Free Blogs From Thunder Lounge
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 1:39pm EST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thunder Lounge Uniting Fans With Free Blogs
Contact: Luke Poland
Email: http://thunderlounge.com/contact/
URL: http://thunderlounge.com/blogs/
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX (December 31st, 2006) – Local racing attraction at Texas Motor Speedway expands online efforts to improve fan experience.
Thunder Lounge has been a staple of entertainment in the Texas Motor Speedway infield for years. Having been featured in many articles, including from the Star Telegram, fans of Thunder Lounge have been left with waiting between events to continue their experience.
Thunder Lounge revamped their website last May, http://thunderlounge.com, to begin to bring a continuation of that experience once fans depart from the track. Since the relaunch in May of 2006, their website is fast becoming a staple for fans to get an alternative opinion on today’s NASCAR topics.
“One of the neatest things about Thunder Lounge at the track is that it is purely one giant Mardi Gras style partyâ€, says Luke Poland, the online content manager and one of the network administrators for Thunder Lounge. “The experience is something that can not be provided elsewhere, and sticks in the minds of fans once leaving the track.â€
With that in mind Thunder Lounge will continue to expand in 2007 by forging an online peer to peer interactive sports community through the offering of free blogs which will run the infamous WordPress blogging software (http://wordpress.org).
“In an effort to keep the spirit of Thunder Lounge alive and well, we have devoted a lot of resources and time to bring that same spirit to our online activities as well. Offering NASCAR fans, racing fans, and sports fans in general the opportunity to tell their stories and voice their opinion will further enable us to give our fans the opportunity to interact away from the track, and give them the ability to keep the party going,†continued Luke.
The Thunder Lounge Network is a new online service founded by a group of passionate NASCAR fans. Members of the Thunder Lounge team have created and managed some other large communities on the Internet over the last eight years, with some of their team having been involved in writing and producing open-source software for the better part of the decade. With the collective experience and knowledge acquired running these sites, they set out to develop a next-generation Internet community and social networking service for racing and sports fans all over the world.
While Thunder Lounge is NASCAR at its roots and in its heart, that doesn’t mean only NASCAR fans should register and use the site. With users getting their own domain name ( UserName.thunderlounge.com ), almost anyone can theme their site to fit their agenda. Thunder Lounge is open to anyone wishing to blog, provided they are blogging responsibly. With the use of currently available technology, Thunder Lounge also provides their bloggers advanced protection from spammers. In addition, the Thunder Lounge Network is monitored for any bad neighbors who may be using the service with malicious intent (sploggers, etc).
Thunder Lounge can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://thunderlounge.com to learn more, or at http://thunderlounge.com/blogs/ for direct blog information.
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Oh great! Just what I needed more competition within
the racing blogosphere.
This should drop me down to around # 3,694,143 in
the pecking order!
But congrats and good luck with the new project
anyway.
Now excuse me while I dream up some fantastical
rumor to suck some of your potential “customers”
away.
marc said this on January 3rd, 2007 at 8:12 am
You’re so crazy Marc.
I wouldn’t say it’s competition, just bringing more friends to the party.
You know, there’s strength in numbers. Along with that comes a lot of fun too. Should be a blast. Once it’s rolling along we’ll be adding in a support forum, contests, and all kinds of stuff. Should be a good time.
I am feeling for you Marc, because it will drop me down to 3,694,142 in the pecking order.
Hey at least we were both rated above ESPN once upon a time.
We are all going down anyway. Jr.’s offering the same thing…
Good Luck Luke!!
Clance' said this on January 6th, 2007 at 11:00 am
You know Clance, that rating above ESPN might not be something that’s in the past for long. Did you read Marc’s rant on it? All I can say on it is FTFF, and I don’t mean Free Flying Turkey Flock either.