Originally Posted by mtek56:
I would resurrect "Thursday Night Thunder". I'd do it on the dirt at the burg. I'd buy TV time on speed or espn. Bring back Bob Jenkins and put Robin Miller on as pit reporter.(sure to stir it up) show highlights of non wing action. Have Usac or MSCS sanction. Pay $10,000 to win $1000 start the A $2000 win the B, all non transfers $500 Noqualifications. Passing points, pill draw. 2 sets of heats,inverted. Run a B and A. 50 car max field. Pay cleanup crew for accidents. Get Tony , Gordon , and others involved. Set up a 1/2 hour Thunder pre show with all the old greats like Superduke, Butch Wlilkerson, etc and promote the hell out of the best racing in this country. Hopefully the exposure would bring sponsor dollars and the purse would go up up and up. New fans would flock to our tracks and we here at IOW would comment how Bloomington,Gas City,Kokomo and Haubstaut have grown to accomodate 10,000 fans for there weekly programs.
Heck with ESPN or Speed. Id create my own channel I would be a six hour channel five days a week. All short track racing, Sprint, LM's and Supers. Thered be One hour of a pre show that I'd hire the TTD.com team to hold along with a couple well known and respected annoncers/columnist.
When possible Id have live racing. But Id have a couple crews out every weekend to at least have three or four same week showings of previous weekens racing.
It could be expanded but it wouldn't be based on sponsorship alone and filled with a bunch of soap opera and ficticious sports. THE SHORT TRACK CHANNEL! COMMING WHEN I HIT THE LOTTERY!
Chuck, who don't play but can dream pretty good.