Dogecoin Foundation
A mock-up of what driver Josh Wise's car could look like at Talladega
There's going to be Dogecoin car at the Talladega this May.
The Dogecoin community has raised $50,000 to sponsor#98 Josh Wise's Ford at the annual Alabama megarace.
"We got the whole car, it's going to be doged out to the limit," Dogecoin Foundation reo Ben Doernberg told BI in an email.
From the Dogecoin community's release:
The fundraiser began when members of reddit's NASCAR community identified Josh Wise as an up-and-coming underdog driver in need of a sponsor. 8 days later, he now has the most wow sponsor in the history of NASCAR. "I can't thank the Dogecoin and reddit community enough for the support," said Wise, who drives for Phil Parsons Racing. "To the moon!"
Wise, 31, has been Tweeting about the news for the past 48 hours:
Amazing! RT @Niklbag: @Josh_Wise the dogecoin community has almost reached its goal. 55 million #dogecoins collected at this point.
- Josh Wise (@Josh_Wise) March 24, 2014
We are hours away from hitting our http://t.co/GYP1urWHST goal! #dogecoin @Josh_Wise
- somedoges (@bitcoinbegger) March 24, 2014
Wow. I have been flying back to Charlotte today and just landed to new that @dogecoin and the @reddit community raised enough $ to sponsor!
- Josh Wise (@Josh_Wise) March 25, 2014
Just a week ago this was only an idea and now it's a reality. So thankful for all the fans, @reddit community and @dogecoin for doing this??
- Josh Wise (@Josh_Wise) March 25, 2014
At $41.8 million, Dogecoin now enjoys one of the largest market caps of any digital currency in existence.