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THE Exciting Race of the Weekend!
Fun for everyone, and especially for people familiar with auto racing.
THE exciting race of the weekend happened Friday afternoon – the inaugural Oscar Meyer Wienie 500 (well, since it’s only two laps, it should really be the Wienie 5, but let’s not get hung up on details).
As breathlessly reported on Fox Sports:
SIX Weinermobiles in one place. On the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Drama. Heartbreak. Surprise moves. In enormous vehicles that accelerate from zero to sixty in about 28 seconds, with a top speed of sixty miles per hour.
A must-watch for fun.
Published in Humor
You never sausage a sight!
This is terrific. Love all the puns.
Checking embed. Sometimes they don’t.
Oh I’ll bet the “Hot Doggers” who drive those things have more hot dog puns than any of us could imagine.Â
and with a really weird center of gravity and visibility restrictions. Cornering and passing should be interesting.
They look amazingly slow.
I can’t tell. Are the drivers wearing firesuits and helmets?
As the OP said, top speed of sixty.
Go to the bathroom, then get some BEERs and nachos, and You still won’t miss anything.
I can’t believe I just spent ten minutes of my life watching that.
I think it was fixed.
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That’s why I watch youtube videos at higher speeds. 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x, depends on what it is.
Some marketing employee deserves a huge bonus.
To experience the thrill of watching a wiener traveling at the same top speed as an Indycar, set your replay speed to 4x, and then hang on to your seat!
But only do this to watch true Oscar Meyer athletes with lightning reflexes competing in a high-speed battle of wienermobile wits.
Not just to watch the crashes.
I’m pretty sure the bosses instructed the drivers their first priority was NO collisions.
The bosses would prefer collision free races with great relish.
True. And they are very rare at 60 mph. Â But speed those bad boys up to 240 and all bets are off.
That is why President Trump issued an Executive Order ahead of this year’s running of the all-beef classic requiring governors on all browsers limiting replay speeds to 2.5x.
Oh Pedro!
Hot Dog Kay Fay Be?
Hot dog, what a race! It was so exciting, I couldn’t keep my buns in my chair . . .
Mustard and relish . . .
It was chilly.
I was thrilled to see that the second place car mustard the speed to ketchup to the leader and win the race.
Doc, you are in the wrong place…
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Apparently not (at least as to helmets).Â
A fuller account (almost 30 minutes total), including pre-race interviews with the drivers and “navigators”:Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVlc0lEpErc&t=1618sÂ
This fuller version also shows that the spectators are as nuts as the participants.
As noted by @eustacecscrubb in the “Funny Political Memes” group thread, this race (a race of crazy vehicles) is a peculiarly American phenomenon. But then aren’t IndyCars themselves ridiculous vehicles to race? They in no way resemble the cars we drive everyday, and are completely impractical for use as cars.Â
(I made sure my 7 year old grandson (who is a fan of Formula 1 racing) saw a video of the Wienermobile race, and he loved it!)
I can’t believe that apparently some on-line commenters have found reasons to complain about an event that is nothing but ridiculous fun.Â
I’m gonna ketchup on the puns sooner or later . . .