Ragtime Racers added to Friday night of the Dennis Roth Classic

Stone Chevrolet Buick GMC Thunderbowl Raceway is pleased to add a bit of vintage color to the upcoming Dennis Roth Classic, as the Ragtime Racers make their debut at the track on opening night. Ragtime Racers is a race exhibition group formed in 2018 for 100-year-old or older race cars to provide a traveling show at various events across the U.S., showcasing these amazing machines in a historical setting. There are dozens of significant race cars from this era sitting [...]

Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare Cancels March 25th event

Extensive rainfall and saturated grounds force Thunderbowl Raceway to cancel March 25th event Tulare, CA…Having already lost the High Limit opener, Thunderbowl Raceway has announced the scheduled USAC/CRA and KOT 360 event on March 25th has also been canceled due to the record rainfall, which has doused the surface and facility for weeks. The new opener at Stone Chevrolet Buick GMC Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare will now occur on Friday and Saturday April 14th and 15th. The second annual “Dennis Roth [...]

RECORD RAINFALL FORCES CANCELLATION OF HIGH LIMIT OPENER AT TULARE

RECORD RAINFALL FORCES CANCELLATION OF HIGH LIMIT OPENER AT TULARE TULARE, CA — March 15, 2023 — Unfortunately, the 2023 High Limit Sprint Car Series season opener will have to wait a bit longer. Originally scheduled for next Tuesday, March 21, Thunderbowl Raceway’s $23,023-to-win, non-points “Family Feud” presented by Sonoma Raceway has been canceled. Series and track officials agreed to make the call following unseasonably record rainfall which has doused the surface and facility for weeks now. The event will not be [...]

Sonoma Raceway to sponsor High Limit Racing Season Opener at Thunderbowl Raceway

NASCAR Champion Kyle Larson Will Race First Ever Xfinity Series Race at Sonoma Raceway! SONOMA, Calif. (March 8, 2023) – NASCAR Cup Series champion and Northern California native Kyle Larson will race in the first-ever DoorDash 250 Xfinity Series race at Sonoma Raceway June 10, 2023. Fans at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race weekend June 9-11 will now have two chances to see the 2021 race winner tackle the only west-coast road course on the NASCAR [...]

Trophy Cup to pay record purse in October

Trophy Cup To Pay Record Purse by Ron Rodda Tulare, CA…This coming October when the Abreu Vineyards 29th Annual Trophy Cup Presented By Rudeen Racing takes place at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway, a record purse will be paid over the three-day event. The record setting payout will be approximately $225,000, an increase of $25,000 over last year’s total. The additional money will be put into the B main and A main on Saturday. The B main will receive a significant boost as it will be [...]

High Limit Date at Thunderbowl Raceway moved to March 21

Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway announces 2023 racing schedule

Stone Chevrolet Buick GMC Thunderbowl Raceway releases 2023 racing schedule By Gary Thomas Tulare, CA – January 4, 2023…The Stone Chevrolet Buick GMC Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare has announced its 2023 schedule of events, as always putting a focus on special shows throughout the season. “We’ve placed an emphasis on special events here at Stone Thunderbowl Raceway over the last several years and are happy with how the schedule came out,” commented track Promoter Steve Faria. “We are really excited to hold [...]

Trophy Cup 28 points breakdown

Here are the top-24 in Trophy Cup points for the weekend. All these teams made a minimum of $5,000 in weekend earnings, which is more than winning a local Winged 360 Sprint Car show each night when you break it down. Event champions Shane Golobic and Matt Wood Racing pocketed $28,000 in weekend earnings.   1. Shane Golobic 451 2. Corey Day 435 3. Tyler Courtney 434 4. Zeb Wise 425 5. Rico Abreu 424 6. Tanner Carrick 417 7. Kalib Henry 417 8. Ryan Timms 415 9. [...]

Trophy Cup story and results from Saturday night

Golobic Wins Title, Wise Wins Main by Ron Rodda Tulare CA…The Abreu Vineyards 28th Trophy Cup Presented By Rudeen Racing had 75 cars return for the final night at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. One driver was to be named champion and earn a guaranteed $28,000 for accumulating the most points. But four drivers had a chance for a bonus ranging from $22,000 to $2000 dependent on starting in rows nine or ten for the 50-lap finale. If any of those four won the [...]

Tyler Courtney wins Friday night of the Trophy Cup

360 Sprints – Winged 84 Entries- Friday Night Trophy Cup Results A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:44:19.221 1. 57W-Tyler Courtney[9]; 2. 18T-Tanner Holmes[2]; 3. 14-Corey Day[8]; 4. 83-Tim Kaeding[5]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[14]; 6. 69-Bud Kaeding[24]; 7. 7P-Jake Andreotti[17]; 8. 41X-Colton Hardy[1]; 9. 9R-Chase Randall[11]; 10. 18-Cole Macedo[20]; 11. 46JR-Joel Myers[19]; 12. 94TH-Landon Brooks[3]; 13. 5V-Colby Copeland[6]; 14. 88-Austin McCarl[15]; 15. 98H-Tyler Thompson[21]; 16. 2X-Justin Sanders[4]; 17. 2K-Kaleb Montgomery[16]; 18. 5T-Ryan Timms[22]; 19. 5J-Kalib Henry[12]; 20. 7C-Tony Gomes[10]; 21. 24-Rico Abreu[13]; 22. 94-Kyle [...]