ESPN and NASCAR Site Jayski.com

In April 2007, ESPN acquired Jayski.com– one of the top NASCAR information sites on the Internet. Jay Adamczyk, (“Jayski”), who started the site in 1996, continues to operate Jayski.com, which counts top NASCAR crew chiefs, drivers and owners among its regular visitors. The site has experienced tremendous growth in the past three years and is now considered one of the most influential Web sites in the motorsports world. Jayski has gained a reputation for consistently breaking industry stories and serving as the ultimate resource and trackside companion for NASCAR fans. Jayski.com is an independent voice on ESPN.com and complements the site’s revamped NASCAR editorial section, providing NASCAR fans with the most comprehensive coverage of the sport on the Internet.

“Jayski.com is, day in and day out one of the most distinctive, authoritative voices for NASCAR fans online,” said John Kosner, senior vice president and general manager, ESPN New Media. “Few developments for ESPN are more exciting than getting back into NASCAR, and doing so with one of the most dialed-in NASCAR insiders in the business – Jay’s fan perspective influences everything he writes; he’s a must-read for any serious NASCAR enthusiast.”

Jayski.com’s relationship with ESPN dates to 2004, when ESPN began hosting the Web site. Adamczyk and partner Mark Garrow are contributors for NASCAR coverage across all ESPN media – including on-air, online and radio and podcasting.

“I am proud to be associated with ESPN, especially as they expand their role in NASCAR,” Adamczyk said. “I’ll still be running the site, but with the support of ESPN, we’ll have the resources to grow Jayski.com to serve NASCAR fans even better than it already does.”

Jayski.com features more than 1,500 pages of content on NASCAR Nextel Cup, the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series. Some of the most popular features of the site include Jayski’s NASCAR News and Rumors, Team Pages and the Jayski Paint Scheme section. ESPN.com’s core NASCAR news, information and feature coverage is anchored by award-winning writers Terry Blount and David Newton, with contributions from Rusty Wallace, Marty Smith and Angelique Chengelis.

About Jay Adamczyk, a.k.a. “Jayski”
Jayski.com was born in 1996 when Adamczyk found that, as a NASCAR fan, there was precious little information on the Internet about his favorite drivers, teams, owners and crews. Adamczyk took his old Air Force nickname – Jayski – and turned it into one of the most recognizable names in the NASCAR community. The site, which began as a class project for the Federal Aviation Administration programmer, eventually became so time-consuming that he made it his full-time job in Dec. 1999.

About NASCAR on ESPN:
ESPN and ESPN on ABC will have comprehensive, multi-platform coverage featuring telecasts of the final 17 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races including the 10-race “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup” championship on ESPN on ABC. Additionally, ESPN2 will be the home of the NASCAR Busch Series all season. For the first time in the history of televised motorsports, all programming will be produced totally in High Definition. ESPN’s comprehensive, multimedia NASCAR coverage will extend to ESPN.com, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes Radio, SportsCenter, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio, ESPN360.com and ESPN International, among other ESPN platforms. ESPN aired 262 NASCAR Cup Races over a 20-year period starting in 1981. The network's award-winning, live flag-to-flag coverage on ESPN was honored with 17 Sports Emmy Awards, as well as many industry honors. It is widely credited for helping to popularize the sport nationwide. NASCAR races have appeared on ABC for decades, beginning with broadcasts on the award-winning Wide World of Sports program in the 1960s.

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