Indy Grand Prix Of Alabama

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

As for Danica's little interview, she is right on it being tough to pass, but I think that is a woman thinking (and you could see the bubble outside her head) that she cannot wait to be in a NASCAR race and finish 33rd because she still has some thought she can do that oval thing better. Her attitude towards road racing stinks because she started in it, so for her to be so bad now just makes NO logical sense considering her reasonable competitive nature on the ovals. She just has no clue on setups I think, and it is killing her. If she cannot get it in Indycar, she will find it worse in NASCAR. I think she is making a HUGE mistake going over there based on what I have seen so far this year.

---

IMO, Danica's NASCAR move is all about the money. And I suspect that just being in NASCAR (whether she finishes 23rd, 33rd or 43rd) will put more $ in her pocket than finishing 5th or 6th (her high water marks, I suspect) in the IRL championship. I figure she'll be able to tool around near the back of the pack in NASCAR for at least a couple of seasons, before the laughter eventually drives her out. But over the course of those seasons, she might be able to bank $10 or $15 million - that's including t-shirts, posters, endorsements and the like (in prize money, she probably won't make enough to pay her dry cleaning bills).

You or I would look at racing and want to improve ourselves and be respectable. From that interview a couple of years ago, when Danica first mentioned NASCAR, the first thing out of her mouth was "the ratings". Ol' Danica has her eye on the prize/$. As long as people will keep buying it, she'll keep selling the sizzle (and some will believe that the steak is all that and the proverbial bag o' chips).

And I'll admit that I'm bitter and still REALLY p!ssed that a legitimate racer and CHAMPION, like Angelle Sampey, couldn't get sponsorship to save her life (cause she wouldn't take off her top?), while this bikini model/hack has people fawning over her every ignorant word. People make fun of Milka... and that's fine (and accurate). But considering Danica's years of training on road courses and the late age that Milka started racing, I'm more impressed with Milka than I am Danica this weekend. True, Milka shouldn't be out there... she's a pro/am at best. But for all the hype, Patrick should be at the sharp end of the grid. Milka has an excuse. What is Danica's excuse? I listened to that interview. She is so completely clueless and lost that it's not funny (well, actually, it is kinda
funny! :D ).

I want Danica to go to Sprint Cup! I want it bad! And even if I have to sell my soul to El Diablo, I'll somehow make it to Bristol and Martinsville to see the Epic Failure that will come. :bounce:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

I do not like Danica and don't think she is all that good but she is better than most if not all of us.
Heck even Milk and Donuts is better than most of us!
I sure couldn't drive one of those beasts nowdays!
Maybe at one time but not now.

---

yes, but most of us didn't come from rich parents who gave us go-karts when we were 5 and started driving,

I always sort of laugh at that statement, because if you live for racing, you'll be pretty good, just play some racing games, while its only a simulation, watch how good you will get by tweeking setups and learning courses and seeing lap times get better and better.

Wow, just seen the museum at Barber on the VS telecast. Spectacular looking, very cool.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TURN3

Wow, just seen the museum at Barber on the VS telecast. Spectacular looking, very cool.

---

Also a really nice gesture for the owner of the course to donate it to the people of the state after he's gone.

Unreal, what is going on with Sato? KV has zero reliability. Guess it is hard to perfect when your drivers usually don't complete this many laps though.

Nice job of pulling off the track when your car's broken there, Taka...

Full course caution just played out HUGE for those that pitted though...TK, Tags, Wheldon, Romancini...HUGE for those guys.

Well, maybe those advantages are nixed with only about half of the field pitting. They're still trapped behind a bunch for awhile. I would think by the time the entire field cycles through, whenever that is, they still gain.

Bit late to the thread, but just tuned into the race now. What a nice looking track! Reminds me a lot of Brands Hatch GP.

Guys, I know she's slow but we gotta give credit when its due. Milka held her line pretty well to be in the middle 3 wide through that turn with Tags and Wheldon.