“Scr*w All You Guys” – NASCAR’s Social Media Sensation Riles Up Fans With Controversial Post

Content has become the heart and soul of almost everything nowadays, especially when it comes to advertising. So when NASCAR saw an unusual opportunity after the 3-wide finish at Atlanta with social media sensation IcyVert, they took full advantage, However, a recent tweet from IcyVert’s official X account has stirred up a bit of controversy, forcing fans and even a driver to react.

IcyVert was one of the many fans who were in awe of the photo finish at the Atlanta Motor Speedway and was also the one to compare that finish to a scene in the iconic Cars movie where something similar took place. It’s common knowledge that the movie is based on NASCAR and when real imitates reel, fans are often left happy and satisfied. But no one could have expected things to blow up as much as they did with the tweet that resulted in several important NASCAR accounts following them.

Recently, the ‘IcyVert’ social media handle crossed 28,000 followers but in reference to the occasion, it sent out a controversial tweet. “28 thousand friends? no, 28 thousand followers. screw all you guys,” the tweet read. This came completely out of the blue and drew the ire of some fans while others saw it as sarcasm.

Despite gaining a lot of popularity for the Cars x NASCAR edit, not a lot of people were fans of the person behind the social media account. This is because IcyVert is not a pure NASCAR account. The manager is also the social media head of Real Sports, a sports application with more downloads on the Apple Playstore than NASCAR has itself. Avid fans of the sport were upset since they had given a lot of time and effort to promote the sport but never got that kind of recognition.

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NASCAR Xfinity Series star joins in the fun as fans take digs at ungrateful tweet

The biggest name in the comments section was that of Xfinity Series driver Kyle Weatherman. The DGM Racing star expressed his disappointment in a sarcastic tone as he commented, “Wow I thought we were friends.” IcyVert reverted back to the race car driver, tweeting, “Oh shoot. sometimes I forget the NASCAR guys see my tweets”.

Not a lot of people appreciated the tweet as they declared their intentions to unfollow the social media sensation. “Icyvert mass unfollows,” one user commented. “Unfriended,” quipped another. On the surface, they all seem like sarcastic comments under a sarcastic tweet but with some fans, you never know.

One user believes that IcyVert’s claim to fame was all planned out by NASCAR and recommended that the stock car racing company get someone different to promote their sport. “That’s it I’m telling NASCAR to replace you with a different industry plant,” they commented.

And of course, there was the obvious sarcasm from some users and they were hilarious. “Dang… I thought what we had was special,” one user commented. Another one asked an important question, “If I’m not following you does that automatically make us friends?”

Whether IcyVert is a true NASCAR fan or not is for the sport’s gatekeepers to worry about but the account is engaging and as someone who is not specifically from the world of stock car racing, he has done the sort a lot of good when it comes to publicity after Atlanta.

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