Thursday Night Thunder
| Thursday Night Thunder | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Dave Despain Steve Chassey Larry Rice Gary Lee |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 to 2 hours (depends on Live or Tape Delay event) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ESPN (Saturday) and ESPN2 (Thursday) |
Saturday Night Thunder is a former ESPN program that showed USAC racing on Saturday nights. It began on Thursday nights with the name Thursday Night Thunder on ESPN2.[1] It featured tracks around the United States, although it frequently featured tracks in the Indianapolis area. Various racing series were televised, including Silver Crown, midget, and sprint cars.[2] The series witnessed drivers like Jeff Gordon's rise prior to moving to NASCAR.[3] It also saw the death of driver Rich Vogler.
During the summer of 1993, the program also featured the Fastmasters series.
References
- ^ McGee, Ryan. "Everyone but Jimmie Johnson". ESPN. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
- ^ The 25 Most Powerful Players in Indianapolis Auto Racing"17 Terry Lingner. Indianapolis Monthly. May 2001.
- ^ "Humble Beginnings". Stock Car Racing magazine. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
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