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Voting has begun for the 2018 Driver of the Year! Fans, drivers, crew members and track officials will all help decide who will take home this honor! The Winner will be honored at the banquet January 11th, 2019 at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa, Ok Drive of the Year is a great honor and we take pride in awarding it. There are four things that determine who will be the Driver of the Year. First is voting by fans. Second is voting by drivers and the two other factors are how well the Driver has...more

The Thunderbird Speedway 2018 season ending banquet will be held Friday Night January 11th, 2019. The event will be held in the Sky Room on the 18th floor of the Hard Rock Tower inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Doors will open and seating for the event will start at 7 pm. Dinner will start at 7:30 pm and the Championship Awards Presentations program will start at 8:30 pm. Champions from all 4 NASCAR Whelen All American Series Divisions and Nex-Gen drivers will be honored as well as...more

Officials with both The Thunderbird Speedway and The Melvern Bank Cash Money Super Dirt Series have decided to cancel The Friday night running of the Dirt Track Nationals. Rain had set in early this morning dashing chance to possibly get the race in for tonight. With more rain than expected and more moving in there will be another meeting later today to determine weather or not we will race tomorrow. Stay tuned for more information.

Bravado Wireless title sponsor for the Bravado Wireless Independence Modified Clash has been great to help out at Thunderbird Speedway and step up in a big way to make sure the drivers and fans are taken care of for tomorrow nights running of the Modified Clash. Rain has had a bad impact on the track and crews work to try to bring the surface up to racing conditions but were afraid it would push the show way late into the night and be hard on the race cars. Plans were changed and now a full...more

Brandon Hogard #7 Factory Stock Home Town: Yukon, Ok. Age: 47 Sponsors: Breakaway Logistics, Joes Hand Cleaner “Im Driver of the week!” Brandon shouted out in his pit. For 29 years, the 47 year old has been in dry cleaning. Since 2001 He has owned Town Plaza Cleaners in Yukon, Ok. “Mustard is the toughest stain to get out”. He said. He makes the long pull to Muskogee every week from Yukon to not only race, but enjoy the time with his friends at the track. And when the track was being reborn...more

By John Rittenoure (Muskogee, OK) -- In 2016 Sheldon Barksdale was a frequent visitor to the Ameri-Flex / OCRS winners circle. The Norman resident posted seven victories that season. However, that success did not carry forward to 2017. Barksdale did not post a victory during the 13-race season. But the drought ended Friday night at Thunderbird Speedway as Barksdale led all 25-laps around the historic half-mile to win the 4th annual Harold Leep Classic presented by Carter-Maxwell. Barksdale...more

Luke Leatherman 17L GRT B-Mod Home: Muskogee, Ok Sponsors: Fast Wrecker, Hailey and Lloyd Jewelry, Tonto Environmental, Cedarville Garage, Reaction Wraps, Victory Motorsports. Leatherman is a name that most fans and other drivers are used to hearing around a racetrack. With such a large impact on the racing community its odd to hear the Grandson of the 50+ year veteran of the sport Danny Leatherman, just started racing four years ago. It was His last year in high school when a major change in...more

Justin Green Age: 37 #55 Factory Stock Sponsors: Wings To Go (Owasso), BMS Racing Engines Home town: Mounds, Ok. Racing, was a lesson learned by watching some of the greats. Mark Neal and Keith Campbell were the study. Justin was told to watch how other racers presented themselves on and off the track, by his Father and Uncle. Both raced at the Tulsa fairgrounds. At age 14, Justin cut his teeth at Creek County Speedway, in a Factory Stock. He would also get behind the wheel of mini stocks,...more

Andy Morris #127 Super Stock Home town: Fort Gibson, Ok Sponsors: Advantage Terra Fab, Advantage Controls, Muskogee Powder Coating, Theodore concrete, Bobs Machine Shop, Truck Lungs, Warner Hardware, Warfeather LLC, Construction Management. Almost twenty years ago, Andy Morris would start a career in racing that has kept him busy since the day he started. On the schedule was a 50 night season and he would continue to make those 50 shows a year as long as he was able. Thunderbird Speedway was...more

Are you ready? Will you be there? Don't miss the VDTRA Azalea Nationals June 9 & 10 at Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Oklahoma. See some of the hottest up and coming riders in the region as part of the Grand Prix HotShoe Series, plus the fastest vintage flat trackers in the country. There will be Hooligans, Mad Dogs, and more. Come out early and be part of the Bedouin Shrine Poker Run on Saturday, before the races. Gates Open at 2pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday. Grandstand tickets are just...more