Jayski's Silly Season Site Explained

Jayski's Silly Season Site
Commercial:yes
Type:NASCAR
Language:English
Registration:None
Owner:NASCAR Digital Media
Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk
Author:Jay "Jayski" Adamczyk
Launch Date:August 26, 1996
Footnotes:over 500,000 daily page views
Current Status:Active

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.

Website

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]

History

Adamczyk created the site in 1996 and used his moniker from his time in the military, Jayski, to brand the site. 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), and enabled him to focus solely on creating content,[9] and hosting external links to newspaper and magazine stories on the NASCAR world. 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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sigala Jr.. Sal. Jay Adamcyzk (a.k.a. Jayski): Congratulations On a Job Well Done. bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report, Inc.. July 25, 2009. July 25, 2009.
  2. News: Jayski.com grows with NASCAR – A relaxing day leads to a one-man empire. Mosher. Geoff. September 25, 2005. The News Journal. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20051214192315/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20050925%2FSPORTS06%2F509250310%2F1002%2FNEWS. December 14, 2005. dead.
  3. Web site: Jayski Named Grand Marshal for ARCA Race. www.charlottemotorspeedway.com. 2018-04-14. 2018-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190337/http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/fans/news/643214.html. dead.
  4. News: Jayski.com updates look HeraldNet.com. 2009-07-24. HeraldNet.com. 2018-04-14. en-US.
  5. Web site: jayski.com website - server info, stats, DNS, IP, popular keywords - siteencyclopedia.com Websites. www.siteencyclopedia.com. 2018-04-14.
  6. News: With Web site, quiet outsider emerges as racing insider. Rosewater. Rose. February 16, 2005. USA Today. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20051130132003/http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/sports/20050218/sbsjayski18.art.htm. November 30, 2005. 6F.
  7. News: South Jersey fan has site to behold. Fleischman. Bill. October 9, 2003. Philadelphia Daily News. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20031011043903/http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/sports/6968431.htm. October 11, 2003. dead.
  8. News: A fan's information superspeedway. Herrin. Rick. November 3, 2005. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20060718014026/http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/motorsports/nascar/races/texas/13069665.htm. July 18, 2006. dead.
  9. News: Fan's race site has Net effect. Levine. Al. May 30, 2003. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20030605081028/http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/0503/30jayski.html. June 5, 2003. dead.
  10. News: ESPN Buys Jayski.com. Multichannel. 2018-04-14. en-us.
  11. Web site: ESPN Acquires NASCAR Fan Site Jayski. Kaplan. David. 2007-04-02. gigaom.com. en-US. 2018-04-14.
  12. Web site: February 2017 – The Driver Suit Blog. thedriversuitblog.com. en. 2018-04-14.
  13. Web site: The 50 Best Websites of 2011 – Jayski's Silly Season Site. McCracken. Harry. August 16, 2011. Time. https://web.archive.org/web/20110923154820/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2087815_2087855_2087865,00.html. September 23, 2011. dead. February 3, 2019.
  14. Web site: Listen to ESPN.com: The Jayski Podcast on TuneIn. TuneIn. en-us. 2018-04-14.
  15. Web site: ESPN: The Jayski Podcast. www.podbean.com. en. 2018-04-14.
  16. Web site: Caldwell . Dave . Yet Another NASCAR Tradition Seems To Have Run Its Course . . 13 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Niehaus . Matt . Jayski Closes Down Website: A Remembrance . ApexOff . 13 May 2019 . 13 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513014027/http://www.apexoff.com/2019/01/28/jayski-nascar-closes-website-piece-of-childhood-died/ . dead .
  18. Web site: Vining . Daniel . Jayski Bids Farewell After 22 Year Run That Helped Shape Motorsports Journalism Online . Pixelated Speed . 13 May 2019 . 13 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190513014032/http://www.pixelatedspeed.com/2019/02/jayski-bids-farewell.html . dead .
  19. Web site: Epley . Justin . COLUMN: Jayski changed the game for race fans . . 13 May 2019.
  20. jayski . 1118548704082968577 . 17 April 2019 . Several new news items added to http://jayski.com/ today because I (Scott) am a creature of habit and love update the site, even if the current one is temporary..
  21. jayski . 1127681098891313153 . 11 May 2019 . Since we are still pushing forward on the new website, one more "sneak peak". A little slice off the new main page of the site. Working on a mid-day launch tomorrow..

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