@VeeArrrSix: Larry the Cable Guy did a bit about having the Summers Eve 250... included the Vagisil car - itching and burning rubber all the way to the top of the 'Bush' standings... Here's a slightly modified version from a live performance, not the one that went on his recording.
@skaycog was here: If it were MY Cobra, she could do whatever she damn well pleased with it. She probably has less of a chance of wrecking it than 90% of people who own them.
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I don't have any car that's too good for Ms Patrick. Not that I think she's particularly remarkable. Let's just say my only options are fantasy and straight cash transactions. So far I've limited myself to flights of fancy. Danica meet Corvette hood.
Smart move all around. She's improving her IRL performance, but in NASCAR she'd be stuck somewhere in the rear third, and fans would lose interest quickly.
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I agree completely. She is a talented driver, places in the top 5 of IRL drivers, is THE face of the series. There are several open wheel drivers that have tried and failed at NASCAR, and several that have taken years to adapt(Montoya, Truex). Say what you will about NASCAR, but it is not an easy transition from other racing series. Plus, I do not think that Danica would be keen starting in a feeder series (although that would be the bes place to start).
Most of these "talented drivers" do not have the skills to hang with the rednecks (see: D. Franchitti, P. Carpentier), so they go back to their cabernet and brie pansy series where the hair care products are better and the popped collar is haute couture.
Show me some real talent from any open wheel series that can wheel with the trailer trash on a boring ass oval, and I'll show you a dirt track racin' redneck with a bad attitude from Indiana who can dominate your driver on any track at any time.
@Uncle Bo: Give me a break. Nascar is nothing but glorified bumper cars. F1 drivers and Australian super car drivers own any nascar driver. Just because they can't drive the crap bricks that are nascar cars as well as the glorified school bus drivers of nascar, doesn't make them inferior.
I wouldn't call the world champ of bumper cars a superior driver.
Nascar = WWF of the automotive world.
(Hence why most nascar crowds look like those at a WWF monday night event)
F1 and other open wheel classes dwarf Nascar in fans worldwide, so obviously the fans have spoken. Wait, Nascar has no fans worldwide. Oops.
Every year we see this "will she go to NASCAR?" publicity stunt in order for Danica to keep her name in the headlines without really doing much of anything to deserve a headline.
How about first we get some coverage of what Franchitti, Dixon, Kanaan, Wheldon, Hornish Jr., and Castroneves plan to do next year?
THEN let's breathlessly discuss the plans of the seventh place driver.
Guess you aren't paying attention much. Hornish is in NASCAR and no longer races open wheel. Franchitti, Dixon, and Helio are in the top 4 points, behind Briscoe who is leading. All four of those drivers are with the dominant teams in the sport.
Wheldon and Kanaan are below Danica in points.
Danica is 5th in points, the best driver of the second tier teams.
Considering her equipment is not class leading, I'd say she is doing a great job this year. Her more experienced counterparts are not performing as well as she is.
@Uncle Bo: That's what I get for looking up the stats off of AutoWeek. Still, I stand by my core point - let's honor the people who are leading, instead of falling again for what is turning out to be Danica's annual end-of-season publicity stunt.
Rumors before Sunday's Atlanta race was the deal was basically done for Stewart/Haas racing and it was just a matter of when they would put her in a ride.
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Most of these "talented drivers" do not have the skills to hang with the rednecks (see: D. Franchitti, P. Carpentier), so they go back to their cabernet and brie pansy series where the hair care products are better and the popped collar is haute couture.
Show me some real talent from any open wheel series that can wheel with the trailer trash on a boring ass oval, and I'll show you a dirt track racin' redneck with a bad attitude from Indiana who can dominate your driver on any track at any time.
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I wouldn't call the world champ of bumper cars a superior driver.
Nascar = WWF of the automotive world.
(Hence why most nascar crowds look like those at a WWF monday night event)
F1 and other open wheel classes dwarf Nascar in fans worldwide, so obviously the fans have spoken. Wait, Nascar has no fans worldwide. Oops.
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How about first we get some coverage of what Franchitti, Dixon, Kanaan, Wheldon, Hornish Jr., and Castroneves plan to do next year?
THEN let's breathlessly discuss the plans of the seventh place driver.
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Guess you aren't paying attention much. Hornish is in NASCAR and no longer races open wheel. Franchitti, Dixon, and Helio are in the top 4 points, behind Briscoe who is leading. All four of those drivers are with the dominant teams in the sport.
Wheldon and Kanaan are below Danica in points.
Danica is 5th in points, the best driver of the second tier teams.
Considering her equipment is not class leading, I'd say she is doing a great job this year. Her more experienced counterparts are not performing as well as she is.
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Damn you for bringing Tits Guy back. Damn you forever, from the steaming pits of my eye sockets.
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