Make Us Proud, Woo! Guy

In the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, Brian Vickers experienced one of those events engineers are fond of telling people can’t happen in a race: following a ferocious crash into the wall on turn four, the back right tire on his car broke loose, skipped like a Satanic tiddlywink across the track, smashed the hood of David Gilland’s car, and then narrowly missed hitting an ambulance on its way to smashing into a camper in the infield.
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↵Of course, this isn’t supposed to happen, according to engineers. And yet:
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↵↵If you watch the tire hit the camper, please rewind and watch the shirtless infield monsters’ reactions to the wheel crashing into the camper. Yes, you’re not imagining that: they’re cheering. We would bet piles of platinum bullion they’re also making a noise something like “WOOOOOOOO!” as well. These are our people. We know their ways well.↵

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