Leslie Porterfield on The Thunder Road Show 01/04/09

Just about everyone has found an open stretch of highway with nobody in site and sped up a little.

Some of us have even floored it trying to push the limits of our own fear of speed.

For Leslie Porterfield top end blasts are second nature. Kind of like walking or driving a stick shift car.

Leslie, pictured on the left with Jason Britton of Speed Channels popular show "Super Bikes", holds 3 land speed records on a motorcyle.

Last August Leslie set a record of 209 mph in the 1300cc motorcyle division along with 2 other landspeed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Leslie a native Texan who lives and works in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area runs a motorcycle shop called High Five Cycles for a living and resets records for fun.

Don't forget to listen in Sunday as Leslie will tell Doug and Blue what its like blow up an engine at 245 mph on the salt flats.

Thunder Road Show "maverick" mascott

The Thunder Road Show now has a project car. During the race season in '09 we will take this car to various drag strips, car shows and remote events around the Houston area.

This is a 1970 Ford Maverick with a 306 cubic inch Ford engine.

The "mascott maverick" has a race built transmission and a small dose of N2O so it will be fun.

This car has a 6 point role bar and slicks. We don't plan on setting any records with this car but we do plan on taking a few select people (ie other shows host's and interns) for a ride. We will keep everyone updated with appearance dates so you can come by and watch us make a pass down the track or just say hi.

"Big" Ben Frazier will be in studio this Sunday 12/7

Tomball's own "Big" Ben Frazier is scheduled to come into the studio this Sunday fresh off his COTT "cheap street" win last weekend. Ben has been around drag racing and mustangs for many years. He built this car pictured after having his Saleen convertable folded up in an incedent with another car at the race track. Ben has competed in Fun Ford Weekend events, Pinks All Out, Clash of the Titans events and other local racing events with his 88mm turbo charged mustang coupe. We will talk to Ben about his wins this past season and what his plans are for next year.

New Time Slot on 1560 am (11am to noon)

Hey race fans,
The Thunder Road Show is back better than ever. If you didn't know we suspended the show for a couple of weeks to regroup and iron out some bugs in the show.

We would like to thank everyone for there support of the show and let everyone know we are back and better than ever.

We no longer have to compete with football on Sundays as we will now be on from 11am till noon every Sunday.

This Sunday Nov. 16th we will cover all the championships that will be determined this weekend in NASCAR and the NHRA.

This will be an exciting weekend in the wold of motorsports so join us for a fun show from 11am till noon on Sundays

Super Street Outlaw legend Richard lelsz will be in studio next Sunday

"NMRA and Fun Ford Weekend legend Richard Lelsz is scheduled to be in studio this coming Sunday. Richard is the owner of Strictly Performance a well known performance facility located in Houston. Strictly Performance builds some of the fastest cars and trucks in the world every thing from Ford GT's to Powerstroke trucks pass through the bay doors of Strictly Performance. Richard Lelsz and his bright yellow '03 cobra mustang have been just about every performance magazine out there. This car runs in the mid to low 7's in the 1/4 mile at speeds nearing 180 mph. That's on a 10.5" wide tire folks. The speeds Richard is posting on those little tires is just flat out sick!!!! Be sure to tune in Sunday at 1 pm to hear our interview with Richard and learn how to get your race on!!!!!!!!!!"

Doug of the Thunder Road Show hits a couple of car shows in Katy

Doug Johnson co-host of the Thunder Road Show on 1560 was out and about visiting the car show scene on Saturday October 18th. It was a beautiful day all over the Houston area on Saturday and there was great turn outs at both car shows. The first car show was at Grace Christian Church in Katy and the second show was at Frank_N_Steins bar and grill on Mason Rd. also in Katy. Good times, good people and good looking cars.

Headlines....Doug puts Blue in the wall at MSR!!!!!!!!

Doug and Blue get the royal treatment at Motorsports Ranch Houston (MSR)!!!!!!11!!!!111!!!eleven

On Monday we took a trip into Blue's neck of the woods to MSR in Angelton. Leslie and the staff at MSR gave us the grand tour of the facility and even let us race some of the Karts.

Doug and Blue got to compete in a five lap Kart race. During that race Blue tried to pass Doug in a turn so as any good racer would do Doug spun Blue out into the grass and the cones and then kept going.

After Doug schooled Blue on how to drive they both got to experience the thrill of taking a real NASCAR car around the road course at MSR. Good times folks.

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Katy's own Kristin Bumbera will be in Studio with us this Sunday 10/19/08

BUMBERA IMPRESSES NASCAR TEAM OWNERS
AT DRIVE FOR DIVERSITY COMBINE
IN SOUTH BOSTON VIRGINIA

SOUTH BOSTON, VA – OCTOBER 14, 2008 This is the second year that Kristin Bumbera has received an invitation to test in front of NASCAR team owners who will decide if she will drive for them in the Drive for Diversity program in 2009. Last year she was selected by Frank Jordan of Golden State Racing to drive a full season in the NASCAR Whelan Late Model Series where she earned 2 wins, 12 top 5’s and 14 top 10’s and currently holds the Late Model track record at All American Speedway of 13.69 seconds.

Kristin was the third driver out laying down a benchmark lap time for the remaining drivers. On lap 17 the right front tire suddenly blew out in the center of turns one and two sending her car into the turn two wall. NASCAR assured her that she would get the chance to finish her run because the accident was due to a mechanical failure and no fault of hers. Bumbera would showcase her resilience returning to the track and laying down another impressive run. Several team owners later let Kristin know how impressed they were with her determination calling her a “real trooper”.

Bumbera leaves the combine today very optimistic about her 2009 plans.

CONTACT INFO: NEXT GENERATION RACING, INC. 281-685-0449 cherib@kristinbumbera.us

10/12/08

It's October folks and the end of the racing season is fast approaching us. The race for the chase is in full effect and the tempers are flaring. Just this week Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards got a little fist to cuff in the pits and it made front line news. You can see the picture on Foxsports.com.

The boys in the NHRA are hard at it with the fastest qualifing field in Prostock history. 16 cars qualified this weekend at the Virginia Nationals between 6.554 and 6.59. Dave Connelly stole the win from Coughlin with a smoking 6.57 pass.

On today's show we had Steve aka "Steve Ferrari" in studio talking about Team Risi out of Houston and all that is involved in racing The American Le Mans series. Thanks for joining us again Steve. People start your radios cause its about to get bumpy. And a little exciting.

Thunder Rd. Show had Kimberly the Game Girl in studio talking race Karts

Sunday on the Thunder Road Show Rob, Blue and Doug were graced with the presence of 1560 excellence (Kimberly Gonzolas) in studio with us. 1560 loves our Game Girls and what they do for the station. Kimberly works at a local Kart racing facility near Katy, Doug's home town, and was in studio promoting the track and filling everyone in on how much fun Kart racing is.

Kimberly's 9 year old sister competes in cart racing alongside men and women from the age of 5 to 75 so don't get this confused with junkie "go-cart" tracks were you pay $15 for 20 minutes of so called fun. The fastest cars are capable of 90 mph top speeds and 5g lateral force in the turns. The guys discussed how some of these Karts are quicker to 60mph than most "super cars" available to the general public.

Doug and Blue are currently planning to get more involved with Gulf Coast Karter for a palooza with giveaway's, and an afternoon at the track. Can you say "who wants to win the chance to drive a 100 horsepower rocket on wheels"?

Here is the website for Kimberly's place of business where you can take the whole family for a great day of racing and good brisket or bbq.
http://www.racekarts.com/ go check it out and let us know what you think.

Thunder Rd. Show @ Houston Raceway Park 09/27/08

The Thunder Road Show was invited out to the ASCS Sprint car race's at Houston Raceway Park last Saturday night and we couldn't have asked for better time or better weather. Doug Johnson and guest's arrived at the track early on Saturday night in time to see the entire event and walk through the pits with "pit passes" that were courtesy of HRP.

There were multiple classes running Saturday night but the two classes with the most cars were the "crate late models" and the actual "sprint" cars with the big wings on top.

Jason Johnson from the Dallas area racing the number 11 car sponsored by "The Shop" which is based out of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area also. Here is a link to ASCS's driver profile page for Jason (http://www.ascsracing.com/ascsdriverdetail.asp?id=53) Jason came out and pwned the rest of the field on how to drive on the dirt.

Update Update Update

First of all, we would like to let you know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of those effected by hurricane Ike. We hope that as time goes by things get back to normal (as much as that is possible) for each of you.

WE ARE BACK ON THE AIR!
Ike may have knocked us down, but we bounced back last weekend. We even had the "task master" Kyle in the house, twisting knobs and doing his thing.

Todd Simpson was also nice enough to come on the show and do an interview for us. It was great having him on! Thanks Todd.






DD Update:
Incase you missed it, our Double D of the week was Kristin Bumbera.



Her website is http://www.kristinbumbera.com/

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
This Saturday, we are having our second Palooza. This one is at Houston Raceway Park for the sprint car races. Congrats to those who won tickets last weekend on the show. Even if you didn't win tickets, come out and join us for some good racing and good talk about racing.

September 7, 2008 Show Lineup

This week on the Thunder Road Show:

Rob Cole from Simpson Racing is back in studio for a second week in a row, and we couldn't be happier. However, this week we'll have a bit of a twist. We've invited Steve Sustich from Risi Competizione.

Who is Risi Competizione some of you Nascar fans might be asking? Well here is a bit of info that we got from their website, http://www.risicompetizione.com/

Risi Competizione is based in Houston, Texas and located at the Ferrari of Houston dealership. The race team has its own Race Shop and storage for the team transporters as well as access to the mechanical and operational assets of Ferrari of Houston From this base, the Doyle-Risi 333SP won the World Sports Car Championship in 1998 in its first year of competition.

Here are a few shots to get you started:






...and check out this sweet tuning session on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ27ht7C4Ik



Week 2, here we come! Gentlemen, START YOUR RADIO'S!!

FIrst show in the books...

The first show is in the books!!. We're very happy with the way things went. Big thanks to 

Rob Cole from Simpson Racing. Also, thanks to all those that called, tried to called, 

listened and chatted. After the show, a few of us got together to drink a few and celebrate

the first show being in the books. Thanks to those that showed, in person and in spirit.

view all of the photos in our album by clicking HERE

Aug 31, 2008 Show Lineup

Well, we are off and running. Man are we off and running. We've got a GREAT 1st show lined up for you. We will have Rob Cole from The Simpson Nitro Funny Car racing team in studio for an interview. We are also planning on having the driver of the Simpson Nitro Funny Car, Todd Simpson on the show as well.

You can learn more about the Simpson Racing on their website:
http://www.simpsonnitro.com/

You might recognize the car when you take a look. It's actually the car in our blog header.


Here is another pic and a video to get you ready for Sunday



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b4nYaRHwhQ

Off and running...

GENTLEMEN, START YOUR RADIO'S!!

Welcome to the Internet home of 1560 The Game's only show dedicated to MotorSports. We look forward to sharing our love of all thing horse power with you every Sunday at 1:00pm.

Our very first show is this Sunday August 31, so make sure to tune your radio to 1560 am.

You can check out the 1560 The Game website here:
http://www.1560.tv/

Also,make sure to bookmark our blog so you can keep up with the show when we are not on the air.

We would like to thank everyone for the support we have already received, we are very proud to be able to share our love of motor sports with all our fellow gearheads out there.

SEE YOU SUNDAY!

Doug and Blue