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FORT WORTH, Texas (March 31, 2010) – This time Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage truly is going to have to put his money where his mouth is in regard to his $100,000 challenge to Terry Dorsey, host of the Dorsey Gang morning show on Dallas/Fort Worth country music radio station 96.3 KSCS.

Dorsey announced this morning on the show that he will indeed accept Gossage’s six-figure offer to legally change his name to TexasMotorSpeedway.com for one year and get a permanent TexasMotorSpeedway.com tattoo.

Dorsey, a member of the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame and the 2009 Academy of Country Music’s Disc Jockey of the Year, discussed the offer Tuesday evening with his wife – soon to be known as Mrs. TexasMotorSpeedway.com – and they agreed it was too lucrative to decline.

“It was my wife who convinced me to do it,” Dorsey said. “She said for the money Eddie was offering, it was something we couldn’t pass up.”

“I would have never thought in a million years he would have taken the offer,” Dorsey Gang co-host Hawkeye said.

Dorsey was ready to expedite the process and was planning to head to a courthouse in Tarrant County to begin the name-change process following the 10 a.m. CT conclusion of Wednesday’s show.

“After looking at all the comments on Facebook and news stories, there apparently were a lot less expensive deals out there for me to pursue,” Gossage said. “Well, I may have pushed this one a bit too far, but it’s time to man up. The check is prepared as is my speech to (Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman) Bruton Smith. Even if Bruton likes this promotion, he will probably tell me I could have got Dorsey for $50,000 or $75,000 in retrospect. Heck, I probably could have gotten Chad Johnson a.k.a Ocho Cinco for $100,000.”

Dorsey has to meet the obligations of Gossage’s challenge by Thursday, which includes him getting a permanent TexasMotorSpeedway.com tattoo in addition to the legal name change. Should Dorsey meet those two obligations by Thursday, Gossage is planning to officially present the check to him during pre-race festivities for the Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, April 18, at Texas Motor Speedway.

- Texas Motor Speedway, Press Release