{"id":18145,"date":"2018-03-06T21:15:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T02:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=18145"},"modified":"2018-03-06T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T02:15:16","slug":"kevin-harvick-denny-hamlin-and-darrell-waltrip-funding-go-fas-racing-at-phoneix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2018\/03\/06\/kevin-harvick-denny-hamlin-and-darrell-waltrip-funding-go-fas-racing-at-phoneix\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Darrell Waltrip funding Go Fas Racing at Phoneix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/mattdibenedetto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/mattdibenedetto.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/mattdibenedetto-592x418.jpg 592w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2018\/03\/mattdibenedetto-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While they may not always act like it on the track, the NASCAR community is repetitively close knit.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday driver Matt DiBenedetto made a plea via social media for funding for Go Fas Racing that would help them run at the Phoenix based ISM Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>It took only a matter of minutes before drivers Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick kicked in $5,000 each. They were joined by Darrell Waltrip who committed another $5,000 though his &#8220;Boogity Brands&#8221; and suddenly it appears that the No. 32 Ford will be on the track again this weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey guys!<\/p>\n<p>We hate doing this, but we are UNSPONSORED as of right now for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISMRaceway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ISMRaceway<\/a> this weekend! If you or anyone you know has the ability to help us connect with a business interested in coming on board this weekend please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoFasRacing32?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoFasRacing32<\/a> page ASAP! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hbFnTBBqI\">pic.twitter.com\/3hbFnTBBqI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt DiBenedetto (@mattdracing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdracing\/status\/971070953412284417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The flurry of financial commitments via social media was something that DiBenedetto, who is in his fourth full-season at the Cup level, later thanked everyone for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We got to see the good heartwarming side of social media today&#8230;that\u2019s for sure! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlessedAndGrateful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlessedAndGrateful<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt DiBenedetto (@mattdracing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdracing\/status\/971192912724754432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In three races so far this season DiBenedetto has finishes of 27th, 31st and 22nd. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While they may not always act like it on the track, the NASCAR community is repetitively close knit. On Tuesday driver Matt DiBenedetto made a plea via social media for funding for Go Fas Racing that would help them run at the Phoenix based ISM Raceway. It took only a matter of minutes before drivers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,786,788],"tags":[789,851,946,708],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-18145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cup-series","8":"category-nascar-topstory","9":"category-news","10":"tag-front","11":"tag-go-fas-racing","12":"tag-matt-dibenedetto","13":"tag-nascar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18145"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}