Milk Dud

Good quote from Milka in today's Star

"Duno, the Venezuelan backmarker who was dubbed “the 16th turn” by a colleague after the 15-turn race at Watkins Glen a week ago, was ordered into the pits after eight precarious laps on Sunday. Race officials, alertly realizing she was endangering her fellow drivers with her slow work, made the right call. But Duno was unrepentant; she insisted she had “issues” with her car. And she hit back at the drivers who have criticized her well-sponsored presence in the series.

“We don’t talk about them, because always they have an excuse. They look for excuses because they have to pass many different cars, not only one,” Duno said. “I don’t spend much time thinking about (those who criticize her) . . . Next year I will be better.”


Yah next year she will be better. Hopefully better doing something else.

If only Milka was the lone problem in the Indy Car series.

While we are now running drivers out of the series for being dangerous and not-up-to-snuff, lets get rid of Sato and Moraes too. Both of those no-talent hacks, have proven over and over and over again that they have no business in Indy Cars either. And I don't give 2 rips about "their perceived speed", that they occasionaly show. They are dangerous and nobody in the league trusts to run with them.

At least Milka usually doesn't run into folks, when she is far off the pace. Moraes and Sato are laughably bad and could kill somebody the way they "race".

And Scheckter's act got tired years ago. He is probably about out of teams to run for anyway. He needs to hit the bricks too.

Hey Randy, you want to clean up this mess....Milka is not the only one you need to take a look at.

Milka is too slow to be safe. The other two morons out there Scotty are fast enough in theory, so it isn't going to be that easy. As long as Kalkoven figures their sponsors pay for all the cars they tear up, they keep their rides. I still think they would have been better off dumping them both, keeping Tracy and running him with no sponsor and picking them up week to week. PT, as rough as he is, doesn't tear cars up the way these two do....especially if he knows he has to keep the car out of trouble...

As I predicted the official retirement was 'handling'. Even ABC said she was pulled in by the offcials for being too slow.
At Edmonton they may leave her out as there is more room and she may not be so out of her depth.
Toronto just has too much narrow twisty area.

They need to impose a 107% qualifying rule. If they make the cut then so be it.

NASCAR doesn't seem to have a problem with their start and parkers.

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Originally Posted by Starter

Well, not any more anyway. :D :D
He used to do a pretty good job of making spare parts out of cars.

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Yes PT has been hard on equipment through his career....but at the expense of winning. The same cannot be said for Sato and Moraes. I agree with Scotty to an extent. I believe these two jokers do have talent, but they are hacks and they do not have a place in Indycar if it is credibility that is being sought per Randy.

Incidentally, I read something very interesting in PT's blog. I may have taken it the wrong way but with PT having talked previous to doing more races this year with Motegi wheels, I'm not so sure KV isn't going to park Mario and put PT in the car. I can't remember the comment but I took it to possibly mean KV is re-evaluating things...or something to that effect. Fingers crossed here anyway.

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Originally Posted by Starter

Well, not any more anyway. :D :D
He used to do a pretty good job of making spare parts out of cars.

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True..but he would win one in 5 races too. Moraes and the rest of the KV demolition crew would be lucky if they can keep it together to get top 10 races. Sato this weekend had a beef, he got taken out by his own teammate...and that is a cardinal sin..because when I watched the replay, I thought, Sato can hit enough stuff on his own, he doesn't need his idiot teammate to dump into the wall!

I love Milka to death. She's a real sweetheart. A very nice person. But no, she doesn't belong out there. Unfortunately the IRL is demonstrating weekend after weekend that it doesn't have the stones to bench her. And by doing so, it adds to the reputation it's gaining as a place for people who have a few bucks but not enough talent to race in other series.

I think she probably will get better by next year. She might be a second or so quicker per lap than she was this year. But she'll still be 5-8 seconds off the pace. I don't blame her at all. If I had the money and they'd let me race, I'd be out there too. I don't know what the entry fees are per car, but I guess things are so bad that they can't afford not to take her check.

I also think it's time to bring back my favorite driver, Shigeaki "The Shig Man!" Hattori. And bring back "Dangerous" Dan Clarke too. Hells yeah, let's have some fun!!!

Dan Clarke was fun stuff before he hit something. Everyone watching Milka in Toronto could be excused into thinking she was missing the top gear in her tranny and was unable to shift.

Nice lady, doesn't belong in the IRL. This isn't for people needing to get up to speed....

Milka walked into racing thinking she could "think" her way into being fast. Shes a brilliant woman but you can only learn so much about racing until your ability (or lack of in her case) overshadows intelligence.

I think you do have to be smart and tactical to drive fast but you need instinct and she just doesnt have it at these speeds.

Its a shame that no one has the guts to sit her down and simply say "you're not fast enough".