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Nascar racer Jeff Gordon was the star for a viral video ad last year in which he donned a disguise and then took an unwitting car salesman for the scariest test drive of his career.
But some media called BS on the hit video, saying it was faked. Chief critic was Jalopnik's Travis Okulski who claimed Gordon was not behind the wheel, and every person who appeared in the video was a paid actor.
However Gordon's now had the last word and some sweet revenge, setting Okulski up -- with the more than willing help of his friends. The critical writer is lured from New York down to the southern state of North Carolina, where Gordon picks him up in the guise of an ex-criminal taxi driver - driving the US Chevrolet Caprice version of our own Holden Caprice.
Cue a mock police car, an abandoned factory and some white-knuckle action accompanied by a soundtrack of Okulski pleading to be let out of the car. Directed by the same team as last year's video, this one turns into a great payback -- and Okulski takes it with class when the prank is outed.
He attests on Jalopnik: "I can say with total certainty that this second ... test drive ad is unequivocally, one hundred percent, totally, absolutely real."
Watch the desktop version of the Race driver's revenge on car journo video here.
This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott
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