Willows, Ca. February 14, 2013….. Alternative Energy Systems [AES] a Chico based solar company is ensconced at the local Thunderhill Raceway Park in the process of installing 314 solar panels to the already diverse energy program at the Willows road race track. The $336,824 project began just a week ago and is schedule to bring the facility to a point nearing grid-neutral status when combined with the track’s three wind generators and the pending solar field to be located on 133 acres of property north of the raceway. “We are very excited about this project and what it means to the image and energy use of Thunderhill Park,”  noted track energy expert Stuart Seitz.  Seitz is a 2010 graduate of Chico State and three-year employee of the raceway located at 5250 Hwy 162 in Willows.

Our next clinic is on July 30th. Click here to sign up for this fun, exciting, life saving event!

The road can be a dangerous place, especially for new drivers.  In fact, traffic accidents are the leading cause of teenage death. To address this issue, Thunderhill has teamed up with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA), and put its own version of “drivers-ed” called the NASA Teen Car Control Clinic. During this clinic, teens and new drivers are taught skills that are not normally learned during normal driving conditions such as threshold breaking or how to react to two wheels dropping off the side of the road.

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This year Marks the 10th year of the NASA 25 hour race at Thunderhill Raceway Park. The event will run from Saturday December 8 starting at 11:00 am until Sunday December 12 ending at 12:00pm. Spectators are welcome and ther is a gate fee of $15 per person with children under 16 free.

If you’ve never been to a long endurance race before, you’re missing out. At 25 hours, NASA’s annual enduro at Thunderhill is the longest in the world. Though it’s mostly amateur teams running, there’s no shortage of excitement, skill, determination, perseverance, hard work, and hard decisions. Click here to read more.

In 2012 Thunderhill and AFM joined forces to create the AFM/Thunderhill Championship Series. The Championship Series included all Sunday classes (expert and novice). Champions will be crowned at the AFM banquet in January 2013.

Please click on "read more" link below to view the results.

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WILLOWS -- I didn't see the raccoon, frog or dancing bear while I tried to find a quarter on the floorboard and drive a California Highway Patrol car through a cone-marked course Tuesday.

In the real world, those animals could have been children.

As one of five reporters at a Media Distracted Driving Challenge, I experienced the hazards CHP officers warn of as I tried to text, talk, find and read while driving Tuesday at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows.

"It takes 4.6 seconds to send the average text," officer Tracy Hoover said. "That means at 55 mph, you're driving across a football field blind."

To read the rest of the story click on the link below:

http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_22040018/distracted-driving-is-no-laughing-matter-willows-challenge

Autonomous Audi TTS Laps Thunderhill Raceway, Hits 120 mph!

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http://wot.motortrend.com/video-find-autonomous-audi-tts-laps-thunderhill-raceway-hits-120-mph-250535.html