THUNDER ROAD (The NOW GONE Thunder Road @ then Paramount Carowinds in Charlotte N.C. Aug 26, 2008)

Описание: Thunder Road was a Wooden Roller Coaster @ Carowinds amusement park on the border between Fort Mill, S.C. & Charlotte, N.C. Opened in 1976 & built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, the racing roller coaster cost $1,600,000 to construct & featured 2 identical tracks that paralleled each other. The design of the ride was based on Rebel Yell (now Racer 75), a wooden racing coaster @ Kings Dominion in Doswell, V.A. Thunder Road was closed on July 26, 2015, to make room for expansion @ the park. On August 27, 2015, Carowinds announced that the Boomerang Bay waterpark would be expanded & renamed Carolina Harbor. The expansion resulted in the removal of Thunder Road.
(Status - Removed), (Opening Date - April 3, 1976), (Closing Date - July 26, 2015), (Cost - $1,600,000)
{General Statistics} (Type - Wood-Racing), (Manufacturer - Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters), (Designer - Curtis D. Summers), (Track Layout - Out & Back), (Lift/launch system - Chain) (Height - 93ft[28.3m]), (Drop - 88ft[26.8m]), (Length - 3,819ft[1,164.0m]), (Speed - 58mph[93.3km/h]), (inversions - 0), (Duration - 2:10), (G-force - 3.4), (Height restriction - 48 in[122 cm])

THE FINAL DAY OF THUNDER ROAD TOOK PLACE JULY 26, 2015 WITH A FAREWELL CELEBRATION. THE 1ST 100 RIDERS WOULD RECEIVE A FREE COMMEMORATIVE THUNDER ROAD POSTER & BUTTON. FANS CREATED A TRIBUTE VIDEO BY SHARING THEIR FAVORITE THUNDER ROAD MEMORIES. SUBMITTING PICTURES ALSO ENTERED THEM INTO A RANDOM DRAWING FROM EXCLUSIVE THUNDER ROAD MEMORABILIA. THE WINNER PRIZES INCLUDED A RIDE ON THE LAST TRAIN, FREE TICKETS & WOODEN PIECES FROM THE RIDE. BY AUGUST, THUNDER ROAD WAS SWIFTLY DEMOLISHED. CEDAR FAIR DONATED THE RIDE'S COMPONENTS TO THE REBEL YELL @ KINGS DOMINION.

FROM 1996, ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING, UNTIL 2008, 1 OF THE TRACKS HAD THE COASTER CARS FACING BACKWARDS.(LEFT - CHARLOTTE, N.C.[BACKWARDS]), (RIGHT - FORT MILL, S.C.[FRONTWARDS])

THIS IS FRONTWARDS DONE WITH MY PHONE IN RIDING IN THE FRONT CAR IN FORT MILL, S.C. ON AUGUST 26, 2008. I WAS RECOVERING FROM A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA BRAIN INJURY & WASN'T CLEARED TO RIDE ROLLER COASTERS AGAIN YET ON JULY 26, 2015 SO HERE IS MY TRIBUTE VIDEO OF MY FAVORITE THUNDER ROAD MEMORY/MOMENT!!!

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