frey. Greg Blystone in the 629 gets a good run coming out of turn two to move into the third position over Justin Watt and Dalton Gustafson in the 483. A lap later, the red flag came out for Kylee Brown who went up in a short ball of fire down the backstretch. Once red flag conditions lifted, the green came back out for Rich Anderson leading the field. Dalton Gustafson moved into third over Bill Mumau as Blystone pressures Anderson for the lead. With the white flag out, Anderson and Blystone continue to battle for the lead before Anderson went on to win the feature by a nose. Rich Anderson was followed by 2) Greg Blystone 629 3) Dalton Gustafson 483 4) Bill Mumau 871 5) Dennis Harrison Jr 42H 6) Justin Watt 00 7) Jenna Pfaff 33 8) Makinna Pierce 01P 9) Tyler Blystone 79 10) Jake Foradori 81 11) Kylee Brown 99K 12) Andy Frey 55X. Heat winners were Bill Mumau and Rich Anderson.
Third for the evening were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. The C8 of Bill Hurrellbrink and the 28 of Fuzzy Fields made up the front row to lead the field to the green. Hurrellbrink took the early lead as Zach Gustafson in the 983 took over third. Gustafson would then reel in the top two of Hurrellbrink and Fields to pressure them for the lead. The top there put on a dog fight for the lead as Tim Bish in the 11B reels in Fuzzy Fields for the third position. Gary Luzier in the 960 ran in fifth as Allen English in the 64 and Ray Hickok Jr in the 4ord ran sixth and seventh. Gustafson would then pressure Hurrelbrink for the lead as Fields battles Bish for third. A lap later, Gustafson takes the lead away from Hurrellbrink as Bish gets by him for the second place position. At the end, it was Zach Gustafson who went on to win his first Thunder Mountain victory of 2019. Gustafson was followed by 2) Tim Bish 11B 3) Bill Hurrellbrink C8 4) Fuzzy Fields 28 5) Gary Luzier 960 6) Allen English 64 7) Ray Hickok Jr 4ord 8) Bob Egley 30. The lone heat winner was Fuzzy Fields.
The Legends Powersports Super Late Models were trackside next for their feature. Chris Hackett in the 33 and Kyle Knapp in the 33K made up the front row to go green for twenty five laps. Knapp would take the early lead as Chris Hackett and Dave Blazavich in the 18B ran second and third. A few laps later, Matt Lux in the 111 would take fourth from Del Rougeux in the 28D as Blazavich and Hackett battled for second. Charlie Powell in the 94 and Gale Huey in the 11H battled for sixth before Powell took over the position. The yellow flag flew for Shawn Lindenmuth sitting in turn four. On the restart, Chris Hackett charges to the outside and takes the lead away from Kyle Knapp. Hackett stretched out his lead as Powell moved into fifth over Del Rouguex in the 28D. With eight laps to go, Dave Blazavich finds grip o the outside and started to reel in the top two. A few laps later, Blazavich passes Knapp for second out of turn four. At the end, it was Chris Hackett who went on to win his first ever Thunder Mountain feature event. Hackett was followed by 2) Dave Blazavich 18B 3) Kyle Knapp 33K 4) Matt Lux 111 5) Charlie Powell 94 6) Del Rougeux 28D 7) Wendell Pickney 1 8) Gale Huey 11H 9) Skip Lindemuth 22 10) Curtis Teats 11V 11) Dwayne Brooks 1B 12) Shawn Lindemuth 54 13) Johnny Lindenpitz 29L. Heat winners were Chris Hackett and Kyle Knapp.
Fifth for the evening were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Jeff Huber in the 42 and Joe Huber in the 8H made up the front row for fifteen laps. Jeff Huber took the early lead as Rob Williams in the 9MM moved into second over Joe Huber. Sam Orf Jr in the 116 and Curtis Mohney in the 33M battled for fourth before Orf secured the position. Zach Frantz in the 36F and Bill Fuchs in the 10 battled for fifth before Frantz slows on the backstretch. Rob Williams gets caught up with the lap car of Dana Huber who bot went off turn two. On the restart, Williams moves into second as Joe Huber moves into third over Sam Orf Jr. At the end, it was Jeff Huber who went on to continue his winning streak. Huber was followed by 2) Rob Williams 9MM 3) Joe Huber 8H 4) Sam Orf Jr 116 5) Curtis Mohney 33M 6) Bill Fuchs 10 7) Chad Greeley 27 8) Cory Price 4P 9) Zach Frantz 36F 10) Dana Huber. Austin Fedder was a DNS. Heat winners were Jeff Huber and Joe Huber.
Last for the evening were the Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models. Jeremy Ohl in the 5J and Zach Myers in the 1M made up the front row for twenty laps. Myers would take the early lead before the caution came out for debris on the backstretch. On the restart, Gabe Shaffer in the 28 and Jeremy Ohl battle for second before Shaffer took over the second position. Ohl, Jon Lee in the 5L, and Jarid Ivory in the 17 battled for third as Doug Surra moved into fourth over Jeff Sweeney in the 222. The caution flag then flew for the 39B of Joe Becker who spun in turn two. On the restart, Ohl and Surra collide in turn two. The second restart seen Rich Wicker in the 2T and Jon Lee battle for sixth before Lee secured the position. Jeff Sweeney and Lee would then battle for fourth before Lee took over the fourth position as well. Scott Umbaugh in the 36 spins in turn two to bring out the caution. On the restart, Gabe Shaffer, Jarid Ivory, and Jon Lee all battle for second before Shaffer pulls away to stay in the second position. With a straight away lead, Zach Myers in the 1M went on to pick up the Semi Late Model feature event. Myers was followed by 2) Gabe Shaffer 28S 3) Jon Lee 5L 4) Jeff Sweeney 222 5) Jarid Ivory 17 6) Rich Wicker 2T 7) Doug Surra 3AA 8) Nick Fulmer 2 9) Ryan Caldwell 29 10) Jeremy Ohl 11) Kevin Dickson 9 12) Scott Umbaugh 36 13) Jim Challingsworth 44 14) Vern Ward 67 15) Joe Becker 39B 16) George Bailey 20 17) Brian Rhed 69R 18) Gary Fulmer 22 19) Jim Decker 79D. DNS= Austin Getch 71A, Kevin Geist 135. Heat winners were Jeremy Ohl, Zach Myers, and Gabe Shaffer.
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8/13/19 –
Plus Super 6 Late Models! Wristbands and tickets from July 19th will be honored also.
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7/27/19 –
Bowser Picks Up $3,000 With A 410 Victory
7/26/19-410 Sprint Car Special
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- With no rain in the forecast for once, fans gathered at Thunder Mountain Speedway for a night of 410 sprint car racing. First on the card for the evening were the 410 sprints for twenty five laps. Carl Bowser in the 11 and Chad Kemanah in the K4 lead the field to the green. With two laps in, Bowser holds the lead as Aj Flick in the 2 moved into second before the 28 of Brian Wright gets sideways in turn two. On the restart, The 91 of Cody Womer slows on the front stretch. The second restart seen the 22 of Brandon Spithaler move into fifth and Jack Sodeman Jr move into sixth before the 38 of Leyton Wagner slows on the front stretch. The third restart gets underway before the 99 of Kyle Colwell tips his car sideways to bring out the red flag. As Colwell was ok, sprint car officials made the call to have a fuel stop with a three minute window period. After crews were done with fuel and cars were pushed off, the green flag flew once again. Sodeman challenges the 29 of Dan Shetler for sixth before Sodeman took over the position. Russ Sansosti in the 23S ran second as the 13 of Brandon Matus and Aj Flick battled for fourth. With three laps to go, Sodeman Jr passes the 22 of Brandon Spithaler for the fifth position. At the end, it was Carl Bowser who had a far lead on the field, to collect the checkers for the feature event. Bowser was followed by 2) Russ Sansosti 3) Brandon Matus 4) Aj Flick 5) Jack Sodeman Jr 6) Brandon Spithaler 7) Dan Shetler 8) Jordan Guiler 9) Johnny Garvin 10) Sye Lynch 11) Lee Jacobs 12) Dan Kuriger 13) George Englert 14) Darin Gallagher 15) Jared McFarland 16) CJ Jones 17) Brian Wright 18) Brent Matus 19) Kyle Colwell 20) Alan Free 21) Leyton Wagner 22) Chad Kemanah 23) Steve Cousins 24) Cody Womer. DNS= 44 Joe McEwen. Heat winners were Carl Bowser, Jack Sodeman Jr, Jordan Guiler, and Russ Sansosti.
Second feature for the evening were the Legend Powersports Super Late Models. Bob Dorman in the 19 and Paul Kot in the 36 made up the front row for twenty five laps. On the start, the 28D of Del Rougeux gets sideways in turn three to bring out the yellow. On the restart, The 27 of Michael Lake and the 46 of Tom Merryman get together in turn four to bring out another caution. On the next restart, Kot gets out to the early lead before the 94 of Charlie Powell slows on the backstretch with problems as Bob Dorman hits the backend of Powell hard collecting many others to bring out the red flag. Charlie Powell, Bob Dorman, Kyle Knapp, David Scott, Matt Lux, and Tom Merryman were all involved with heavy damage to all of their cars. Once red flag conditions lifted, the field was down to six cars. On the restart, Nate Brady in the 77 spins in one to bring out another caution. The next green flag came out as Paul Kot moved back out to the lead with Michael Lake in the 27 running in second and Chris Hackett in the 33 moving into third. Del Rougeux and Tom Merryman battled for fourth before leader Paul Kot slows in turn three, ending his night. On the restart, Lake moved out to the lead as Skip Lindemuth moved into fourth. A few laps later, Brady in the 77 slows on the backstretch with a blown engine. The next restart seen Rougeux blow a right rear tire ending his night as well. The last restart seen two cars, the 27 of Lake and the 33 of Chris Hackett. With five laps to go and a king of the hill type finish, Michael Lake went on to win the feature event. Lake was followed by 2) Chris Hackett 3) Del Rougeux 4) Nate Brady 5) Skip Lindemuth 6) Tom Merryman 7) Paul Kot 8) Charlie Powell 9) David Scott 10) Kyle Knapp 11) Matt Lux. DNS= 20 Doug Eck/ 11H Gale Huey/ 11V Curtis Teats/ 14 Dan Angelicchio/ 84 Andrew Wylie. DQ=19 Bob Dorman. Heat winners were Bob Dorman, Paul Kot, and Michael Lake.
Third and final event for the evening were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. The Huber boys of Jeff in the 42 and Joe in the 8H, made up the front row for fifteen laps. Before a lap was made, Jack Phillipson in the 77J slows on the frontstretch to bring out the yellow flag. On the restart, Jeff Huber in the 42 jumped out to the lead as Curtis Money in the 33M moved into second. The battle for third heated up as Rob Williams in the 9MM, Chad Greeley in the 27, and Bill Fuchs in the 10 go three wide for three laps before Williams took over the position. Bill Fuchs in the 10 took fourth from Chad Greely as Joe Huber in the 8H battled Fuchs for the fourth position. At the line, it was Jeff Huber who was been red hot all season, who went on to collect the checkers for the evening. Huber was followed by 2) Curtis Mohney 3) Rob Williams 4) Joe Huber 5) Bill Fuchs 6) Chad Greeley 7) Jack Phillipson. DNS= 7H Todd Hanlon/ 13 Austin Fedder.
Please join us next week for the Connor Bobik memorial race featuring the ULMS Late Models, Super V6 Late Models, and all of our weekly classes. This is a great event with a huge raffle full of great prizes! All proceeds go to the Make A Wish foundation.
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7/21/19 –
This Friday, July 26th. 410 SPRINTS $3000 TO WIN, $250 TO START plus Super Lates and FWDs
Non Qualifier Race (15 Laps)
1.$250, 2. $200 3. $175 4.-24. $150
Open Tire Rule, Open Header Rule, All other Lernerville Sprint Rules apply
Pits open at 5pm, Grandstands at 5:30pm, Racing at 7:30
General Admission $17
Seniors $15
Students $12
Kids under 6 are Free
Family Pack $55
Pits $30
410 Sprint Payout (25 Laps)
1. 3000
2. 1200
3. 900
4. 700
5. 600
6. 500
7. 475
8. 450
9. 425
10. 400
11. 350
12. 330
13. 320
14. 310
15. 300
16. 290
17. 280
18. 270
19. 260
20. 250
21. 250
22. 250
23. 250
24. 250
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7/19/19 –
We have canceled. Tickets and wrist bands will be good for August 16th for the mid season championship makeup
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7/18/19 –
Start time for tomorrow’s July 19th race will now be at 8pm because of the heat warnings. All gates will open at the same time. There will also be coolers with free water for drivers and crew near the pit concession
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7/15/19 –
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7/5/19 –
We are pleased to announce that the 9th Annual Connor Bobik Memorial will be at Thunder Mountain Speedway on Friday, August 2nd when the ULMS will be visiting the track. Plus Semi Lates, Pure Stocks, FWDs and Super 6 Late Models. There will be a basket raffle in the grandstands along with pass the helmet and all proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish. If anyone is interested in donating anything to raffle please message the page or contact Derek Bobik. More details will follow.
There was a scheduling conflict with another track for the makeup ULMS race that we were going to have Aug 16th. It will now be held on Sept 13th. Wristbands/tickets from the rained out July 3rd race can now be used on Sept 13th. Sorry for any inconvenience on this matter.
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7/3/19 –
We are racing tonight!
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6/29/19 –
BRP Modified Tour Invades ThunderMountain For The Second Time
6/28/19 Race Report
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- Friday evening was greeted by very hot weather and many cars for another night of racing at Thunder Mountain. The first feature of the evening were the BRP Big Block Modifieds for their 35 lap feature. Riding on the front row were Rick Regalski in the 13 and Chris Rudolph in the 25. On the start, the 03 of Mark Frankhouser gets tangled up with the front stretch wall. On the restart, Jeremiah Shindledecker in the 37MD moves into the lead as Garrett Krummert in the 29 charged to second before the caution flag flew for a pile up in turn two. The next restart seen the 65 of Rex King Sr take over second as Rex King Jr took over third. JR McGinley in the 66M ran in seventh as Paul Kot in the 7S ran in eighth. Kyle Fink in the 66F took over ninth as Rex King Jr passes Shingledecler in lap traffic for the lead before the caution flew for the 3K of Shawn Kozar who slowed on the backstretch. On the restart, Paul Kot moved into the top five taking over the fifth position as Dave Murdick in the 61 moved into sixth. Chris Rudolph and Paul Kot would duke it out for fourth as McKInney moved into the fifth position before the caution flag flew for the 90 of Erick Bowser who went over turn four. On the restart, Shingledecker in the 37MD moved into eighth after coming up through the tail of the field. The caution came out again for the 66M of JR McGinley who slowed in turn two. On the restart, Dave Murdick moved into third as Shingledecker moved into to the top five taking over fifth. With the checkers in the air, it was Rex King Jr who held out strong to collect the checkers. King Jr was followed by 2) Jim Rasey 3) Dave Murdick 4)Chris Rudolph 5) Paul Kot 6) Jeremiah Shindledecker 7) Skip Moore 8) Rick Regalski 9) Bob Warren 10) Garrett Krummert 11) Steve Barr 12) Shawn Fleeger 13) JR McGinlety 14) Kevin Hoffman 15) Erick Bowser 16) Rex King Sr 17)Dillon Barr 18) Kyle Fink 19) Max Smoker 20) Shawn Kozar 21) Jimmy Holden 22) Lonny Riggs 23) Brad Rapp 24) Mark Frankhouser 25) Randy Chrosnister. Heat Winners were Rex King Jr, Rex King Sr, and Dave Murdick.
Second feature event for the evening were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. With only four street stocks, Bill Hurrellbrink in the C8 and the 4ord of Ray Hickok Jr made up the front row to go green for fifteen laps. On the start, Hickok Jr took the lead as Hurrellbrink ran in second trying to move into the lead. Hickok Jr and Hurrellbrink battled for the lead as Douglas Eck in the 4* ran in third and Allen English in the 64 ran in fourth. Towards the end, Hickok slows with some mechanical problems as Hurrellbrink took over the lead. At the end, Hurrellbrink went on to win the feature event and gained a starting spot for the Gateway Special at Hummingbird Speedway tonight honoring Tommy Scott. Hurrellbrink was followed by 2) Douglas Eck 3)Allen English 4) Ray Hickok Jr. The lone heat winner was Bill Hurrellbrink.
Third feature for the evening were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models. Chad McClellan in the 7M and Gale Huey in the 11H made up the front row for twenty five laps. On the start, Huey takes the early lead as Mike Pegher Jr took over the second position. Michael Lake and Chad McClellan ran third and fourth before Gale Huey spins in turn two. On the restart, Matt Lux in the 111 moved into fourth as Kyle Knapp in the 33K ran in the fifth position. Bob Dorman in the 19 and Colton Flinner in the 48 battled for sixth before Todd English in the 711 spun in turn two. On the next restart, Knapp and Flinner get together in turn one to bring out the caution. On this restart, Lake takes over the second position as McClellan and Lux battled for third. Dorman and Doug Eck battled for fourth before the 28D of Del Rougeux spins in turn four. On the restart, Matt Lux and Michael Lake battle for second as Eck and Flinner battle for sixth. The caution flag came out again for a car spun in turn four who was Del Rouguex. After numerous restarts to get off of lap 13, the sixth restart was a charm as Chris Hackett in the 33 took over the sixth position as Lake moved into eighth. Doug Eck and Chad McClellan battled for fourth before McClellan moved into the fourth position. At the end, it was Mike Pegher Jr who held out strong to win the feature event of the evening. Pegher Jr was followed by 2) Matt Lux 3) Bob Dorman 4) Chad McClellan 5) Chris Hackett 6) Michael Lake 7) Doug Eck 8) Colton Flinner 9)Shawn Lindemuth 10) Nate Brady 11) Del Rougeux 12) Gale Huey 13) Kyle Knapp 14) Clay Ruffo 15) John Wayne Weaver 16) Todd English 17) Dylan Fenton 18) Skip Lindemuth. Heat winners were Michael Lake, Kyle Knapp, and Mike Pegher Jr.
Fourth for the evening were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Joe Huber in the 8H and Jeff Huber in the 42 made up the front row to go green. Jeff Huber took the early lead as the 15B of Josh Frantz and Joe Huber battled for second before the 33M of Curtis Mohney slows in turn two. On the restart, the 10 of Bill Fuchs moved into fifth as Joe Huber and Zack Frantz in the 36F battled for third. Sam Orf Jr moved into seventh before the 36F of Zack Frantz goes air borne off of turn two. Frantz was okay and returned to the racing action. On the restart, Fuchs took over third as Jeff Huber stretch out his lead. With the checkers out, Jeff Huber in the 42 went on to win another feature event for the four cylinders. Huber was followed by 2) Josh Frantz 3) Bill Fuchs 4) Cody Young 5) Sam Orf Jr 6) Austin Fedder 7) Chad Greeley 8) Greg Kiehl 9) Zack Frantz 10) Joe Huber 11) Curtis Mohney 12) Dylan Hickok (DQ). DJ Clark and Rob Williams were DNS. Heat winners were Jeff Huber and Joe Huber.
Last on the card for the evening were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Josh Fields in the 88 and Dillon Smith in the 112S made up the row to go green. Josh Fields in the 88 took the early lead as Smith and Justin Watt in the 00 battled for second. Greg Blystone in the 629 ran in third as Sam McAdams ran in fourth. Watt took over the second position as Mikanna Pierce in the 01P took over the fifth position. McAdams spins in turn one and collects the 01P of Pierce. On the restart, Fields and Watt battled for the lead. As the laps counted down, Watt was gaining inches every lap. On the last lap, Fields blows a motor coming-out of turns three and four which allowed Watt to go by him to pick up his first Thunder Mountain feature win. Watt was followed by 2) Dillion Smith 3) Greg Blystone 4) Sam McAdams 5) Josh Fields 6) Mikanna Pierce 7) Tyler Blystone. The lone heat winner was Josh Fields
The ULMS Late Model Series will be in action this Wednesday July 3rd for the Speedweek Hell Tour event! Pits open at 4:30PM as racing starts at 7PM. Thank You to everyone for your support and we hope to see you this Wednesday for the ULMS Speedweek Hell Tour event!
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6/25/19 –
Addition to the Schedule! Wednesday, July 3rd ULMS Super Late Models $3000 to Win plus Semi-Lates and Fwds.
General Admission $16
Seniors $14
Students $10
Kids under 6. Free
Family Pass $50
Pits $30
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6/17/19 –
Just a reminder there will be no racing this Friday, June 21st.
We will see everyone again on June 28th for the BRP Big Block Modifieds, Super Lates, Street Stocks and FWDs. The Semi Lates will have the evening off.
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6/14/19 Race Report- Father’s Day Weekend
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- After a couple of days of nothing but rain, Thunder Mountain track crew did their hardest to get a track ready for the night’s events. Once the crew was done and a late start time was announced, cars hit trackside for another fast night of racing. Also on hand, were the ATVs sponsored by Legends Powersports. Mike Hoffman was the man to beat as he went on to win his heat race and feature event. First for the evening were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Josh Fields in the 88 and Justin Watt in the 00 made up the front row for the feature event. Fields and Watt would duke it out the whole time for the lead as Jenna Pfaff in the 33 ran in third and Makenna Pierce ran in fourth. With one lap to go, Josh Fields goes high to try to hold off a hard charging Watt. At the line, it was Josh Fields who went on to win the feature event. Fields was followed by 2) Justin Watt 3)Jenna Pfaff 4) Mikenna Pierce. The lone heat race winner was Josh Fields
Second for the night were the Legends Powersports Super Late Models. Doug Eck in the 20 and Kyle Knapp in the 33K made up the front row to go green for twenty five laps. On the start, Eck would jump out to an early lead before the caution came out for a spun Gale Huey 11H in turn two. On the restart, Knapp took the lead as Chad McClellan took over second from Eck. Bob Dorman in the 19 and Gale Huey in the 11H battled for fourth as Joe Petyak in the 44 ran in fifth. A couple laps later, McClellan in the 7M would battle Eck for second as Petyak passes Huey for fifth before the caution came out for Skip Lindemuth in turn two. Trying to get a lap in with the restart, the third restart was a charm as Chris Hackett in the 33 took over the third position as Huey moved into second. Hackett and Huey would battle for second as Knapp stretched his lead out over the field. At the end, it was Kyle Knapp who went on to win his first ever Thunder Mountain feature event. Knapp was Followed by 2) Gale Huey 3) Chris Hackett 4) Greg Oakes 5) Bob Dorman 6) Mike Smith 7) Doug Eck 8) Joe Petyak 9) Nate Brady 10) Skip Lindemuth 11) Chad McClellan 12) Brandon Groters. Heat winners were Chad McClellan and Joe Petyak
Third on the card were the Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models. Joe Martin in the 28S and Jon Lee in the 5L made up the front row to go green for twenty laps. On the start, Martin takes the lead as Charlie Powell in the 69R and George Bailey in the 20 got together in turn three. On the restart, Jon Lee takes over the lead as Nate Smith in Rich Wickers 2T, battled Zach Myers in the 1M for third. Todd English in the 711 ran in fourth as Dennis Curry and Jarid Ivory battled for sixth. A couple laps later, Nick Fulmer slows on the backstretch to bring out the caution. O the restart, a pile up occurs in turn two to bring out another caution. After four attempts to get a restart in, the fifth restart was the lucky one as Todd English took over the fifth position from Doug Surra as George Bailey spins in turn two. On the restart, Nate Smith in the 2T took over second from Martin before Martin would battle back for the position. At the end, under a “caution/checker finish” due to cautions, Jon Lee went on to win the feature event. Lee was followed by 2)Nate Smith 3) Joe Martin 4) Todd English 5) Tommy Snyder 6) Doug Surra 7)Jeff Sweeney 8) Bernie Whiteford Jr 9) Bob McMillen 10) Caleb Whiteford 11) George Bailey 12) Scott Umbaugh 13) Kyle Smith Jr 14) Andy Vancuren 15) Zach Myers 16) Vern Ward 17) Casey Wolfe 18) Charlie Powell 19)Jeremy Ohl 20) Dennis Curry 21) Jarid Ivory 22) Nick Fulmer. DNS were Jarred Patton and Andy Frey. Heat winners were Charlie Powell, Jon Lee and Joe Martin.
Last for the evening were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Mike Phillipson in the 69ER and Curtis Mohney in the 33M made up the front row to go green for fifteen laps. On the start, Tyler Oakes in the 22T made a charge for the lead and made it stick to take over the lead. Joe Huber in the 8H moved into fifth as Mohney ran in second. A few laps later, Joe Huber battles Oakes for the lead as Oakes stayed out strong in first. At the end, it was Tyler Oakes who went on to win his first ever Thunder Mountain feature event. Oakes was followed by 2) Joe Huber 3) Cody Young 4) Bill Fuchs 5) Noah Swank 6) Sam Orf Jr 7) Mike Phillipson 8) Greg Kiehl 9) Chris Shelley 10) Merle Shelley Jr 11) Jeff Huber 12) Curtis Mohney 13) Greg Rockwell 14) Chad Greeley. Rob Williams in the 9MM was a DNS. Heat winners were Joe Huber and Jeff Huber
Thank You to all who came out last night and stayed with us as we had a delayed start due to track conditions from this weeks weather. There will be no racing next Friday, 6/21, as racing will resume the following Friday, 6/28.
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6/14/19 –
We are racing. We are going to be later than usual cuz we are just getting on the track now for track prep. We will leave pill draw open longer for traveling teams
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6/9/19 –
Points for 5/17 do not display on Mylaps because we had a bad cable from the Mylaps boxes to the computer that evening and we had to hand score all classes for the night. The points from 5/17 were calculated by hand and were added into the night of 5/24 points. Sorry for any confusion on this matter. If you have any issues please message the track. Thank you.
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6/1/19 –
Frank, Anderson, Bish, And Wicker Pick Up Wins On Triple Nickel Distillery Night
5/31/19
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- Thunder Mountain Speedway seen a large crowd and car count Friday night as Racers For Tots sold raffle tickets for their 2019 Rocket XR1 car and Triple Nickel Distillery pleased fans with samples of their own moonshine. First on hand for the night, were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Tim Steis in the 45 and Rich Anderson in the 516 made up the front row for the green flag. On the start, Anderson jumped out to the lead as Steis ran in second. Matt Putt 11P, Justin Watt 00, and Jenna Pfaff in the 33 all battled for third before Watt would moved into second. As the laps counted down, Rich Anderson had a far lead on the whole field. Rich Anderson would go on to win his first ever pure stock feature event at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Anderson was followed by Justin Watt, Tim Steis, Matt Putt, Makenna Pierce, and Jenna Pfaff. The lone heat race winner was Tim Steis.
Second for the evening were the Legend Powersports Super Late Models for their 30 lap, $3,000 to win special. Chub Frank in the 1* and Doug Drown in the 12 made up the front row to go green for 30 laps. As the green flag flew, Frank jumped to the lead before a pile up in turn four made the caution flag come out. On the restart, David “Slowride” Scott and Doug Drown battled for second as Chris Hackett in the 33 and Greg Oakes in the 22 battled for fifth. Del Rougeux was running in seventh before the 28D machine went over the backstretch to bring out the yellow. On the restart, Matt Lux in the 111 moved into fifth as David Scott moved into second. A few laps later, Kyle Hardy in the 36 moved into fourth as Chris Hackett and Dave Hess battled for seventh. Kyle Knapp in the 33K and Gale Huey in the 11H ran eighth and ninth before Levi Sikora in the 57S slowed on the front stretch with some mechanical problems. On the restart, Hardy gets sideways in turn two as Chad McClellan in the 7M and Curtis Teats in the 11V get involved. McClellan and Teats both sustained heavy damage to their cars, but were both all ok after the wreck. On the restart, Greg Oakes battles Matt Lux for third as Dave Hess moved into fifth to crack a top five. Chris Hackett and Kyle Knapp duked it out for sixth before Knapp moved into the sixth position as Oakes passed Lux for third. With five laps to go, Chris Hackett slows on the front stretch with a flat tire to bring out the caution. On the restart, Dave Hess moved into fourth as Chub Frank ran out front strong. At the end, it was Chub Frank who led the race from green to checkers to go on and win the $3,000 Super Late Model feature event. Chub Frank was followed by David Scott, Greg Oakes, Dave Hess, Matt Lux, Doug Drown, Kyle Knapp, Brandon Groters, Paul Kot, Wyatt Scott, Chris Farrel, Del Rougeux, Chris Hackett, Nate Brady, Kyle Hardy, Gale Huey, Chad McClellan, Curtis Teats, Clate Copeman, Levi Sikora, and John Wayne Weaver. Charles Powell Jr was a DQ. Bobby Rohrer and Doug Eck were DNS. Heat winners were Doug Drown, Chub Frank, and David Scott.
Third for the evening were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. Fuzzy Fields in the 28 and Tim Bish in the 11B made up the front row to go green. On the start, Tim Bish jumped out to the early lead as Zach Gustafson in the 983 moved into third. Bill Hurrellbrink in the C8 and Gary Luzier in the 960 battled for fourth before the 222 of Tyler Kubic spun in turn two. On the restart, Gustafson and Fields battled for second before the 222 of Kubic loops it in turn two. O the restart, Curtis Bish in the 29 moved into second as Gustafson and Hurrellbrink battled for third. A few laps later, Dale Yeany in the 11Y slowed on the front stretch with some mechanical problems to bring out the caution. On the restart, Luzier moved into third as Hurrellbrink took over the fifth place position. At the checkers, it was Tim Bish who held on to win his first feature of 2019 at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Bish was followed by Curtis Bish, Bill Hurrellbrink, Gary Luzier, Zach Gustafson, Allen English, James Scharba, Gill Demelo, Tyler Kubic, Dale Yeaney, and Fuzzy Fields. Heat winners were Tim Bish and Fuzzy Fields.
The fourth feature for the evening were the Kinetic By WIndstream Semi Late Models. Jeremy Ohl in the 5J and Jarid Ivory in the 17 made up the front row to go green for twenty laps. Before a lap was put in the books, a pile up in turn two reset the field for a complete restart. On the restart, Jeremy Ohl jumped to the lead as Ivory, Jon Lee in the 5L, and Rich Wicker in the 2T battled for second. The caution flag flew for the 20 of George Bailey who spun in turn two. On the restart, Wicker moved into second as Todd English in the 711 slowed to go pit side. Joe Martin the 28S moved into third as the 222 of Jeff Sweeney took over the fifth position. Jon Lee moved into sixth before the red flag came out for Vern Ward who rolled in turn three. Once everything was cleaned up, Ward was okay and headed to the pits. On the restart, Lee and Sweeney battled for fifth before Lee took over the fifth place position. Out front, Wicker and Ohl were putting on a show for the lead. A few laps later, Wicker and Ohl touched in turn three to bring out a caution. On the restart, Martin moved into second trying to pressure Wicker for the lead as Jarid Ivory closed in on Martin, and Jeremy Ohl moved into fifth. At the end, It was all Rich Wicker who held off a strong pack of cars to win his first ever Semi Late Model Feature event. Wicker was followed by Jon Lee, Joe Martin, Jarid Ivory, Jeremy Ohl, Jeff Sweeney, Nick Fulmer, Bob McMillen, Kyle Smith Jr, Luke Barnett, Jim Challingsworth, Kevin Dickson, George Bailey, Caleb Whiteford, Ryan Caldwell, Vern Ward, and Todd English. Andy Frey, Doug Surra, Scott Umbaugh, Bernie Whiteford, Joe Malobicky, Bo Lockwood, Scott Carbaugh, and Kylee Brown were DNS. Heat winners were Kyle Smith Jr, Jeremy Ohl, and Jarid Ivory.
The last feature for the evening were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Joe Huber in the 8H and Shawn Hadden in the 3H made up the front row to go green. On the start, Huber takes over the lead as Hadden ran in second. Hadden had pressure from the 42 of Jeff Huber who has been strong all season. Jeff Huber would pass Hadeen for second and set his sights on Joe Huber for the lead. Josh Frantz in the 15B and Joe Huber battled for third as Curtis Mohney moved into fourth. Patrick Crawford in the C4 and Michael Phillipeon in the 69R battled for sixth. Once Jeff Huber got out to the lead, there was no looking back for the 42 machine. At the end, it was Jeff Huber who went on to pick up another Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinder feature event. Huber was followed by Shawn Hadden, Josh Frantz, Joe Huber, Patrick Crawford, Curtis Mohney, Bill Fuchs, Michael Phillipeon, Cody McNaughton, Chad Greeley, Austin Fedder, Greg Kiehl, Zach Lennox, and Cody Young. Heat winners were Jeff Huber and Josh Frantz.
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5/31/19 –
We are racing tonight!
Also If you are coming Intersate 80 west bound to the track you may experience a long delay near the track exit (exit 86/Reynoldsville) due to road construction. To avoid this you can get off Exit 97/Falls Creek and navigate to Reynoldsville and come 322 West.
If you are coming Interstate 80 east bound to the track you also have the option to get off the Brookville exit and take 36 towards Punxy to Ramsaytown road.
For GPS usage, our address is:
3406 Ramsaytown Road
Brookville PA
For Google Maps you can just type in Thunder Mountain Speedway, Brookville.
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5/25/19 –
Memorial Day Weekend Kicks Off With Lee, Bluebeck, Watt, McClelland, Gordon As Winners
5/24/19 Report
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale- As the sun started to set for another night of Friday action, the United States Air Force was on hand to swear in their new cadets as they go on to answer our nation’s call and to protect the freedoms we all have in the United States of America. First on hand for the evening were the Kinetic by Windstream Semi Late Models. Jon Lee in the 5L and Kyle Smith Jr in the 42 made up the front row to go green. On the start, Lee would jump out to the early lead before a pile up in turn one occurred. On the restart, Doug Surra in the T3 jumped to second as Kevin Dickson in the 9 moved into third. Jeremy Ohl in the 5J raced to second before the caution flag flew for a spun Dustin Challingsworth in turn three. On the third restart, Jeff Sweeney in the 222 settled into fourth as Rich Wicker in the 2T and Nick Erskine in the 5X battled for fifth before the caution came out for George Bailey in turn three. On the restart, Ohl and Lee would duke it out for the lead as Josh Jacoby in the 88 moved into sixth. Joe Martin in the 28S ran in seventh as Todd English 711, Rich Wicker 2T, and Zach Myers in the 1M battled for seventh.Joe Martin in the 28S would be making his way to the front before the 5X of Erskine spins in turn two. On the restart, Ohl and Lee would continue to battle each other for the lead as Martin and Surra battled for third. The caution flag flew once again as Doug Surra slows in turn two with mechanical issues. On the next restart, Wicker and Martin battled for third as Lee passes Ohl for the lead. As the laps counted down, Ohl would continue to try to hunt down the 5L of Lee for the lead, but it was all Jon Lee in the end who held on after a strong race to collect the win. Lee was followed by Jeremy Ohl, Joe Martin, Rich Wicker, Kyle Smith Jr, Dustin Challingsworth, Bob McMillen, Brian Rhed, Caleb Whiteford, Joe Malobicky, Doug Surra, Josh Jacoby, Zach Myers, Nick Erskine, Nick Fulmer, Jeff Sweeney, Luke Barnett, George Bailey, Todd English, Bernie Whiteford, Ryan Caldwell, Kevin Dickson, Gary Stitt, Scott Umbaugh, Joe Becker, Austin Getch, Kevin Geist, Jim Challingsworth, Paul Ivory, Kylee Brown, Casey Wolfe. Heat winners included Kyle Smith Jr, Jon Lee, and Kevin Dickson. The Bmain winner was Bernie Whiteford.
Second on card were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Wes Staley in the 73S and the 8H of Joe Huber made up the front row to go green. On the start, Staley took the early lead as Huber ran in second. One lap later, the caution flag came out for the 7 of Dj Clark on the backstretch. On the restart, Philip Bubeck in the 2 and the 8H of Huber battled for second as Curtis Mohney in the 33M moved into fourth. The 42 of Jeff Huber battled the 3H of Shawn Hadden for fifth as Bubeck took the lead. As the laps counted down, Bluebeck had a strong run going and went on to win the feature event. Bubeck was followed by Curtis Mohney, Wes Staley, Jeff Huber, Joe Huber, Shawn Hadden, Wyatt Zimmerman, Zack Frantz, Chad Greeley, Austin Fedder, Greg Kiehl, Jason Rittenmore, Dylan Hickok, Wayne Newberry, and Dj Clark. Heat winners were Wes Staley and Joe Huber.
Third for the evening were the Watt Logging Pure Stocks. Duke Davidson in the 81 and the 871 made up the front row for fifteen laps. On the start, Davidson stole the early lead as Justin Watt in the 00 moved into fourth. Raven Fuller in the 10R and Tim Steis in the 45 battled for fifth before Steis spins in turn two. On the restart, Watt moved into third as Steis and Fuller battled again for fourth. Rich Waltman Jr in the 8JR moved into fifth as Steis spins in turn two. On the restart, Davidson took the lead again as the laps counted down. At the end, it was Davidson who went on to collect the checkers. After tech results, the 81 and 871 were disqualified as this moved Justin Watt in the 00 to the feature event winner. Watt was followed by Rich Waltman Jr, Raven Fuller, Tim Steis, 27, Davidson (DQ), and Mumau (DQ). The lone heat winner was Duke Davidson.
Fourth for the evening were the Legend Powersports Super Late Models. Kyle Knapp in the 33k and Del Rougeux in the 28D made up the front row for twenty five laps. On the start, Knapp, Rougeux, and Chris Hackett in the 33 battled for the lead. Gale Huey in the 11H moved into third as Hackett took over the second place position. Bob Dorman in the 19 took the high side groove to pass Rougeux as Matt Lux in the 111 and Levi Sikora in the 57S battled for fifth. One driver making his way through the field was the 7M of Chad McClelland. McClelland would pass Huey for third before the caution came out for a spun Nate Brady in turn two. On the restart, McClelland passes Hackett and Knapp for the lead as Knapp battled back. Gale Huey and Bob Dorman battled for fourth before they got together in turn four. On the restart, Huey moved into fourth as Matt Lux cracked the top five to take over the fifth position. A few laps later, the caution flag came out for debris in turn two. On this restart, Levi Sikora took over the fifth position as Knapp and McClelland battled for the lead. Chris Hackett and Lux duked it out for third before Curtis Teats blew a tire in turn two to bring out the caution. On the restart ,Sikora moved into fourth as Matt Lux charged to the third position. With five laps to go, McClelland, Knapp, and Lux duked it out for the lead before McClelland moved up high in turn two to stretch out his lead. At the end, it was Chad McClelland who went on to win the Super Late Model feature. McClelland was followed by Kyle Knapp, Matt Lux, Chris Hackett, Levi Sikora, Gale Huey, Dan Smeal, Johnny Lindenpitz, Skip Lindenmuth, Bob Dorman, Richard Tripodi, Curtis Teats, Del Rougeux, and Nate Brady. Charlie Powell and Kenny Schaffer were DNS. The heat winners were Chris Hackett and Matt Lux.
Last for the evening were the FDR HVAC Street Stocks. Tim Bish in the 11B and the 983 of Zach Gustafson made up the front row to go green. On the start, Bish took the early lead as the 28 of Fuzzy Fields and the Tri6 of Andrew Gordon battled for third. One lap later, Ray Hickok in the 4ORD spins in two to bring out the caution. On the restart, Bish takes the lead back as Gordon moved into third. The 29 of Curtis Bish and the 12 of Trevor McCann battled for fifth. Cregan Brady spins in turn two as Curtis Bish passes McCann for fifth. On the restart, Fields and Gordon get together in turn three. The next restart seen Curtis Bish move into third as McCann moved back into fourth. A few laps later, leader Tim Bish slows on the front stretch with mechanical issues. On the restart, Gordon took over the lead as Curtis Bish ran in second. At the end, it was Andrew Gordon who went on to win the nights feature event. Gordon was followed by Curtis Bish, James Scharba, Zach Gustafson, Allen English, Gary Luzier, Dalton Gustafson, Tim Bish, Trevor McCann, Ray Hickok, Fuzzy Fields, and Cregan Brady. Heat winners were Curtis Bish and Tim Bish.
Thank You to all who came out last night to Thunder Mountain Speedway to kick off their Memorial Day weekend. Remember the reasoning behind it, and Thank those who have kept us and are keeping us safe with all the freedoms we have in our country. Freedom is not free! Best of luck to the United States Air Force cadets as you men and women go on to answer our nation’s call and defend our great country, Thank You!
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5/18/19 –
Mother Nature Runs Away As Opening Night Crowns Hickok,Steis,Lux,Huber, And Ohl Winners
5/17/19 Report
By: Zach Garman
Knox Dale PA- After a couple weeks of mother nature coming to town and forcing many cancellations, Friday seen a day of nice weather (with some spotty showers here and there) to have some racing to open up the 2019 season at Thunder Mountain Speedway. First on tap for the night were the FDR HVAC Inc Street Stocks. Tim Bish and the 101 of Bruce Hartzfeld made up the front row to go green. On the start, Ray Hickok Jr in the 4ord moved passed Hertzfeld for second as Bish moved out to the early lead. Hartzfeld continued to battle with Hickok for second as the 983 of Zach Gustafson ran fourth with Allen English in the 64 and Jason Fosnaught in the 20J ran fifth and sixth. A few laps later, Hickok and Hartzfeld still were battling for second as Bish slowed in three with a flat rear tire. On the restart, Hickok jumped out to the lead as Hartzfeld and Gustafson ran second and third. With five laps to go, Hartzfeld passes Gustafson for second and pressures Hickok for the lead. At the end, it was Ray Hickok Jr in the 4ord who went on to win a strong race. Hickok was followed by Bruce Hartzfeld, Zach Gustafson, Allen English, Jason Fosnaught, and Tim Bish. The lone heat race winner was Bruce Hartzfeld.
Up next for the night were the Watt Logging Inc Pure Stocks. Justin Watt in the 00 and Tim Steis in the 45 made up the front row for the green. Steis and Watt would battle for a couple of laps for the lead before Steis got around Watt for the lead. The 516 of Larry Mitchell and 8JR of Rich Waltman Jr ran third and fourth. A few laps later, Mitchell got around Watt for second and set his sights on Steis. Waltman was next in line against Watt. Watt and Waltman would battle for third before Waltman made the move up high in two to take over the third place position. As the laps counted down, Tim Steis went on to win the first feature event of the Watt Logging pure stocks for the 2019 season. Steis was followed by Larry Mitchell, Rich Waltman Jr, Justin Watt, Bill Mumau, Bill Bartlebaugh, and Mikanna Pearce. The lone heat winner was Rich Waltman Jr.
Third on the card were the Legend Powersports Super Late Models. Bob Dorman in the 19 and Chad McClelland in the 7M made up the front row for the twenty five lap feature event. Dorman would take the early lead as Michael Lake in the 27 moved to third before a caution came out for turn two. On the restart, Lake moved past McClelland for second as Matt Lux moved into fourth. A couple laps later, Charlie Powell in the 94 and Kyle Knapp in the 33K battled for fifth as Matt Lux and Chad McClelland battled for third. A caution in turn three would bunch the field up once again. On this restart, Lux took over the third portion as Chris Hackett in the 33 moved into the top five for fifth. Powell and Hackett battled for fourth as Doug Eck goes high in turn two to take over the fourth place position. The caution flew once again for turn one. On the restart, Powell, Hackett, and McClelland battled for the third position as Gale Huey in the 11H moved into fifth. Dave Blazavich in the 18B and Chris Hackett ran sixth and seventh before the caution came out for debris. Under this caution, many front running cars pitted with problems. The restart seen Blazavich move to fifth as Powell, Huey, and Hackett battled for third. On the last lap, Dorman still had a strong lead before he blew a right rear tire in turn two. Matt Lux moved past Dorman on the backstretch and went on to win the feature event. Lux was followed by Charlie Powell, Bob Dorman, Chris Hackett, Gale Huey, Dave Blazavich, Skip Lindemuth, Bob Hymes, Chad McClelland, Curtis Teats, Doug Eck, Kyle Knapp, and Michael Lake. The two heat winners were Kyle Knapp and Michael Lake.
Fourth for the night were the Dunlap Lawn & Garden Front Wheel Drive Four Cylinders. Curtis Mohney in the 33m and Rob Williams in the 9MM made up the front row for fifteen laps. On the start, Joe Huber in the 8 and the 2 of Phil Bulbeth battled for second as Mohney took the lead. DJ Clark in the 7 stayed in fourth as Jeff Huber in the 42 moved into third. Williams in the 9MM and Austin Fedder in the 777 battled for sixth as Jeff Huber, Clark, and Mohney battled for second. As the laps counted down, the Huber boys of Jeff and Joe were all over the 2 of Bulbeth for the lead. At the end, it was Jeff Huber in the 42 who took over the lead to go on and win the nights feature event. Huber was followed by Phil Bulbeth, Joe Huber, Rob Williams, Austin Fedder, Chad Greeley, Greg Kiehl, Shawn Hadden, DJ Clark, Bill Fuchs, and Curtis Mohney. Dylan Hickok was a DNS for the feature event. Heat winners were Rob Williams and Curtis Mohney.
Last for the evening were the Kinetic By Windstream Semi Late Models. Todd English in the 711 and Joe Martin in the 28S made up the front row for twenty laps. On the start, English took the lead as Doug Surra in the 3AA ran in second. Joe Martin and Jon Lee in the 5L battled for 4th as Scott Umbaugh in the 36 and Jarid Ivory in the 17 battled for sixth. Ryan Caldwell and Tommy Kronenwetter battled for eighth before a caution came out for turn three. On the restart, Jeremy Ohl in the 5J moved into the lead as Lee took over second. Towards the end of the race, Ivory and Martin battled for fourth as Zach Myers cracked into the top five taking over the fifth position. At the end, it was all Jeremy Ohl as he went on to the win the nights feature event. Ohl was followed by Jon Lee, Zach Myers, Jarid Ivory, Doug Surra, Joe Martin, Brandon DeBrakeleer, Scott Umbaugh, Jim Challingsworth, Jeff Sweeney, Kyle Smith Jr, Austin Getch, Kylee Brown, Caleb Whiteford, Todd English, Rich Wicker, Gary Stitt, Tommy Kronenwetter, Ryan Caldwell, Vern Ward, and Bernie Whiteford. The heat winners were Doug Surra, Joe Martin, and Todd English.
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported Thunder Mountain Speedway on the season opener for the 2019 season. We hope to see all of you back next week as we honor our armed forces for the Memorial Day weekend!
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5/17/19 –
We are racing tonight! It’s nice and sunny here!
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5/10/19 –
With all the rain over night and current track conditions we have decided to cancel the show for tonight May 10th. Please join us next week
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5/6/19 –
This Friday, May 10th will be our Mothers Day Special! $2 off General Admission for Mothers. On tap are Super Lates, 358 Semi Lates, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and FWDs.
Pit Gate opens at 5pm. Grandstands at 5:30pm. Racing at 7:30pm
Grandstand Admission:
General Admission $12
Seniors $10
Students 7 to 17 yrs old $8
Kids under 6 yrs old Free
Family Pack (2 adults and up to 4 students) $40
Pits $30
3406 Ramsaytown Rd., Brookville PA
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5/3/19 –
We are monitoring the weather and will make a decision no later than 2pm. We will not be answering any texts, emails or private messages. Please follow our Facebook page, website or signup for our Rained Out notification for any updates for the races for tonight May 3rd. Thank you!
https://www.rainedout.net/team_page.php?a=7ca9e7833027ea00099a
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4/29/2019 –
2019 Opening Night! This Friday, May 3rd will be the first race of the 2019 Season! On tap are the BRP Big Block Modifieds along with our Super Lates, 358 Semi Lates, Pure Stocks and FWDs.
Pit Gate opens at 5pm. Grandstands at 5:30pm. Racing at 7:30pm
Special Grandstand Admission:
Adults $18
Seniors $16
Students 7 to 17 yrs old $10
Kids under 6 yrs old Free
Family Pack (2 adults and up to 4 students) $50
Pits $30
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4/23/19 –
Test & Tune will be this Saturday April 27th from 12pm til ?
Pits: $20/Car, $5/ person. Grandstands: Free
And don’t forget that after Test and Tune there will be a pig roast for drivers and crews!
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4/18/19 –
On May 24 for our Memorial Day-Armed Forces Night we are excited to welcome the United State Air Force as they will be Swearing in some of their finest young men and women into the Delay Entry Program out of Central, PA. These Future Airmen will be raising their right hand and taking the Oath of enlistment, they will be answering Our Nations call, in order to defend and protect our Great Nation.
⁃ Stop by the AF Booth and learn more about the AF opportunities.
⁃ Staff Sergeant Alfonso Martinez Air Force Representative
⁃ Covering Dubois, PA and surrounding areas. Feel free to browse their website: Airforce.com
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4/14/19 –
We are this weeks feature in the Dirt Warriors blog on USDirt.com
https://usdirt.com/read-blog/4_dirt-warriors-the-unsung-hero-s.html
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3/30/19 –
We would like to announce the addition of Pure Stocks to the 2019 Season. The division will be sponsored by Watt Lumber Inc Buyers of Standing Timber. We will follow Hummingbird Rules with the Pure Stock division. We will add the payout to our webpage in the coming weeks.
3/12/19 –
Giving back to the FANS!
On a few regular race nights this season we will have a “Discounted Town Night” in 2019. We will pick a town and any one with a valid address on their drivers license for that town will be admitted to the grandstands with $5 off general admission. First 10 people from that town will get a free grandstand pass! We are doing this to promote the speedway to new people and give existing fans a thank you for coming each and every week to support us.
We will announce the town on Facebook/Instagram/Twitter the week before the schedule town race.
(If there is a scheduling change or a prior rain date needs made up, we will switch the date
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2/26/19 –
There is an addition to our schedule for the night of July 12th. There will be a $2000 to win Semi Lates race (non points) Presented by TECAM Enterprises, CAM General Contracting and T English Construction. Lap money and prizes will be collected for the race. Also that night is Grady’s Decision Night and will include Late Models, Street Stocks and FWDs. More Details in the upcoming months
2/15/19 –
Driver Registration Forms and W-9s can be found on the documents page. Feel free to bring them to Test and Tune or the first race. Thanks!
1/13/19 –
Reserved Parking for the 2019 Season is now available. The parking map and form is available in Documents
The price to reserve a spot is $100 for each. All information for reserving and payment is on the form/map. You may also contact us on Facebook or by email (rmmotorsportsllc@yahoo.com) to reserve.
If you have already contacted us about a spot, you are already marked down and just need to send payment by March 29th.
1/5/2019 – Our 2019 Schedule is posted:
https://thundermountainspeedwaypa.com/schedule/
11/14/18 –
The 2019 Semi Late Divison rules have been updated and are located on our rules page.
Thank you everyone who came this past Saturday to the meeting to share your input.
After conversations with Hummingbird Speedway management both tracks Semi Late rules will be the same.
https://thundermountainspeedwaypa.com/rules/
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