"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
04/20/2017 at 19:45 • Filed to: Hot Take, Bad Take, Fernando Alonso, Indy 500
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
04/20/2017 at 19:45 • Filed to: Hot Take, Bad Take, Fernando Alonso, Indy 500 | 3
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Read it, and despair!
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vondon302
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 07:56 |
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Sad but not surprised. The author probably can’t name more than 5 Indy car drivers.
“Will Power is a real name? What??”
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:06 |
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Top comment on that article currently
“yep. there it is. the dumbest thing i have read all year. and given who the president is thats saying a lot”
Haha
citrus
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:20 |
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That take was so hot my phone burned my hand
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Wheelerguy
> vondon302
04/20/2017 at 08:25 |
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I’m more baffled that she knows Ricky and Jordan Taylor.
McMike
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:27 |
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.....but his F1 titles came long ago, in 2005 and 2006, and he has yet to score a point in three races this year with McLaren.
Yet to.....
score points
?
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Wheelerguy
> citrus
04/20/2017 at 08:28 |
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I could go to the South Pole right now and this take will still be hot enough to keep an entire research facility hundreds of miles from the pole warm at night for one year.
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McMike
> vondon302
04/20/2017 at 08:28 |
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“Why can’t they put in actors and stuff like they do on Dancing With The Stars? It’s not like driving a car is harder than dancing.....”
-someone
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vondon302
> McMike
04/20/2017 at 08:29 |
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Lmao
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:32 |
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Don’t read this on a Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
For Sweden
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:33 |
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Unusually bad for a Jenna Fryer article
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Wheelerguy
> McMike
04/20/2017 at 08:35 |
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OK, OK, sure, he’s only got two WDC, but he’s won races in second-rate machinery at a time when most fans thought winning was impossible (barring 2012).
You know when Jalopnik takes down those “car culture is dead” posts? Alanis or Stef can do the same here.
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Wheelerguy
> For Sweden
04/20/2017 at 08:52 |
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Weird. Checking her page reveals that it’s not even an especially rich place for hot takes. Then again, Barry Petchesky found the source of all takes at the peak of Mount Take, so it’s not like I’m any good at prospecting prodigious springs of hot takes.
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:55 |
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Honestly I’m with her. I could give two shots if Alonso raced in the 500.
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McMike
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 08:59 |
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I was commenting on the fact that the author chose to say “has not scored a point (in 2017)” instead of “has not yet finished a race.”
While the points are the same, McLaren Honda only having one car finish one race this season says so much more about the current state of Alonso.
RallyWrench
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 19:51 |
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I did not know F1 and Indycar used the same engines. Good that Alonso may well be a good driver though.
BRB I’m going to ask my 4 year old what she thinks.
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RallyWrench
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 19:52 |
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I would love to see this, you should tag them on it.
Dusty Ventures
> vondon302
04/20/2017 at 19:53 |
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Actually that’s the worst part. The author is Jenna Fryer, one of the most accomplished, respected, and knowledgeable motorsports writers in the U.S. Which makes this take even worse.
CTSenVy
> Wheelerguy
04/20/2017 at 20:08 |
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Jeff Gordon was their teammate for the Rolex 24 this year, would make sense that a normally NASCAR beat writer would know about the Taylors.
(She does cover more than NASCAR now but I think that was her first assignment for the AP)
smobgirl
> vondon302
04/20/2017 at 21:20 |
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I have to admit, I know who the guy is but it doesn’t stop me laughing every single time someone mentions him on TV.
jvirgs drives a Subaru
> Wheelerguy
04/21/2017 at 10:07 |
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She’s not necessarily wrong. But it is a poorly written argument for someone of her caliber