Danica's Rant

We have a new and qualified Presidential Candidiate!! Way to go beachbum...you have my vote!

Here is another calculation I previously posted, total IRL win % is 1/64 for a whopping 1.5%. Total Atlantics win % is 0%. Barber...another goose egg 0%, Formula Ford....0%, Formula V....0%. How is it again she got that Indycar ride to begin with? For some reason I can't get an answer to that one because we all know she didn't deserve it. She brought Argent $, that's how.

Danicafan, you at least tried but the reality is there is no way you can spin it that makes her look (fictitiously) awesome. The "stats" or more like biography that you posted are more like a resume. Write it as pretty as you want and hope like heck somebody doesn't check the facts so you get hired. Danica has 1 year left on her contract and I suspect Mikey is going to be sick of losing by the end of the year coming up. He may have to keep her if Motorola $$ are still there but his relationship with them goes back before her. I think she's good for another money deal for somebody but it wouldn't be unrealistic to expect it to be an incentive deal and short term, like a 2 year deal. Whatever it turns out to be, it'll be one more and done for poor Danica unless she for the first time since her pro career began in 1998 can figure out a way to be competitive. Somehow I think the leopards spots are going to have a hard time changing, not sure what you see happening to predict otherwise after 10 years attempting to compete on a professional level.

Since she is apparently compassionate toward special needs people, maybe the next time you're around her, see if she'll be beachbum's vp candidate. And, tell her to shut her dogs up, they are annoying.

Jessica Alba is HOT! But she'll never be in contention to win an Oscar, Emmy or Tony. Neither will Jessica Simpson or Jessica Biel.

That won't stop teenaged boys from putting their posters on the wall or grown boys from using their images as their computer wallpapers. Their talent (or lack of) doesn't matter to their fans. It's all about their physical beauty.

The same goes for Danica. If Danica looked like Samantha Ronson, then she'd only have LiLo as a fan. But some people do find Danica attractive and when lust takes control of someone, their ability to reason goes on vacation.

In 10 years, she'll probably be on some VH1 celebrity reality show ranting about how she used to be really famous. Then one of the Olsen twins will smack her down and remind her that they were much more famous and made much more money and nobody cares about them anymore either.

Oh wait, that could actually be next seasons show... ;)

A seven page thread is all that is needed to show she has earned her spot in the drivers seat, either by being a decent driver (and finishing 6th in the points IS decent) or by tweaking enough people either one way or another so much they take the time to either bitch about her or defend her.

If she had finished 17th in the standings and this thread was 5 posts long, yeah, you'd have a point. But the 6th place finish and 7 pages shows she's earned her spot in the seat (and the sponsorship she has).

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Originally Posted by downtowndeco

A seven page thread is all that is needed to show she has earned her spot in the drivers seat, either by being a decent driver (and finishing 6th in the points IS decent) or by tweaking enough people either one way or another so much they take the time to either bitch about her or defend her.

If she had finished 17th in the standings and this thread was 5 posts long, yeah, you'd have a point. But the 6th place finish and 7 pages shows she's earned her spot in the seat (and the sponsorship she has).

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I'll have some of what you're having too.

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Originally Posted by TURN3

How is it again she got that Indycar ride to begin with? For some reason I can't get an answer to that one because we all know she didn't deserve it. She brought Argent $, that's how.

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You have asked the question that has been asked by many. She apparently didn't have Argent initially, but the question is why did Rahal become her mentor? Without him opening doors for tests with Ford and BMW, buying her ride at Barber Dodge, Atlantics, and the IRL, her career was going nowhere. The reasons her opportunities dried up in Britain are murky at best.

The fact that many drivers got a break because of a mentor is nothing new or exciting. Some were "self-mentored" and bought their way in, and some were just in the right place at the right time. But everyone has to produce to stay. The question is still what driving talent did Rahal see that suggested she was worth the effort? Her racing resume was pretty thin in the beginning. He has been mostly mum about it, and one can only guess how he felt when she packed up her bags and left for greener pastures after all he did to get her in the doors.

The history of racing is full of teams looking for the next great undiscovered talent, and sometimes they find it. Often they do not.

Thoughtful response.

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Originally Posted by beachgirl

I'll have some of what you're having too.

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Originally Posted by beachgirl

The 2005 Rookie of the Year award has always made me smile, too. It's not hard to be Rookie of the Year when no other rookie was running the full series that year.

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Actually, that's not true.


Ryan Briscoe was in it, but he kept crashing, tearing up the equipment (missed Milwaukee because he damaged his car in practice) and eventually knocked himself out of the series with his wreck at Chicago.

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It's kind of like the Motegi win - she got it fair and square, no asterisks. But if it were me (and I did race professionally), I'd always know inside I really didn't earn it competitively, and I'd want to go out and win again. I'm absolutely sure she wants to win again, she just won't do what it takes to win again.

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Uh huh......kinda like Dario's Indy 500 and Chicago "wins" in 2007 or Graham Rahal's "win" at St.Pete or even Ryan Hunter-Reay's this year at Watkins Glen.

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by beachgirl

And 2006 was supposed to be her year. When it wasn't, the Danica fans all said 2007 would be her year. When that didn't happen, then 2008 was supposed to be her year. Now it's going to be in 2009? She's not getting any younger. And these predictions are gettinig a lot older.

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hmm, that sounds like a bunch a fans from a different game, you know that one team in Chicago that hasn't won't anything in 100 years :p :

but the first ever IRL race I went too this was Chicago, I went Sat and Sun and watched her Qualify, he she was third and looked pretty good, then Sunday came and even though she started 3rd, she never ran higher than 6th :mark: (yeah, she lost 3 spots the opening lap) even Duno led the race and challanged Helio.

but during that whole race, I saw Dixon, Briscoe, Kanaan, Wheldon, Castroneves, and even Foyt IV show what it takes to win, they were running 2-3 wide the entire race not giving an inch, Danica of course stuck back in 10-14 with the merged CCWS teams.

I'm sorry, but she doesn't have it, when you have it, the best can make results with an ill handling car, I have yet to see Danica to that on an oval and thats chase down the leaders and passs them, the only time she takes the lead is if she stays out or beats everyone off the pits, but I don't recall a time where she actually passed the leader (even Helio thought she was a lap down at Montegi)

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Originally Posted by Damon

Actually, that's not true.


Ryan Briscoe was in it, but he kept crashing, tearing up the equipment (missed Milwaukee because he damaged his car in practice) and eventually knocked himself out of the series with his wreck at Chicago.





Uh huh......kinda like Dario's Indy 500 and Chicago "wins" in 2007 or Graham Rahal's "win" at St.Pete or even Ryan Hunter-Reay's this year at Watkins Glen.

:rolleyes:

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Yes, it is true. For whatever reason, none of the competition ran the full series. And that's what I said in my post.

Re the second part, above. Dario, Graham, and Ryan have all won previously, in various series. and in Dario's case, in IRL for years. And they will all win again. They have a winner's mentality, a winner's drive, and a winner's record. You're intentionally missing the point so that you can support a person who wants to win, but won't (or can't?) do what it takes to get there other than by team directed fuel strategy. She should be kissing the ground that Kim Green and Kyle Moyer walk on.

Look, you're a fan of hers, as is Danicafan, which is fine. Every racer needs fans, and I'm sure I like quite a few that you would just laugh at. Terrific. However, the pandering regarding her "greatness" is just over the top. She's a decent driver, and she does have a place in the series, but she's not the Second Coming.

Sometimes you guys make me wonder if you've shaved the number 7 in your chest or back hair yet.

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Originally Posted by DanicaFan

I like Danica, not just because Im friends with her either but she is an awesome driver. Here are some facts Turn 3.

2008

● Finished sixth in IndyCar Series standings for Andretti Green Racing.
● Became first female to win a major closed-course auto race in April at Twin Ring Motegi.

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I have read this statement in the press, but have always discounted it ( everything one reads is not always true). I assume the "major" qualifier eliminates Katherine Legge's 3 wins in 2005 F Atlantic. That leaves Desire Wilson as the best candidate with her 1980 Brands Hatch victory in the British F1 Series. If that is not major enough, she won Prototype races at Monza and Silverstone in 1980 with Alain DeCadenet. Surely this must count even with the shared drive.