page_title: Rolling Thunder (roller coaster)
section_title: Track
hierarchical_section_title: Rolling Thunder (roller coaster) / Ride experience / Track
caption_attribution_description: English: Viper on the right.
context_page_description: Rolling Thunder was a racing wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, USA. Rolling Thunder was the park's first wooden coaster and opened in 1979 during the park's fifth anniversary season. It closed in 2013.
context_section_description: The structure and track were mostly built from 850,000 feet (259,080 m) of Douglas fir. In the past, the Douglas fir had been treated with pesticides which were not considered environmentally friendly and the track and supports were slowly being replaced with southern yellow pine.
  The track was made by bolting seven layers of wood. In most places on the ride, there were two layers of southern yellow pine, which sat on top of five layers of Douglas fir. Older sections of track still had seven layers of Douglas fir (mostly on the lift) and there were refurbished sections of track with seven layers of southern pine. A 7-inch-wide (180 mm) strip of steel was bolted onto the top layer of wood track and three-inch-wide pieces of steel were bolted onto the sides.
caption: 2003 photo showing lift hill and portion of Rolling Thunder's tracks on left (Viper is on the right)
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