Will Power’s Double Middle Finger Highlights a Wild Weekend in Auto Racing
Will Power isn’t exactly Boris Said, but this double middle finger salute, which was captured live on ABC Sunday during an Indy Race, was still pretty impressive.
Here’s the slow-motion video of the double-bird. Power seems to be walking off the track calmly when he decides that he was screwed over by some officials, and turns to them in a fit of rage.
Power was contrite afterward:
“I should not have behaved the way I did and I am sorry,” Power said after cooler heads prevailed. “It’s definitely no excuse, but I was just very frustrated because our car ran so well and our team had worked so hard to put ourselves into a position to get a good finish. I thought it was just ridiculous to restart the race under dangerous conditions that existed on the racetrack.”
Flipping – flicking? – someone off seems to have gone out of style in the 80s. Or maybe 5th grade. I haven’t done it in so long that I’ve forgotten – do you you bend the other four fingers so that the middle one is fully extended, or do you just curl the other four fingers into a ball in your palm, resulting in a less erect middle finger? Either way, I still find the action funny. If you’d like to know the origin of the middle finger, read this.
Power’s salute came with verve and flair – knees bent, mouth agape, and instead of merely holding up the middle finger, he pumped his arms for emphasis. Well done, Will Power.

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August 16th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Not a sport.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:11 PM
it’s a good thing PTI had a show yesterday. That’s two posts gleaned from that unknown show.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Not a sport.
It’s a sport. I wouldn’t call the participants athletes though.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Fuck you.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:12 PM
Competition.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Nazcarrrrrrr!!!
/furious banjo picking
August 16th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
It’s a sport. I wouldn’t call the participants athletes though.
Competition.
meh… What’s golf then? I’d ague it’s a sport. But again, you don’t have to be an athlete to participate.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:14 PM
His name is willpower?
August 16th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
I’m hear for the racing, not golf.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:15 PM
hear, here, here ye, whatever
August 16th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Of course it’s not.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:16 PM
“baseball players are fat”.
There, just made the point before Der Kaiser could, haha.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Will Power watched too much Raw during Stone Cold’s run.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Flipping – flicking?
I had never ever heard of flicking off until TBL brought it up last year. I think we determined it was a regional thing. And that region existed entirely in NYC.
Who knew racing moved the needle here? That’s two racing posts in two days. Just wait until TBL discovers the quotable John Force.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Better than Bud Adams.
/Team Flip
August 16th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Or his daughter(?).
August 16th, 2011 at 1:18 PM
What’s golf then? I’d ague it’s a sport
We know you would
August 16th, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Doesnt it seem like lately there is a lot of public fueds and animosity in car racing? Its like the big wigs decided to tell the drivers to spark things up for more sizzle factor. Fan interest = through the roof.
/team Boris
August 16th, 2011 at 1:21 PM
WTF is this guy doing? He’s been up in a Tulsa, OK tower for six days.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:22 PM
Or his daughter(?).
I think he has three daughters. One races. He yells a lot at her.
/My kid watches Speed Channel instead of cartoons.
//Not looking forward to spending 100 degree days watching cars go in circles at Kansas speedway or cars going in straight lines at Heartland.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:22 PM
I think he’s got a brother named Max.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
They just want to get their song played.
/Lone Rangers
August 16th, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Cousin named White?
August 16th, 2011 at 1:24 PM
“There’s no such thing as suicide,” he said.
Noted.
You know he is fucked in the head. He requested Whataburger.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:25 PM
LOL.
I’m curious if he’s pooped or pissed.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:26 PM
They should just tranq him like that bear that was up in the tree.
/joking, obviously
August 16th, 2011 at 1:28 PM
KC – I’m talking about Ashley Force.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
They should just shoot him and then have sex on top of him him like that bear that was up in the tree.
/Shake That Bear’d
August 16th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
o/t
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-housewives16-m,0,2114203.story?track=rss&dlvrit=104530
your wife might be jolted by this news.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
I know a lot of people found that funny, but I was disturbed. That dude faceplanted after bouncing off that trampoline.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:30 PM
“There’s no such thing as suicide,” he said.
Better …
“Butler agreed that he doesn’t believe William is suicidal; however, he noted that could change at any time.”
Let’s hope so.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:31 PM
We’ve been “o/t” for most of the comments.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:31 PM
That link about the history of the middle finger is pretty awesome.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:34 PM
KC – I’m talking about Ashley Force. NDUB
Yeah, that’s the one. Attractive. Gets yelled at a lot.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
That was just ridiculous.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:37 PM
Attractive.
To satisfy the soccer hot contingent here, she’s racing attractive.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:42 PM
I watched that show the first season or 2 and have no idea who that is, mustve been a new addition. Shoulda been Slade. He’s a dickface.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:42 PM
His estranged wife is a gold digging hag who looks like a hook should be hanging from her mouth.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:43 PM
Is that show on E! or Bravo? Either way, those shows are like women’s version of fantasy sports.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:46 PM
I’ll get made fun of for not knowing who he was previously, but this Jonah Keri dude over at Grantland writes some good stuff. And he’s an Expos fan. Big fan so far.
I mean, it’s no Yardwork of course, but this one on teams you don’t want to face in the playoffs was solid.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:46 PM
so, like dale earnhardt in a wig? is that was racing hot it?
August 16th, 2011 at 1:47 PM
those shows are like women’s version of fantasy sports
epiphany … thanks.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:48 PM
thought kevin bacon was still married to kyra sedgwick
August 16th, 2011 at 1:49 PM
I think the mean for racing hot would be Danica Patrick, who I don’t find all that attractive at all. that chick in the picture is hotter than Danica Patrick.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Fuck that guy. The Indians will hit and pitch the last 44 games of the season.
August 16th, 2011 at 1:52 PM
Nascar getting a lot of pub here. Are ratings on the rise?
August 16th, 2011 at 1:56 PM
I almost posted a diatribe against Jonah Keri but I realized before I hit submit that I was thinking of Jonah Lehrer. I like Keri okay. Lehrer should stay away from sports writing
August 16th, 2011 at 1:59 PM
CJ, he is from the “Beverly Hills” housewives.
August 16th, 2011 at 2:23 PM
fuck off Ndub