The Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG) was a sanctioning body for an American off-road racing

Off-road racing

Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles compete in races through off-road environments.-North America:...

 series that took place inside stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

s. Some events were televised, including on TNN

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

 and ESPN. http://www.dohertymotorsports.com/albumpersonal.htm

History

Thompson raced desert trucks in the SCORE International

SCORE International

SCORE International is an off-road sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing and is famous for its flagship event, the Baja 1000 as well as the Baja 500 and San Felipe 250. SCORE races are held in United States and Mexico...

 series. Thompson said that he was seen "by nothing but cactus and jackrabbits." http://www.off-road.com/rock/feature/ds_2_for_the_show/ 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

Mickey Thompson

Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson was an American off-road racing legend. He won many championships as a racer, and later formed sanctioning bodies SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . He also raced in dragsters and land speed record automobiles.Thompson was born in Alhambra,...

 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.

Bankruptcy case

The bankruptcy case was reopened in 2001. The corporate management, including Mickey Thompson's son Danny Thompson

Danny Thompson (racer)

Danny P. Thompson is an American race car driver and the son of motorsports legend Mickey Thompson.He began his career at age 9, winning his first quarter-midget championship one year later. He moved on to motocross and Formula Atlantic cars in his teens, before graduating to sprint cars and...

 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. http://www.justiceontrial.org/articles/prophecy.htm

List of stadium series champions

• 1983 - Ivan Stewart
  Ivan Stewart
  Ivan "Ironman" Stewart is an off road racing driver.-Racing career:In 1973, Ivan was scheduled to co-drive in the Ensenada 300 in a Class 1-2 buggy. His co-driver broke his leg, so Stewart drove the car, and won the race. After some wins under his belt, he joined Toyota factory team in 1983 for...
  
  
• 1984 - Ivan Stewart
• 1985 - Roger Mears
  Roger Mears
  Roger Mears , is a former off-road driver who also drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1978-1984 seasons, with 31 combined career starts, and started in the 1982 and 1983 Indianapolis 500...
  
  
• 1986 - Steve Millen
  Steve Millen
  Steve Millen was a New Zealand IMSA racecar driver. In the 1970s and 1980s, Millen raced in hillclimbing and Formula Ford before doing stadium off-road racing in the United States in the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . He then began sports car racing, winning numerous championships in IMSA...
  
  
• 1987 - Jeff Huber
• 1988 - Steve Millen
• 1989 - Robby Gordon
  Robby Gordon
  Robert W. "Robby" Gordon is an American racecar driver who currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as an owner-driver, driving the No. 7 Speed Energy Dodge Charger for Robby Gordon Motorsports, and also competes part-time in the Nationwide Series...
  
  
• 1990 - Ivan Stewart
• 1991 - Walker Evans
  Walker Evans (racer)
  Roger Walker Evans is an Off-road Motorsports Hall of Famer . He was also a driver and owner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Walker Evans is nicknamed "the Legend". Walker is the father of off-road racer Evan Evans...
  
  
• 1992 - Rod Millen
  Rod Millen
  Rodney K. "Rod" Millen is a racing competitor, vehicle designer, and business owner. He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rally racing, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.-Personal life:...
  
  
• 1993 - Rod Millen
• 1994 - Rod Millen

Other notable drivers

• Evan Evans
  Evan Evans (racer)
  Evan Walker Evans is an American off-road racer. He raced in the Championship Off-Road Racing series. He has been the champion in the series despite racing using hand controls since he is a paraplegic...
  
   - stadium series
• Jimmie Johnson
  Jimmie Johnson
  Jimmie Kenneth Johnson is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports....
  
   - stadium series
• Rob MacCachren
  Rob MacCachren
  Rob MacCachren is an American off-road racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. He raced the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series early in his career and went on to win championships in Championship Off-Road Racing , SCORE International, SODA, and Best in the Desert...
  
   - stadium series
• Casey Mears
  Casey Mears
  Casey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
  
  - stadium series