Fan Controlled NASCAR Series (Peanut’s World)

In Summer 2023, Fan Controlled Sports + Entertainment announces new partnerships with two major professional sports leagues, NASCAR and the PGA Tour’s new Golf League, to create new fan controlled versions of their respective sports, in addition to the announcement that Fan Controlled Hoops Season v1.0 would take place in Fall of 2023 at a new purpose-built venue in Las Vegas, Nevada and that Fan Controlled Football Season v3.0 would take place in Spring of 2024 at the same venue. The NASCAR partnership, simply titled “Fan Controlled NASCAR”, was announced during the July 29th-30th race weekend at Richmond Raceway at the NASCAR Midway Display as an at-track surprise during the sport’s “Thank You, Fans” 75th anniversary season marketing campaign. The NASCAR partnership would begin with a “short form event” during the South Point 400 Playoff weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just before the Cup race. The event would be a short 75-lap event that would involve the fans both at-track and at home calling race strategy and pit strategy for new race teams via the FCSE app. The teams would be owned by current Cup drivers, NASCAR legends, and celebrity NASCAR fans. The drivers would be an all-star selection of XFINITY Series, Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, and a few “special guest drivers” (which would be surprise drivers from IndyCar, Formula 1, NHRA, and the dirt racing world).
== Wendy’s Thx Fans 75 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) ==
In the weeks leading up to the race, race teams and owners were announced, with the fans designing paint schemes for the cars and drafting drivers and pit crews to their teams during a special Draft event the Wednesday evening before the race. The owners and drivers would be as follows:
-U Can’t C My Rainbows Motorsports (owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon, #9 driver Chase Elliott, and John Cena) #24 Brandt Chevrolet Camaro Driver: Justin Allgaier; Pit Crew: #24 Cup
-Chastain’s Melons Motor Club (owned by #1 driver Ross Chastain and comedian Bert Kreischer) #1 Worldwide Express Chevrolet Camaro Driver: Carson Hocevar; Pit Crew: #42 Truck
-God Bless America Racing (owned by #12 driver Ryan Blaney and comedian Kevin James) #32 General Tire Ford Mustang Driver: Frankie Muniz; Pit Crew: #20 XFINITY
-The Kulture Kar Klub (owned by #23 driver Bubba Wallace, Michael Jordan, Drake, and 50 Cent) #23 Dr. Pepper Toyota Supra Driver: Rajah Caruth; Pit Crew: #23 Cup
-World Class Racing (owned by Mario Andretti and actress Angie Harmon) #3 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet Camaro Driver: Daniel Ricciardo; Pit Crew: #4 Cup
-GOAT Racers Inc. (owned by Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Richard Petty, and Eric Church) #48 Peak Synthetic Motor Oil Ford Mustang Driver: John Force; Pit Crew: #9 Cup
-Speedy Neck Motorsports (owned by Joey Logano and Ryan Newman) #02 Menard’s Ford Mustang Driver: Josef Newgarden; Pit Crew; #22 Cup
-Dirt Outlawz Inc. (owned by Kyle Larson and Kasey Kahne) #49 Nos Energy Drink Toyota Supra Driver: Brad Sweet; Pit Crew: #5 Cup
Once the drivers and pit crews were drafted, practice and qualifying for the race was done simultaneously in a single 30-minute session Saturday morning. Here was the starting lineup for the Sunday morning race:
1st. #02 Josef Newgarden
2nd. #24 Justin Allgaier
3rd. #1 Carson Hocevar
4th. #23 Rajah Caruth
5th. #32 Frankie Muniz
6th. #3 Daniel Ricciardo
7th. #48 John Force
8th. #49 Brad Sweet
The race began at 11am Sunday morning, broadcasted on USA Network and live-streamed on Twitch. The race was highly competitive due to drivers trying very hard to win for their fans, plus the fans themselves trying unconventional strategies to get ahead of the competition. In the end, experienced XFINITY Series veteran Justin Allgaier won the race after a bold late call from the fans to stay out on old tires after the race went into NASCAR Overtime. The race ended up being a boom for NASCAR and FCSE due to heightened interest from the coveted 18-34 demographic and mainstream buzz surrounding the event. 
== Expansion of Fan Controlled NASCAR (2024-2026) ==
After the huge success of the Wendy’s Thx Fans 75 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Fall of 2023, NASCAR and FCSE announced that multiple Fan Controlled NASCAR events would take place in 2024. The events would take place at NASCAR’s biggest race weekends, including the Daytona 500, the Coca-Cola 600, the Brickyard 400, the Southern 500, the Chicago Street Race, the NASCAR All-Star Race at Rockingham Speedway, and the Tyson 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. These events would also end up being big successes for both NASCAR and FCSE as well as being highly competitive and well-called races. More drivers and teams would join the growing field for the races, which would lead to a 2025 single elimination tournament coinciding with the Cup Series’ summer stretch with new broadcast partner Amazon Prime. Former F1 World Champion Max Verstappen, driving the #1 Red Bull Honda Accord for his Red Bull Racing team (merged with Chastain’s Melons Motor Club in 2025), owned by AJ Allmendinger, Scott Speed, and Travis Pastrana with the #8 Cup pit crew in tow, now gone from F1 and having joined Fan Controlled NASCAR as the project’s first full driver, would win the tournament. The tournament would be an even bigger success than prior Fan Controlled NASCAR events due to streaming on Amazon Prime and Twitch, which would lead to a full season of the newly-coined Fan Controlled NASCAR Series in 2026 that would tour with the NASCAR Cup Series that would be streamed on Amazon Prime and Twitch. Former 7-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton who would now drive the #48 Puma Mercedes-Benz AMG GT for GOAT Racers Inc. with the #24 Cup pit crew in tow became the series’ inaugural champion, in large part due to Hamilton’s quick learning of the oval tracks and his prowess on traditional road courses and street courses.
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