{"id":52795,"date":"2025-08-07T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52795\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:02:10","slug":"nascars-ricky-stenhouse-jr-to-pay-tribute-to-hulk-hogan-at-watkins-glen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52795\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR&#8217;s Ricky Stenhouse Jr to pay tribute to Hulk Hogan at Watkins Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Back in June, NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/sports\/ricky-stenhouse-jr-represent-hulk-hogans-beer-brand-american-flag-themed-car-next-nascar-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">partnered with Real American Beer<\/a>, founded by Hulk Hogan, to have the brand on his No. 47 car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The professional wrestling legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/pro-wrestling-icon-hulk-hogan-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">died late last month<\/a> at the age of 71 after battling heart issues and other medical problems.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Xfinity Series champ has had other brands on his car since RAB was featured for the first time on June 8 at Michigan International Speedway for the FireKeepers Casino 400, but in homage to Hogan, he is going back to the American flag-themed car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/real-american-car.jpg\" alt=\"Real American Beer car\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#47 Hyak Motorsports Real American Beer Chevrolet) moves towards Turn 10 at the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota\/Save Mart 350 on July 13, 2025, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA.\u00a0 (Larry Placido\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The car features Stars and Stripes throughout, but one more touch will be added this weekend at Watkins Glen International.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNDv8d7RJO8\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;HULKAMANIA FOREVER&#8221;<\/a> decal will be added to the car, with a photo of Hogan ripping his shirt. The photo has been used for WWE&#8217;s tributes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hulk built Hulkamania and Real American Beer with strength, pride and resilience \u2014 for the fans, for their communities, for our country,&#8221; Real American Beer co-founder Chad Bronstein said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/07\/nascar-ricky-stenhouse-jr-honoring-hulk-hogan-decal-paint-job\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ Sports<\/a>. &#8220;Real American Beer is here to carry on Hulk\u2019s legacy. We&#8217;re grateful to Hyak [Motorsports] for helping us honor him and carry his commitment to his fans forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hyak seemed to announce the news earlier this week when they posted a picture of Stenhouse riding the RAB car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one&#8217;s for Hulk,&#8221; the Instagram caption read.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/real-american-car-1.jpg\" alt=\"Stenhouse in Hulk car\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#47 Hyak Motorsports Real American Beer Chevrolet) drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota\/Save Mart 350 on July 13, 2025, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. (Matthew Huang\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nba-great-dennis-rodman-others-gather-celebrate-life-hulk-hogan-after-private-funeral-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBA GREAT DENNIS RODMAN, OTHERS GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF HULK HOGAN AFTER PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hogan became the main babyface of what was then the World Wrestling Federation and spent decades in the business. He won numerous world championships and was twice inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, the first time in 2005 and the other in 2020 as a member of the New World Order.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, he founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/how-hulk-hogan-strategically-turned-his-wrestling-persona-money-making-machine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Real American Beer<\/a>, aptly named after his walk-out music during his time as a wrestler. He also founded Real American Freestyle, a wrestling promotion, in April 2025. Hogan made sporadic appearances with the WWE in his later years and made his final appearance in January 2025 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan was set to join former pro wrestling executive Eric Bischoff in a new venture called Real American Freestyle. It was a fresh attempt at putting freestyle wrestling on the map. Hogan also dipped his toe into the political waters. He stumped for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> at the Republican National Convention and at a Madison Square Garden rally last year.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hulk-hogan-muscles.jpg\" alt=\"hulk hogan flexes his muscles\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018. (Fayez Nureldine\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is credited with helping put today\u2019s WWE on the map. Tributes poured in from all over the sports world, and the WWE did a 10-bell salute on last Friday&#8217;s edition of &#8220;SmackDown!&#8221; the day after Hogan&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&#8217; Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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