WMAQ-TV or NBC 5 Chicago ran a Weaber Valley Speedway video as legitimate news.

Back on October 15th, the fake race track that is run by Howard Weaver on Facebook posted a video showing the lights going out at the track during a 607 late model feature.

Weaver caption the video writing, “We are sorry for the Power outtage in the 607 Late Models race Sat nite. The power copany keeps cuttin the lites for a few secs every week to try to indimitate us into payin the bill. All drivers who was in the wreak was given 5$ extra after the race”.

About a week later NBC 5 Chicago ran the story as legitimate. One of the station’s anchors says, “This is from the a race track in Tennessee. You’re not going to believe it. The lights go out during the race and the result as you can imagine is one big mess: four or five cars on top of each other.”

“We later found out that the power company in the area cut the lights to intimidate the track owners into paying their electrical bill on time. The track then gave each car in the wreck an extra $5 to go towards repair work.”

This is way scarier than it is funny. We are so doomed as a society. pic.twitter.com/a4KByK29dr

— SteelHorseLive (@SteelHorseLive) October 23, 2025

Weaber Valley Speedway reacted to the segment, “Thank u NBC News covering r recent power outage during the race but this was a embarrassing moment we didnt want to be on natonal news”

Weaver also provided a comment to The Drive telling the outlet, “I have mixed feelings about it because it’s kind of scary, but it’s funny, but then it’s also scary. I think social media is going to be killed by this.”

“The way he said that with a straight face,” Weaver laughed after he was shown the clip. He added, “You can’t trust anything nowadays.”

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