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Great Lakes Super Sprints Event Sc...

6/12/2025

Muskegon, MI - Officials with Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon, Michigan have announced the cancellation of the scheduled Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by PERFIT & ARP show on Saturday, June 21st. The event was set to bring GLSS back to Thunderbird for the first time since 2021. A changing economic climate for the race track was cited as the reason for the cancellation. When officials with Thunderbird Raceway and the Great Lakes Super Sprints spoke during the...more

Zach Hiser on Jun 12, 2025
Article Date: 6/12/2025

Tags: Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, 360 Sprints - Winged

GLSS Reveals 2025 Schedule of Even...

12/30/2024

Merrill, MI - Officials with the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by Engine Pro and ARP (GLSS) have announced the 2025 schedule of events which includes the events for the Michigan CAT Division and the Ohio CAT Division. The overall schedule features 43 dates across five states and the Canadian Providence of Ontario; 16 different tracks are currently planned with TBAs expected to increase that number. Of those 43 events, eight are non-points specials. The season is...more

Barry Marlow on Dec 31, 2024
Article Date: 12/30/2024

Tags: Butler Speedway, Crystal Motor Speedway, Eldora Speedway

Great Lakes Super Sprints Returns...

12/19/2024

Merrill, MI - Officials with the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by Engine Pro & ARP (GLSS) have announced more details for the 2025 Michigan CAT and Tour division schedules. Thunderbird Raceway in Muskegon, Michigan will make a return to the GLSS calendar for the first time since 2021 on Saturday, June 21st - marking the only stop in northern West Michigan for the 2025 season. Thunderbird Raceway was part of the inaugural season of racing for GLSS in 2016. Gregg...more

administrator on Dec 19, 2024
Article Date: 12/19/2024

Tags: Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, 360 Sprints - Winged

DALMAN ROLLS THE BOTTOM AND TAKES...

8/14/2021

Muskegon, MI (Saturday, August 14, 2021) - Night number two of a doubleheader weekend for the Great Lakes Super Sprints Presented by Engine Pro and ARP brought teams north to Thunderbird Raceway for the one and only stop at the facility this season. Another impressive show was put on in front of a packed house Saturday night. The night began with Ti22 Performance Qualifying. Phil Gressman set fast time with a 12.199 second lap time, over two-tenths of a second faster...more

Barry Marlow on Jan 11, 2022
Article Date: 8/14/2021

Tags: Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints, Beacon and Bridge Markets

NICKLES SWEEPS MICHIGAN DOUBLE HEA...

7/3/2021

Muskegon, MI – With 187 cars checked in to race at Thunderbird Raceway Saturday, Great Lakes Lightning Sprints presented by Maxima Racing Oil parked together in the front parking lot to save space in the pits. Jac Nickles (Harrod, OH), who won the night before at Mt Pleasant, wouldn’t let parking get between him and his goal of another win as he took the checkered flag for a clean sweep of the weekend. Taking the track for the first time for all but two of our...more

Barry Marlow on Jul 05, 2021
Article Date: 7/3/2021

Tags: Thunderbird Raceway, Great Lakes Lightning Sprints, Beacon

DAGGETT WINS FEATURE IN 6:20

7/25/2020

Muskegon, MI – Dustin Daggett (Portland, MI) wins the 25 lap feature at Thunderbird Raceway Park Saturday in 6 minutes and 20 seconds with 20 cars going green to checker and finishing the race. Next door to Michigan Adventure Amusement Park, Thunderbird Raceway Park should have been called Thunderbird Adventures last Saturday. With 21 cars making the trip to the west coast of Michigan, it was a warm but beautiful day for racing. With an 11 pm curfew, things started...more

Barry Marlow on Jul 28, 2020
Article Date: 7/25/2020

Tags: Dustin Daggett, Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints

DALMAN OUT MUSCLES SCHEID FOR WIN

8/10/2019

Muskegon, MI - Starting 4th in the feature, Gregg Dalman (Bellevue, MI) knew he had a good shot of winning his 3rd feature at Thunderbird Raceway, "I love these smaller tracks!" he said after the pill draw, just before the feature. Dalman methodically worked his way up to second and took over the lead with 3 laps to go. Andrew Scheid (Sparta, MI) stayed with Dalman the whole race and was in striking distance of his first feature win, when Dalman shut the door on...more

Barry Marlow on Aug 11, 2019
Article Date: 8/10/2019

Tags: Gregg Dalman, Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints

RIDENOUR WINS AT THUNDERBIRD

6/24/2017

Muskegon, MI - Chase Ridenour took the checkered flags for his first feature win of the 2017 season at Thunderbird Raceway Saturday night! That gives Ridenour 2 A-Main wins in a row at Thunderbird, with his first coming last season on August, 13, 2016. Day two of the I-96 Corridor Challenge between the NCRA Great Lakes Super Sprints and the K&L Ready Mix NRA Sprint Invaders started out with clear blue skies and 16 of the 25 cars from the night before rolling into the...more

Barry Marlow on Jun 26, 2017
Article Date: 6/24/2017

Tags: Dustin Daggett, Mike Dunlap, Jared Horstman

Ridenour Wins 4th Straight

8/13/2016

Muskegon, MI – Saturday, August 13, 2016 – With 20 cars in the pits and the skies clearing, Chase Ridenour would end the night in the winner’s circle for his 4th feature win in a row! Great Lakes Super Sprints made our second and final visit to Thunderbird Raceway last Saturday. The weather forecast showed zero percent chance of rain and for the sun to pop out mid-afternoon. As the cars rolled into the pits, a light mist was falling and the sky was still heavily...more

Barry Marlow on Aug 20, 2016
Article Date: 8/13/2016

Tags: Chase Ridenour, Thunderbird Raceway, GLSS-Great Lakes Super Sprints

Dalman Goes Wire to Wire to Win at...

6/18/2016

Dalman goes wire to wire to win his 1st GLSS Feature 6/18/2016 – Thunderbird Raceway, Muskegon, MI 360 Winged Sprints After being closed for over a year and under new ownership, Thunderbird Raceway was the home of our second race for the weekend. Pulling into the pits, it was easy to see all the work put into the facility and after walking up to track there was a buzz amongst the drivers! Many had never been to Thunderbird and if they had, it has been over 10 years...more

Barry Marlow on Jun 27, 2016
Article Date: 6/18/2016