Thunder Road Show

By Doug Johnson

2009-09-17T10:23:00.001-07:00

THE YEAR OF THE MUSTANG

Someone should petition the Chinese government to have their calender modified thousands of years later. After all the iconic Ford Mustang is certainly worthy of a year on the calender just the same as the dog, monkey and especially the rat.

2010 is going to be the year of the Mustang even if the Chinese government chooses to ignore the relevance that this little inexpensive car has had on pop culture. Beginning with its debut halfway through the year in 1964 this car has turned millions of heads and nearly 50 years later is still making waves in the auto industry.

I was around during the second revolution of this car and still have a fondness for the mid to late '80s "fox bodied" mustangs. The Mustang changed the face of mail order parts in the late '80s and brought about a performance craze that is still smoldering today. When the second Mustang craze started you could see packs of them herded together in a parking lot in most major cities (any given weekend night) like the real mustang horse did a hundred years before in wide open fields all over this country.

With the recent announcement that NASCAR has allowed the use of the Ford Mustang as one of the new cars in the Nationwide Series, and Fords renewed involvement in NHRA's Pro Stock division we are sure to see sales of the original "pony car" sky rocket once again.

The big 3 auto makers had seem to forget that what wins on Sunday sells on Monday as many NASCAR fans have had a hard time getting enthusiastic about a two door family car as thier performance icon. Most "old school" Cup fans are not too shy to tell anyone who will listens about the "Good o'le" days when Petty dominated with a Dodge Charger. Back then you could tell what car each manufacturer was running. With the COT (car of tomorrow) the only way we know what kind of car each driver is driving is with their post race interviews where they have to mention the "M&M's Toyota Camary" so the fans will remember what kind of car that driver just won the race.

Brian Wolfe ,the Director of Ford Racing Technology, has had a huge part in getting his favorite Ford back in front of the public on Sundays. Not only did Brian, who still races his own personal Mustang, have a hand in Fords Super Cobra Jet Mustang development he has also been instrumental in the design of Fords new super trick Pro Stock Engine. The Super Cobra Jet is a "NRHA Super Stock" legal car available straight from Ford Dealers with slicks, a Ford 9" rear end and 10 second times off the show room floor. There is also rumors of 6 NHRA Pro Stock Teams joining Jim Cunningham, and his hot shoe Erica Enders, in the Mustang camp since the debut of the slick new 2010 body style.

In NASCAR news Richard Petty Motorsports announced a merger with Robert Yates Racing and all of the guys who are driving for RPM will be driving Fords next year. You can bet that Jack Roush and Roush Fenway Racing will take this opportunity to improve on the dismal year they had so far in 2009 with only 2 drivers, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle, in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

2010 will be awesome for racing fans whether it be straight liners or roundy round, fans as there will be real sports cars, be it a Ford Mustang or Dodge Challenger, out on the tracks as opposed to family sedans morphed into race cars. We can also thank John Force and Bob Tasca III who have been using Mustang bodies for years all be it morphed and barely resembling Mustangs they are Mustangs just the same. Mark my words Mustang will be the hip new buzz word of 2010 when you talk racing.

Thunder Road Show "Coolest car" contest

2009-08-11T22:24:00.000-07:00

The Thunder Road Show announces its first ever "Coolest Car" contest.

Here is the idea. Take two equally used mustang fox body cars, and have a competition to see if money or connections can build the coolest car. Add in a Driving Diva like Erica Enders to help judge and you have a couple of fun projects to follow from start to finish.

The competitors:
Team "Connections" is the Thunder Road Show hosts Doug and Blue and one 1986 Mustang GT convertible.

Team "Cash" is a couple of Thunder Road Show fans named Steve and Alex and one 1989 Mustang LX sedan. (AKA notchback or coupe)

Follow along as these two cars are built from scratch to see who can really build the "Coolest Car"

Former NHRA starlet Lori Johns will be in studio this Sunday

2009-07-16T06:36:00.001-07:00

Former NHRA Top Fuel legend Lori Johns will be in studio with Doug an Blue this Sunday talking about her drag racing experiences while racing in the NHRA and how things have changed in the Top Fuel ranks since she has retired from the pro ranks. Be sure to check out the studio cam at http://www.1560.tv to see the show live...

Team Risi takes the GT2 win at Le Mans

2009-06-20T21:36:00.001-07:00

Join Doug and Blue this Sunday on the Thunder Road Show as the sit down with Team Risi Competizion's own Steve Sustich to discuss the teams recent win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans just last weekend. Steve is a friend of the show and has been on with the guys multiple times in the last year talking all things AMLS and Ferrari. The above picture was from last weekends win.......

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

2009-04-27T20:21:00.001-07:00

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.

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

2009-04-19T18:44:00.001-07:00

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.

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

2009-04-14T10:43:00.001-07:00

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.

Ashley Force Hood on the Thunder Road Show

2009-03-31T23:20:00.000-07:00

Fresh off her second ever event win Ashley will be on Houston's best motorsports show the Thunder Road Show on 1560 The Game this coming Sunday.

Ashley Force Hood star of the popular TV show "Driving Force" and daughter of drag racing legend John Force.

In the first round of final eliminations last weekend at the O'Rielly Spring Nationals, Ashley beat points leader Ron Capps in a pedal fest. In the second round Force-Hood took out her father the larger than life John Force in his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang after he lit the tires and slowed to a 7.380 at 70.40 mph.

In the finals the student took out the professor as Ashley beat her former driving instructor "Fast" Jack Beckman winning with a 4.122 at 306.19 mph to Beckman's 4.227 at 303.43 mph.

The Thunder Road Show on the road

2009-03-26T01:08:00.001-07:00

First of all I would like to personally welcome everyone who visits this site and invite you to register as a member. This way you can stay up to date on all the exciting things that are going on with the Thunder Road Show.

To all those who recently registered thank you for joining and we hope you frequent this site. New announcements come in weekly and we want you to take part in our promotions and special guests.

Like we said a few weeks ago Blue and I will be doing our show live from the O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Baytown, Texas. If you at Houston Raceway Park on Sunday come by Erica Enders pits and say hello to us and see Erica's new car.

If you can't make it out to the race be sure to tune in to 1560am in the Houston area. If your not in the Houston area you can stream the show live at www.1560thegame.com. Not only have we scheduled live interviews with Antron Brown and Bob Tasca III, we are expecting a call from Lee Roy Mercer so we can announce his new contest with NASCAR's Tony Stewart

Win Tickets to a NASCAR Nationwide Race

2009-03-16T00:17:00.000-07:00

Listen up NASCAR fans we have a special promotion for you this weekend on the Thunder Road Show. First of all Doug and Blue recorded an interview today with Kenny Wallace (thats his car the #28 Border Patrol Monte) and will play it for you on Sunday. We had to record the interview because Kenny will be doing his TV show live from Bristol Motor Speedway this Sunday.

Second of all, to prepare us for our trip to TMS April 3-5, Nathan Dagley of Dagley Insurance and Finnancial Services will be joining us for a live interview and to give away some free tickets to the Nationwide race at TMS on April 4th.

Nathan is the person responsible for those hillarious Nationwide insurance commercials that you hear on our show and all over 1560 other shows.

Nathan will also tell us about a special promotion at his Plano, Texas Nationwide Ins. location on Friday April 3rd. There will be a big party at his Plano office with a real Nationwide Series race car and more so don't forget to tune in.

NASCAR drivers Stanton Barrett and Kenny Wallace on the Thunder Road Show this Sunday

2009-03-12T15:16:00.000-07:00

NASCAR legend and co-host on Speed Channels NASCAR Raceday (Built by the Home Depot) Kenny Wallace will be on the Thunder Road Show this Sunday. With all 3 Of NASCAR's racing series taking the weekend off before heading to Bristol's Thunder Valley Doug and Blue took this oportunity to get some live interview.

Kenny Wallace is the crazy co-host who is not scared to disagree with the other hosts. Speed Channels NASCAR Raceday has the best pre race coverage with driver and crew chief interviews every race weekend.

Stanton Barrett ,shown above driving the NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cup Car, will also be on with Doug and Blue this Sunday. Stanton drives in both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. Stanton is also a stunt man in Hollywood and has worked on films like Spiderman 1 2 & 3, The Dukes of Hazard, Mr & Mrs. Smith, Asylum, GI Joe, The Education of Charlie Banks, @ Fast 2 Furious, Cradle to Grave, The Patriot, The Mod Squad, Mars Attacks! Pacific Blue, Justice, ER, Charmed, Alias, Scrubs, Cold Case and many others... http://imdb.com/name/nm005728

ADRL Dragpalooza in Houston

2009-03-09T16:55:00.000-07:00

The hottest drag racing series this side of the NHRA's Full Throttle racing series kicked its season off in Houston again this year. ADRL Qualifying started on Friday and Saturday's eliminations kicked off the '09 season with a bang.

The ADRL created a new class this year called Extreme Pro Stock. This class is similar to the IHRA's mountain motored Pro Stock class.

"The debut of the Extreme Pro Stock class in National Guard ADRL competition concluded with a final round battle between two long time friends and rivals, Brian Gahm and Doug Kirk. Gahm entered eliminations as low qualifier with a 4.105 second elapsed time at 176.51 miles per hour. Kirk had qualified third with a 4.119 second effort". (ADRL.us)

Houstons own Todd Moyer snagged the 5 grand from Flowmaster for being the first Extreme 10.5 driver to run over 185. Thats in the 1/8th folks

Billy Glidden continues to dominate the popular Extreme 10.5 class as the Whitland, Indiana native came back down to H-town to show these boys how its done.

For the whole story click on the title of this post and it will take you to the offical website for the ADRL racing series.

The Thunder Road Show will be live at the O'rielly Spring Nationals March 27-29th

2009-03-03T13:38:00.000-08:00

Doug and Blue will be live from Erica Enders pit/vendor spot at the National Event in Baytown at Houston Raceway Park. Live interviews are already scheduled with Antron Brown, driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster and friend of the Thunder Road Show Erica Enders driver of the Dragstar Pro Stock Mustang.

Be sure to listen to 1560 The Game in the weeks leading up to the race for your chance to win tickets and gear so you can come out and meet Doug and Blue and your favorite drivers in the NHRA top ranks.

Don't forget to keep checking this site for updates on this event as news and announcements are coming in daily.

Tune in this Sunday for a special interview with Erica Ortiz

2009-02-27T14:16:00.001-08:00

There is nothing hotter than a female race car driver. Well according to Doug and Blue that is. From the Thunder Road Shows conception these guys said they wanted to highlight "Driving Divas" as often as they could. With past guests like Erica Enders and Kristin Bumbera as friends of the show it was only appropriate to contact Erica Oritiz of Fun Ford Weekend (now Battle of the Brands) fame. Just like Ms. Enders and Ms. Bumbera, Erica Ortiz is making waves of her own in the racing comunity. Erica has been mid sixes in the 1/4 with her twin turbo Thunderbird and is currently building a new "Pro-mod" car. Erica also has her own Youtube channel called Horsepower and Heels which keeps her fans updated on future plans and upcoming events. Be sure to tune in this Sunday at 11am to hear the interview with Erica.

Outlaw 10.5 Legend Cory Wheat was in studio last Sunday

2009-02-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

If you have ever listened to the Thunder Road Show on 1560 The Game. then you know Doug and Blue love racing. These two don't discriminate against make, model, color or what kind of auto racing they cover.

Doug admits to being of the "drag racing" persuasion and Blue gets his "clues" in go fast and turn left circles. Most shows are a mix of NASCAR updates along with some "straight line" talk.

This past Sunday followed suit as they had Cory Wheat (local Outlaw 10.5 racer) and his tuner "Big" Billy Stocklin in studio.

Cory and Billy discussed the history of this exciting class and talked about the upcoming race season. Cory and Billy plan on running the full "Battle of the Brands" series which is the former "Fun Ford" racing series.

Cory and Billy's interview is up on podcast so just click on the box that says podcast on the right hand side of this page to hear it in full.

Our first remote broadcast in the "books"

2009-02-21T14:57:00.000-08:00

February 15, 2009 marks a new date in motorsports history. Not because Matt Kenseth took his #17 Dewalt Tools Ford Fusion to winners circle at the 51st running of the Daytona 500. Not even because Dale Earnhardt jr. couldn't find his pit box all day and then got into a scuffle with Brian Vickers and took out 1/3 of the field with 75 laps to go. No this special day in motorsports history is because the Thunder Road Show, "The Best Damn Motorsports Show Ever", had it's first remote broadcast. That's right 1560 The Game's only motorsports related show was on the road at Jake's Philly Steaks in Houston.

Doug and Blue would like to thank everyone who came out to Jake's including Kristin Bumbera ,pictured above, and Erica Enders. We also had sponsors of the Thunder Road Show there like Circle D Specialties, Allout Off Road, Brian Reese of Nationwide Ins. and Amy Vera of Dr. Robertson's office. The Texas Warehouse donated a very nice Texas star wall decoration. Bullfrog Spa's of Houston gave us some cool stuff to give away as did all of our sponsors. We had a packed house and Jake's said we are welcome back. Thanks everyone for coming out.

A "picture" is worth a thousand words!!!!

2009-02-15T01:05:00.001-08:00

With "Speed Week" winding down at Daytona the anticipation grows with the Sprint Cup race just hours away. The All American Race will be just as exciting the previous 51 races have been. All the drivers seen rejuvenated after an off season with no testing and are ready to duke it out in the Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing called the Daytona 500.

We have seen great performances all week and man were we ready to hear D.W. say boogety boogety boogety as annoying as that is.

There is so much to talk about that you just have to listen to our 2 hour Daytona special live from Jake's Philly on Sunday the 15Th to hear all the news from Florida in what is expected to be a great 2009 NASCAR season.

Blue and I are at Jake's live from 11am to 1pm Sunday. You can hear it on www.1560.tv also

Thunder Road Show announcements

2009-01-30T22:31:00.001-08:00

Get in, sit down and shut up because you about to be "thunder struck." The Thunder road show has some exciting announcements so get your calenders out and write this down.

-Doug and Blue will have their first remote broadcast at Jake's Philly Steaks on Chimney Rock in Houston on Feb. 15th. and after the show we will watch the Daytona 500 on the big flat screen TV's at Jake's. Be sure to come out and meet Doug and Blue. The Thunder Road Show sponsors will be on hand to give out swag and meet the listeners. Their will be Wii racing contests on the new NASCAR Karting game and other contest for prizes.

-Doug and Blue want to invite everyone to join the Thunder Road Show fantasy NASCAR league. Its "pick-em" style league were you pick a team of 8 before each. Click on the title of this post to get to the Yahoo website and use the group # 16742 and password 1560 to join in the fun.

-The Thunder Road Show would like to welcome their newest sponsors. We want to thank Allout Off Road and Bullfrog Spas of Houston who joined the 1560 family this week. You can find live links to all our sponsors on this page in the lower right hand section.

Doug and Blue talk offroading with Tim Thomas and Jeff Mcguire

2009-01-26T23:07:00.001-08:00

When Blue and I first discussed my idea of doing a show on motorsports we decided that from day one we would cover just about any motor sport that interested us and not let this become a show just about NASCAR or just about dragracing. Well true to our form we had another great show and it was about the adventures of off roading and rock crawling.

Tim Thomas and Jeff Mcquire joined us in studio to talk about the club they are members of called TX4Wd. Jeff is the President of the Katy chapter and Tim is the Vice President of the same chapter.

Tim and Jeff did a great job for thier fist time on radio and agreed to come back and to keep us up to date on functions and charity events the club is doing. Heck they may even talk a little NASCAR with us. The picture in this post was taken the night before our show. The Katy chapter was in a commercial for a local restuant. Be sure to click on the "podcast" link on the right to hear the show from last Sunday.

Team Snap-on driver Steve Johnson set to come on this Sunday 1/18/09

2009-01-14T22:24:00.001-08:00

Get ready ladies and gentleman for the most entertaining guy in all of motorsports.
Steve Johnson who we have followed since the conception of the Thunder Road Show
will be on with us this coming Sunday.

Steve is entertaining because of his true love of winning and love for the sport of dragracing
which is evident in the picture about. We love it when Steve wins because his interviews are
more amped up and random than Johns Force himself.

Be sure and tune in this Sunday at 11am central time to 1560am or www.1560.tv cause you never know what Steve Johnson may do.

Erica Enders in studio

2009-01-12T00:18:00.001-08:00

Well race fans the Thunder Road Show is off to a fabulous new year. We came out of the hole strong last Sunday with Leslie Porterfield of High Five Cycles in Dallas, Texas and this Sunday we had world famous NHRA Prostock driver Erica Enders in Studio.

Not only have we had two great "Driving Diva" segments so far we also had our first female caller named Paula who had a great question for Erica. Erica did a great job with us and spent the whole show chatting with us about the upcoming season and about the Disney movie made about her called "Right on Track" that originally aired in 2003.

You can hear the whole interview on the podcast just click on the checkerd flag that says "podcast" on it in the upper right corner of this blog. Thanks again to Erica for coming on the show with us and Paula (first female caller) for the great call.

Erica Enders set to be on the show Sunday 1/11/09

2009-01-09T12:52:00.000-08:00

It was announced that Erica Enders would compete full time in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series behind the wheel of Jim and Gloria Cunningham's Mastercam Ford Mustang Pro Stocker.

Erica had a movie made about her and sister Courtney called "Right on Track." Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven) stars as Erica Enders. This was a Disney original movie made about Erica's career in NHRA's JR. Dragster division and originally aired in March of 2003.

Doug and Blue are looking foward to visiting with Erica this Sunday and talking about the upcoming 2009 race season.

Mastercam Xtras: Cunningham Motorsports Teams Up With Mastercam

2009-01-08T21:21:00.000-08:00

Mastercam Xtras: Cunningham Motorsports Teams Up With Mastercam

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

2008-12-31T18:36:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-29T16:21:00.001-08:00

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

2008-12-06T13:39:00.001-08:00

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)

2008-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:00

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

2008-10-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

"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

2008-10-20T21:03:00.000-07:00

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!!!!!!!!

2008-10-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-17T16:45:00.000-07:00

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.

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10/12/08

2008-10-13T00:10:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-29T16:52:00.001-07:00

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

2008-09-29T14:08:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

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

2008-09-05T20:40:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-09-04T22:26:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

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...

2008-08-30T12:15:00.000-07:00

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