Simon Pagenaud Won The Indy 500, And Twitter Wasted No Time With The "Talladega Nights" Jokes (TWEETS)

Simon Pagenaud Won The Indy 500, And Twitter Wasted No Time With The “Talladega Nights” Jokes (TWEETS)

Simon Pagenaud capped a thrilling 103rd Indy 500 by passing 2016 winner Alexander Rossi just before the last lap to take the checkered flag by a minuscule 0.2086 seconds.

It was a thrilling way for the 35-year-old Frenchman to win his first Indy 500.

Relive @SimonPagenaud's winning move.

With a lap and a quarter to go, Pagenaud got by Alexander Rossi to score the victory in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Watch post-race coverage on @NBC: https://t.co/iiagfm2TqY #MustBeMay #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/wKRvO1uvwj
— IndyCar on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) May 26, 2019

And because Pagenaud just so happens to look A LOT like “Talladega Nights” villain Jean Girard, Twitter was going off with the Ricky Bobby jokes:

Simon Pagenaud looks like he’s about to come after Ricky Bobby #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/jyZBixwO87
— Jake Byers (@jacob_s_by) May 26, 2019

Ricky Bobby and Jean Gerard, 2019, colorized pic.twitter.com/QXBQ1CNpI8
— druspics (@druspics) May 26, 2019

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Simon Pagenaud wants Ricky Bobby next #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/SN2fAfPGJ3
— Mason (@M_Brooks03) May 26, 2019

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Ricky Bobby could have taken him pic.twitter.com/JIAqnQegGZ
— Sam Phillips (@sambeck86) May 26, 2019

And Jean Girard takes it pic.twitter.com/ojdOZSSr5h
— Ryan Hunsinger (@Ryan_Hunsinger) May 26, 2019

Jean Girard just won the indy 500 pic.twitter.com/RnhG0P7g2W
— DJ, ease my mind will you… (@myres512) May 26, 2019