Danica Patrick!, Takes Daytona 500 Pole |
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Danica Patrick!, Takes Daytona 500 Pole |
jeff |
Feb 24 2012, 09:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 17-January 04 From: thousand oaks,ca Member No.: 1,570 |
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)
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Jgilliam914 |
May 5 2013, 07:25 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,327 Joined: 30-July 12 From: Iowa / Florida Member No.: 14,732 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Damn guys... Don't be judgin!! I am sure there are damn few people bound for Sainthood in this forum? She is a capable driver not great and not a back marker either! She is there for marketing purposes. Nascars viewership is way up since the beginning of the year. She does have a chance to win any restrictor plate race due to the fact Nascar owns the intakes on these cars. But look at Juan Pablo Montoya. Everyone here knows he is one HELL of a driver and this has translated into how many Cup wins? Not many. Cup driving is not easy. With the restrictions to parts that there is very little " outside the box thinking" to make your car better than anothers. Equipment breaks and too many aggressive moves by others can take out half the field every week. It is entertainment especially the last 10 laps. You try driving at high speed in extremely close competition for 3-4 hours and you will see what kind of athletes they actually are. I tip my hat to them all to get to that stage and are able to compete
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Spoke |
May 5 2013, 08:21 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,991 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
She is there for marketing purposes. I think this is the reason so many people have an issue with Danica. Or Danican't as I've seen her name butchered on some websites. For the most part, racing is a competition and usually the best driver with the best equipment wins and gets the accolades. Rarely does the 8th or 12th or 20th place driver get any attention. Or along those lines, the 4th place driver in the Indy 500 get their picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Dan Wheldon who won the Indy 500 that year later turned up wearing a T-shirt with the phrase "Actually Won The Indy 500" on the front since the media was ogling Danica for the 4th place finish. Danica is a product of our times where you don't have to do anything to be a media star like the Kardashians, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie. I was happy when she made the move from Indycar to Nascar as now the media frenzy following her can allow Indycar to get back to the business of racing. I'm not sure if the added attention she brings really helps attendance at races or TV viewership. |
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