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.
Monday, April 27, 2009
NHRA Funny Car points leader Ron Capps joined the Thunder Road Show last Sunday
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Ashley Force Hood on the Thunder Road Show
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.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Thunder Road Show on the road
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
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Win Tickets to a NASCAR Nationwide Race
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.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
NASCAR drivers Stanton Barrett and Kenny Wallace on the Thunder Road Show this Sunday
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
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