No organization is too big to mess up, and NASCAR fans just proved it. Amid the excitement of the recent Darlington finale, one sharp-eyed fan uncovered a misspelling on one of the Darlington trophies. You’d think an outfit like NASCAR would be immune to such blunders, but nope—they dropped the ball. So, does the infamous Darlington 2022 now come with a cheeky little twist too?

The best part? NASCAR is in on the joke. They’ve already compiled a list of names they’ve botched—or might botch in the future. It’s a masterclass in not taking yourself too seriously. After all, if you can laugh at yourself, you’ve already beaten everyone else to the punch!

How many names has NASCAR meddled with?

The latest spelling blunder making waves on Reddit is the misspelling of Joey Logano’s name on his Darlington race win trophy from 2022. NASCAR somehow managed to write “Joey Lagano” instead of “Joey Logano”—which is especially ironic since even autocorrect knows better!

Fans have had a field day with this gaffe, but here’s the twist: NASCAR already had a page dedicated to ‘Most Easily Misspelled Driver Names.’ It seems someone in NASCAR spotted the trend before the fans did and decided to join in on the fun. The list starts with Chase Elliott—because remembering how many ‘Ls’ and ‘Ts’ are in his name is apparently a challenge. NASCAR even suggests calling him “Awesome Bill’s kid” or “the leading cause of noise complaints on Sundays in Dawsonville, Georgia.”

Joey Logano makes the list too, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Brad Keselowski, Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch, Matt DiBenedetto, Chris Buescher, Landon Cassill, and the top misspelled name of all, David Ragan. NASCAR’s also curious about how Kyle Busch earned his ‘Shrub’ nickname. So, with NASCAR already laughing at themselves, what more can the fans say?

NASCAR fans react to Joey Lagano

Well, since NASCAR decided to take the self-trolling route, they had to get creative. The organization went all out, offering every possible way to misspell Joey Logano’s name while still keeping the phonetics somewhat intact. According to NASCAR’s page, “It’s that first ‘o’ in ‘Logano’ that throws people for a loop. You could replace it with any vowel and it would still sort of work—go ahead and try it. Lagano, Legano, Ligano, Logano, Lugano. And sometimes Lygano.”

A fan chimed in, agreeing with NASCAR, “You can put any vowel in Joey L_gano and it will still be pronounced the same.” So, NASCAR, you’ve got some validation there! Another fan pointed out, “Any Italian spellings and/or pronunciations are so wildly foreign to Southerners that it’s almost like Italians are using different symbols.” Though, it’s doubtful that was the issue here, as NASCAR doesn’t seem to care about jumbling names in general.

One user even shared a TL; DR-worthy story about an ‘evil twin,’ but we’ll leave you to discover that twisty tale yourself. Then there was a user who noted, “When I went to the Michael Waltrip tap room in Concord Mills last May, he had a beer tap in which Talladega was spelled wrong.” Now, that’s a geography fail you can’t excuse!

And, of course, no fan trolling session is complete without a nod to Bubba Wallace. One user humorously predicted, “If Bubba wins next year, it’ll be the return of Bube Walla.” The list of missteps goes on and on. So, what do you think of NASCAR’s slip-up? Share your thoughts in the comments below!