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[beachgirl]

You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

DF, you don't understand. You make preposterous claims about Danica's abilities, and where she'll qualify and finish, all the time. She hasn't lived up to your hype yet. It's not Danica these guys are mocking (this time). It's you.

[SoCalPVguy]

Dont forget to tune in and watch qualifications today. I will get to see Danica get her first pole of the year!!

FAIL !!!

[SoCalPVguy]

You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

I badmouth DP directly for her phony "branding" over real driving substance, her lack of driving ability especially on any track with a left hand turn, her lack of fellowship towards here crew, her "its somebody else's fault" attitude, and her entitlement demeanor because if I badmouth you and your mindless cheer-leading flying in the face of real results (see above post), Starter'll bounce me from the forum.

[Mark in Oshawa]

And just look at who the five drivers who are starting around her are. I suspect she'll get in the way and collide with one of them and then throw a hissy fit. In fact that's so likely it almost goes without saying.

She is in near Moraes....I think she should be scared right there...lol

She will do what she always does, find a place to ride around, and hope for attrition to give her the finish. I haven't seen her really work people over to get positions......ever.

As for the rest, I too am disappointed in Tags. That said, this isn't his type of racing. As for Sarah, I would love to see her have a good finish...

[TURN3]

You always have to badmouth Danica, dont you have anything positive to say about her ?

To directly answer your question, NO!

How is calling it like it is constitute "badmouthing"? It was more a joke about how the hell Milka ended up 6th on the charts this morning...looks like she followed it up with a good quali too. So, status quo would be something like Dixon, Power, Briscoe, etc...Milka hardly the norm...but Danica in 15th is about right...soooooo hence status quo!! Get it? You really need to start studying.

[TURN3]

Milka being that fast was a fluke, probably lots of tow. Look for her in the back of the field come qualifying.

Danica will be just fine. She will get speed. Look for her to be in contention for the pole. Front 2 rows for sure.

And as I read on after I post, I see that you were home smoking something today instead of work. She did do better than she practiced though, easily her best session of the entire season. But you and I both know that she'll be back in about 15th before lap 25. Go Milka Go!!

[Alfa Fan]

Corrected grid

Row 1

#7 Danica Patrick - 300.000
#6 Ryan Briscoe - 215.273

Row 2

#10 Dario Franchitti - 215.261
#12 Will Power - 215.158

Row 3

#9 Scott Dixon - 215.152
#3 Helio Castroneves - 214.411

Row 4

#19 Alex Lloyd - 214.408
#06 Hideki Mutoh - 214.380

Row 5

#32 Mario Moraes - 213.800
#26 Marco Andretti - 213.785

Row 6

#5 Takuma Sato - 213.692
#22 Justin Wilson - 213.602

Row 7

#11 Tony Kanaan - 213.346
#8 EJ Viso - 213.336

Row 8

#4 Dan Wheldon - 213.316
#67 Sarah Fisher - 213.256

Row 9

#18 Milka Duno - 213.222
#24 Tomas Scheckter - 212.904

Row 10

#14 Vitor Meira - 212.805
#77 Alex Tagliani - 212.526

Row 11

#66 Jay Howard - 212.448
#36 Bertrand Baguette - 212.349

Row 12

#2 Raphael Matos - 212.327
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay - 212.298

Row 13

#34 Mario Romancini - 212.101
#78 Simona De Silvestro - 211.289

[NickFalzone]

lol Alfa Fan. I bet DF didn't even see that 300 mph qualifying effort coming. : As she said post-interview, her team finally gave her an OK car, and thanks to her technical driving abilities, she got it up over 310 on the straights. Dario aint got nothin on her.

[harvick#1]

Milka being 20th or so just says how easy this track is to drive with the aero aids the cars have now. Keep your foot to the floor and your heart in your mouth and after a while it is easy. The only tough part to it will be racing in a pack all day. God knows where anyone gets huge amounts of entertainment out of that at times, but I will watch..and pine for the days when people actually had to display a skill in getting the car around the track rather than hanging on and trying to guess the draft.

couldnt have said it any better Mark, 100% agree with you

to see these races on ovals being fuel throttle snoozes, its gonna be hard for any of the non CG/RP cars to contend for a top 5.

like as you said, until they take away this aero that always full throttle racing, the fans will tune off because while there are several forum members here that like to bash Street/Road races for being parades, the ovals are just as bad but just much faster

[DanicaFan]

Here are the 2nd practice session results..

1. #9 Scott Dixon - 215.175
2. #11 Tony Kanaan - 215.016
3. #12 Will Power - 214.714
4. #10 Dario Franchitti - 214.550
5. #4 Dan Wheldon - 214.419
6. #6 Ryan Briscoe - 214.409
7. #8 EJ Viso - 214.391
8. #22 Justin Wilson - 214.233
9. #26 Marco Andretti - 214.174
10. #24 Tomas Scheckter - 213.872
11. #77 Alex Tagliani - 213.732
12. #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay - 213.435
13. #14 Vitor Meira - 213.400
14. #7 Danica Patrick - 213.387
15. #2 Raphael Matos - 212.890
16. #67 Sarah Fisher - 212.790
17. #78 Simona De Silvestro - 212.741
18. #3 Helio Castroneves - 212.520
19. #06 Hideki Mutoh - 212.505
20. #5 Takuma Sato - 212.362
21. #32 Mario Moraes - 212.220
22. #19 Alex Lloyd - 212.198
23. #36 Bertrand Baguette - 212.153
24. #34 Mario Romancini - 211.314
25. #66 Jay Howard - 210.285
26. #18 Milka Duno - 209.480