Hoosier Hurricane

Hoosier Hurricane
A train full of riders on Hoosier Hurricane.
Indiana Beach
Coordinates	40°47′25″N 86°46′14″W
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 27, 1994
General Statistics
Type	Wood
Manufacturer	Custom Coasters International
Designer	Dennis McNulty Larry Bill
Lift/launch system	Chain
Height	77 ft (23 m)
Drop	98 ft (30 m)
Length	2,891 ft (881 m)
Speed	51 mph (82 km/h)
Inversions	0
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
Hoosier Hurricane at RCDB Pictures of Hoosier Hurricane at RCDB

The lift hill view from the bridge

Hoosier Hurricane is a wooden roller coaster at Indiana Beach in Monticello, Indiana. The ride was designed by Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill of Custom Coasters International. It opened on May 27, 1994 as the park's largest wooden roller coaster and the first wooden roller coaster built in Indiana in fifty years. The ride was Custom Coasters International's third roller coaster designed and the first modern wooden coaster built with a steel support structure, which would eventually become a trend on many wooden coasters designed by them.

Hoosier Hurricane, like other coasters in the park, was 'shoehorned' into the park. The ride hugs the shores of Lake Shafer, parallels most of the boardwalk, and suddenly turns near the Giant Gondola Wheel. Hurricane's structure is shared with nearby Cornball Express for a small portion of the ride (the S-turn before the drop). This is the 1st out of 3 Roller Coasters at Indiana Beach. Hoosier Hurricane being the 1st, Cornball Express being the 2nd and the last being the Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain.