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Crashed Course

Points leader Danny Charles is slammed into the wall at full speed, totaling his car, dashing his dreams and inflaming his temper. Heartland Thunder premieres Monday, June 21, at 10 p.m. E/P.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Heartland Thunder: Crashed Course
    Crashed Course

    Heartland Thunder (02:19)

    Points leader Danny Charles is slammed into the wall at full speed, totaling his car, dashing his dreams and inflaming his temper.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Race Car 101
    Race Car 101

    Heartland Thunder (02:17)

    Find out how to build a race car, courtesy of dirt-track racer Justin Boney.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Flirting With Disaster
    Flirting With Disaster

    Heartland Thunder (02:38)

    Moments away from the feature race, Lakeside Speedway's star racers must make some last-minute -- and potentially dangerous -- adjustments.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Long Arm of the Law
    Long Arm of the Law

    Heartland Thunder (01:58)

    Dirt-track racer Justin Boney uses residential streets to test-drive his car, attracting the attention of local police.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Lakeside Speedway Stars
    Lakeside Speedway Stars

    Heartland Thunder (01:49)

    Meet some of the main competitors in Lakeside Speedway's Friday night dirt-track racing series.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Heartland Thunder
    Heartland Thunder

    Heartland Thunder (01:39)

    Meet the stars of Lakeside Speedway, the Midwest's premiere track for modified racing.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Verbal Smackdown
    Verbal Smackdown

    Heartland Thunder (02:28)

    A radio show provides a forum for rival dirt-track racers Justin Boney and Tom Charles to psych each other out.
  • Play Heartland Thunder: Fuel Pump FAIL
    Fuel Pump FAIL

    Heartland Thunder (02:15)

    Dirt-track racer Tom Charles struggles with a fuel-pump problem as he attempts to qualify for the feature race.
 

See video from Heartland Thunder, a Discovery Channel series that chronicles four of Kansas City's best dirt-track racers -- who also happen to be the fiercest of rivals. Every Friday night, they put their lives on the line and battle it out at 120 mph at Lakeside Speedway. Whose engineering and driving skills will catapult him to the top of the heap?

 
 

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