For those who might have been shocked by my above statement.......Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!!!
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For those who might have been shocked by my above statement.......Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!!!
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Originally Posted by indycool
I'll go back and research, but to the best of my knowledge, she's never "won" a pole. She's gotten her poles through problems with the ones who did actually get the pole. But I certainly could be wrong. Certainly have been before. She has been on front rows. A couple of them. She's a decent driver, but not a good racer.
No! Really? Whew. ...big ol' grin...Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Gary
Please do that research, beachgirl.
Danica will sign with AGR, it is not her 'best' deal, it is her her ONLY deal.
She was on pole 3 times in 2005. I believe all 3 times quals were rained out and they used to go by practice speeds. At that time, she also had a dominant Honda engine that only AGR and RLR were using if memory serves me correct. Penske and Ganassi were stuck with Toyota and Panther was with Chevy. Honda's Clarke has admitted they were giving the best engines they had to her at that time too. Soooooo....to say she's "won poles" is a largely inaccurate statment.Quote:
Originally Posted by beachgirl
I find it funny too people are starting to use the "she's a decent driver but not a good racer" line. In a top level professional race series, what exactly consitutes a good driver vs a good racer? If a good driver means she doesn't lose control and crash then yes, she's a good driver. But is Indycar about racing or driving? So I make a call for all those trying to be nice to cease! She's not a good racer, period.
Close, but not quite. Danica did earn the pole in qualifying at Kansas in 2005, with RLR drivers 1,2,3 (Danica, Rice, Vitor). In 2005, only RLR and Fernandez had the dominate Panoz / Honda package (AGR had Dallara / Honda) and as Honda's Robert Clarke stated on Windtunnel (to Dave's surprise), they made sure Danica got the best engines. She finished 9th and a quote from her about the race was "Overall, we made the car fastest through the day but it was frustrating when we dropped back a couple of times. The wind was problem from everybody out there today and that caused my car to develop a push." Sound familiar?Quote:
Originally Posted by TURN3
Qualifying was rained out at Nashville 2005 where she started 2nd and finished 7th. Quote from her "Once again, we started out front but dropped back in the early laps." and "Later, we made a fuel strategy gamble that paid off for us" Again, sound familiar?
She started on Pole at Kentucky 2005 when qualifying was rained out, finished 16th, last of the cars running at the end after she stalled during a pit stop and had transmission issues. Can't find any quotes.
She started on the pole at Chicago 2005 after Briscoe won the pole but was disqualified (as were his Ganassi teammates) for some reason. Her teammate Buddy Rice started second. She finished 6ht right in front of Vitor (her teammate) in 7th after being penalized for jumping the final restart. A quote "it was a typical super-speedway race for us -- at times we'd drop back.."
When others got the same Honda engines and the Dallara became the car to have, she was never as good as in 2005. At the road courses in 2005 where driver skill could overcome superior equipment, she wasn't so hot.
St Pete Qualified 15, finished 12
Watkins Glen Qualified 16, finished 16
Infineon Qualified 16, finished 20
Thanks for catching the research before I had a chance to do it. Appreciate it, guys.
Disagree, it is not her only deal. It is her best, I'm sure Panther would take her in a second car. I wish they would make a play for her, they could use the cash infusion and the second car would be huge.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalPVguy
And you have evidence of these other deals? Or is it wishful thinking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chamoo