IRL announcers commentate from the chat rooms

I was on the IndyCar.com video feed chat room today during the race. When the cars pulled in to the pitlane and the scuffle broke out, the first question everyone was asking was "who is that, who is that? (who knocked Sam Hornish Sr to the ground)"

– Literally with a second of Sam Sr hitting the ground, one poster joking typed "OMG! It's Danica's dad! Danica's dad just hit Sam Sr!"
– Amid all the commotion, a handful of people quickly replied "yeah right", "what's he doing there?", "really?", "I thought he was banned from the pitlane?", etc
– original poster "Said, no it's him for sure"

Shortly afterwards, as everyone was trying to make heads and tails of the whole situation, the ABC commentators suddenly chimed in with "It was TJ Patrick".

– original poster says "see told ya" and the whole place went nuts.
– minutes later TJ Patrick is seen wearing a blue shirt saying he was nowhere near the incident when it happened.

Coincidence? I think the clown IRL announcers on ABC follow the chat room for their expert advice. Name withheld