TMS’ Gossage admits name change offer an April Fools gag
2 Comments Published March 31st, 2010 in NASCAR News
A $100,000 offer from Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage to a radio personality to change his name to promote the track was a hoax, Gossage said Wednesday.
Gossage and TMS officials sent out an official release Wednesday on speedway letterhead saying Dallas DJ Terry Dorsey had accepted Gossage’s offer of $100,000 to legally change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com.
Media outlets across the country ran the story before Gossage admitted it was a fake, intended as an April Fool’s joke.
“We meant no malice,” Gossage said Wednesday. “This started when the radio station [KSCS 96.3-FM] asked us if we would play along. We thought it would only be a radio promotion and that would be it. But it kind of caught fire and grew into something we didn’t expect.”
Somebody should tell him that they bought 20 of the most expensive tickets to the track…. and then just tell him April Fools….
Gossage has been a total embarassment to the sport for a long time. He’s a loud-mouth crack-pot, always inserting his own foot in his mouth.