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@nascarcasm recaps Chicago in photos
By @nascarcasm | Published: July 1, 2019 16
Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
"Hey, I heard a rumor that, 'A driver who has come oh-so-close to getting that first series victory will finally get that coveted ...' oh it's Bowman ... oh ... OK … (sighs in Canadian)."
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
"What do you mean 'Wait and see who's starting right next to me?' Why are you all laughing? And why are you all eating bowls of popcorn?"
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
If a guy's gonna win a Gander Trucks race at Chicagoland Speedway, I'm glad it's the guy with the mustache most like the Chicago Bears Superfans.
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Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images
The picture taken by a paparazzi shortly before the celebrity attacks him and destroys his camera.
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
STONE COLE.
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Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images
When dad pretends to like your music.
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Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images
Joey, could you do your best impression of a happy baby in a stroller? Great, thanks.
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
He was told, "You won't finish second." This is him trying to determine if that means he'll win or if he'll finish like 31st.
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
Jimmie Johnson is so focused on his race car and getting back to Victory Lane that he signed an autograph for Paul Menard and didn't even realize it.
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Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images
The drinking phrase for every Clint Bowyer interview is "What were we talkin' about?"
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
How nice of Austin Dillon to get something drawn on him that he can show us without removing his pants.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
"What is this unfamiliar emotion I'm feeling? It's warming my cold heart. Is this ... optimism?"
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
There are showers. And there are storms. And then there are near-monsoons that nearly blow pit boxes down to St. Louis.
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Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images
But know what rain does? It brings a quick end to droughts.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
And like that, just as Bowman said in his post-race interview, no more jokes can be made about him not winning a Cup race. SO I guess I'll clean out my Twitter drafts folder and figure out something else to do with my sorry existence.
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Matt Sullivan | Getty Images
"Can you believe it? We won! Finally, no more bad luck! NO MORE MISFORTUNE! OK everyone get in and smile ... " (takes photo with camera facing in the wrong direction).