Barre, VT — Thunder Road International Speedbowl is ready to roll out weekly racing for the 2024 season with the annual Friday Night Special kickoff courtesy of McGee Hyundai of Barre! Along with track championship action for the Maplefields/Irving Late Models, Lenny’s Shoe & Apparel Flying Tigers and rk Miles Street Stocks, the New England Supermodified Series (NESS) returns to the Barre highbanks along with the Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors! (more…)
Barre, VT — Starting a picture-perfect day on Quarry Hill last Sunday, Thunder Road Speedbowl managing partner Cris Michaud announced the creation of the Squier Cup in honor of late Thunder Road founder Ken Squier with a new granite monument at the Speedbowl he created back in 1960. The Squier Cup is a triple crown series for the Maplefield/Irving Late Models that call Thunder Road home every week, made up of three marquee events with the inaugural champion earning their name in Barre Gray granite and the first name on the new Squier Cup! (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA JUNE 1, 2024 . . . . . .It’s time for a little Modified Thunder joined by the AMSOIL USAC Non-Wing Sprints when the NAPA Auto Thunder on the Hill Racing Series returns to the Grandview Speedway Tuesday night, June 11. This fan favorite event, presented by Pioneer Pole Buildings will showcase the popular 358 Modifieds and the seventeenth annual USAC Eastern Storm. Race time is 7:30 PM with gates opening at 5 PM.
Barre, VT — On a beautiful Sunday morning, Thunder Road officials announced the creation of the Squier Cup for the Late Model Triple Crown at the Nation’s Site of Excitement starting with the 61st Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic. Twenty-five Maplefield/Irving Late Models filed into the pit area, quite the full one as a matter of fact with the 3rd annual addition of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series. (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA MAY 23, 2024 . . . . . . The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series will open its’ thirty-fifth season at the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, May 28 when the Levan Machine & Truck Equipment present the Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limit 410 Sprints.
Barre, VT — The teams of the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series are gearing up for their first event of the season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl as part of the 61st Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic on Sunday, May 26. After rain postponed the much-anticipated series debut at Thompson Speedway in April, the Monaco Modifieds have run out of fingernails to bite, impatiently waiting to start their season on the highbanks of the Nation’s Site of Excitement! (more…)
BECHTELSVILLE, PA MAY 16, 2024 . . . . . . Levan Machine & Truck Equipment will present the Rich Mar Florist Kubota High Limit 410 Sprints joined by the F&L Doors Vintage Cars in the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series opener of 2024 at the Grandview Speedway on Tuesday night, May 28. Gates open at 4:30 with race time set for 7:30 PM. In the event of rain, Wednesday, May 29 will be the rain date.
Barre, VT — It wouldn’t be a Thursday in Central Vermont, in the summer of 2024, without the threat of rain and today is certainly no different. With rain forecasted to come into the greater Barre area right at Thursday’s Thunder Road post time of 7:00pm and staying through to Midnight tonight, officials opted to play it safe and move the Nolato Night program to tomorrow, Friday, August 11th.
Barre, VT — Thunder Road officials announced today a new partnership with the Colchester-based Vermont Construction Roofing Division as they’ve nailed down support behind the Thursday, July 11 program at the Nation’s Site of Excitement. Alongside some of the most competitive short-track racing in the country, Vermont Construction Raise the Roof Night will also feature the second round of the Myers Container Service Flying Tiger Triple Crown Series! (more…)
Barre, VT — While a rightfully dreary forecast tattered Sunday plans for the American-Canadian Tour at Thunder Road, Mother Nature laid the groundwork for something New England race fans had been craving since last October. The 26th annual Community Bank, N.A. 150 was the first of its existence to be under the lights of the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Saturday night, and exciting it was. Thirty-nine American-Canadian Tour Late Models were whittled down to a twenty-nine car starting field for a fantastic showing at the Tour’s homebase with many storylines competing for the top spot! (more…)
