Two Big Days Of Racing Set For Thunder Mountain Speedway This Weekend, September 12-13; Championship Night Saturday Headlined By $1,500-To-Win Modifieds; Sunday Short Track Super Series Visit In $5,000-To-Win Wade Decker Memorial Race

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Two Big Days Of Racing Set For Thunder Mountain Speedway This Weekend, September 12-13; Championship Night Saturday Headlined By $1,500-To-Win Modifieds; Sunday Short Track Super Series Visit In $5,000-To-Win Wade Decker Memorial Race

CENTER LISLE, NY – Thunder Mountain Speedway will close out 2015 in grand style this weekend with two days of racing on Saturday-Sunday September 12-13.

A season that began on the final Saturday of April and has stretched through the heat of summer will end with a bang, crowning track champions on Saturday and playing host to a huge year-end event on Sunday.

On Saturday (Sept. 12), the three-eighths-mile clay oval hosts Championship Night: $1,500-to-win Modifieds, Open Sportsman, Crate 602 Sportsman, Rookie Sportsman, Street Stocks, XCel 600 Modifieds (tour race and track points – $1,000 to win) and FWD Four Cylinders. Regular, weekly track points and heat points will be issued (no increased championship points).

Gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 6:20 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.

Adult admission is $12. Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students (ages 10-17) pay $10. Kids 9 and under FREE. Pit admission is $30, with no license required.

Camping is permitted on the speedway grounds, free of charge, for those wishing to stay until Sunday.

Point leaders entering Saturday’s program include Mike Mahaney (Modified), Eric Leet (Open Sportsman), Pat Jordan (Crate 602 Sportsman), Shawn Davis (Rookie Sportsman), Steven Deinhardt (Street Stock), Will Eastman (XCel 600 Modified) and Dylan Robinson (FWD Four Cylinder).

On Sunday (Sept. 13), the MjH Oilfield Wade Decker Memorial takes center stage. The Short Track Super Series Fueled By Hi-Tek Modifieds, big-block/small-block, race 50 laps for $5,000 to win, $1,000 to start and $400 to take the green flag. This is the seventh event of eight in the Short Track Super Series Bob Hilbert Sportswear North Region.

Currently, Stewart Friesen leads the race for the STSS North Region $15,000 championship over Danny Johnson, Andy Bachetti, Anthony Perrego and Jeff Heotzler. All five drivers – and many more – are expected on Sunday.

There are a number of bonuses, contingency awards and other incentives for STSS Modified competitors taking part in the Wade Decker Memorial, set for its third running on Sunday. Bachetti, of Sheffield, Mass., is the defending winner of the event.

Also on the Sunday card: GRIT American Series Crate 602 Sportsman ($1,000 to win), Street Stocks ($1,000 to win) and XCel 600 Modifieds in a tour race paying $1,000 to win!

Gates open at 3 p.m. Hot laps begin at 6:20 p.m. and racing starts promptly at 7 p.m.

Adult admission is $20.  Seniors (ages 65 and up) and Students (10-17) pay $18. Kids 9 and under are FREE. Pit admission is $35, with no license required.

For Thunder Mountain Speedway general information and a complete schedule, visit www.thundermtnspeedway.com. The speedway office number is 607.657.8202. On race day, call 607.849.7899. The speedway e-mail isthundermtnspeedway@gmail.com.  “Like” Thunder Mountain Speedway on Facebook or follow @thundermtnspeed on Twitter.

Thunder Mountain Speedway is located at 91 Hunts Corners Road Center Lisle, NY 13797, approximately 25 miles north of Binghamton. The three-eighths-mile clay oval features hillside concrete seating, free parking and camping, a variety of concession items and novelties, a family environment and more.

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