As 2011 arrived, we switched the look of the front page. Social networking has become more popular and we wanted to incorporate that into what Short Track News already does. We now have a TWITTER feed, a FACEBOOK feed and our YOUTUBE channel is now posted for all to see.
The biggest addition in 2011 will be the creation of Short Track News Radio. We've wanted to do this for awhile and after gauging interest from hundreds of local race drivers, crew members and fans we feel the time is right to do it. In a nutshell what we will be doing is broadcasting an hour long show Monday nights during the off season on the internet. During the race season we will go 90 minutes or 2 hours. This show will cover local racing in the Midwest & Chicagoland area. Not only will our staff talk about local tracks and series in this area, but we will be able to have drivers, promoters and series owners call in and discuss things and be interviewed. We will also have a segment in the show where fans can call in as well.
We have also scheduled a second one hour show on a different night called "Remember When" that talks about racing in general. This will be a show that focuses more on the "good old days" of racing where we talk to not only former drivers but fans as well about old tracks no longer with us (Raceway Park/Santa Fe) anymore and stuff like the old ASA Series & ARTGO series. Local racing historian Stan Kalwasinski has agreed to help us in this area.
Both shows can be listened to live from our radio website. We will also have an archive section where you can go back and listen to old shows you have missed. We believe in this and really think positive things will come from this.
The shows will be hosted on BlogTalkRadio.com and you can go there and register for a account for free. Once there look up the show "Short Track News" and click the "FOLLOW" button on our page. This will send you E-mail updates when our shows will air and you can set your account up to get E-mail reminders. On this page you will also be able to go to the archive section for past shows. We will also have a open chat room to coincide with our live shows where viewers can go chat with each other and ask questions to be read on the air. Within a month of our first show we hope to start taking phone calls from guests.
Our weekly shows start Monday January 10th and will start at 8PM Central Time
Our "Remember When" show will debut later in 2011
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January 10th: Illiana/Grundy Official Tom White & RJ Scott from the CRA Series
January 17th: Illiana Late Model driver Shaun Wiltler & Illiana Street Stock driver Cheryl Hryn
January 24th: JEGS All Star Tour & Local Late Model drivers Blake Brown & Josh Nelms
January 31st: Grundy Late Model driver Ron Vandermeir & Grundy Pure Stock driver Ryan Hill
February 7th: ASA Midwest Promoter Steve Einhaus & Illiana/Grundy Late Model driver DJ Weltmeyer
February 14th: NASCAR Season Preview with Kelly Crandall from Speedway Media + listener phone calls
February 21st: Grundy/Illiana Late Model driver John Nutley & Illiana Street Stock driver Brian Kucaba
February 28th: Grundy Late Model driver Chris Cooling (show only 30 minutes due to technical problems)
March 7th: Part 2 of Chris Cooling interview plus Illiana Late Model driver Jack Kalwasinski
March 14th: Grundy Mid Am driver Bill Rud & Mike Lorz, Owner of Lorz Motorsports
March 21st: Midwest Racing Historian Stan Kalwasinski & Rockford Speedway Promoter Gregg McKarns
March 28th: Grundy Announcer/former driver Mike Turcol & Illiana Street Stock driver Matt Baikie
April 4th: Grundy Late Model driver Dave Gentile & Illiana Street Stock driver Eddie Wolf
April 11th: LaSalle Modified driver Tom Knippenberg & Illiana Late Model driver Mark Ross
April 18th: Illiana Street Stock driver Bill Serviss + Local season preview & listener phone calls
April 25th: Illiana Legends driver Ryan Moore & Steve Einhaus previewing the Joe Shear Classic
May 9th: Kankakee Speedway promoter Tom Smith & local Pure Stock driver Mike Jucius
May 16th: Grundy Mid Am driver Frank Slabenak & UMP Dirt Modified driver Steven Brooks
May 23rd: Illiana Late Model driver Phil Splant & Kankakee Modified driver Vince Cooper
