{"id":33238,"date":"2025-04-02T06:18:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=33238"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:18:25","slug":"nascar-has-just-announced-that-rupaul-will-be-the-grand-marshal-for-this-weekends-running-of-the-goodyear-400-at-darlington-raceway-full-story-%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=33238","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR has just announced that RuPaul will be the grand marshal for this weekends running of the Goodyear 400 at Darlington raceway!&#8230; full story&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASCAR has announced that RuPaul will serve as the Grand Marshal for this weekend&#8217;s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. 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