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Monday, April 27, 2009

NHRA Funny Car points leader Ron Capps joined the Thunder Road Show last Sunday

Well the guys at the Thunder Road Show did it again. Doug and Blue don't need a "mock anything draft" to have a stellar show. These two just need to keep interviewing the best names in motosports. This week Doug and Blue invited Rob Geiger to join them in studio. Rob is a Senior Writer for Auto Week and owns www.go2geiger.com. Not only does Rob cover all of the races in the NHRA Full Throttle Series he knows everybody. Rob was able to get Ron Capps, pictured above with his crew cheif Ed "Ace" McCulloch and team owner Don Schumacher, for a great interview. Ron Capps drives the NAPA Nitro Funny Car and is also famous for his commercials with Micheal Waltrip. To hear the interview with Ron just click the podcast link on the right hand side of this page.


Sunday, April 19, 2009

Not only did we have Tony Schumacher on with us Today we also had surprise guest Brian Wolfe Director of Ford Racing Technology

What a special day for the Thunder Road Show. First of all as promised we talked with THE SARGE Tony Schumacher in between rounds at the Summit Racing Parts Southern Nationals in Atlanta, Ga. Tony told us about his first round win against Terry Mcmillen. We also discussed the rivalry with Larry Dixon and Crew Chief Alan Johnson. We then talked about running 1320' again and more. Click on the podcast link on the right side of this website to hear that interview.

What we didn't tell you about was we were expecting a call from Brian Wolfe the Director of Ford Racing and Technology. Brian talked with Doug and Blue about the Ford Mustang's 45th aniversery. We also talked to Brian about Fords involvment in NHRA's super competitive Pro-Stock class and Ford in NASCAR. Again if you missed the show check out the podcast.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

6 time NHRA Top Fuel Champion Tony Schumacher scheduled to be on

The Thunder Road Show has scheduled Tony Schumacher driver of the U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster in NHRA's Full Throttle Series to be on with Doug and Blue this Sunday.

Tony is a 6 time and defending Top Fuel Champion. Team Army leads the points at this time and has won the last two events in Vegas and Houston.

Tony will talk with the guys about the building
rivalry with Larry Dixon and former crew chief and now team owner Alan Johnson. The guys will also ask Tony about his work with the U.S. army soldiers returning from Iraq. Tune in this Sunday at 11am CST to see how Tony qualified in "Hot-lanta" and how the first round of eliminations went.