Speaking from the press room here at the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, we were mildly quacked off when the third red flag happened in this morning’s IndyCar practice on The Raceway at Belle Isle.
Of all the possible session interruptions, nobody ducking saw this one coming. It’s a definite feather in the cap for oddball interruptions.
But when a family of ducks crossed the track in Detroit, mercifully without incident, the snark on Twitter came flowing thanks to the “#NameTheTrackDuck” hashtag.
A photo of the ducks is via @PEEKAshley on Twitter. Here’s a flock of tweets that we found:
#namethetrackduck Alex Duckliani
— Amy (@OpenWheelMom) May 31, 2013
Diffey Duck. #NameTheTrackDuck #IndyCar — nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) May 31, 2013
Will Duxton. #NameTheTrackDuck #IndyCar — nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) May 31, 2013
Duckuma Sato #NameTheTrackDuck — SEAN DUNHAM (@SeannyDMode) May 31, 2013
Lucky. #NameTheTrackDuck #IndyCar #DetroitGP
— Steph@MoreFrontWing (@99forever) May 31, 2013
Scott Duckson #NameTheTrackDuck #IndyCar
— Ross Bynum (@therossbynum) May 31, 2013
AJ Waddlequacker#NameTheTrackDuck @detroitgp — Mike Cockrall (@TeamCanada1) May 31, 2013
Pippa Mallard #NameTheTrackDuck #IndyCar — Ross Bynum (@therossbynum) May 31, 2013
#NametheTrackDuck #IndyCar #DetroitGPDuck Rathmann for us old guys
— Mike Silver (@tutorindie) May 31, 2013
#NametheTrackDuck #IndyCar #DetroitGP AJ Allmenducker
— MandyPitmanValentine (@Indy_Mode) May 31, 2013