Usually, we get a flat report of NASCAR drivers colliding on the racetrack or their stellar race wins. However, one NASCAR expert adds spice to the sport – David Vrabel, the owner of the infamous @nascarcasm X account. This parody profile has been featuring witty jokes, goofy memes, and brilliant takes on the latest racing news since 2010, and has roped in the topmost NASCAR stars like Dale Earnhardt Jr. as its followers.

So when this precious asset of the sport went through a crisis, the sport came out to support him. Cancer is a deadly disease that can turn fatal very easily, and enduring it requires immense courage. A prominent NASCAR journalist, Holly Cain, went through this ordeal and won. Accordingly, she roots for @nascarcasm’s family debacle to pass quickly as well.

Heartwarming wish for a NASCAR expert

Holly Cain is one of the nation’s most renowned motorsports writers. The Associated Press Sports Editors have recognized her work on state and national levels. In 2017, she became the first woman to receive the Bob Russo Founders Award. However, her life chronicling 200 mph races screeched to a pause in 2014 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed were chemotherapy, hair loss, a stroke, divorce, and her daughter’s near-fatal skiing accident – and yet Cain emerged victorious. Now as her fellow NASCAR worker goes through a similar crisis, she extends her resilient spirit to beat the battle.

Our beloved @nascarcasm dropped a sad piece of news in June this year. He posted that his wife Jeanne Vrabel had incurred ductal carcinoma, a non-invasive form of breast cancer that develops from microcalcification. Scores of wishes poured forth from the NASCAR community, including veterans like Kurt Busch and Jamie Little. In the latest update, these wishes materialized somewhat – Jeanne underwent her last chemotherapy procedure. @nascarcasm posted on December 24: “WIFEY UPDATE: LAST CHEMO.” To this, cancer survivor Holly Cain sent forth her own heartwarming response: “So happy! She has been amazing – strong and so inspiring throughout! Love to you guys!🎄❤️”

NASCAR has been no stranger to cancer tragedy. In September 2023, Sherry Pollex, longtime girlfriend of 2017 Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr., passed away. Although she lost a nine-year battle with ovarian cancer, her spirit was intact until her last breath. Pollex founded the Sherry Strong Integrative Medicine Oncology Clinic at Novant Health in Charlotte, N.C., and created SherryStrong.org to help women understand early detection and treatment options for ovarian cancer. Similarly, @nascarcasm’s wife is showing the same spirit. Jeanne Vrabel’s bio on Twitter says it all – “Kicking cancer’s butt at the moment. 🩷 travel, photography, race cars & spreading joy. “

The strong dynamic in the Vrabel couple is also a powerful factor to beat any adversity.

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How they stumbled into NASCAR through love

Before the 2010s, nobody knew about the name of @nascarcasm. In June 2010, an anonymous resident in Indianapolis opened a parody account on Twitter. It relentlessly made fun of drivers and their oddities. Soon enough, those drivers and NASCAR entities began to respond with jabs of their own. Steadily, @nascarcasm grew into a blooming phenomenon with followers like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mario Andretti, Jimmie Johnson, and Danica Patrick. Currently, the Twitter account rallies an army of 270,000 followers. NASCAR itself recruited this popular account’s user for a full-time job in NASCAR Digital Media.

Yet even before all this glitterati happened, @nascarcasm had a humble beginning. It was his love for car racing shared with his wife, Jeanne Vrabel. In a 2019 interview, the famous ‘X’ journalist claimed it all kicked off due to an ‘accident’. “Everything that has happened up until this very day I consider to be an accident, a very happy accident. There was really no business plan or strategy behind it. I was watching a race with my wife one day and was making snide comments to her. Twitter had just kind of started at that point, and it was just, “What the hell?””

The rest was history – now @nascarcasm rules the NASCAR internet. With the Vrabel couple undergoing a crisis at present, wish them a speedy recovery.