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The Department of Homeland Security posted an AI-generated photo of an ICE-sponsored IndyCar this week, and it caught the eyes of some of IndyCar's officials and one of its top drivers.

The post was captioned "The Speedway Slammer" and depicted a jailhouse behind a car on the track.

The car's number was 5 , the same as Pato O'Ward's car. The 26-year-old was born in Monterrey, Mexico.

"It caught a lot of people off guard. Definitely caught me off guard," O’Ward said Wednesday. "I was just a little bit shocked at the coincidences of that and, you know, of what it means. ... I don’t think it made a lot of people proud, to say the least."

"We were unaware of plans to incorporate our imagery as part of yesterday’s announc

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