Corvette Race Car Driver Does What We All Feel Like Doing And Gives BMW The Bird

If you’ve been around the Internet for any length of time, you’ve undoubtedly seen some of the BMW memes that depict its drivers as a-holes. I’ve posted one of the more popular ones (and my favorite) below–have you seen it? The BMW jokes range from its owners not using their turn signals to being overall crappy drivers. The universe aligned at Sunday’s closing of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and enthusiasts around the globe were able to witness retribution, paid on our behalf by the No. 4 Corvette Racing driver, Tommy Milner. [Author’s Note: This article is FREE and not behind a paywall. If/when any popups occur, please click to make them disappear and continue enjoying the article.]

First, here’s that popular meme, and then we’ll give you a quick rundown of what pushed Milner to flip the BMW off. Even more entertaining is the No. 4’s payback, and we have that video below. Also, you can click here if you missed CorvSport’s full coverage of the Rolex 24–spoiler alert: the AWA Corvette Racing team won their class!

Here’s Tommy Milner telling the BMW driver he’s number one!

What led to the one-finger salute?

Milner was in a battle for the lead of the GTD Pro class against the No. 1 BMW, driven by Kelvin van der Linde when the duo took their fight through slower traffic and lapped some cars in front of them. One of them just happened to be the No. 48 BMW of Augusto Farfus, who was over 50 laps down in the race.