{"id":1774741,"date":"2022-12-14T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774741"},"modified":"2022-12-14T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:50:34","slug":"srx-racing-partners-with-espn-for-return-of-thursday-night-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/srx-racing-partners-with-espn-for-return-of-thursday-night-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"SRX Racing Partners With ESPN for Return of Thursday Night Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsrx-racing-partners-with-espn-for-return-of-thursday-night-thunder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) announced a new multi-year media deal with ESPN to bring back Thursday Night Thunder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1223\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX.png 1223w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX-768x280-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX-750x274-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX-1200x438-1.png 1200w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superstar Racing Experience at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are unfamiliar with SRX the series was founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and The Montag Group, and former NASCAR COO George Pyne. The series races at six short tracks across the United States and features a number of NASCAR and IndyCar legends including Bill Elliott, Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Tony Kanaan, Bobby Labonte, Marco Andretti, Josef Newgarden, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Helio Castoneves.<\/p>\n<p>It also features up and comers in the sport as well as those at the top of their game such as Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Ernie Francis Jr., and Hailie Deegan. One of the unique aspects of the series is it allows those at the top of the short track game in various disciplines to either race their way in or get voted in via a fan poll. Last year, the race at Stafford Motor Speedway featured the best Tour Type Modified driver in Matt Hirschman while the race at Five Flags featured one of the best in Super Late Model racing in Bubba Pollard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1.png 1225w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1-768x376-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1-750x367-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX1-1200x588-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helio Castroneves and Tony Kanaan at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/alex-bowman-addresses-speculation-that-jimmie-johnson-will-take-the-no-48\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Bowman Addresses Speculation That Jimmie Johnson Will Take The No. 48<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the summer of 2023, SRX races will be broadcast on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN app.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release from SRX and ESPN, Thursday Night Thunder originally launched on ESPN back in the 1980s and featured drivers like Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon before they became the NASCAR legends they are today.<\/p>\n<p>The program originally launched on ESPN2 and featured a number of dirt and paved oval tracks across the United States especially tracks around the Indianapolis area. It highlighted a number of different racing series including Silver Crown, midget, and sprint cars. It eventually transitioned to Saturday night and became Saturday Night Thunder.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1226\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3-768x376-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3-750x368-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX3-1200x588-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superstar Racing Experience at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stewart, the co-founder of SRX and the 2021 SRX Champion is excited by the deal and the return to Thursday night, \u201cThursday Night Thunder is where guys like me, who were just starting our careers in USAC, got the chance to make a name for ourselves because of its presence on ESPN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt\u2019s great to see Thursday Night Thunder return, but to also be a part of it all over again with SRX.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1231\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart.png 1231w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart-768x386-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart-750x377-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tony-Stewart-1200x603-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Stewart via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/11\/nascar-rumored-to-remove-stage-break-cautions-during-road-course-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Rumored To Remove Stage Break Cautions During Road Course Races<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SRX CEO Don Hawk also stated, \u201cWhen we had the opportunity to pitch the concept of Thursday Night Thunder on ESPN, it was my firm belief this would be another disruptive and monumental moment in SRX and racing history \u2013 reuniting race fans with ESPN on short tracks with Superstar drivers all across the U.S. for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThursday Night Thunder is where I met Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. A relationship between SRX and ESPN seemed like the right fit at the perfect time, and I couldn\u2019t be more excited for this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1226\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2-768x377-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2-750x368-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX2-1200x589-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chase Elliott at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SRX\u2019s six race 2023 season begins on Thursday, July 13th and will continue in consecutive weeks until it wraps up on Thursday, August 17th. Race locations and drivers are expected to be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 SRX traveled to Stafford Motor Speedway, Knoxville Raceway, Eldora Speedway, Lucas Oil Raceway, Slinger Speedway, and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, they went to Five Flags Speedway, South Boston Speedway, Stafford Motor Speedway, Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, and Sharon Speedway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1226\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby-768x387-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby-750x377-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Doug-Coby-1200x604-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Coby at Stafford Motor Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the series\u2019 first two seasons it was broadcast on Saturday nights on CBS. In the first season, it averaged 1.27 million viewers per race. It\u2019s highest viewership came at Eldora Speedway on June 26th where it posted 1.38 million viewers. It\u2019s lowest rated race was at the Lucas Oil Raceway on July 3rd. Only 1.05 million people tuned it to that one.<\/p>\n<p>This past season viewership dipped to an average of 1.002 million viewers per race. It\u2019s highest viewership came in the final two races at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 and Sharon Speedway where it posted viewership of 1.06 million at both races. It\u2019s lowest viewership came at the season opener at Five Flags Speedway with only 950,000 people tuning in.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7655\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1223\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4.png 1223w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4-768x382-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4-750x373-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SRX4-1200x598-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superstar Racing Experience at Stafford Motor Speedway via Superstar Racing Experience YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of this new deal to bring SRX to ESPN and Thursday nights?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/12\/dale-earnhardt-jr-gives-high-praise-to-xfinity-series-driver-josh-berry-a-cup-champion-waiting-for-a-cup-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dale Earnhardt Jr. Gives High Praise To Xfinity Series Driver Josh Berry: \u201cA Cup Champion Waiting For A Cup Owner\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) announced a new multi-year media deal with ESPN to bring back Thursday Night Thunder. 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