If you\u2019re a sprint car fan on Twitter, you\u2019ve probably heard of the Knoxville Moths \u2026 and not just the ones that come out late at night at the racetrack.<\/p>\n
The owner of the account wished to remain anonymous, but since one, foggy evening at Knoxville, the twitter account has become a flagship follow for the racing community.<\/p>\n
The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series rolled into Knoxville<\/a> Raceway for their lone stop at the famous track during the 2015 season.<\/p>\n After slight misting pushed back the start time of the event, the cars eventually got rolling late into the night.<\/p>\n Around 3:00 a.m., fog started to roll into Knoxville, and the feature race was cut short after 17 laps.<\/p>\n That night, however, was the night the twitter account came to be. A plethora of moths were inhabiting the racetrack and were more than noticeable under the spotlights.<\/p>\n \u201cIt went from perfect visibility to almost nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought the VA was on fire. There\u2019s all these moths [around] and I thought \u2018hmm, that\u2019s something.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The owner of the account was already into racing as well as social media.<\/p>\n It was just tough for him to gain a following.<\/p>\n \u201cI had kind of funny and poignant things to say about racing and I\u2019m kind of a nobody in the racing world so I never got a lot of traction through a personal twitter account.\u201d<\/p>\n It was around the same time that @nascarcasm and @TheOrangeCone were gaining a big following by racing fans on twitter.<\/p>\n \u201cI admire what they did and thought \u2018well, I\u2019ll try this moth thing and say some funny stuff and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n The Moths account was eventually created and as time has gone on it has grown.<\/p>\n A big part behind the success of the account it is the absence of controversial topics and strong personal opinions.<\/p>\n \u201cI try to emulate things that [those accounts do],\u201d he said. \u201c[They\u2019re] never controversial. There\u2019s enough toxic and controversial stuff out there. I\u2019m not looking to add to that. [It\u2019s] not that I don\u2019t have my own opinions about the world and racing, but people need a break from that.\u201d<\/p>\n When seeing interactions from those accounts, each one has the thing that almost makes them click.<\/p>\n