A simple tweet featuring two arms has sent the NASCAR world spiraling into theories about arms, freckles, and arm hair. Chris Rice with a simple caption “Friday” seems to be teasing the announcement of the driver of the #31 Kaulig Racing car in the NASCAR Cup Series. What are some of the most interesting theories regarding this cryptic photograph?
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amelia pointed out a very specific freckle on the arm. That combined with the hairy arm makes her think it is Daniel Hemric. She is far from the only one who believes it could be Hemric.
LEFT TURN CULT compared that picture to the arm hair of other drivers who are candidates. They theorize it is Hemric, but this picture makes it look like a few other drivers could be candidates. Chandler Smith and Matt Dibenedetto are not too far off.
DennyDeliversYT looked at the trophies. As a result, he had a wild theory as to who could be taking this ride. None other than Kasey Kahne.
Some people made some theories regarding the trophies, but NASCAR Money did some research on those trophies. Those trophies, according to his research, came from two drivers that have zero chance of getting this ride, Justin Haley and Ross Chastain.
OnTheHighSide had maybe the most believable theory as he went into detail about everyone’s arm hair on TikTok. He, like many others, decided that Daniel Hemric was the most likely candidate to take over this seat based on the arm.
This could be a very plausible theory that throws everything that anyone has said out of the water. Would Kaulig Racing be truly willing to give away something as big as their next driver? They are a race team that has put out some troll tweets before.
Jack Callahan is another one who thinks it could just be the hand of Matt Kaulig. Again, if this is Matt Kaulig, this opens up the potential pool of candidates wide open.
Even we joined in the fun of discussing the candidates for the car in 2024. We even decided to come up with the extra theory that NASCAR on TNT is returning at some point. At the end of the day, we concluded that Brexton Busch would drive for Kaulig. Hey, maybe it will happen in 15 years?
Dale Tanhardt threw his hat into the ring as the one who could take over the car in 2024. I mean, it seems legitimate.
Maxi threw his hat…or…arm into the ring. I mean, it is not totally out of the question based on this photograph.
Hey, why not?
Oh the skills you never knew you would use again.
Theoretically possible.
There were plenty of interesting theories out there on which arms were in that Tweet. At the end of the day, it will be interesting to see who ultimately gets the #31 car for Kaulig Racing. Is it anyone that these people on Twitter theorized?
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