Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group

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The Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG) was a sanctioning body for an American off-road racing series that took place inside stadiums. Some events were televised, including on TNN and ESPN. [1]

1 History
2 Bankruptcy case
3 List of stadium series champions
4 Other notable drivers
5 References

[edit] History

Thompson raced desert trucks in the SCORE International series. Thompson said that he was seen "by nothing but cactus and jackrabbits." [2] He reasoned that he needed to bring the excitement of desert racing to a wider audience.

The body and series were established by Mickey Thompson in 1979. The first event was held in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The body also sanctioned motorcycle races called Supercross. The stadium series survived Thompson's 1988 murder. The body went bankrupt in 1996.

[edit] Bankruptcy case

The bankruptcy case was reopened in 2001. The corporate management, including Mickey Thompson's son Danny Thompson and Mickey Thompson's sister Colleen Campbell, were accused of financial improprieties by Micheal Goodwin, the man convicted of Mickey Thompson's murder. They allegedly failed to list Anaheim Stadium and Supercross business assets on the bankruptcy schedules. The charges were dismissed in 2002. [3]