Not only did they play a joke...a whole lot of media types bought it...hook, line and sinker.
Gossage, the president of Texas Motor Speedway and Dallas DJ Terry Dorsey of KSCS-FM radio played off of each other and claimed that the Speedway would pay Dorsey $100,000 to legally change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com.
Really, I'm not sure that I can explain the set up other than Gossage posted something on his Facebook page about it and Dorsey spoke of it on the air...the rest, kind of took a life of its own.
One of the early buyers on the story...the 4-letter...Check out the story RIGHT HERE
((Terry Dorsey laughs//Courtesy: KSCS Radio))
If you read the story, they reported on this as legit, though they did have some questions about it, harkening back to a series of April fool's stunts that both have pulled. If you have a minute, do a Google search on the story. ESPN pulled the original story posted by their ESPNDallas blogger Terry Blount.
However, FOX News didn't pull theirs. Check it out RIGHT HERE...bwahahahaha!
For that matter, it is still on the NBCDFW.com website...RIGHT HERE
We aren't sure what is funnier here. The fact that Dorsey and Gossage went to some length to play the gag or the fact that so many people bought it that they had to issue an official apology. Either way...we laugh, at the duo for their creativity and we laugh at our so-called peers who didn't read between the lines.
Since there doesn't seem to be a TV story on...the story, enjoy an old interview that Gossage did on KCSC back in 2008. Thanks You Tube:
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