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"Planks" for the entertainment: IndyCar drivers' rain delay hijinks

Bored race car drivers are dangerous animals. Give them a rain delay or red flag, and most of them will pass the time giving full rein to devious behavior.

During today's rain delay at Indianapolis, however, instead of "pranks," some drivers were doing "planks." Planking, apparently, is the hottest viral craze since flash mobbing.

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James Hinchcliffe got things started:

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(via http://www.twitter.com/Hinchtown)

...but Scott Dixon, as he has done in race practices during the Month of May, immediately came out and trumped it with a plank for the ages:

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(via http://www.twitter.com/scottdixon9)

Not to be outdone, Tony Kanaan enlisted the help of his beloved Trek bike for his epic plank:

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(via http://www.twitter.com/TonyKanaan)

In the pantheon of time-wasters, this could be the most ridiculous. But it certainly livened up the Twittersphere during an otherwise stultifying rain delay.

UPDATE: IndyCar.com has a planking gallery of the best of today's shenanigans. And, thanks to some pressure from Tony Kanaan, I got in on the fun too:

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What is this I don’t even…

by Arenacale on May 18, 2011 3:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Arie Jr. Wins So Far...

Arie Luyendyk Jr in the spotter’s stand…I have to imagine the health & safety people weren’t too cool with this one.

http://yfrog.com/hsj3piaj

by HB_Donnelly on May 18, 2011 3:49 PM EDT reply actions  

and I think whoever wins the race needs to plank victory lane…

by HB_Donnelly on May 18, 2011 3:53 PM EDT reply actions  

I’ll admit it, before today I thought planking was incredibly stupid.

But the drivers have totally changed my opinion, had a lot of fun seeing the random plankings show up on my Twitter feed.

Shows how powerful and fun social media can be, kudos to the drivers for having fun on a rainy day and sharing it with their fans.

by RedCandyStripedPants on May 18, 2011 6:14 PM EDT reply actions  

Someone help; there's no caption to tell me who this one is.




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by E.M.H. on May 18, 2011 6:43 PM EDT reply actions  

KIMI RAIKKONEN!

(also would have accepted Matt Kenseth.)

You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
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by Tony Johns on May 18, 2011 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I've heard an accusation of Lyn St. James, but I have no personal knowledge with which to confirm that.

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"How can a pickup truck contain enough mass to unfold into a towering machine? I say if Ringling Brothers can get 15 clowns into a Volkswagen, anything is possible."

Roger Ebert, Transformers review.

by E.M.H. on May 18, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Tony's bike is awesome

Then again, if your associated with TK it’s hard not to be awesome

by BoilerPhil on May 19, 2011 10:31 AM EDT reply actions  

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