Saturday Night Thunder
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| 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) |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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.
