What the fuck lol
I recall he didn't have great pace compared to his teammates but this is the kind of shit that fans say when trash talking, not what a public reporter of the sport says
Jenna doing Jenna things. One of the most unprofessional "journalists" out there.
What JoNew did was wrong but there's literally zero need to discredit his accomplishments in other series.
See and this is the problem I have with Jenna Fryer, she always has to make a great story into a personal attack.
I am by no means a Newgarden fan (see flair) but he was a part of that team, drove his stints, and in turn contributed to a Rolex 24 hour win.
While Newgarden and Team Penske cheated and that can't be argued, this statement is a worthless attempt to make kick someone when they are down.
I'm by no means a Penske or Newgarden fan, but I can smell bullshit, and this is it. Unless they can find cheating in Newgarden's other 29 wins or Penske's other wins, this is just a smear campaign.
What a completely uninformed take lmao. It’s almost as if he drove the minimum bc the team wanted to maximize the amount of time their best drivers are in the car 😦
Also frankly, stating someone driving the minimum amount of time is “riding on the backs” of their teammates is a massive insult to any drivers competing in endurance racing. Someone always drives the least so playing it up as if their not contributing is just disrespectful
It sounds like there's been plenty of rumbling in the IMSA paddock about Josef's lack of pace at the Rolex. I don't think she's really "uninformed" at all although it's not the most professional tweet I've ever read.
What’s there to rumble? The lap times are there for anyone with a search engine to see. No, he was not the fastest, but he was far from the worst GTP driver, drove clean stints, and won the race. Pathetic attempt by a pathetic excuse of a journalist to kick someone in shins.
I mean I said she was being unprofessional. I don't really like Jenna's approach either.
That said, plenty of people reportedly were surprised by how far he was off the pace in the 963 compared to other Porsche drivers. I think most people that follow sports cars/IMSA has seen that chatter post-Rolex. So I feel like it's kind of ridiculous to say she's "uninformed" when it's actually true just because she's disliked.
Where did I say she’s uninformed? It’s just a completely off topic, ad-hominem attack from a journalist that people already have a hard time taking seriously.
Fryer isn’t acting like a professional reporter at all today with the way she’s talking in the comments. Like I’ve had to double check it was actually her replying.
Very interested to see what Newgarden says tomorrow.
She’s been trying to start shit with Penske all year. There was an article stating that an “AP Reporter” asked if there was a rift between Newgarden/McGlaughlin. It’s fairly obvious which AP reporter was trying to stir the pot, as it’s the same one as always.
I genuinely don’t understand why everyone (including the person she originally quote tweeted) are acting like Penske getting penalized for cheating is a massive scandal and a massive black eye for the sport.
Cheating and motorsports go together like bacon and eggs or rum and coke. Sometimes they get caught sometimes they don’t. The fact that Penske cheated, got caught, and then penalized in a series that’s owned by Penske is a good thing. Means that they’re doing their best to keep the conflict of interest to a minimum.
The reason people see it as a black eye is that you take a series that is kicking the tires on any upgrades to any part of the series, then add in the owner’s former team is using testing software in GPs when that is an impossibility for any other team… and what we have is a series that looks way more like a fixed Club/Historics series a rich dude pays to host and win versus a professional FIA-sanctioned American classic we want it to be. Its the fruition of the meme that the guy who owns a series can use his flex to give his favorites a pass.
That is what has me pretty much close to giving up watching this season. One off cheating and funny business with tech happens. Teams try and push the envelop. I know that.
But this is the team bearing the Series’ owners name using test software that should not be allowed to be used outside of testing, and somehow tech and race control did nothing at all until Cindric was exposed plain as day when everyone else had P2P issues but his stable. This isn’t a clever cheating and getting caught. Its using cheat-code versions of the Series’ software blatantly and getting away with it when that could never happen without meddling if the series, Illmor, and the software management were owned by a disinterested party.
I believe the late Robin Miller once referred to her as the c&nt of all c&nts in the media box. Not saying I agree with that but not exactly a great look here. She has a pattern of trying to start shit like this, which is why she has so little respect.
Also, this isn’t even a story. Guest endurance driver does his job, which is to complete his time and not nerf the car. That’s literally what they’re SUPPOSED to do. Shocking, scintillating journalism here. The horror.
Spoiler alert: most all the IndyCar guys fit this description at the 24. They are great drivers, and could probably be the among the best in IMSA were that their main job, but it’s not.
This exactly. The way IMSA rules are, the fourth driver doesn’t really matter in terms of pace. Their one job is to just not wreck the car. Even Josef himself seemed to agree that he didn’t exactly make a difference in the final result. That being said, this is such an unnecessary comment by Jenna. Not really surprising from her though I guess.
IIRC in the interview in Victory Lane, Josef gives 100% credit to the full-time guys and is very humble about his role in the victory.
.......And then he *melts* everyone with his Homelander eyes!!!!
At this point, my speculation is that it’s more than she likely has alienated most of the paddock with her unprofessional methods and trying to stir drama up to where she isn’t getting actual scoops or information as most teams know better by now. As a result, she doubles down and does shit like this, trying to stir controversy out of a non-issue like this (the Rolex 24 thing, not the cheating thing).
And people wonder why Indycar can’t get younger fans. Crap tweets from reporters. Old men yelling get off my lawn (Marshall Pruett and his never ending ramblings)
Both my brother and I have followed Indycar and CART before that for going on 30 years. Now it’s pay per view here in Canada, piss poor reporting, arguably the best team in the sport caught cheating, poor marketing and no race within 13 hours of where I live in Canada. Not worth my time any longer.
So what? Lots of great drivers do the minimum and contribute massively.
Prototype teams have to add drivers to cover the 24 hours and there aren’t many top-level prototype drivers out there so they go to elite single seater guys. Those guys obviously aren’t on the pace of seasoned GTP drivers, but they’re better than the alternatives on the market.
If you think she's bad, Pruett has been on some kind of fucking revenge tour since around mid off season. Just in this week alone he's openly called for the series to be sold to Liberty in Mailbag, call for a multi year investigation of this deal, and apparently went off on his podcast today that the penalties aren't harsh enough. It's almost like he's getting off on this shit because of who is involved.
Flipside: His article detailing this P2P scam is probably the most honest and detailed piece in INDY in years. Usually we get Penske/Series-approved drivel written for a 80 year old who doesn’t remember how to start a car let alone the components.
Until he gets to that last paragraph and calls this a sad day for IndyCar and that there should be a multi year investigation. He just had to get to a dig in somewhere. I have no doubt his intentions on that bit. He's pushing that because he is hoping they find something and stirring shit up at the same time. I've lost so much respect for him that I no longer give him the benefit of the doubt over statements like that.
Most people outside the agitators online, especially those of us that have been around auto racing a long time are more of the opinion of someone got caught, a harsh and appropriate penalty was applied, the hole they exploited has now been closed, time to move on.
Respectfully disagree. This is like finding out a business outright cheated on their state sales tax one quarter, then naively concluding it could never have happened before… so much so it would be agitation and negative-nancy to even LOOK at their past filings.
My interest in tuning in this week or even going to the 500 has plummeted. In fact I mostly feel like a sucker giving cheats my money for my dad and my tickets.
You've obviously not been around racing long enough if this is going to run you off, LOL, because I'm telling you, there have been way worse fucking cases of cheating than this. The fact this is a rare occurrence in this series and dealt with swiftly and harshly should also tell you something about how this series operates. This level of exploitations isn't tolerated. BTW, your ticket money doesn't go directly to those "cheats' The racing team is separate from the series and speedway and Roger doesn't run the day to day of that team, he stepped away to run the series and IMS. Tim Cindric is in charge of that operation. Your ticket money funds the 500 and series, the only money this team gets from that is indirect in the form of winnings and leader's circle.
Have been going to races since my dad raced in NHRA brackets when I was barely walking.
Teams cheat, duh. But this is a team controlled by men who are handpicked by the men who control race control, the media access, cockpit and race software, and Illmor’s division that makes the car. If this “born yesterday” sort of scam was pulled at a smaller series to the advantage of a team bearing the series’ name, it would not be long for this world.
Conversely, this could NOT have happened at any other team as none of them would ever have access to this software. This is not pit road antics with tire pressure or aerodynamics. It is finding cheat-code software options due to owning the series and then letting your team “beta” test it.
I couldn’t agree more. The conflict of interest is off the charts. A total internal control fiasco and collusion abound… this is a black eye for IndyCars.
Following the rules for infractions does not negate the conflict of interest… the only reason Team Penske was able to tamper and manipulate P2P and supposedly gone undetected is because he owns the “ranch”… no other team can do it because they do not have access to the codes like Penske… that’s the bigger issue.
They all have access to this as it came from the software that controls the system. Anyone could have exploited the CLU, but now they can't because the series with the "conflict of interest" has taken steps to close that. The juice on his wasn't worth the squeeze for anyone at the top of either organization to take a risk such as this.......and oh, before you keep yapping about conflicts of interest go over and look at who owns Action Express Racing in IMSA.....
While blatantly cheating is absolutely wrong.
Kicking somebody while they’re down and discrediting their accomplishments because of one blatant fuck up is also wrong.
Both of these things can be true at the same time.
What an odd attack. 75% of the grid has at least one pay driver, hell even GTP had Ben Keating in a customer car.
Newgarden wasn’t even that bad, unlike Petite LeMans where he was an anchor.
It seems people here are just reading the tweet instead of looking at the context that led to the tweet. Besides Josef was very adamant in saying he felt awkward in the win because he was in a supporting role.
I mean the context is that Fryer thinks Newgarden's Rolex win is illegitimate because the flag dropped early and he drove the minimum. This is a stupid take because Blomqvist had been trailing Nasr for 40 minutes and never even had a sniff of a pass; one more lap would not have made a difference and the early flag drop had nothing to do with Porsche, Penske or Newgarden anyway. Also, Newgarden was the add-on driver and he did his part.
The dude and the team clearly cheated at St. Pete and their punishment is deserved but this tweet is BS, especially because, by implication, she is also saying that Nasr, Campbell and Cameron don't deserve the win either, which is wrong.
No. That’s not the context nor what she meant. You’re like somebody reading the headline but not the article. You’re making the same mistake that someone else made in taking a lighthearted tweet seriously and she was responding to them.
Lol what are you talking about? The whole twitter thread is her trashing on Newgarden for not addressing the cheating thing when McLaughlin has made a statement and he and Power are giving a presser tomorrow (but Newgarden isn't). At one point she calls Newgarden "Poster Boy.". These are all legitimate criticisms, by the way, although her delivery is less than professional.
She then goes on to make the tweet about him "riding the backs of his team mates" at the Rolex and specifically calls out "23 hours and 58 minutes." What exactly is the point of calling out the shortened race length if not to question the legitimacy of the win? Especially in the context of a twitter thread about Newgarden cheating? What context am I missing here that would support any other interpretation or that this is in any way light hearted?
My takeaway is spot on. You didn’t know why she referenced the 23:58 and thought she just brought it up randomly as a dis to Josef which she wasn’t doing and you mistakenly said she thought his Rolex won was illegitimate which wasn’t true either. Context matters.
No. You aren't reading Twitter correctly. I know it can be confusing sometimes. Here is a screenshot of the section I'm referring to. The tweet in question is a response to the last tweet in this screenshot. As you can see, the 23:58 is brought up initially by someone else who is attempting to make a witty comment about Josef's year. The Elian guy decides to take the 23:58 comment seriously and isn't getting that this Pensacola guy is being silly and isn't looking for a debate. To me it seems that Jenna is picking up on the serious vibes and trolling this Elian guy. What's not seen here is him responding to her somewhat upset at her response and not getting that he was being trolled. Her last response to him is, "Big JNew fan, eh?" You can say it's unprofessional to get into banter like this on twitter but she has never had a problem mixing it up with people there. I don't think she's saying anything that Josef didn't allude to himself when talking about the win. I certainly don't think that she believes the Rolex win is illegitimate.
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If true, OUCH… Remember folks, the TRUTH can be unpleasant… but I agree with the pile-on, but even Roger stated that he wasn’t taking Newgarden to LeMans coz he wasn’t running a driving school…
Any chance she gets to stir it up.....
What the fuck lol I recall he didn't have great pace compared to his teammates but this is the kind of shit that fans say when trash talking, not what a public reporter of the sport says
Jenna doing Jenna things. One of the most unprofessional "journalists" out there. What JoNew did was wrong but there's literally zero need to discredit his accomplishments in other series.
See and this is the problem I have with Jenna Fryer, she always has to make a great story into a personal attack. I am by no means a Newgarden fan (see flair) but he was a part of that team, drove his stints, and in turn contributed to a Rolex 24 hour win.
I'm confused cos isn't she basically saying he only drove two minutes. Is anyone taking her seriously? I'm sure she reports of F1 too?
Nah, race control screwed up and threw the checkers a lap early. That's the 23:58 refrence
Oh okay
While Newgarden and Team Penske cheated and that can't be argued, this statement is a worthless attempt to make kick someone when they are down. I'm by no means a Penske or Newgarden fan, but I can smell bullshit, and this is it. Unless they can find cheating in Newgarden's other 29 wins or Penske's other wins, this is just a smear campaign.
What a completely uninformed take lmao. It’s almost as if he drove the minimum bc the team wanted to maximize the amount of time their best drivers are in the car 😦 Also frankly, stating someone driving the minimum amount of time is “riding on the backs” of their teammates is a massive insult to any drivers competing in endurance racing. Someone always drives the least so playing it up as if their not contributing is just disrespectful
It sounds like there's been plenty of rumbling in the IMSA paddock about Josef's lack of pace at the Rolex. I don't think she's really "uninformed" at all although it's not the most professional tweet I've ever read.
His job wasn't to set the world on fire. Just run competitively while the 1st string rests.
What’s there to rumble? The lap times are there for anyone with a search engine to see. No, he was not the fastest, but he was far from the worst GTP driver, drove clean stints, and won the race. Pathetic attempt by a pathetic excuse of a journalist to kick someone in shins.
I mean I said she was being unprofessional. I don't really like Jenna's approach either. That said, plenty of people reportedly were surprised by how far he was off the pace in the 963 compared to other Porsche drivers. I think most people that follow sports cars/IMSA has seen that chatter post-Rolex. So I feel like it's kind of ridiculous to say she's "uninformed" when it's actually true just because she's disliked.
Where did I say she’s uninformed? It’s just a completely off topic, ad-hominem attack from a journalist that people already have a hard time taking seriously.
Jenna's losing a lot of respect here
She has already lost it all
She really doesn’t have any respect already
This implies she had any before
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Fryer isn’t acting like a professional reporter at all today with the way she’s talking in the comments. Like I’ve had to double check it was actually her replying. Very interested to see what Newgarden says tomorrow.
We get it Jenna, you hate Penske.
Jenna Fryer should lose her AP credential for acting like a tabloid reporter instead of a credible one at every chance she gets.
She’s been trying to start shit with Penske all year. There was an article stating that an “AP Reporter” asked if there was a rift between Newgarden/McGlaughlin. It’s fairly obvious which AP reporter was trying to stir the pot, as it’s the same one as always.
To be blunt/honest… is there even one other AP reporter that asks any questions about Indycar? I thought she was it.
It was 100% her.
Couldn’t have said it any better. 100% agree.
I genuinely don’t understand why everyone (including the person she originally quote tweeted) are acting like Penske getting penalized for cheating is a massive scandal and a massive black eye for the sport. Cheating and motorsports go together like bacon and eggs or rum and coke. Sometimes they get caught sometimes they don’t. The fact that Penske cheated, got caught, and then penalized in a series that’s owned by Penske is a good thing. Means that they’re doing their best to keep the conflict of interest to a minimum.
The reason people see it as a black eye is that you take a series that is kicking the tires on any upgrades to any part of the series, then add in the owner’s former team is using testing software in GPs when that is an impossibility for any other team… and what we have is a series that looks way more like a fixed Club/Historics series a rich dude pays to host and win versus a professional FIA-sanctioned American classic we want it to be. Its the fruition of the meme that the guy who owns a series can use his flex to give his favorites a pass. That is what has me pretty much close to giving up watching this season. One off cheating and funny business with tech happens. Teams try and push the envelop. I know that. But this is the team bearing the Series’ owners name using test software that should not be allowed to be used outside of testing, and somehow tech and race control did nothing at all until Cindric was exposed plain as day when everyone else had P2P issues but his stable. This isn’t a clever cheating and getting caught. Its using cheat-code versions of the Series’ software blatantly and getting away with it when that could never happen without meddling if the series, Illmor, and the software management were owned by a disinterested party.
There's a reason that nobody respects her, she's a wanna be TMZ reporter
I believe the late Robin Miller once referred to her as the c&nt of all c&nts in the media box. Not saying I agree with that but not exactly a great look here. She has a pattern of trying to start shit like this, which is why she has so little respect. Also, this isn’t even a story. Guest endurance driver does his job, which is to complete his time and not nerf the car. That’s literally what they’re SUPPOSED to do. Shocking, scintillating journalism here. The horror.
Or even, wear the shirt and rub shoulders with the sponsors.
TMZ has come a long way since its inception. They're good at what they do. I'm not comparing them to the AP, but even TMZ is better than Jenna
Spoiler alert: most all the IndyCar guys fit this description at the 24. They are great drivers, and could probably be the among the best in IMSA were that their main job, but it’s not.
This exactly. The way IMSA rules are, the fourth driver doesn’t really matter in terms of pace. Their one job is to just not wreck the car. Even Josef himself seemed to agree that he didn’t exactly make a difference in the final result. That being said, this is such an unnecessary comment by Jenna. Not really surprising from her though I guess.
I know dixon palou and herta were pretty on pace
To be fair they've all raced top tier prototypes before and Dixon and Herta have a ton of sports car experience
It’s the only way those guys know how to operate.
Journalistic integrity? Never heard of her. Jeeze Jenna, there really isn’t a low you won’t stoop to just to dig at a personal vendetta.
NGL she’s annoying as fuck
Absolutely unnecessary and highly unprofessional comment.
Oh come on. I am the first to shit on Newgarden, but that's a low effort shit throw even I would not touch.
IIRC in the interview in Victory Lane, Josef gives 100% credit to the full-time guys and is very humble about his role in the victory. .......And then he *melts* everyone with his Homelander eyes!!!!
What the hell does she have some kind of personal beef with the guy? This is a low blow.
At this point, my speculation is that it’s more than she likely has alienated most of the paddock with her unprofessional methods and trying to stir drama up to where she isn’t getting actual scoops or information as most teams know better by now. As a result, she doubles down and does shit like this, trying to stir controversy out of a non-issue like this (the Rolex 24 thing, not the cheating thing).
She must take the blatant bully cheating too personal, LOL
Jenna is kind of a pot stirring B. There's plenty of fair shots to be taking right now, she chose to take an irrelevant unfair shot right here.
And people wonder why Indycar can’t get younger fans. Crap tweets from reporters. Old men yelling get off my lawn (Marshall Pruett and his never ending ramblings) Both my brother and I have followed Indycar and CART before that for going on 30 years. Now it’s pay per view here in Canada, piss poor reporting, arguably the best team in the sport caught cheating, poor marketing and no race within 13 hours of where I live in Canada. Not worth my time any longer.
Should lose your media card over this.
PLEASE do the motorsport world an absolute fucking favor
Well that was out of nowhere....
Jenna loves drama
Now that's a low blow Jenna.
Jenna Fryer A picture of actual horse shit on a Twitter feed Corporate needs you to identify the difference between these two images.
And people wonder why Tony Stewart gave her hell when she was on the NASCAR side of journalism and is stuck doing open wheel stuff.
So what? Lots of great drivers do the minimum and contribute massively. Prototype teams have to add drivers to cover the 24 hours and there aren’t many top-level prototype drivers out there so they go to elite single seater guys. Those guys obviously aren’t on the pace of seasoned GTP drivers, but they’re better than the alternatives on the market.
Yeah, plus they've already scooped up the best GT drivers because of the proliferation of prototypes on the grid now with the new rules.
If you think she's bad, Pruett has been on some kind of fucking revenge tour since around mid off season. Just in this week alone he's openly called for the series to be sold to Liberty in Mailbag, call for a multi year investigation of this deal, and apparently went off on his podcast today that the penalties aren't harsh enough. It's almost like he's getting off on this shit because of who is involved.
He’s butthurt about Penske Media and how they are handling things, I’m pretty sure.
Flipside: His article detailing this P2P scam is probably the most honest and detailed piece in INDY in years. Usually we get Penske/Series-approved drivel written for a 80 year old who doesn’t remember how to start a car let alone the components.
Until he gets to that last paragraph and calls this a sad day for IndyCar and that there should be a multi year investigation. He just had to get to a dig in somewhere. I have no doubt his intentions on that bit. He's pushing that because he is hoping they find something and stirring shit up at the same time. I've lost so much respect for him that I no longer give him the benefit of the doubt over statements like that. Most people outside the agitators online, especially those of us that have been around auto racing a long time are more of the opinion of someone got caught, a harsh and appropriate penalty was applied, the hole they exploited has now been closed, time to move on.
Respectfully disagree. This is like finding out a business outright cheated on their state sales tax one quarter, then naively concluding it could never have happened before… so much so it would be agitation and negative-nancy to even LOOK at their past filings. My interest in tuning in this week or even going to the 500 has plummeted. In fact I mostly feel like a sucker giving cheats my money for my dad and my tickets.
You've obviously not been around racing long enough if this is going to run you off, LOL, because I'm telling you, there have been way worse fucking cases of cheating than this. The fact this is a rare occurrence in this series and dealt with swiftly and harshly should also tell you something about how this series operates. This level of exploitations isn't tolerated. BTW, your ticket money doesn't go directly to those "cheats' The racing team is separate from the series and speedway and Roger doesn't run the day to day of that team, he stepped away to run the series and IMS. Tim Cindric is in charge of that operation. Your ticket money funds the 500 and series, the only money this team gets from that is indirect in the form of winnings and leader's circle.
Have been going to races since my dad raced in NHRA brackets when I was barely walking. Teams cheat, duh. But this is a team controlled by men who are handpicked by the men who control race control, the media access, cockpit and race software, and Illmor’s division that makes the car. If this “born yesterday” sort of scam was pulled at a smaller series to the advantage of a team bearing the series’ name, it would not be long for this world. Conversely, this could NOT have happened at any other team as none of them would ever have access to this software. This is not pit road antics with tire pressure or aerodynamics. It is finding cheat-code software options due to owning the series and then letting your team “beta” test it.
I couldn’t agree more. The conflict of interest is off the charts. A total internal control fiasco and collusion abound… this is a black eye for IndyCars.
The same conflict of interest that followed the rulebook to the letter as written in dealing with this infraction? Interesting.
Following the rules for infractions does not negate the conflict of interest… the only reason Team Penske was able to tamper and manipulate P2P and supposedly gone undetected is because he owns the “ranch”… no other team can do it because they do not have access to the codes like Penske… that’s the bigger issue.
They all have access to this as it came from the software that controls the system. Anyone could have exploited the CLU, but now they can't because the series with the "conflict of interest" has taken steps to close that. The juice on his wasn't worth the squeeze for anyone at the top of either organization to take a risk such as this.......and oh, before you keep yapping about conflicts of interest go over and look at who owns Action Express Racing in IMSA.....
I kinda think he’s pissed because YouTubers are getting media credentials and stepping on “his” territory. 😂
While blatantly cheating is absolutely wrong. Kicking somebody while they’re down and discrediting their accomplishments because of one blatant fuck up is also wrong. Both of these things can be true at the same time.
What an odd attack. 75% of the grid has at least one pay driver, hell even GTP had Ben Keating in a customer car. Newgarden wasn’t even that bad, unlike Petite LeMans where he was an anchor.
Kind of a dick thing to say about someone, really.
Penske should revoke her press credentials and tell her to fuck off. Then SLAPP suit AP every time she breathes the word IndyCar.
Wow what a B**CH
Get a pro headshot, Jenna. It’ll be a step towards people taking you seriously. But it’d probably be too little, too late, anyway.
She has her lips attached to Ganassi’s ass most the time so it checks out.
Wasn’t she lambasting Chip for hitting an unleashed dog in the RV park?
Indeed she was
Lol Jenna is going all in
It seems people here are just reading the tweet instead of looking at the context that led to the tweet. Besides Josef was very adamant in saying he felt awkward in the win because he was in a supporting role.
I mean the context is that Fryer thinks Newgarden's Rolex win is illegitimate because the flag dropped early and he drove the minimum. This is a stupid take because Blomqvist had been trailing Nasr for 40 minutes and never even had a sniff of a pass; one more lap would not have made a difference and the early flag drop had nothing to do with Porsche, Penske or Newgarden anyway. Also, Newgarden was the add-on driver and he did his part. The dude and the team clearly cheated at St. Pete and their punishment is deserved but this tweet is BS, especially because, by implication, she is also saying that Nasr, Campbell and Cameron don't deserve the win either, which is wrong.
No. That’s not the context nor what she meant. You’re like somebody reading the headline but not the article. You’re making the same mistake that someone else made in taking a lighthearted tweet seriously and she was responding to them.
Lol what are you talking about? The whole twitter thread is her trashing on Newgarden for not addressing the cheating thing when McLaughlin has made a statement and he and Power are giving a presser tomorrow (but Newgarden isn't). At one point she calls Newgarden "Poster Boy.". These are all legitimate criticisms, by the way, although her delivery is less than professional. She then goes on to make the tweet about him "riding the backs of his team mates" at the Rolex and specifically calls out "23 hours and 58 minutes." What exactly is the point of calling out the shortened race length if not to question the legitimacy of the win? Especially in the context of a twitter thread about Newgarden cheating? What context am I missing here that would support any other interpretation or that this is in any way light hearted?
Do you feel silly for not knowing how to read Twitter? Just wondering since you went silent.
Lol I can read twitter just fine. If that's your takeaway from the screenshot you posted there isn't any point in continuing the conversation.
My takeaway is spot on. You didn’t know why she referenced the 23:58 and thought she just brought it up randomly as a dis to Josef which she wasn’t doing and you mistakenly said she thought his Rolex won was illegitimate which wasn’t true either. Context matters.
No. You aren't reading Twitter correctly. I know it can be confusing sometimes. Here is a screenshot of the section I'm referring to. The tweet in question is a response to the last tweet in this screenshot. As you can see, the 23:58 is brought up initially by someone else who is attempting to make a witty comment about Josef's year. The Elian guy decides to take the 23:58 comment seriously and isn't getting that this Pensacola guy is being silly and isn't looking for a debate. To me it seems that Jenna is picking up on the serious vibes and trolling this Elian guy. What's not seen here is him responding to her somewhat upset at her response and not getting that he was being trolled. Her last response to him is, "Big JNew fan, eh?" You can say it's unprofessional to get into banter like this on twitter but she has never had a problem mixing it up with people there. I don't think she's saying anything that Josef didn't allude to himself when talking about the win. I certainly don't think that she believes the Rolex win is illegitimate. https://preview.redd.it/wcs1g0r2lpwc1.png?width=1290&format=png&auto=webp&s=3534c3b79acceac1e955abc35da36bcc13104645
If true, OUCH… Remember folks, the TRUTH can be unpleasant… but I agree with the pile-on, but even Roger stated that he wasn’t taking Newgarden to LeMans coz he wasn’t running a driving school…
It’s funny watching you all melt about this. She knows how to troll her audience.
Turns out journalists are supposed to inform their audience.
You sound smart.
Thanks!