Saturday Night Thunder

Thursday/Saturday 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)
Release
Original 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. Retrieved 19 November 2009.

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Major Racing Series	NASCAR Formula One IndyCar CART Champ Car USAC IMSA IROC NHRA

Key figures	Bob Jenkins Larry Nuber Jerry Punch Marty Reid Paul Page Bob Varsha Dave Despain Todd Harris Ned Jarrett Benny Parsons Scott Goodyear Gary Gerould Dick Berggren Jack Arute Rusty Wallace Jamie Little Derek Daly David Hobbs Steve Chassey Larry Rice

Lore	Million Dollar Bill Death of Rich Vogler Kulwicki's Miracle Death of Ayrton Senna Schumacher-Hill Incident at Australia Mario's Last Ride Earnhardt-Labonte Duel at Bristol IndyCar vs the Indy 500 "It Hurt So Good!" The Pass Texas-Sized Argument: Luyendyk vs Foyt Gordon's Winston Million Schumacher-Villeneuve Incident at Jerez Hornaday vs Sprague Title Battle Earnhardt-Labonte Duel at Bristol II: Rattling His Cage Death of Greg Moore The Big One at Daytona: Bodine Takes a Wild Ride Spiderman: Helio Climbs the Fence Mr. "Restrictor Plate": Earnhardt's Final Victory Zanardi's Accident Five-Way Title Fight/Brack's Accident

Other	NASCAR on ESPN SpeedWeek RPM 2Night Saturday Night Thunder ABC Sports ESPN programs

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