Barre, VT — Even as the snowflakes fall, Thunder Road officials are hard at work on the upcoming season at the Nation’s Site of Excitement and noted out our five most anticipated events of the upcoming year. With every event at Thunder Road sure to bring plenty of thrills, we’re looking forward to all twenty-one race dates in 2025 but our top five just have a little extra magic in the air!

Barre, VT — Tis the season for Thunder Road officials to look back on the past season and decide on the top five events of the year. A tall task to sift through twenty-one fantastic events to pick out just five that defined the 2024 season at Thunder Road.

May 4, 2024 – The Kenley Dean Extravaganza & 26th annual Community Bank, N.A. 150

Thunder Road was proud to host the Kenley Dean Extravaganza memorial service for the one and only Ken Squier who built Thunder Road and opened his Nation’s Site of Excitement to an over-capacity crowd in 1960…

Barre, VT — Every driver remembers their first win at Thunder Road and 2024 brought several drivers that first memory for many on several special occasions this summer. The Burnett Scrap Metals Road Warriors once again led the first time winners category in 2024, beginning on Community Bank opening day as Kendall Zeno started the trend on a balmy Saturday night in May!

Barre, VT — Thunder Road Speedbowl officials released the 2025 Schedule of Events for the Nation’s Site of Excitement on Thursday morning. The schedule will once again include 21 individual events beginning with the 27th annual Community Bank 150 on May 3 and 4 and concluding with the 63r Vermont Milk Bowl presented by Northfield Savings Bank on October 4 and 5.

Top Championship Chasers, Special Award Winners Celebrate 2024 Accolades

Barre, VT — Thunder Road International Speedbowl officially closed out the 2024 season on Saturday night at the Barre Elks Club with the annual Banquet of Champions to celebrate year sixty-five at the Northeast’s premier short track. Over 250 drivers, team members, officials and honorees packed the facility to celebrate the 2024 season and a host of special award winners.

Oxford, ME — One last go-round for the ACT Flying Tiger Tri-State Series brought twenty-four Vermont and New Hampshire drivers over the border to the State of Maine for Saturday’s championship finale for the three-race series at Oxford Plains Speedway. While an end-of-season Flying Tiger showdown has been held annually at Oxford Plains since 2019, Saturday’s showcase became a first for ‘North America’s #1 Support Division’ with a point-counting event crowning a champion at the 3/8-mile Maine oval!

Barre, VT — After announcing the return of a true ACT Flying Tiger Tour last November, the 2024 Flying Tiger Tri-State Series comes to an end at Oxford Plains Speedway this Saturday, October 19. After starting off the season twenty-nine strong at North Woodstock, New Hampshire’s White Mountain Motorsports Park back in May and battling in the Cody Chevrolet-Cadillac 100 at Barre, Vermont’s Thunder Road Int’l Speedbowl in August, the Vacationland 75 is calling teams over from the Twin State area to take on the 3/8-mile Maine oval and wrap up the 2024 season in a fun way!