Danica Patrick!, Takes Daytona 500 Pole Options

[jeff]

Danica just grabbed the Pole for the Nationwide Daytona 500! She's got something tougher than balls,a vagina, those can take a pounding! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

[scott_in_nh]

Even if you want to dump her you have to get to her rear bumper 1st!

I like Danica, but IMO she isn’t/wasn’t even the best current female Indy car driver - Simona de Silvestro is.

While I’m not a fan of what NASCAR Nextel Cup is today (I liked the racing in the 80’s and 90’s), the idea that someone here could step up and race with the big boys right out of the box is a joke. I’m not saying you aren’t fast, I’m saying you need seat time to compete.

To those that think the only reason they lose at the local kart track is their weight – that is BS too. Once again talent and seat time will rule the day even if you added weight to even things up.

I’ll agree that at times the drivers who bring money get the rides over drivers with more talent, but just being a world class driver with the best equipment is no guarantee of immediate success in NASCAR as a long string of drivers who have come and gone or are still there but run mid-pack at best will attest.

Montoya couldn’t do it, Hornish couldn't do it – you have some kind of (false) ego if you are not a professional racer or Saturday night hero but think you could!

Sports cars aren’t NASCAR, IndyCar isn’t NASCAR, F1 isn’t NASCAR, Supercross isn’t….

All of this is Blah, blah, blah anyway – other than possibly endurance sport car racing - professional 4 wheel racing in this country sucks.

The teams do not have enough leeway to find an advantage so all the racing is too bunched up which is great for the new type of racing fan that really doesn’t understand racing strategy and only cares if their driver has a chance of winning at the end of the race.

All the classes are too aero, have too much tire, too much downforce and not enough HP. If you went back to what Indycars and stock cars had in the 60’s and 70’s we would find out really quickly who can really drive!

This is why the trucks typically put on the best race.

Watch Superbike and MotoGP if you want to see real racing – tremendous power to weight, zero downforce, skinny tires and real differences between manufacturers and riders!

If you want to watch good stock car racing – go to your local bullring and watch the local Saturday night heroes instead!