Oglethorpe Speedway hosting Monster Truck Spring Nationals
Oglethorpe Speedway hosting Monster Truck Spring Nationals By Andrew Gorton and Bria Bolden | April 30, 2021 at 11:34 AM EDT - Updated May 1 at 11:27 PM
POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s showtime at Oglethorpe Speedway Park.
Monster Truck Spring Nationals this weekend at Oglethorpe Speedway
The Monster Truck Extreme Spring Nationals kicks off at OSP on Friday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. Trucks will be back out on the dirt Saturday night at 8:00 p.m., and again Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
“This is our 15th annual event and we are back by popular demand. Approximately 200,000 have joined us here at Oglethorpe Speedway over the years for the Monster Truck Spring Nationals, and there is a reason why they do that,” said Jim Morris, event coordinator.
At the corner of Bonaventure Road and Mechanics Avenue in Thunderbolt sits a slice of pure Americana. Pure, literally. It’s the building that was the Pure Oil filling station operated by Freddie Byrd in the 1940s and 1950s.
Frankie Kerby and Cookie Espinoza have revived it as an Airbnb studio apartment called The Gas Station. Frankie is a self-described “motorhead” who loves all things historical and automotive, so they have worked to have the décor inside to reflect the building’s heritage.
A large print of a vintage black-and-white photo is a clear focal point. It shows three service station attendants in Pure uniforms and caps standing next to the gas pumps in front of the building. Exactly as it could be photographed today.