by Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – The 2020 racing season at the Thunder Mountain Speedway came to a close after one final night of action. With cooler temperatures than we’ve seen in recent weeks, the track was gripped up and presented a fast and competitive surface for drivers in…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY- September is here and the penultimate show for the 2020 season at the Thunder Mountain Speedway is in the books. Despite a quick visit from Mother Nature, the entire show was completed and has prepared us for a great season finale next week. The…
by Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – Despite an ugly looking forecast, Mother Nature once again played nice to the Thunder Mountain Speedway and allowed the track to conclude the month of August with another full, eight division program. A couple invaders joined the Open Modified field this week and…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – Another incredible show of dirt track racing was contested at the Thunder Mountain Speedway on Saturday, August 22nd. The track was very competitive all night long and the action that was displayed by all seven divisions proved it. Bailey Boyd jumped out to…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – The Thunder Mountain Speedway once again roared to life for another Saturday night of dirt track racing. This week’s show provided another round of close racing, exciting finishes, and dramatic moments. The Open Modified feature took the green flag with Bailey Boyd and…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – Another beautiful summer night graced the Thunder Mountain Speedway and all of its competitors for a full card of racing on Saturday, August 8th. It was an emotional night on the Mountain as we paid tribute to Roger Jordan, patriarch of the Jordan…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – The month of August has begun and the Thunder Mountain Speedway kicked it off with a full eight division show on another gorgeous summer night. The action in the Open Modified feature was intense throughout the first half of the race. After a…
By Kyle Young The Thunder Mountain Speedway closed out the month of July with another spectacular night of racing. With the addition of the Dirt Modified Nostalgia Tour and some invading drivers from some other tracks, the entire show was filled with tons of action and some special moments. One…
By Kyle Young After Mother Nature got involved with the July 11th show, she rewarded the Thunder Mountain Speedway with a hot and clear summer day to go racing with on July 18th. All eight of the track’s regular divisions were in action and they provided a variety of racing…
By Kyle Young Center Lisle, NY – Thunder Mountain Speedway kicked open their gates for an Independence Day jam packed with racing action. The card was full with eight divisions hitting the race track and a fireworks display was thrown into the mix to celebrate the holiday. The show started…
Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle, NY – On this sunny Saturday afternoon Thunder Mountain swung the gates open to a packed house. It was a near capacity crowd in the grandstands and 167 cars packed the pit area. Drivers greeted fans with a mix and mingle on the midway, allowing…
By Brett Deyo CENTER LISLE, NY – Luck was on the side of Danny Creeden on Sunday night at Thunder Mountain Speedway. Creeden, of Wurtsboro, N.Y., nursed his No. 16x home with a flat right-rear tire to win the ‘Lightning on the Mountain’ 50-lap Bob Hilbert Sportswear Short Track Super…
By C. Barry Goodband CENTER LISLE, NY – For a second straight year, the annual running of the Wade Decker Memorial was pushed to September because of rain. Weather has also conspired to maneuver a handful Brett Deyo’s STSS tour dates into the Thunder Mountain Speedway postseason. This time it…
By C. Barry Goodband CENTER LISLE, NY – Another gorgeous Saturday night on the mountain and once again the pit area was stocked with over 130 race teams ready to do battle in the 8 weekly divisions at TMS. With only two point paying shows left on the schedule and…
By C. Barry Goodband CENTER LISLE, NY – The battle for the 8 weekly division championships was on the minds of racers and fans alike with only three regular season point shows left in the 2018 campaign. More than 130 race teams signed in to the pit area and once…
By C. Barry Goodband CENTER LISLE NY – Over 150 race teams had the pit area brimming with horsepower as their fans filled the grandstand to near full capacity at Thunder Mountain Speedway Saturday night. After taking the previous week off from competition and many of the areas Friday night…
By C. Barry Goodband Thunder Mountain Speedway – Center Lisle, NY – Mother Nature threw a curve ball into the show last Saturday with a shower that moved in mid-way through the feature program. However, the Cracker Jack track prep crew led by Karl Spoonhower hit it out of the…
Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle NY – Over 120 race teams and the fans that follow them filed into the Thunder Mountain Speedway for a regular 8-division show sponsored by Yanmar dealer, Upstate Tractor and Mower. Jared Green and Rich Gardiner shared the front row for the 20-lap 600cc feature…
By C. Barry Goodband Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle NY – Fans at Thunder Mountain had a new reason to be glad for recent improvements to the speedway grounds last Saturday. As temperatures climbed well into the 90s, the newly constructed VIP tower provided a wide band of shade and…
By C. Barry Goodband THUNDER MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY – Center Lisle, NY – A crystal clear and sunny Saturday afternoon greeted the 131 race teams and the hundreds of fans that had checked into the speedway overlooking the green hills of Center Lisle. Fan Appreciation Night festivities preceded the racing action…
By C. Barry Goodband Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle, NY– After a somewhat sketchy forecast earlier in the week, the sun came out Saturday afternoon and gifted the fans and teams with a gorgeous night for racing on the mountain. Fans were treated to an on track demonstration by the…
By C. Barry Goodband Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle NY – The third week of competition for the ⅜ oval speedplant went green under overcast skies and cooler temps, allowing for nearly perfect track conditions at feature time. Standard procedure for TMS is to open the evenings feature program with…
By C. Barry Goodband Thunder Mountain Speedway, Center Lisle NY – TMS was finally able to put on its second event of the 2018 season after two weeks of cancellations due to rain. In honor of our nation’s fallen warriors on Memorial Day weekend, opening ceremonies were punctuated by AJ…