Thunder Mountain Speedway

Thunder Mountain Speedway was opened in 1992 in rural Center Lisle, New York, by Karl Spoonhower. The location creates a natural bowl, allowing for a high banked race track and built-in seating for 2500 carved out of the surrounding hillside.^[1][2]

Spoonhower placed the facility for sale in 2006, but by 2013 he returned to ownership and has since made several capital improvements including reconfiguration of portions of the track's banking.^[2][3][4]

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, IMCA Modifieds, Rookie Sportsman XCel 600 Modifieds, Street Stocks and Four Cylinders.^[2] Special events have included the annual "Lightning on the Mountain" and the touring Empire Super Sprints and Super DIRTcar Series. ^[4][5][6]