Thunder On The Hill’s 30th Season Roars In With $10K-To-Win USAC Jesse Hockett Classic June 11th
Story By: BOB MILLER / THUNDER ON THE HILL – BECHTELSVILLE, PA – With the start of Spring, the sound of race cars has enveloped the northeast. Just like the season, the NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series roars in like a lion, kicking off the 30th Anniversary season with the most ferocious of racing events on Tuesday, June 11 at Grandview Speedway.
“I can’t think of a better way to kick off our 30th year of racing than with the USAC Non-Wing Sprint Cars,” Promoter Bob Miller said. “It was 13 years ago when Bruce Rogers and myself brought USAC back to Pennsylvania – and this event has become a cornerstone of our Thunder Series.”
On June 11, the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series takes to the track in the 13th running of the Jesse Hockett Classic, featuring a $10,000 payday that will help highlight the King of the non-wing jungle. ‘The Macho Man’ Brady Bacon proved he has mega powers at Grandview Speedway claiming the past two USAC victories – but anything can happen in a third-mile when there are $10,000 bucks up for grabs.
The boys of Summer celebrate our great nation on Tuesday, July 2 with 410 Sprint Cars competing for $10,000 to win the twenty-fifth Grandview Speedway Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speed Week event. NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson has put the PA Posse in their place for two consecutive seasons, but a strong field of local competitors plans to keep that cash on home turf. Look for local favorite Ryan Smith to hunt down and capture that first career Thunder victory wheeling the Mike Heffner sprint car in the new season.
The debut of the NOS Energy Drink USAC National Midgets takes place on Tuesday, July 30. For years fans have begged, bargained, and pleaded for the Midgets on the Bechtelsville high banks and there’s no better time than the 30th Anniversary season of Thunder on the Hill. Many of the same USAC Sprint Car stars will strap into midgets for this event like Brady Bacon and Kevin Thomas, Jr.
The 5th Annual Levan Machine Truck Equipment Thunder Cup event brings the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions to the one-third mile Grandview Speedway on Thursday, August 22. A highlight of the Thunder season, the All Star event will pay homage to the late Greg Hodnett, with a special memorial trophy.
The 358 Modifieds will co-headline all of the previously mentioned events, competing in 30 lap events for $3,000 to win and lucrative NASCAR points. Grandview’s premier weekly division always thrills the crowd with side-by-side action.
The NAPA Auto Parts Thunder on the Hill Racing Series concludes on Saturday, October 22 with the House of Thunder Halloween Party featuring the 22nd running of the Modified Traffic Jam – where Big-Blocks battle Small-Blocks in the Mods at the Madhouse. Alongside the Modifieds, the Sportsman, and MASS Sprint Cars will also be in action.
