Welcome to Thunder Mountain Raceway's Archive Page For 2005
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Welcome to Thunder Mountain Raceway's Archive Page For 2005 |
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| Not much to
report on this months general meeting held on the 13th,
other than the debate over Super Pro/Pro, electronics versus
non electronics. The general thought is that the 06 season
will likely see a change in the way Thunder Mountain Raceway
splits it's classes. As you know now we follow the time
break with Super Pro being
7.99 seconds and quicker. 5/10 Full Tree |
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Steve Kendall's Assassin front
engine Dragster photo taken during the 1998 season at TMR |
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More news from last meeting not being as important but, we are planning to have a non business meeting/ think tank get together in Jan perhaps a week after the general meeting Jan 10 06. This will give all racers and family and members to come out voice their opinions as to what they would like to see happening at our track in the 06 season. We all have many ideas but for the most part few are ever brought up at the general meetings due to time constraints. Some of the ideas hit on so far have been, paving, parking, volunteers, apparel, decals, the Fri night program, holding a night race, special events weekends, bash for cash, invitational, the list goes on and on. There are only 5 regular meetings till test n tune so lets get a head start on some of these items. It was mentioned that the get together could be booked for our regular meeting room at the Holiday Inn with an advanced head count taken thus allowing us to organize food, snacks, refreshments etc. It was also suggested that we could meet at a centrally located pub or restaurant. Updates will be posted after our Jan 10th 06 general meeting |
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The above posting was slightly reworded since the original date posted........... jym |
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| DEC 08 05 I couldn't find a banquet photo of Bill Hutton showing off his trophy awarded for the volunteer of the year. Nancy Siddon was not present at the banquet due to family commitments thus no photo of her being awarded the OASC member of the year. Below are pics of Laura Millsip being awarded the Aaron Kunstar trophy and the Rudy Webber memorial award being given to Bob Hansen. |
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 Bob Hansen Rudy Webber memorial |
 Bill Hutton Volunteer of the Year |
 Laura Millsip Aaron Kunstar trophy |
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Thunder Mountain Season Trophy winners below |
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A couple more photos from the Kerry Beebe Photo collection |
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always if anyone has any information on this car they can
pass on to Kerry or myself please do I would also like to ask all members and non members alike if they can send in any nostalgia pics to put on the site please do as we are running out here very soon. I know there is lot of old pics out there that would love to be showcased here in the spotlight. |
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November 27,
2005 Well racers, thanks to the responsible attitude and
dedication to TMR, its members and participants...Mark
Schuppener, Charles Siddon, Kerry & Adam Beebe, Joe Wallace,
Terry McHardy and myself spent the better part of this past
Sunday “putting the track to bed.” The signage was taken
down and stored in the basement, all the hundreds of dollars
in cords and lighting were secured, the top and ground floor
of the tower was cleaned and straightened up, the tech shack
was thoroughly wiped down and swept, and all the “left
behind” important documents and equipment were removed to
safer quarters. Unfortunately we had no way to get the work
truck down, so the guys made it as secure as they could,
checked the antifreeze level, so we’ll keep our fingers
crossed. Unfortunately the battery was not removed and
stored, so that will be on the list of expenses for the new
year. The blower was tailored down to have much overdue work
done. The pictures just don’t show how difficult this was
with 8-10 inches of snow, but there was a lot of
determination. Our appreciation to Charles for hauling his
trailer up to rescue this piece of track equipment. Thanks
again to the above mentioned individuals for taking the time
out of their weekend. This will make the start up in the
spring that much easier. Laura Millsip
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2005 AM annual meeting and elections. The new season will
see some new and some old familiar faces at the helm of TMR.
For the OASC Kerry Beebe retains the Presidents position The
new Secretary position will be filled by Jesse Ducharme and
Laura Millsip will retain the Treasurers position. The Drag
Race Division of the OASC seen the biggest change in
leadership with a new split seat in the leadership by having
a "Drag Race Director and a newly elected position of Track
Director" The new position of Drag Race Director is
Mark Schuppener with Charles Siddon taking up the
Track Directorship. The position of Drag Race Secretary was
won by Kristin Schuppener with Nancy Siddon retaining the
Treasurers spot. The TMR annual Awards banquet is well underway with the tickets ready for purchase through Todd Evans for a cost of $25.00 per ticket. This will include admission your meal and one complimentary drink. The meal will be catered again this year by Good Stuff Catering and the music will be handled by Dr. Music. Todd is still in the need of a few volunteers for the evening so if you are planning on going and would care to lend a helping hand please get in touch with Todd asap. The Date: Nov 19th. The Time: Doors open at 5:pm Bar 5:01. Dinner at 6:30. The Place: The place is the Kelowna Rod and Gun Club on Corsoso Rd. We have 100 tickets available with approx half sold to date so lets all support our club and send out Thunder Mountains 10th season with a blast. See you all there!!!!. Sorry for the recent spelling errors. That auto correct is a bitchhhh sometimes. |
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Photos courtesy of Kerry Beebe |
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| Oct 15 05 Mission Raceway is well into their repaving project by the photos posted over on the Speed Zone site "mrpzone" Along with Ashcrofts commitment to run for another year and TMR pushing ahead, the racing season for 06 looks pretty exciting. |
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| With tidbit of excitement
out of the way in my opinion the hit of the day Tyson Carr,
the ex Junior digger champion for years on the hill came to
the last race with his ...and dad's Al Carr "former TMR
track record holder" of course full sized digger, Tyson last
raced Juniors in 02/03 but after Sunday proved the in the 06
season he will be a force to contend with in the Top Comp
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| Not only did Tyson run Kerry Beebe on Sunday whom also I might add runnered up in the event, he also was up against Perre Zmean once and "Go Hard" Gene Beauregard twice because of a timing error. Speaking of Gene in the Bare Necessities Dragster, his last run of the 05 season ended with a bang of sorts while running down Tyson grenades an engine but still took the win with a breakout. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| TMR wants to thank our guests from Hazelton who trailered 14 hours to participate in TMR's season final showing the true dedication of racers. Thnx Rich, Mike and Richard | |||||||||||||||||||
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Congratulations to all our winners in TMR's final points race of 2005 |
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| The Jr. diggers had their engines set on kill this weekend also with a turn around in the winning order seeing Danielle Killmartin grab the top honors for the weekend | |||||||||||||||||||
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Attention in
the Pits....Attention in the Pits......... Well Racers, we have reached the final race of the '05 season, and it will be a "biggie"! the "Nicks Performance Automotive" Season Finale First, It is the Final race of our 6 race series. which is huge in of itself. Saturday Night will be the annual Bar-B-Q and Racers social. with meals and refreshments by: Good Stuff Catering. There is rumors of a band, a Group called, BC/DC. they are an AC/DC "Tribute" band. they also perform "cover songs" among others. This should be great entertainment! I will attempt to keep the music to a level at which, you will still be able to speak to, and hear your neighbor. (this was not always easy in the past) Sept 30 thru Oct 1-2 will also feature the "Street Legal Challenge" This will be a slight change from both the "Super Street Shootout" and our, Friday Night "Instant Green" Format. All "Street Legal" vehicles will be allowed to enter. $40 per entry for 2 days of racing. Qualifying and *K.O.H. Saturday and "Quick 16" Eliminations Sunday. (your *K.O.H. fee's are separate.) The rules will be loosely formatted around the "ET Street" rules on the coast. Vehicles must have valid Insurance (Permit OK), D.O.T. approved tires (No slicks) All vehicles must be equipped with Muffler's, there is no muffler rule on Friday night ANY Vehicle running 9.79 or faster will require a helmet. We will run on a 5/10's "full" tree. or "sportsman" tree as some call it. As Stated above, we will take the fastest 16 cars( or trucks) and race them in an elimination style, bracketed (Handicap) format. with Round #1 "ladder" or, pairings based on reaction times...not your E.T. there will be payouts and awards for, first, second and third place. These vehicles will run alongside our season finale rounds all day Sunday. Friday Night racers,.. you have been asking for this race all year, and here it is! This is your chance to both shine, and to let everyone see, just what your machine can do!..... C'mon up and "Drag it out" with the Big Boys! With the formula as Nick and I have set it, anyone can win this deal and go home with the gold (and cash!) Strap on that helmet and Pull those belts tight!.... we're going Racing!! See YOU in staging! * = King of the Hill/Gamblers race Once again, thank you to: "Nicks Performance Automotive" for their continued support of both TMR and the "Instant Green" street legal series. Todd Evans '05 Race Director Thunder Mountain Raceway |
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Sept 21 05 No updates for the site yet, oddly enough none since July 13, although most news is posted on the Forum page. TMR has but one scheduled race left in the 2005 season to be held on Sept 30 for the Fri night instant Green and Oct 1/2 for the last points race. Remember on the Sat night Oct 1 will be the annual Bar-B-Q and Racers social. with meals and refreshments by: Good Stuff Catering. There is a rumor of a band, a Group called, BC/DC. they are an AC/DC "Tribute" band. "weather permitting" Lets all pull together and send TMR's 10th season out with a blast!!!!! More info will be posted on the forum as the weekend draws closer. |
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info for the wining competitors on Saturdays points race was is copied from
the forum page if you want to add to it, pass your info along to
myself Sat Sept 17 Points Race # 5 (of 6) |
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Now For The Info Everyone Is Talking About!!!! |
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info also taken from the forum page and as said above, if anyone
wants to add anything to this forward the info to myself info on the record runs is as follows Neil's first attempt at the record was on the Saturday as the last run of the day, this run had to be aborted at less than half track due to the front wheels being close to 2 feet in the air for well over the first 100 feet of track and veering to within 1 foot of the guard rail in the spectator lane the run had to be aborted. First
attempt on Sunday turned in a stout 4.484 @ 163.321
beating out TMR's previous of "0.00 at 000 mph record
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| July13 05 |
| News flash... Thunder
Mountain finally gets 6th points race added to their racing
season. Yes drivers we now have a 6th points race in our 05
season, the dates are already listed on the
schedule and points pages, We also want to let
all racers know that for this season only we will allow the
racers to drop one race from their points list. You decide which
race you want to drop, we thought it best this way because
perhaps some of you may have already scheduled time off on the
Sep 17 18 weekend. This is also the weekend of TMR's giant cash
bash so the points race will be held on the Saturday...make a
note the Saturday is race day with the cash bash and Jr Dragster
invitational being run on the Sunday. So far there has not been
a Friday night street race scheduled and there will be no King
of the hill race on Saturday. |
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Super Street Car Shootout has been changed to another date by
request from the organizers and sponsors of the event to take
the conflict with another street shootout already scheduled in
the province. TMR's shootout will now be held on Sunday Oct 02
race weekend. We at TMR apologize if this schedule change
interferes with any racers who might have scheduled their
holidays etc for the earlier shootout date |
| July13 05 |
| Race results of the final rounds
this weekend. Saturday July 10, King of the Hill (gamblers) Race. (Trophy sponsored/supplied by: Hansen Engraving Products) Winner : "Shupperfast" Mark Schuppener, ( ' 75 Chevrolet Camaro, 496 BBC) R/U : Tracy Michaylow, ( ' 69 Chevrolet Nova, 427 SBC) Semi's : Jay Stevens - Tim Whitney Sunday July 11, Points race # 2 Top/Comp : ( Advanced Garden Supplies) Winner : Steven Kendall, ( ' 99 "B&B" Rear Eng. Dragster - 427 BBC) Runner-Up : Gene "Go Hard" Beauregard, ( ' 73 Rear Eng. Dragster - 327 SBC) "Team Motor Tree" Semi's : Mike Belanger, ( ' 71 Chevrolet Chevelle - 621 BBC) Super-Pro : ( Summit Int. Trade) Winner : Bart Mason, ( ' 71 Dodge Demon, 360 SB mopar - Calgary Alta.) Runner-Up : Jeremy Fry, ( ' 74 Pontiac Astre, 355 SBC) - "Red-Neck Racing" Semi's : George Michaylow, ( ' 69 Chevrolet Nova, 427 SBC) Pro : ( Taylor Automotive) Winner : Gord Hoeft, ( ' 73 Ford Mustang, 467 BBF) - " Team Motor Tree" Runner-Up : Dan Laberge, ( ' 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, 454 BBC) "Red-Neck Racing" Semi's : Jay Stevens - Tim Whitney Sportsman : ( Pick 'N Pull) Winner : Keith Roynon, ( ' 03 Suzuki Aerio, stock) "Roynon Racing" Runner-Up : Bob Jabs, ( ' 86 Chevrolet IROC Camaro, stock) "Roynon Racing" Semi's : Lea Duchesne - Ken Wiens Bikes/Sleds : ( Precision Porting) Winner : Kevin Miller, ( Yamaha R6 ) Runner-Up : Andrew Kern, ( ' 04 Kawasaki Vulcan 2000CC) Semi's : Chris Pottie - Doug Whitney Jr.Dragster : ( Del-Oro Towing) Winner : Danielle Kilmartin, ( Yr. and Chassis unknown) Runner-Up : Kayle Shaw, ( ' 02 Cosby-Modified) Semi's : Shelyna Sawatsky, ( Yr. and Chassis unknown) Triple "O" Club, (perfect reaction time, .000) Winner this weekend : Jeremy Fry, ( ' 74 Pontiac Astre-"red-neck racing") awarded Rnd # 1 Qual. on Sat. Winner of "dinner for 2" at the "White Spot/Triple "O" Diner at McCurdy Corner. Great Job Jeremy! Great Racing Guys 'N Gals... Congrats to all. See Ya'll at the meeting tonight. (yes..I said tonite!).. racin' in just 4 weeks. Todd Evans '05 Drag Race Director |
| July 04 05 |
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Thunder Mtn. Inquirer |
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Volume 3, Issue 1July 2 2005 |
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This edition of the TMR Enquirer was submitted by members of the "Mexican Connection"
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And the roar on the Mountain was heard: |
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| Amid hold-ups, tech glitches, border issues, mis-information and of course mother nature |
| Compliments kudos congrats and all round great things
to say about the weekends racing "hundreds" negatives so far .... just one |
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thnx to the staff on the hill |
| Photos of the weekend are now posted and can be
viewed at this
LINK |
| June 15 05 |
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THUNDERrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
MOUNTAINnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn |
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| Did I get your attention? Yes Randy Bradford with his Nitro Burning Fuel Altered will be on the mountain June 25 to make at least three yes three full blown passes. There hasn't been a rumble on the mountain of this magnitude since the Nitro Funny cars of the mid 90's which brought several thousand fans to the facility for a day of fire and thunder breathing hemi engines displaying tire melting, ear deafening, ground shaking power and the laying down of continuous eight mile burnouts. Come early for best seating, bring a lawn chair and your sunscreen for a full day of hard hitting full out drag racing on the Okanagan's only fully equipped drag strip |
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*cackle = start motor and feel the sound, the smell, the and the feel of 2500 hp on NITRO METHANE. |
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| June 13 05 |
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"Overdrive 2005"
Survives the rain !!
The; "Overdrive 2005" car show,
hosted by;
Holiday Inn (Westbank location)
and Thunder
Mountain Raceway , have cranked out
another hit !
This event was a "first" for both, Holiday
Inn. and "Thunder
Mountain" event organizers, and went off
with a hitch.
Race Cars, Street machines,
Awesome
Bikes and several
very
sweet
sports cars, began streaming into
the Holiday Inn parking lot at about 9:30am.
greeted by
friendly gate staff, they were
then shown to their show stalls. The
bands (5 of them!!), showed
on time. And the
"bandstand"
showed shortly there-after. (Thanks to a
flat-bed supplied by Wayne and the group
over at,
D&M Auto Recycling.. thanks guys.)
Christine from the "Power
104/Ckov "Events Team"
Made the show, with live, "on-air" radio
promotions, and give away's, including,
several Free
"Def-Leppard"
tickets !! The Holiday Inn's
"go-to-guy".... Sheldon, was kept jumping
all day, for chairs, tables, umbrellas, you
name it, and deserves a pat on the back
too...thanks man!
Several of the show highlights included,
Gene "Go hard" Beauregard,
Cranking
up that 1500+hp, Alcohol injected
"Top/Comp" Dragster, every hour and a
half or so. Just to get the crowd
jumping ! And not about be out-done
"Big Dave" (that's his name
honest)
Fired up His
equally powerful
Mud/Sand
Dragster. Also "alky" powered,
Blown and
Injected and Painted in the most "obscene"
green color you have
ever
laid eyes on this machine was suitably named
"SHREK"
and
Folks, you had to
see it to believe it. What's
"Green" and goes 200 mph ??? *Sniff*, I
dunno. The Kids were loving
every
second!
Now the crowd was getting excited. and
generous too!,
Just over
$100 dollars was raised, towards
Thunder Mountain Raceways
"Track/Park improvement fund"
And several boxes of non-perishable items
were donated to the Westbank
Food Bank as well. (Thanks
everyone).
I even saw several folks asking for
Okanagan
Auto Sports Club "membership"
and "Volunteer" forms we had available. Now
there's a
good thing!, as our Club "grows",
so will Thunder Mountain.!
Back to the show,... A very diverse
mix of exhibitors were on hand, from a: 2004(5?)-
Chevrolet "SSR". to a
"nineteen-thirty something?" "Tudor" parked
way at the back... several
great
looking Harley Davidson Motorcycles
were on display. parked right alongside two
of Thunder Mountains premier
drag bikes,
Chris
Ross and
Leo
Beauregard.... What a great time !!
There seemed to be a little something for
everyone. Even, William
and team, from: okanaganracing.com were on
hand, clicking "Pics" for posterity
(or evidence?.. hmmnn..?) as well as meeting
and greeting everyone possible. Thanks for
the coverage and support William.. keep up
the great work.
So from
free face painting for the
"younger" crowd. to,
temporary
"Skin Art" for the Adults (and some
kids too!) along with
great
support from the
Royal
Canadian Legion, Fogg 'N Suds, Dairy
Queen and the adjacent
Shell
Station, pretty much everyone's needs were
covered.
When all the smoke cleared, uhh Literally
thanks to
"Team-Motor-Tree's" captain,
Doug Dipple's,
hugely popular burnout display, and
under threatening skys, (it never did rain
by the way) we crowned the "winners " of the
car show...
" Peoples
Choice"
By very popular vote (40+%..wow !) among both competitors and spectators alike, was the absolutely stunning, 1969 Dodge Charger R/T. shown by: Dave Wallis and son, Kyle. This beautiful, Black hardtop was the talk of the show all day! The Immaculate 440 Magnum powered Charger was/is, Dave's first car! And,.. this was Dave's, (and the Charger's) "First" show ever! congratulations on a well earned, and deserved "Peoples Choice" Award.
"Best Bike
in Show"
Also very high in the votes for both Bikes
and
"Peoples Choice", was (last name pending) Russels
very, very
intense,
Harley
"Shovel-head" Chopper
Covered in the most
un-real yellow uh gold? umm
lime? err,
you tell me what color it was!
Russels machine looked
awesome
under the mid-day sun! I wont forget it very
soon. Russells win in the the "Bike"
category voting was followed
closely
by late entrant (in the registration)
Chris Ross's
Kawasaki
"Pro-Gas" Drag Bike.
Also sporting a brand new re-designed
machine for the '05 race season.... The
Air-brushed "flame" inspired paint Job was
very hot...very hot indeed! ..don't get too
close.
"Directors
Choice"
Then came the very tough, "Directors Choice"
award, chosen by the organizers of the
"overdrive 2005" show itself.... it came
down to two machines... A Pristine ,Custom
1953(4?) "Chebbie" pick-up, with
"Candy
Apple" (red) paint, that
was, soooo "deep" you felt like you could
swim in
it,
or
Gene Beauregard's "Alky" powered
"Top/Comp "
Dragster. that had kept the
crowd screaming for more all day !
After many moments of deliberation
"Go Hard"
Beauregard was announced as the
winner
of
"Directors choice". It was
felt, that Gene (and team), had made the
biggest "impact" on the show in general.
and,
they had
truly kicked this show into OVERDRIVE !!!
Way to go Gene. (Gene made it very
clear, he owes all the thanks to his girl,
Lori with his crew, John Riggs. and Rob
Seeger who did all the "hard" stuff.) GREAT
team effort!
After the show, several participants
repaired downstairs, to the ballroom. where
Dinner, "Bench racing" and, the band
"Column" were waiting to play all
night for Us. The roast beef, and/or lasagna
dinner was great. and the dancing went on
untill we were all worn out. which
truthfully, did not take
that
long. I believe we
may see
this band sometime in the near future at a
TMR event as well, they were darned good and
work for free! (for now)
In conclusion, The organizers agree... the
Holiday Inn/Thunder Mountain, "car-show" may
become an "annual" event ! and we are
confident, that the show will continue to
grow, and become even more popular. look for
updates on next years dates and show "name"
to be announced soon.
On behalf of, Denine Jackson (Holiday
Inn-Westbank) and myself, Todd Evans (Race
Director/Thunder Mountain Raceway)
we would
like to thank
ALL of the volunteers, supporting
businesses or groups, and co-organizers as
well as the exhibitors and spectators too,
for making the "Overdrive 2005" show a great
success! see you all (and more) at next
summers Event!
Todd Evans
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| June 07 05 I just put together a page of photos from the test n tune. Follow this link for quick access PHOTOS |
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| June 06 05 |
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2005 "Test n'
Tune" weekend
The 2005 "test n tune" is in the books, and will be
called a success!
28 race cars
came to staging on Sunday June 5, with
29 drivers.
and
all were "chomping at the bit" to get
going!... and get
going we did! The track surface was
still pretty "green" at the beginning of the day,
and traction was at a premium for the first several
rounds. some of the racers were very entertaining to
say the least!... no names of course ( Gene, Keith,
Ralph and Tim, do seem to jolt something
though...lol) ... and the Simply
retarded burnouts (burn downs?)
by Josh J. and
John C.
had the crowd screaming for more! ..Both of these
guys must work for tire shops hehe.
Gene "Go Hard"
Beauregard, Had his rebuilt Dragster out,
making a few mid to low (5.20's) "easy" passes, also
debuting his cool new, home-made "intercooler"
mounted to the top of that fresh, screaming,
supercharged small-block ! and that machine can run
!! four second Et's are not far away for this team.
Steven Kendall,
(def. champ) came to race, but mechanical gremlins
kept him out of the program. too bad Steve, we
we're looking forward to seeing that 1500+ hp
Dragster to lay down some Hits.
Peter Rudy,
had his new machine out, a 84? mazda RX7, with a
wicked small block ford in it. this machine is going
to fly as well,.. look out "super-pro"
Kevin Duchesne,
had his Beaumont set on Kill, and was wowing the
crowd! even more so, when his wife (Lee - Leigh?)
took the wheel for several 6 second "easy"
passes as well ! NOW the crowd was getting into it!
This woman can drive folks...wow, is all I can say!
Chris Ross,
(def. Champ) also unveiled his freshened Kawasaki as
well,.. and folks,.. this machine looks AWESOME!!!
everything on this bike is new/redesigned, and can
you say incredible? the paint alone was worth the
wait for me,.. I think I burned my fingers on those
realistic looking flames... yowch ! Chris's,
first couple passes were also very ..err...
"entertaining", can you say "English" boys
and girls?...good.. I knew you could. We
thought Chris was using his rear tire, to "wave" at
the crowd lol what a Ride !
Tim Deplonty,
had his chevy set on "kill" and the rev-chip set at
about 5500 rpm,.. I mean this
thing would just SCREAM when launching...Incredible.
to say nothing of the "wave" he gave the crowd as
well !
Chris Pottie,
had his new
Race-Sled out and ripping up the tarmac as
well. I love these sleds, what a show they put on.
Kayle Shaw
(def. champ) had his re-designed Jr. Digger out for
all to see. and laid down some impressive passes as
well. to think this beast is
faster that the 240Z I drive is crazy!
And as always
"Good
stuff/On-site" catering did a great job of
keeping us all fed once again... thanks to, Rita and
Team.
These are just a few of the sights this
weekend, I could go on all day!
I would also like to add, how great, Thunder
Mountain Raceway Looked. The
work party
on Saturday was very well attended, with
over 35 volunteers on hand throughout the day. I
would like to extend my
deepest thanks to
all involved... The Burnout boxes were
scraped clean, and scraped some more. This in itself
was a massive job. and one that was badly
needed for several seasons. The entire starting
line area was painted/detailed, and looks awesome.
Several sets of new
grandstands were packaged for assembly, and
as soon as I have the lumber (donations?), and
hardware (bolts, nuts). we will erect seating for at
least a hundred more spectators ! The entire track
was swept, shoveled clean. and swept again. The
"new" shutdown transition area was smoothed over as
well, and awaits paving SOON. And, last but not
least, nearly all of the 2005 sponsor signage has
been erected ....Thanks again to everyone.
TMR has never looked so good!
I look forward to seeing many of you at this
weekends "Overdrive
2005" Car Show/Shine/Swap Meet, at the
Holiday Inn
(westbank location), this
Saturday June 11.
10am - 6-pm.
50/50 draws hourly
(partial proceeds to TMR's park/track improvement
fund), live rotating bands all day, 3 trophy's (peoples
choice,
directors choice
and
Best Bike of Show)
special room rates to show patrons.
dinner and dance to follow show (6pm), No
admission for Show, please bring a food bank
donation. swap
meet by donation to TMR's "park/track
Improvement Fund"
Don't forget...Thunder Mountains "Season
Opener" in just 3 weeks time! June
24-25-26
Volunteers are
still needed for the 2005 Drag race season,
sign up today! what better way to experience drag
racing up close? If you, or your friends or
family, want to join our "family", call or E-mail
us today!
see you in staging in 3 weeks!
Todd Evans
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| May 31 05 For the Jr. Dragster Drivers I just posted a copy of our 05 under age waiver form and can be downloaded or printed from this link Waiver |
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Sat June 4 : Come and help
set TMR up for our TENTH Season of racing ! we will scrape
the paint, mount the speakers, sweep the floors and set up
the timing equip. there is still a small amount of minor
cleanup to be done. and then......we test!! .. the earlier
we get set up, the earlier we can test! Sun June 5 : Test 'n Tune .. 10 am - 4 pm . Time to Kick the tires and light the fires racers... this is it !! your first chance to blow out the cobwebs, and see where your reaction times really are. This will also give TMR's staff a chance to shake the "off season" rust as well. Remember... if your are present and accounted for, SAT.. you will test for FREE on Sunday!!......... FRIDAY night racers welcome .. come one come all ! Jr. dragster parents,... this is a good chance to get your "underage Participant" waivers signed and registered before the '05 season starts. this will speed up race day paperwork. ALSO ... racers, remember that you MUST be a current OASC member for your race day point.. Please,.. send in your membership form TODAY! so to be registered Note: TMR is still seeking, full season Volunteers for several positions. If you or your friends/family, would like to be part of our Family, pick up a "volunteer application" form at the tech shack... or download one from the TMR site. |
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| May 20 05 An update from Doug TMR's Events Coordinator The North Forty Saloon has cancelled all of their for maydays this year so I guess we are only doing the parade on Monday, the cars however will be going into Rutland centennial park at the end pf the parade and maybe we could show there for a little while. Sorry guys just found out about this. Doug |
| An update from Doug TMR's Events Coordinator The North Forty Saloon has cancelled all of their for maydays this year so I guess we are only doing the parade on Monday, the cars however will be going into Rutland centennial park at the end pf the parade and maybe we could show there for a little while. Sorry guys just found out about this. Doug |
| Just want to mention the CMDRA are racing in
Ashcroft this weekend for those interested in the bikes,
yummmm the smell of nitro |
| May 16 05 |
| The Posters are also available near Westbank/Westside at:
Del Oro Towing, 2535 Juliann Rd. Westbank/Kelowna.(769-2100)
(across from "Pick 'N Pull" . and just 2 Blocks from "Junkyard
Dog" |
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| May 12 05 Some photos of the latest work on the track extension and the turn out thanks to Todd several photos of the recent construction click here |
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A couple issues brought up at last nights
meeting of the drag race division have to brought forward to the whole club so as fair and equal opportunity vote can be
achieved at the next meeting which will be held on June 14
05. First of all the matter of selling reserved pit spaces
to members in good standing with the OASC for a period
of 5 years. This is a very hot and debated topic which
brought more members out to last nights meeting than I have
seen in ages if not years. Unfortunately we didn't hold the
vote as the general membership felt we should have every
members opinion on the matter before going forward with the
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| Second there are a few members that feel thunder mountain
should change our time brake classification rules to follow
the rule set by division 6 and run the Pro and Super pro
classes as electronics "super pro" and no electronics "Pro"
this change would put un a level playing field with the
other tracks in BC. So what the club needs to know is an
opinion from all Pro and super Pro racers. The intention is
not have lets say 6 cars in super pro and 26 in pro, but
hopefully a more equal class size than we now have. Now if
you are a car that races Super Pro or Pro you should
send an email to
Gerry Pieters
or call him at Thunder Alley Transmissions 250-493-6269 to
record your electronics versus non electronics IE: "the box"
This should be done right away as the season is close at
hand and if we are to change the ruling we will need time to
reset the classes before race day |
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| I would also like to let the public know that last night TMR
started a Pit Improvement Fund. for the whole pit area
in general IE: re grading and filling leveling off of the
sportsman pit providing better access to all pits for larger
trailers etc: This will also be a step toward to the total
paving of all the pits on TMR The fund started off with
several $100.00 and $50.00 donations Every member should try
to donate to the fund as it will benefit everyone, no amount
id too small it was suggested that 3 to 4 thousand dollars
would be well enough to complete planned project. We have
the fill/crush/gravel on hand the fund is for the
excavating, hauling and grading equipment etc: donations can
be sent to: OASC/Thunder Mountain Raceway, po box# 61 Kelowna B.C. V1Y-7N3 ** Attn: Pit Fund ** |
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| One other item I might add to this update is
a motion was put on the floor last night to double the cost
of the King Of The Hill race held Saturdays after
qualifying, the motion was put to a vote and passed. So the
05 season will see the cost of KOH rise to $20.00 to enter
and no buy back with a first round loss. |
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| TMR would appreciate anyone and
everyone to come to show "hopefully with their race car" to put
on display. This show being just 2 weeks prior to TMR's first
race of the 05 season. This will be a great opportunity to
promote Thunder Mountain Raceway and what we have to offer in a
racing facility. The sponsors of the show are offering
refreshments, prizes of free
rooms and food from the participating area restaurants. There
will be a car wash by donation . a swap meet, Live music all
afternoon, PLUS a 50/50 draw to be held hourly. The show hours
are 10:am thru 6:pm with a dinner and dance to follow the show.
Please contact Doug Dipple via phone 250 763 9578 or email
Doug |
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| May 03 05 |
| Rumor has it there is about to be a new website launched that might be of interest to our TMR members. I hear it is in it's infancy yet but will be rolling full speed ahead in the next few weeks so take a cruise on over to the DIRTY EDNA.COM site |
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| May 02 05 |
| With the forum being on top of the action as well as it is,
there aren't a lot of updates lately. I just received a
couple avis of the Hough crew at Ashcroft last week doing their
Nostalgia Fuel License runs and wanted to share them with all of
you, remember to forward anything you want to share with our
readers and I will post ASAP. |
| April 18 05 |
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Date: 04-18-05 00:53 The truck will indeed be back at 8am, and he's bringing a second truck with him! I believe this project will be completed Monday... Equipment willing. (it has to be, ...the Excavator is booked at Big White, tues. am) Yes, A HUGE thank you to, "Pitura Enterprises" for the tandem dump-truck. and, Thomas Willcocks. the operator. without his continued offers to stay on project, despite other bookings, we would not be nearly as completed. this young lad (27) puts the load right where you want it, every time.... Thank you. as well to, Rob Seeger for setting up the unbelievable deal he arranged, with the Pitura group. John Riggs got us the good deal on the Culvert. You should have seen, John, Rob, Doug and Jean B. ..Almost Up to their Knees, in gumbo muck, placing the culverts exactly where they wanted it,....the thought of, "Tar Babies" comes to mind...lol...I'm holding those pics for ransom...hehehe. Also, extra large Thank Yous. to, Tree Tops Holdings/K&M for the extra Excavator time. Again,.. Curtis is an Excellent, experienced and talented Operator, that (thankfully) wastes no time or machine hours. Unfortunately, an untimely flat tire called an early end to the day. but, all is not lost, and we are un-daunted! The machine will be at, Kal-Tire (rutland) at 7:30am, for repairs and I hope to be at, TMR @ 8:30. With Darren, Curtis, Thomas and Doug D. along with a, yet to be named 2nd Dump truck driver, we will complete the new exit by days end.......providing all goes according to anticipated plan. Derek has been Video Documenting the work. and even a few decent "still" shots are surfacing. Thanks to All who participated this weekend Derek Hart Doug Dippel Darren McNally Rob Seeger John Riggs Jean Beauregaurd Jesse Ducharme Gordon Grandell Cindy McKee Kevin Lee Barrett Dennis Carter Thanks Everyone...What a TEAM!!! See Ya'll in the Morning.. Todd Evans several photos of the recent construction click here |
| April 17 05 |
| Hello readers,
racers and fans..... and good to see you. It started as a small snowball ....at the top of a hill...with a gentle nudge... As some of you may know, there was a work party planned for this Saturday, (apr 16).up at TMR. Mostly to clean up, after our last lumber-jack mission 2 weeks ago, to clear a path for where a new 2nd safety exit would go, some 250+ feet beyond our existing Exit. Hoping to "someday", fill the trench and build a road/exit through there. To better handle the much much faster race cars we are attracting. we felt it was a necessity. And part of the "Future" of, Thunder Mountain. Someday is here!...and now! In a monumental effort by many people, and several companies around the valley, all of the elements necessary to complete the project, in a very very short time, have b |
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