Dogecoin and NASCAR Meet in Talladega

Dogecoin and NASCAR Meet in Talladega

May the Fourth be with Josh Wise and Dogecoin at Talladega this Sunday. With enough uprockets this new shibe might make it to the moon. The engines start at 1:00pm in Alabama. Josh Wise will be starting in the 36th position. Josh Wise needed a sponsor, and he got one from an unexpected place. The DogeCoin community on Reddit, and to the tune of about 70 million doge (worth around $55,000 at the time in less than a week). Josh Wise will be driving a Ford like no other, complete with a Shiba Inu on the rear bumper, rockets on the sides and a huge dogecoin symbol on the hood. So wow. The....


Related News

The Doge4Nascar Dogecar is Ready for Talladega

The front of the Dogecar. May 4th, the day the Dogecar debuts at the Aaron's 499 race in Talladega, is just a week away! For those of you who need a backstory, Josh Wise, a NASCAR driver, will be competing at the Talladega Superspeedway. The Dogecoin community raised $55,000 in Dogecoin to sponsor Wise. Wise's car, dubbed the 'Dogecar', will race with a custom Dogecoin-inspired wrap. The Dogecoin community has been rapidly making preparations, from preparing Dogecoin paper wallets to hand out at the race to rapidly voting for Wise to compete in two more races. Dogecoin Community's....

Dogecar will be racing at Talladega

The original Doge meme. Dogecoin currently has the fifth largest market cap out of all the cryptocurrencies, valued at approximately $39 million. The Doge community has been putting this value to good use. Shibes have become known for their kindness: they have completed many charity projects, including raising $25,000 worth of Dogecoin to send the Jamaican bobsled team to the Sochi Olympics, over $20,000 worth to build two water taps for Kenyan communities, and over $6,500 worth to pay back stolen funds to fellow Shibes following the hacking of a popular online wallet. Users of Dogecoin....

Josh Wise and the Dogecar Look to Shake Chase up at Talladega

The Josh Wise-helmed Dogecar will make its third and final appearance on the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit in Sunday's Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Wise hopes to improve upon last week's subpar performance at the track where multi-car wrecks are commonplace, and the only sure thing is a wild finish. Also Read: CCN Interviews Dogecar Driver Josh Wise. The Return of the Dogecar. On Sunday, NASCAR will descend on Talladega Superspeedway for the Geico 500. The Chase for the Cup-NASCAR's championship playoff-is just heating up, and all eyes are on perennial favorites Jimmie Johnson,....

Dogecar Driver Josh Wise Places 28th at Talladega

NASCAR driver Josh Wise once again drove the Dogecoin-sponsored "Dogecar" in Sunday's Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Despite having a strong car for most of the race, Wise was unable to emerge with a finish as Shibes were hoping he would. Nevertheless, the race was a great marketing event for Dogecoin and Shibes should forward to partnering with Wise to sponsor the Dogecar in 2015. Also Read: Josh Wise and the Dogecar Look to Shake Chase up at Talladega. Sunday's race marked the Dogecar's fourth race in 2014. Although most NASCAR fans were fixated on the drama involving championship....

Doge4NASCAR Succeeds In Raising 67.8M DOGE To Sponsor Josh Wise At Talladega

Talladogea, here we come! (Official press release). Reddit and Dogecoin will soon be careening through countless left turns alongside NASCAR #98 driver Josh Wise in this spring's race at Talladega. The initiative to raise $50,000 began when members of reddit's NASCAR community identified Josh Wise as a talented underdog(e) in need of a sponsor. The Dogecoin community had just finished up their Doge4Water fundraiser, and the idea of a car painted with a doge racing through Talladega picked up traction. Some said $50,000 was too much money for humble Shibes to crowd-fund, especially coming....