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Swerve Strickland To Play Major Role At NASCAR Race This Weekend

Swerve's House or Swerve's Racetrack?
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Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will be making the EchoPark Speedway his house on Saturday, June 28, as the honorary pace car driver for the NASCAR Quaker State 400 night race in Atlanta.

EchoPark Speedway took to social media Wednesday afternoon to make the official announcement about Strickland's participation.

Strickland's appearance will serve as an opportunity to promote AEW while NASCAR takes Collision's normal spot on the network for a rare night race. The Quaker State 400 will air live at 7 pm EST on Saturday, while this week's Collision will air on Thursday, June 26, at 8 pm EST.

This isn't the first time that AEW and NASCAR have interacted. In May, the AEW and Upper Deck trading card logos were on the car of #45 Tyler Reddick. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd) wished 23XI drivers Reddick and Bubba Wallace good luck ahead of their race in Texas.

Bobby Lashley at a Texas NASCAR race holding the AEW World Tag Team Championship, standing next to Tyler Reddick's car.
Bobby Lashley supporting 23XI driver Tyler Reddick in Texas. | Bobby Lashley/Instagram

One-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions and former foe of Swerve Strickland, Bobby Lashley, was at the race and shared it on his Instagram.

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LYRIC SWINTON

Lyric Swinton is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor’s in Sport & Entertainment Management. Her lifelong passion for wrestling has taken her around the world, primarily writing about alternative and international promotions for several major wrestling and media outlets, such as Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine, Blavity, Fightful, and more. She has covered wrestling for seven major promotions in some of the most famous venues in the world, including Wembley Stadium and the Tokyo Dome.

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