Vibrant Dogecoin Community Does Not Translate Into On-the-Ground Support for Josh Wise

Vibrant Dogecoin Community Does Not Translate Into On-the-Ground Support for Josh Wise

Photo by Tom Wilmoth. The Dogecoin community leveraged its vibrant online community to vote little-known NASCAR driver Josh Wise into the sport's All-Star race. Unfortunately, this online support did not have a comparable on-the-ground counterpart. Dogecoin Votes Josh Wise into NASCAR All-Star Race. NASCAR is an expensive sport, so it is dominated by drivers who belong to wealthy teams like Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing, who can command as much as $400,000 in sponsorship for one race. Josh Wise drives for Phil Parsons Racing, a small, independent team which struggles to get....


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