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Deac McCaskill is the Third Man in the Throwback 276

The following announcement has been paid for by the New World Order.

Late Model Stock veteran Deac McCaskill is the third man — and plans to take over the CARS Tour Throwback 276 on July 31 at Hickory Motor Speedway in North Carolina.

The 2016 CARS Tour champion will throw it back to Kyle Petty and is 1998 World Championship Wrestling entry owned by Kenneth Shaver but featuring the villainous professional wrestling faction, the nWo.

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At the height of WCW’s popularity, the primary storyline was an invasion of the promotion by a trio of outsiders dubbed the New World Order, led by a turncoat “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

Part of the faction’s agenda not only involved taking over the WCW but seemingly all of pop culture as Hogan (in real life) was attempting to become the next Hollywood action star, using a camping television show, “Thunder in Paradise” as his metaphorical vehicle into mainstream entertainment.

By 1996, NASCAR was two years removed from the inaugural Brickyard 400 and was soaring to the heights of its own popularity behind Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte and Mark Martin. So naturally, the nWo gazed its fictional ambition towards taking over stock car racing as well.

The unit “recruited” Kyle Petty to drive the nWo Chevrolet and even featured him during an episode of Nitro to introduce him as the newest member of the villainous but popular faction. WCW “responded” (remember this is just an storyline) on various occasions in 1996 and 1997 with branded cars, including this Slim Jim Halloween Havoc entry driven by popular Busch Series contender Jason Keller.

The conflict, which coincided with a Hogan/ Macho Man Randy Savage title bout at the Halloween Havoc pay-per-view event, boiled over into the fall Busch Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That race was obscurely attended by both The Outsiders (Hall and Nash) and the Macho Man.

Much to the delight of the charismatic Savage, Keller finished 10th in the All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 at CMS, while Petty — in the nWo car — crashed hard into the outside retaining wall, earning him a DNF and a taunting from both Savage and Keller on the October 7 edition of Monday Nitro.

Petty competed in five races in the Busch Series during the 1997 season with a best finish of fourth at Talladega. The finish was an all-time best for Shaver as an owner and was only one of five top five finishes that Petty scored in his 55 career Busch Series starts as a driver.

McCaskill has posted four top-5s and five top-10 finishes through the series’ first seven events, placing him fifth in the championship standings. Fifteen points separate himself from leader Bobby McCarty for the top spot in the series Late Model Stock standings.

Tickets for the 4th Annual Honeywell Homes “Throwback 276” presented by Baker Distributing are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate on sale via the CARS Tour website at www.carsracingtour.com.

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Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.

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