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22nd June 2010, 08:59 #71
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
It is why I think Danica is in for a world of hurt unless she sucks it up and learns, because it is obvious from her short NASCAR career so far she cannot grasp that she must learn to accept the loose race car. Very few guys win in NASCAR if they are driving comfortble tight cars. Danica has never developed that feel in a type of car she has driven most of her racing career, so I fail to see how the heck she is going to do this when it is clear she shows no interest in doing so."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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22nd June 2010, 09:01 #72
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AS for the race, I would be for more Iowa ovals every year. Best oval race I have seen in a while in the IRL, and I am glad to see New Hampshire is back next year too.
On a flat oval, or a tight one like Iowa, the guys have to drive the race car and adjust....and it separates the men from the boys, and the women from...well the rest of the women...lol..
Dump the cookie cutter foot to the floor shows if all you are going to do is give them enough wing to run flat out, and give me more Iowa's where they had to breathe on the throttle."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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22nd June 2010, 21:36 #73
This just in, the end of the world is near:
http://www.ibj.com/the-score/2010/06...AMS/post/20687
What a steaming load of horse excrement. Who is this HACK? Does he not understand that rivalries are a GOOD thing, even among team mates?
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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22nd June 2010, 22:26 #74
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Originally Posted by garyshell
My only complaint with his article is his assertion that she was justified in calling her team out. She wasn't. She isn't smart enough to make that car that fast on her own, and she needed them a hell of lot more than they needed her. I don't know if Danica will ever figure it out, and I hope she doesn't. IT is nice to have a nice easy decision every day knowing I can cheer against ONE driver for sure..."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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23rd June 2010, 01:11 #75
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First of all, to a man, each and every professional media person out there has long agreed that one of the many missing ingredients in Indycar these days is that of a rivalry. So this guy isn't thinking very clearly in my opinion.
Secondly, I know others here agree with what I started saying 2 1/2 years ago...that the sooner Danica is gone the sooner Indycar can start rebuilding credibility. The fact she is the highest profile driver is a joke considering she's likely not one of the top 30 most talented active openwheel drivers. Pretty hard to sell a legitimate product to educated people when your poster child is a side act at the circus show.It isn't the car Danica...it is the space between the steering wheel and the seat.
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23rd June 2010, 05:00 #76Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Mark, anyone who titles an article "Tony Kanaan, Danica Patrick feud could wreck IndyCar" is a hack, plain and simple.
Gary"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." --- George Carlin :andrea: R.I.P.
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23rd June 2010, 05:43 #77
I rivalry is when two teams hate each other but still repect each other and the game they play
TK has zero respect for The Brand and hes not afraid to diss her in public either, Danica is off to Nascar and she will fail, she will try and come crawling back to the IRL but no team is gonna wanna spend that money to get her and get mediocre resultsBrian France is a violation of Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing)
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23rd June 2010, 16:38 #78
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Originally Posted by Mark in OshawaNitropteron - Fly fast or get crushed!
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23rd June 2010, 20:10 #79Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Personally I like a good dust up (hey, it's a genetic personality defect - like a handicap, so leave me alone! ). The wars between Prost and Senna, Schumacher and Hill, Schumacher and Villeneuve, Schumacher and Montoya, Hamilton and Alonso, etc. just made F1 incredibly more exciting than it would have otherwise been. And what about the epic slap fights between Paul Tracy and, well... EVERYBODY! Especially him and Michael Andretti! Does anybody else remember Paul promoting (I think with t-shirts) the Michael Andretti Racing School for the Blind? It was for downtrodden racing drivers who had failing eyesight. Or Andretti's comeback that featured Paul on a box of Captain Crunch cereal. Or what about hot-headed Robby Gordon putting a fat donut on the side of Mike Andretti's car at Cleveland(?) after a race! The most exciting things about CCWS, as it was stumbling to its grave, were the Tracy vs. Bourdais battles! I had SO much hope that Allmendinger and Scott Speed would wind up in good cars in CART/CCWS. Why? Because I read many years ago in AutoWeek that they hated each other. Two young hot shoes in good cars that couldn't stand the sight of one another?! Oh yeah!
As for American sponsors preferring that teammates play well together... uh, newsflash: Danica and Kanaan don't have the same primary sponsors! Go Daddy is only there because of The Danica. I have no idea what the 7-11 sponsorship is based on. But I find it hard to believe that Kanaan is going to get a call from anybody at 7-11 chastising him for taking The Brand to task for her attitude and actions, especially when it brings MORE exposure to their driver.
IMO, what the IRL needs is MORE controversy and hard feelings among drivers, not less. I can't stand much more of this syrupy, feel good hand holding! As it stands now, Barney the Dinosaur is going to be the next series mascot. Ol' Barney singing, "I love you. You love me." And I hate Barney the Dinosaur!
The way I see it, if the IRL needs a popular Danica in order to survive, the future is not bright."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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23rd June 2010, 21:46 #80
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
Especially the last line. If we need Danica that bad, you might as well shut the doors. I think the IRL has been held BACK actually because of Danica. As I said before, if she was so valuable, why do the ratings NOT reflect it?"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
Meeke had a big gap to Rossel after stage 3 (20 sec) at stage 4 had a puncture and now the gap to Rossel is just 2 sec Gryazin strangely slow,anybody now why?...
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