It would be interesting to see how many Pit road incidents Danica has had over her career in the IRL compared to other drivers in the same time period.
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It would be interesting to see how many Pit road incidents Danica has had over her career in the IRL compared to other drivers in the same time period.
Yes you did and in fact I have to agree with you. This is one time that I think Duno deserves the benefit of the doubt. She moved to avoid whomever was in front of her. She is the one that got hit. When I saw Foyt gesticulating ,pounding the steering wheel etcetra it gave the impression of being wronged. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
As for Danica, well, her ability to take out crews and cars is only surpassed by the adulation bestowed on her by ESPN and Jack Arute.
Dancia is so protected that if you discuss her in any negative light over at the other forum, you will be suspended(me and others), the thread will be closed down, yada yada yada. I am suprised the moderators have not shut this down.
I have seen nothing on SportsCenter, nothing but baseball and Tennis. Danica is off limits. Funny how she calls out Briscoe, makes a big stink of his incident, but she is mum on hers.
She's good , she's bad, she has talent she is talentless etc etc etc.
Another long tread debating her merits means she's worth every penny she gets paid because people do like to talk about her.
Ain't that the truth. Ok, just for the record (I hope we are still allowed to present factual data), anyone can go to indy500.com and view the incident frame by frame on the video. A couple things pop out and offer some explanations.Quote:
Originally Posted by OWFan19
1. She did apparently hit a tire leaving her pit, her own left rear. The video shows it in the air and apparently hit by Mutoh. That may indeed be the cause of the drive through.
2. When she hit the tire, it didn't change her trajectory, the car remained straight as shown from her in-car looking out the back.
3. The in-car shows her car actually began to rotate toward pit wall before her left rear hit the paint. The tire marks shows a consistent arc out and over the paint.
4. After she hit the wall, an official can be seen being helped up by one of Wheldon's crew after they dove over the wall. The official had been standing just before the point where she hit the wall.
5. Dixons whole crew was over the wall, including his fueler still holding the hose. He dove over the wall right at the instant of impact.
6. The tire she hit was being held by a crewman who appeared to reach for it to put over the wall just she hit it.
7. When she hit the wall, she let off the brake and slid down the wall a small amount until she hit the tire.
8. The tire impact lifted her whole car into the air and deflected it back into pitlane and not along the wall where the crew was standing. The tire helped prevent them from being hit directly
9. Her wing did hit at least one crewman including the one who set it on top of her front tires.
10. Dixons crew then just walked away. No one was in any hurry to come to her aid, including her own crew.
She was very lucky as she hit between where people were moving along the wall (as they would be right after a stop) and the tire pushed her away from the crew. That was very close to a disaster. One can only guess what would have happened if the official was a bit less observant or agile or she would have pinned the fueler to the wall. I can accept her apology, but lets see if it changes her behavior next time.
I do expect that the apologists will tear this apart like the Zapruter film and provide all kinds of explanantions. Thats ok, everyone has their own opinions. This happens to be mine.
By the way, some celebrities today get lots of press but lots of negative press doesn't improve your value, it eventually destroys it in a very public way.
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Originally Posted by downtowndeco
Spoken like a true believer. Any one up for aother glass of Jim Jones Grape?
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Originally Posted by Blancvino
Don't read something into my post that isn't there just because you have a bias.
People like her. They like to talk about her. She helps the IRL through her populartity. Perhaps that is the true reason so many have a beef with her. They'd love to see the IRL falter & fade like that other series. You know, the "If we can succeed we don't want anyone to succeed" mentality.
I'll let your post history do the talking.Quote:
Originally Posted by downtowndeco
http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...earchid=318852
I think she owes Brisco an apology, too.
Jeff
Likewise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blancvino