Kyle ‘Bush’ receives congratulatory tweets for 2015 Sprint Cup title
The upside of social media is that it gives a public voice to many people who previously wouldn’t have one. The downside is, well, the same thing.
Last week, many people on Twitter believed that NBC’s rain delay filler of taped race broadcasts were live. They were likely some of the same people who thought Jimmie Johnson’s taped 2013 Daytona 500 victory happened a year later when Fox broadcast it during a rain delay.
And, sadly, there’s probably some crossover in those two audiences with a prominent segment on Sunday. After Kyle Busch’s win in the Ford 400 to clinch the Sprint Cup Series title, “Kyle Bush” received a lot of congratulatory tweets. Behold:
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Busch wasn’t the only driver who had his name butchered on Twitter throughout Sunday. Jeff Gordon, the four-time Sprint Cup Series champion who retired after Sunday’s race, fell victim to the misspelling. Even Zachary Levi, the man who sang the national anthem before the race, couldn’t get it right.
Gordon finished sixth in Sunday’s race. He’ll be a broadcaster in 2016.
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Nick Bromberg is the editor of From The Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter!
