Thunder Valley Raceway, June 17 2006 2006 June 24
The race at Jennerstown ended just after 9:00 PM, so we decided to try to take in a feature race or two at Thunder Valley Raceway in the beautiful Laurel Mountains of Somerset County, Pennsylvania before heading home. Thunder Valley was sort of on the way home, and is about 20 to 30 minutes from Jennerstown. This was a new track for me and I was really surprised about how nice it was considering it was in the middle of nowhere. By the time we got to the track they stopped selling tickets, so we got in for free (not a bad deal:-)). The track lighting was outstanding and the racing was pretty good to. We saw a limited late model feature, a street sock feature and a FWD 4 cyl feature. Almost every time I see a street stock feature that involves real street stocks and not some street sock/late model contraption it turns out to be a good race. This was no exception. I really wish New Egypt Speedway would run real street stocks instead of there odd street stock/late model/pro stock combination. I’d really like to get back to his track and see a full show – especially if they ever have a touring late model series at the track.
Stats after Thunder Valley Raceway:
Races: 15
Tracks: 12 (9 new) (146 lifetime)
States: 10 (2 new) (34 + DC lifetime)