Planking Craze Takes Over IndyCar Circuit

It didn’t take long for a Facebook fad to travel across land and sea from down under in Australia to Indianapolis, Indiana. When one IndyCar driver happened upon a YouTube video showcasing the Aussie craze ‘planking,’ a tweet spread around the circuit and quickly captured the attention of many.It appears that Wade Cunningham was the first of the racers to disappear the hysterical but sometimes dangerous game (hobby? meme?) where people lay horizontal in various public places, head down and hands at the side so as to be photographed and seen on Facebook.

“I swear, you can’t make this stuff up.

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