This Tulare, Thunderbowl Raceway winners list is still being compiled. It is incomplete (but much better than what we had before, which was nothing). Thanks to Kevin Eckert, Marty Kobata, Lance Jennings, Jeff Peck, and Steve Turnross for their help! ...We would LOVE to fill in all the blanks on this list, particularly in terms of car owner victories. Please email me if you can help with specific information.
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Tulare, CA. Thunderbowl Raceway history. 2016-2021 / 2011-2015 / 2006-2010 / 2001-2005 / 1988-2000
| Date | Winner | Winning Car | Sanction | Notes | Class |
| 10/17/15 | Terry McCarl | McCarl 88 | Bud Kaeding won the Trophy Cup, earning $20,000 for the victory. …The A-Main was 50 laps. McCarl finished in front of Sheldon Haudenschild (Roth 83), Dusty Zomer, Bud Kaeding, and Willie Croft. | 360w | |
| 10/16/15 | Bud Kaeding | Williams 0 | Bud won the second A-Main of the day. | 360w | |
| 10/16/15 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 24 | Rico won the day-show, raced Friday afternoon as a make-up for the previous night's rainout. | 360w | |
| 10/15/15 | RAIN | The first night of the Trophy Cup was rained out during time-trials. | |||
| 10/10/15 | Jace Vanderweerd | Vanderweerd 88 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 10/10/15 | Monty Ferriera | Ferriera 45 | RaceSaver 305 | Only 7 cars. | 305 |
| 10/10/15 | Tyler Walker | 88 | KWS | Top five: Walker, Carson Macedo, Jac Haudenschild, Shane Golobic, and Dominic Scelzi. | 410w |
| 7/25/15 | Aaron Reutzel | Roth 83 SR. | KWS | 410w | |
| 7/25/15 | Blaine Fagundes | Fagundes 11 | RaceSaver 305 | Nine cars. | 305 |
| 7/25/15 | Matt Mitchell | Mitchell 37 | USAC West Coast 360's | Peter Murphy Classic paid $4,000 to-win. | 360nw |
| 5/30/15 | Blake Robertson | BR Motorsports 15 | RaceSaver 305 | Eight cars. | 305 |
| 5/30/15 | Brady Bacon | USAC Western States Midgets | Midgets | ||
| 5/30/15 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 5/16/15 | Blake Robertson | BR Motorsports 15 | RaceSaver 305 | 6 cars. | 305 |
| 5/16/15 | D.J. Netto | Netto 88n | KWS | 410w | |
| 5/16/15 | Danny Faria Jr. | Faria 17v | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 5/2/15 | Blake Robertson | BR Motorsports 15 | RaceSaver 305 | Only seven cars. | 305 |
| 5/2/15 | Michael Faccinto | 35F | USAC Western States Midgets | 15 cars. | Midgets |
| 4/25/15 | RAIN | Civil War | 360w | ||
| 3/14/15 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 24 | WoO | 35 lap feature. | 410w |
| 3/14/15 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 3/13/15 | Bud Kaeding | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | ||
| 3/13/15 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 jr. | WoO | 35 lap feature. | 410w |
| 3/5/15 | 360nw | ||||
| 10/19/14 | Willie Croft | Croft started sixth in A-Main, and won the feature and the Trophy Cup championship. Mason Moore finished second in points, with Crockett third. | 360w | ||
| 10/18/14 | Colby Copeland | Second night of three for the 2014 Trophy Cup. Copeland beat Roger Crockett in a close finish. | 360w | ||
| 10/17/14 | Kyle Hirst | Trophy Cup was back to being a three-night affair. Hirst won the C-Main, B-Main, and A-Main. | 360w | ||
| 10/11/14 | Ryan Bernal | USAC West Coast 360's | The Cotton Classic moved to Tulare for one year. | 360nw | |
| 7/26/14 | Jonathan Allard | Lamar 3c | KWS | Peter Murphy Classic | 410w |
| 7/26/14 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | Peter Murphy Classic | 360nw |
| 6/21/14 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | 15.344 was quick-time by Bernal. | 360nw |
| 5/31/14 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | Bernal also had quick-time at 15.460. | 360nw |
| 5/31/14 | Trey Marcham | Ford 73 | USAC Western States Midgets | Newcastle, OK. Visitor, Trey Marcham jumped in the Jimmy May prepared Ford Racing midget and won the feature over Ronnie Gardner, Nick Chivello, Chris Ennis, and Britton Bock. …R. Gardner had quick-time at 16.464 | Midgets |
| 5/17/14 | Kyle Hirst | KWS | 410w | ||
| 5/17/14 | Ryan Bernal | Phulps 56 | USAC West Coast 360's | Podium was Bernal, D Faria Jr., and Marcus Niemela. Bernal had quick-time at 15.543. | 360nw |
| 4/26/14 | RAIN | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | ||
| 4/12/14 | Tommy Tarlton | Tarlton 21 | KWS | 410w | |
| 3/15/14 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 24 | WoO | Top five: Abreu, Schuchart, T. McCarl, S Swindell, Sweet. | 410w |
| 3/14/14 | Daryn Pittman | Kasey Kahne 9 | WoO | Joey Saldana's quick-time of 12.800 headed six cars in the 12-second bracket. | 410w |
| 3/14/14 | Dennis Howell | 62 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 10/19/13 | Kyle Larson | Paul Silva 57 | This was the famous last lap crash between Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet. Larson's sprint car barely made it across the finish line. He won the A-Main and the Trophy Cup points. Top five in points: Larson, Jason Meyers, Rico Abreu, Tim Kaeding, Kyle Hirst. | 360w | |
| 10/18/13 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 | Trophy Cup: Quick-time was also TK at 14.246. …Kaeding passed David Gravel on the last lap of the Friday night show to win a photo-finish. | 360w | |
| 10/17/13 | Richard Vanderweerd | Vanderweerd 10 | First night of Trophy Cup was a non-wing 360 event. Two features were run. Danny Faria Jr. won the first one. | 360nw | |
| 9/21/13 | Bud Kaeding | BK Racing 29 | KWS | 13.434 was best in time-trials by Tim Kaeding. | 410w |
| 9/21/13 | Richard Vanderweerd | Vanderweerd 10 | USAC West Coast 360's | Matt Mitchell had fast time in qualifying with 15.639 lap. | 360nw |
| 5/26/13 | Jason Meyers | Tarlton 21m | KWS | 13.493 was quick-time by J. Allard. | 410w |
| 5/25/13 | Jason Meyers | Tarlton 21m | KWS | Meyers also had quick-time at 13.548, won his heat and the Dash to score a clean sweep! | 410w |
| 5/18/13 | Mike Spencer | USAC-CRA | 410nw | ||
| 5/18/13 | Rebel Cup | 360w | |||
| 4/20/13 | Dominic Scelzi | Scelzi 41 | Rebel Cup | Carson Macedo had quick-time at 14.171 in the Tarlton 21x. | 360w |
| 4/20/13 | Ryan Bernal | Ford 73 | USAC West Coast 360's | Quick-time was set by Richard Vanderweerd at 15.329 | 360nw |
| 4/13/13 | Richard Vanderweerd | Vanderweerd 10 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 4/13/13 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 24 | Rebel Cup | 360w | |
| 3/16/13 | Craig Dollansky | Big Game Motorsports 7 | WoO | Top five: 1. Dollansky, 2. J Allard (Williams 0), 3. Pittman, 4. Lucas Wolfe, 5. Paul McMahan. | 410w |
| 3/16/13 | Ryan Bernal | Ford 73 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 3/15/13 | Ryan Bernal | Ford 73 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 3/15/13 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 | WoO | Top five: 1. TK, 2. Cody Darrah, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. David Gravel, 5. Daryn Pittman. | 410w |
| 10/20/12 | Kyle Hirst | Roth 83 jr. | Trophy Cup final points champion was Jason Meyers. …85 cars. | 360w | |
| 10/19/12 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 89 | KWS | First night of winged 360 Trophy Cup. | 360w |
| 10/18/12 | Bud Kaeding | BK Racing 29 | Non-wing 360 sprint cars opned up the 2012 Trophy Cup. …Ryan Bernal won the overall points title. | 360nw | |
| 5/12/12 | Kyle Larson | Ford 72 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 5/12/12 | Rico Abreu | Abreu 89 | KWS | Roger Crockett had quick-time at 13.800 | 410w |
| 5/11/12 | Kyle Larson | Ford 72 | USAC West Coast 360's | Top five: Larson, Bud Kaeding, R Vanderweerd, Matt Mitchell, Brent Kaeding. | 360nw |
| 5/11/12 | Kyle Larson | Silva 57 | KWS | 410w | |
| 4/28/12 | Bud Kaeding | Kings of Thunder 360 | 360w | ||
| 4/14/12 | RAIN | KWS | |||
| 3/17/12 | RAIN | WoO | 410w | ||
| 3/16/12 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 | WoO | 25 cars. Fast time was Joey Saldana at 13.515 | 410w |
| 10/22/11 | Kyle Larson | Final night of Trophy Cup. Jac Haudenschild won the Cup over J Allard and Sweet. | 360w | ||
| 10/21/11 | Stevie Smith | Smith's first race at Thunderbowl resulted in a Friday night Trophy Cup win. | 360w | ||
| 10/8/11 | Ryan Bernal | Olmstead 11D | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 10/8/11 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 jr. | ASCS (SoCal Region) | 360w | |
| 9/17/11 | USAC West Coast 360's | Ryan Bernal broke the 360 non-wing track record at 15.158 | 360nw | ||
| 7/23/11 | 360nw | ||||
| 6/18/11 | 360nw | ||||
| 5/14/11 | Bud Kaeding | BK Racing 29 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 5/14/11 | Tommy Tarlton | Tarlton 21 | KWS | Top five: Tarlton, Brent Kaeding, Evan Suggs, Ian Madsen, C Stidham. …Ian Madsen quick-time 13.684 | 410w |
| 4/30/11 | Peter Murphy | Eberhardt 4 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 4/30/11 | Tommy Tarlton | Tarlton 21 | Kings of Thunder 360 | 360w | |
| 4/16/11 | Bud Kaeding | BK Racing 29 | USAC West Coast 360's | Top five was: Bud, Ryan Bernal, J Vanderweerd, Peter Murphy, R. Vanderweerd. | 360nw |
| 4/16/11 | Tim Kaeding | Roth 83 jr. | KWS | Top five was: TK, Tommy Tarlton, Kyle Larson, Jason Statler, and Roger Crockett. …Jon Allard had quick time 13.587 | 410w |
| 3/19/11 | Bud Kaeding | BK Racing 29 | USAC West Coast 360's | 360nw | |
| 3/19/11 | Joey Saldana | Kasey Kahne 9 | WoO | ||
| 2/9/11 | Tim Kaeding | ASCS | Top ten in the ASCS National feature: 1. TK, 2. R Crockett, 3. Shane Stewart, 4. K Larson, 5. Tarlton, 6. Gary Wright, 7. Bud Kaeding, 8. Trey Starks, 9. Johnny Herrera, 10. Brady Bacon. | 360w |