Fresh off the Pacers' run to the NBA Finals, All-Star forward Pascal Siakam will serve as the honorary pace car driver for Sunday's Brickyard 400 at IMS.

As for why that was, well, you could blame the OKC players themselves. Or, you could refer back to a very funny pregame moment with Pacers forward Pascal Siakam.

Pascal Siakam sometimes shows some of the whites of his eyes when he thinks they're closed, which led to a viral moment before Game 6 of the Finals.