not sure she will fit in very well she is a very good oval racer, but she is also a very orderly & "rule of thumb" kind of driver. I dont think she will do well in the chaos of a Nascar restart. part of the "game" of Nascar racers is shaking up/intimidating the other drivers. she is way to easy to "set off".
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spark1 Member
Posts: 11159 From: Benton County, OR Registered: Dec 2002
The official announcement is supposed to be made in about an hour:
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Danica Patrick will announce on Tuesday in Phoenix her decision to drive a part-time Nationwide Series schedule for JR Motorsports in 2010, multiple sources told ESPN.com on Monday.
GoDaddy.com, which is handling the announcement at an 1 p.m. ET press conference, sent out a media alert late Monday afternoon. A news release Tuesday said that Patrick and JR Motorsports co-owner and general manager Kelley Earnhardt would attend.
Size is equalled out sitting in a car. And her temper is right up there with Nascar boys like Kyle Bush. I really dont see her backing down to a guy that crashes her, she dont get intimidated.
Thatll work. Its the only reason I watch Indy cars. Also Milka too. Danica is doing Daytona testing soon, and plans to run the Daytona ARCA race too.
Only point to watching Milka is to see just how badly she can do, or who she'll take out with her WHEN she wrecks. I've watched them both in person, and at least Danica can drive. That said, the amount of attention she gets given her skill level is just ridiculous.
Like most open wheel drivers, she'll proably fail miserably in NASCAR, blame it on ______, and go back to indy cars full time.
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spark1 Member
Posts: 11159 From: Benton County, OR Registered: Dec 2002
Originally posted by RWDPLZ: Like most open wheel drivers, she'll proably fail miserably in NASCAR, blame it on ______, and go back to indy cars full time.
True but I always wonder how much is due to driver skill and how much is the team and getting help from teammates and other drivers (can't have a non "good ol' boy" winning mentality). I can't imagine there is more driving skill involved in circling a loop in the same gear all day than there is in most open wheel racing, but that's just me I really can't get into watching Nascar and the like unless they are on a road course, just a matter of personal opinion I guess.
I'm sure I'm overstating the lack of skill of the Nascar drivers, just not to my taste and I don't understand how it got so popular.
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D B Cooper Member
Posts: 3141 From: East Detroit, MI Registered: Jul 2005
Have not been interested in any paved oval racing since Vukovich was killed in 1955,, then the interesting dirt tracks disapeared ,,& in my attemp to be world champion dirt flat track motorcycle racer, I hit the wall doing 60 mph,,bumer,(I sucked) lost interest ,But Danica put a little interest in this boring sport ,,Hope she wins ,, the only thing to make it better is if she wrestled one of the other girls
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Blacktree Member
Posts: 20770 From: Central Florida Registered: Dec 2001
She weighs about 100 lbs, some say 105 and stands about 5' 2". IRL critics claimed she could go about 1 mph faster than the males because of her low weight. She isn't much smaller than Mark Martin who is 5' 6" and 135 lbs. Maybe that's why Mark drives so fast?
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rogergarrison Member
Posts: 49601 From: A Western Caribbean Island/ Columbus, Ohio Registered: Apr 99
Driving in a 'circle' isnt exactly what it appears to be. Get with 40 other cars on a marked oval on glare ice and try driving in that circle at say 75 mph. Ive raced oval stock cars and thats very much what its like. In that every spectator can see the whole track in an oval race, I do like the occasional road race too. I think Nascar has a good balance in that regard. Most non racers compare it to their driving experiences on the freeway where all the cars are usually easily under complete control.
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madcurl Member
Posts: 21401 From: In a Van down by the Kern River Registered: Jul 2003
As she exited her car after her first Indianapolis 500 pole day qualifying attempt on Saturday, Danica Patrick was frustrated.
Very frustrated.
So frustrated that she threw her crew under the bus. "This is the worst car I've ever had," she said, according to USA Today's Nate Ryan on Twitter. "There's no stability or grip. It's just scary, really scary ... It's awful, really awful. I think I'm still shaking." And when her comments were played over the track PA, she was booed.
“I wasn’t flat out the last two laps and I was scared to death flat on the first two. I’ve never been bad here before. I’ve never been outside the top 10 on a finish or qualifying, so, it’s not my fault. The car is not good.”
Danica Patrick being booed? What the heck?
Maybe Danica's candor -- or whining, as some may prefer -- is rubbing fans the wrong way. Danica has always been confident, and unafraid to tell it like she sees it. That makes her likeable to some, and unlikable to others.
However, there's a line that needs to be balanced when a car isn't up to a driver's expectations, and Danica's comments crossed that line. It's OK for her to be unhappy with the car, and it's ok for her to be disappointed with her qualifying run. Those are normal. But you don't say "it's not my fault."
Ever.
A driver should never draw the line between himself or herself and the crew. It's referred to as a team for a reason. "My crew screwed up on pit road" or any variation that implies a separation of driver and crew is always more demeaning than "We screwed up on pit road" or the like.
The sooner Danica learns that, the better, no matter how unhappy she is.
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Fformula88 Member
Posts: 7891 From: Buffalo, NY Registered: Mar 2000
I wonder if Danica might not be jumping the shark at this point.
She is no longer an unknown. She ran those few Nascar races earlier in the year, and really was not impressive at all. She has 86 starts in Indy Car now, and just 1 win to show for it. This year in Indy Car, she is 16th in the points standings, with her best finish being 12th.
When she burst on the scene, she was supposed to be the first female driver that was really a top talent, and would be able to win races and compete for wins with the top drivers of the sport. It's looking like she isn't anymore since it hasn't happened.
Maybe the folks at Indy just thought that throwing her team under the bus for what is looking like her own shortcomings as a driver wasn't appropriate.
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williegoat Member
Posts: 19540 From: Glendale, AZ Registered: Mar 2009
As she exited her car after her first Indianapolis 500 pole day qualifying attempt on Saturday, Danica Patrick was frustrated.
Very frustrated.
So frustrated that she threw her crew under the bus. "This is the worst car I've ever had," she said, according to USA Today's Nate Ryan on Twitter. "There's no stability or grip. It's just scary, really scary ... It's awful, really awful. I think I'm still shaking." And when her comments were played over the track PA, she was booed.
“I wasn’t flat out the last two laps and I was scared to death flat on the first two. I’ve never been bad here before. I’ve never been outside the top 10 on a finish or qualifying, so, it’s not my fault. The car is not good.”
Danica Patrick being booed? What the heck?
Maybe Danica's candor -- or whining, as some may prefer -- is rubbing fans the wrong way. Danica has always been confident, and unafraid to tell it like she sees it. That makes her likeable to some, and unlikable to others.
However, there's a line that needs to be balanced when a car isn't up to a driver's expectations, and Danica's comments crossed that line. It's OK for her to be unhappy with the car, and it's ok for her to be disappointed with her qualifying run. Those are normal. But you don't say "it's not my fault."
Ever.
A driver should never draw the line between himself or herself and the crew. It's referred to as a team for a reason. "My crew screwed up on pit road" or any variation that implies a separation of driver and crew is always more demeaning than "We screwed up on pit road" or the like.
The sooner Danica learns that, the better, no matter how unhappy she is.
Nothing new there, except that she finally blurted out on the IRL / IMS PA system the same crap she's been whining over race control comm at every track I've listened to her at. Add this to the fact that she is INCAPABLE of describing in accurate and precise detail *what* is wrong with the car, (if indeed anything actually is). It's VERY "entertaining" listening to her complain over the radio for an entire race. Like I've said before "Panica" takes some of the biggest sponsor money in the game, the best equipment money can buy and the best technical and race support in the business and consistantly runs middle of the pack. NO RACECRAFT. Simply a media phenomenon.
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Nothing new there, except that she finally blurted out on the IRL / IMS PA system the same crap she's been whining over race control comm at every track I've listened to her at. Add this to the fact that she is INCAPABLE of describing in accurate and precise detail *what* is wrong with the car, (if indeed anything actually is). It's VERY "entertaining" listening to her complain over the radio for an entire race. Like I've said before "Panica" takes some of the biggest sponsor money in the game, the best equipment money can buy and the best technical and race support in the business and consistantly runs middle of the pack. NO RACECRAFT. Simply a media phenomenon.
Originally posted by RWDPLZ: Like most open wheel drivers, she'll proably fail miserably in NASCAR, blame it on ______, and go back to indy cars full time.
There are some open wheel drivers who have had success in stock cars.
A.J. Foyt Johnny Rutherford Mario Andretti Roger McCluskey Parnelli Jones Jeff Gordon Ryan Newman Tony Stewart Kasey Kahne Juan Pablo Montoya Sam Hornish A.J. Allmendinger Ken Schrader Andy Hillenburg John Andretti Jason Leffler Mike Bliss Kenny Irwin Jr. Dave Blaney J.J. Yeley
The ones that I can think of...I’m sure there are more
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not sure she will fit in very well she is a very good oval racer, but she is also a very orderly & "rule of thumb" kind of driver. I dont think she will do well in the chaos of a Nascar restart. part of the "game" of Nascar racers is shaking up/intimidating the other drivers. she is way to easy to "set off".
I have my own theory as to Danica's performance this year. Keep in mind this is just a theory. While I agree that Danica is a good middle of the pack driver, she has been doing uncaracteristicly awful this season.
On April 29, 2010 – Andretti Autosport announced it signed 2009 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport champion Adam Carroll to drive a limited schedule of IZOD IndyCar Series events in the second half of the 2010 season. They have not announced what car Adam will be driving.
Onto my theory...
I think that Andretti didn't think Danica's contract through completely and possibly left out some kind of clause about her driving in another series of racing. I think Michael might have expressed some displeasure with her about driving Nascar. She decided to do both and that ticked Michael off cause she wouldn't be devoting her full concentration on her IndyCar responsibilities. So to get even, they have been purposely sabotaging her cars setup. I think Andretti is looking for an excuse to pull her out of her car and put Adam in her seat. If she is not performing, Andretti has a excuse to pull her out.
I would not be surprised to see Adam take over Danica's seat full time next season.
I have been collection Danica stuff since 2005. My collection is impressive to say the least. Even though some of these cars may appear to be duplicates, They are all different and 6 of them are signed by Danica. I also have 3 other cars that are pre-ordered so they are not here yet.
Again, some of these cars and cards may look like duplicates but they are not. 3 of the Crads are signed.
Both mini helmets and both baseballs are signed.
This is just a small portion of my Danica stuff. I have every magazine she has been on the cover of. I have every driver/hero card. I have a checkered flag that is signed. I have several programs signed. I have a giant banner hanging in the garage and a bunch of other things i can't remember right now.
Looks like Milka just may not be fast enough this year. Sarah Fisher made it back on and Danica is in the middle of row eight, right behind Simona and Ana.
I was just about to call you Jimmy, cant have a Danica Patrick discussion without you in it. In all reality I dont follow racing, or Danica Patrick, or Milka whatever her name is at all. I really only opened this thread to see if you and Randye had posted in it yet so I could let you guys know haha.
-Joe
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rogergarrison Member
Posts: 49601 From: A Western Caribbean Island/ Columbus, Ohio Registered: Apr 99
Strictly on looks Milka dont hold a candle to Danica.
I dont think Andretti should have a problem if he wanted to just fire her... its his team, he can do what he wants anytime with it. He might have to honor a contract for so long or so much money, but he dont have to let her sit in the car ever again . In that situation, Id want to drive and would let the contract be broken so I could go to someone else and get to drive.
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Monkeyman Member
Posts: 15810 From: N. Wilkesboro, NC, USA Registered: Nov 1999
JimmyS---Oddly enough, I've collected a few Danica things, too. I currently have 3 pair of her underwear and a signed (by Danica herself) restraining order. Does that count?
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pokeyfiero Member
Posts: 16189 From: Free America! Registered: Dec 2003
JimmyS---Oddly enough, I've collected a few Danica things, too. I currently have 3 pair of her underwear and a signed (by Danica herself) restraining order. Does that count?
I really dont see her backing down to a guy that crashes her, she dont get intimidated.
