The "Speedway Slammer" is the latest immigration detention facility touted by the Department of Homeland Security as part of the U.S. Government's crackdown on illegal immigration, following the establishment of "Alligator Alcatraz" in Ochopee, Fla. In response to IndyCar, a DHS spokesperson said there were no plans to change the imagery used.

"Definitely caught me off guard," driver Pato O'Ward says of the use of an IndyCar image with a No. 5 in the announcement of an ICE detention facility in Indiana.

IndyCar driver Pato O'Ward and series officials were shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that touted plans for an immigration detention center in Indiana dubbed the "Speedway Slammer.