Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

I see where they have a new track manager and are NHRA sactioned again. It would be great to see them with a Division race again.

Re: Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

Steve Quien is the new man in charge. Congrats to him and the racers in the area. Dyno

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Great!!

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We all want Thunder Road to be a successful track. Hopefully, Steve is the man who can make this happen. It's a first class facility, it just needs first class management. Our local track in Monroe has changed management and last weekend they had 150 cars on Friday for TT and 171 cars/1400 fans on Saturday for the bracket race. Cars as far away as New Orleans(300 miles or so) came. Some may have come further I am told they made a 9 hour drive. The race was billed as the Louisiana State Champtionship but the week before they had 100plus cars on Friday and about 125 on Saturday.
Thunder Road/Red River has never had first class management and has suffered with their weekly program but the racers are out there and will come if everything is run correctly.
Does anyone know if they plan to run eight mile or quarter?

Re: Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

I looked at the Facebook site pictures, the facility looks great. I wish we had a track like that in the Mpls., Mn area. Dyno

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Richard,not a true statement about management. I know the people who built it. If you have a race there it would always rain. When I say rain 18" in pits. They did everything they could. IHRA or NHRA. The last last NHRA race there was great. The peoples who owns it now was misinformed on how to run a track and grind a track. We had an IHRA race the and it was bad. The owners gave "Everyone`s money back.
Steve will be good for this track. My hope is NHRA will have a points meet there. T
he last time they did, I catered a party and everyone who wanted to eat did.
Thunder Road Good Luck

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I based my statement about the original management strictly on the fact that they never developed a local following. Maybe it was a bit harsh. I won't argue about their qualifications, they were good people. I never had a problem with them. The track always hooked and they always fulfulled their commitments. I am sorry if I offended you or them, as I said I only desire that the track be successful and I will support the new management if the track hooks and the payout commitments are fulfilled.

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Richard I am not offended thanks for the post. If ever there was a track that nothing worked for them. This track is it. If we get a points meet I will feed all the racers again. Please let it get hot. Lol 102 or hotter. Lol

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SAVE UP!!!! Jeff and I are Hungry

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That would be a good place for a Div 4 points race. I raced the last one we had there. Bobby had'em lined up to eat. :-)

Re: Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

i drove from an hour south of new orleans :D awesome place, very nice people, had a awesome time!!!:) just forgot to bring OFF:( mosquitos were bad:D

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That would definitely be nice. Only four hours from Baton Rouge. I don't see any NHRA races scheduled.

Re: Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

Arron, you must be kidding? Mosquitos? You must have brought them with you. However, we might have had a few, the track is close to the swamp.
As you said their nice people who know how to run a track. It hooks and they always meet the posted payout even before the good turnouts.

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Anybody heard anything ???

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As far as I can tell they are only running test and tune. We can only hope they are working on scheduling a divisional race. It does appear everything is going well with the program they are producing. Maybe Bobby could give us some insight.

Re: Thunder Road Raceway/ Gilliam, LA
 

08/06/13 @ 6:30PM

Good Evening All:

From the Timing Tower here at Thunder Road Raceway Park, Gilliam, Louisiana:

As we continue to work on the shaping up of the Facility & it's surroundings, we appreciate everyone's continued support & understanding as we work on putting together the programs/events for remaining 2013 & look at all the options for 2014.

Please feel free to e-mail me directly or call me directly with any & all concerns/suggestions; I appreciate your thoughts. Together we can build a strong program of events for everyone involved, Again Thanks!

http://trrpdrag.com/

Website above is work in progress & we are on Facebook also.

stevequien@gmail.com