Type of site | NASCAR |
---|---|
Available in | English |
Owner |
NASCAR Digital Media Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk |
Created by | Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk |
URL |
www |
Commercial | yes |
Registration | None |
Launched | August 26, 1996 |
Current status | Active |
over 500,000 daily page views |
Jayski's Silly Season Site is a web site focusing primarily on NASCAR news and rumors. The website was founded by Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk in 1996 (who was a fan of Mark Donohue) after he had difficulty finding news regarding the Melling Racing team, and subsequently worked to get all NASCAR news grouped together on the site. [1] The site was purchased from Adamczyk by ESPN in 2007; after ESPN shut the site down in January 2019, Adamczyk reacquired the rights to Jayski-related properties in April 2019 and rolled out a limited version of the new website with a full launch occurring on May 13, 2019.
The name for Jayski's Silly Season Site is a reference to the midpoint of the NASCAR season when rumors within the sport most often circulate. [2] The main feature of the site is a "News and Rumors" page for the major three NASCAR series. [3] The sites also hosts pictures of the paint schemes used by teams throughout that year, television schedules and tributes to deceased drivers. [4] The site also lists series statistics and external links to teams and drivers. [5]
Adamczyk created the site in 1996 and used his moniker from his time in the military, Jayski, to brand the site. [4] On December 3, 1999, [6] Adamczyk quit his job as a computer programmer for the Federal Aviation Administration to work on the site full-time. [7] [8] Two years later, Jayski's content began to be featured on Knight Ridder's racing website, That's Racin'. [7] That freed Adamczyk from several business commitments (such as advertising), [9] and enabled him to focus solely on creating content, [9] and hosting external links to newspaper and magazine stories on the NASCAR world. [6] [7] In January 2004, sports network ESPN began to host Jayski. [6]
In early April 2007, as part of its renewed interest in NASCAR following re-acquisition of broadcasting rights, ESPN purchased Jayski.com. [10] [11] Jayski underwent a stylistic overhaul in August 2009. [4] The site was redesigned in early 2017, becoming part of ESPN.com, [12] but Adamczyk continues to operate the site on a daily basis with a staff of two.
Jayski's Silly Season Site was featured in Time's The 50 Best Websites of 2011. [13] Jayski ran a podcast until 2013. [14] [15] Adamzcyk had later expanded the Jayski staff to include two other employees to compile information about NASCAR. [16]
On January 28, 2019, ESPN ceased operations of Jayski. [17] The move was part of a wider exodus from NASCAR for ESPN, which also let go of reporters Ricky Craven and Bob Pockrass over the 2019 offseason. [18] Many within the NASCAR community expressed gratitude for the two-plus decades that Jayski ran online. [19]
The domain of jayski.com was acquired back from ESPN in April 2019, and a partial site was rolled out while the search for a new web host partner began. [20] A full site, now hosted by NASCAR Digital Media, was revealed on May 12, 2019. [21]
Type of site | NASCAR |
---|---|
Available in | English |
Owner |
NASCAR Digital Media Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk |
Created by | Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk |
URL |
www |
Commercial | yes |
Registration | None |
Launched | August 26, 1996 |
Current status | Active |
over 500,000 daily page views |
Jayski's Silly Season Site is a web site focusing primarily on NASCAR news and rumors. The website was founded by Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk in 1996 (who was a fan of Mark Donohue) after he had difficulty finding news regarding the Melling Racing team, and subsequently worked to get all NASCAR news grouped together on the site. [1] The site was purchased from Adamczyk by ESPN in 2007; after ESPN shut the site down in January 2019, Adamczyk reacquired the rights to Jayski-related properties in April 2019 and rolled out a limited version of the new website with a full launch occurring on May 13, 2019.
The name for Jayski's Silly Season Site is a reference to the midpoint of the NASCAR season when rumors within the sport most often circulate. [2] The main feature of the site is a "News and Rumors" page for the major three NASCAR series. [3] The sites also hosts pictures of the paint schemes used by teams throughout that year, television schedules and tributes to deceased drivers. [4] The site also lists series statistics and external links to teams and drivers. [5]
Adamczyk created the site in 1996 and used his moniker from his time in the military, Jayski, to brand the site. [4] On December 3, 1999, [6] Adamczyk quit his job as a computer programmer for the Federal Aviation Administration to work on the site full-time. [7] [8] Two years later, Jayski's content began to be featured on Knight Ridder's racing website, That's Racin'. [7] That freed Adamczyk from several business commitments (such as advertising), [9] and enabled him to focus solely on creating content, [9] and hosting external links to newspaper and magazine stories on the NASCAR world. [6] [7] In January 2004, sports network ESPN began to host Jayski. [6]
In early April 2007, as part of its renewed interest in NASCAR following re-acquisition of broadcasting rights, ESPN purchased Jayski.com. [10] [11] Jayski underwent a stylistic overhaul in August 2009. [4] The site was redesigned in early 2017, becoming part of ESPN.com, [12] but Adamczyk continues to operate the site on a daily basis with a staff of two.
Jayski's Silly Season Site was featured in Time's The 50 Best Websites of 2011. [13] Jayski ran a podcast until 2013. [14] [15] Adamzcyk had later expanded the Jayski staff to include two other employees to compile information about NASCAR. [16]
On January 28, 2019, ESPN ceased operations of Jayski. [17] The move was part of a wider exodus from NASCAR for ESPN, which also let go of reporters Ricky Craven and Bob Pockrass over the 2019 offseason. [18] Many within the NASCAR community expressed gratitude for the two-plus decades that Jayski ran online. [19]
The domain of jayski.com was acquired back from ESPN in April 2019, and a partial site was rolled out while the search for a new web host partner began. [20] A full site, now hosted by NASCAR Digital Media, was revealed on May 12, 2019. [21]