Located just miles outside of Whitney Point, N.Y., Thunder Mountain Speedway is a three-eighths-mile banked clay oval hosting weekly stock car racing on Saturday nights from April through September. The speedway was constructed by Karl Spoonhower in the early 1990s from hillside farmland and opened for business in 1992. Spoonhower, a businessman from Berkshire, N.Y., sold the facility in 2006. After seven years away, he reacquired Thunder Mountain in the autumn of 2013 and has since taken on a number of improvement projects including the complete resurfacing of the track’s clay, an expanded/reconfigured turn three, a reworked entrance road, new lighting and a general clean-up of the concession stands, bathrooms, VIP towers and the facility.Weekly racing at Thunder Mountain is headlined by the powerful big-block/small-block Modifieds outfitted with sail panels. Other regular divisions include Sportsman, Crate 602 Sportsman, Rookie Sportsman (April through June), XCel 600 Modifieds, Street Stocks and Four Cylinders.
A number of special events are planned for the 2015 season, including two Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek Modified events, first-time appearances by the Speedway Entertainment SpeedSTRs, the return of the Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprints (ESS) 360 Sprint Cars and a first-time Small Car Showcase plus fireworks, Fan Appreciation Night and more.
Thunder Mountain offers a family atmosphere, stadium-style concrete hillside seating for 2,500 spectators, concession stands offering delicious food items, novelties and more. Parking and camping on the premises are always free. All seating is general admission. Tickets are sold at the gate on race night.
Thunder Mountain Speedway is approximately 25 miles north of Binghamton at 91 Hunts Corners Road Center Lisle, NY 13797. The race day phone is 607.849.7899. The speedway office phone for Monday-Friday inquiries is 607.657.8202. Marketing and public relations questions should be directed to BD Motorsports Media LLC at 845.728.2781 or thundermtnspeedway@gmail.com. Thunder Mountain Speedway is on Facebook and Twitter.