Nationwide - New England 200

Danica is 25th. I'll take it. Hoping for better but it could be worse. Here is the starting lineup..

1. #12 Brad Keselowski
2. #60 Carl Edwards
3. #33 Kevin Harvick
4. #18 Kyle Busch
5. #12 Justin Allgaier
6. #66 Steve Wallace
7. #20 Joey Logano
8. #21 Austin Dillon
9. #27 Justin Lofton
10. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
11. #81 Michael McDowell
12. #32 Reed Sorenson
13. #35 Jason Keller
14. #38 Jason Leffler
15. #16 Colin Braun
16. #62 Brendan Gaughan
17. #88 Elliott Sadler
18. #99 Trevor Bayne
19. #98 Paul Menard
20. #37 Kevin Swindell
21. #40 Mike Bliss
22. #10 Travis Malsam
23. #91 David Gilliland
24. #87 Joe Nemechek
25. #7 Danica Patrick
26. #70 Mark Green
27. #11 Brian Scott
28. #09 Sean Caisse
29. #90 Danny O'Quinn Jr.
30. #61 Josh Wise
31. #28 Kenny Wallace
32. #34 Tony Raines
33. #89 Morgan Shepherd
34. #05 Willie Allen
35. #92 Dennis Setzer
36. #26 Brian Keselowski
37. #01 Mike Wallace
38. #15 Michael Annett
39. #25 Peyton Sellers
40. #24 Eric McClure
41. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
42. #43 Brad Baker
43. #75 Johnny Chapman

25th in qualifying. The Charlotte phone book is full of guys who can qualify 25th for a NW race. Lets see how she does.

IN no other form of racing is qualifying really so meaningless...but I give her props, it looks like she found some speed..

Maybe that finish at Indy and fighting there with her team made her rethink what her comfort zone is. 90% of our criticism of her driving always comes back to her pereceptions and lack of ability to tune the car to go fast.....but if she let the Eury's put a fast car under her and adapts, then maybe she will do ok.

I am always ready to be proven wrong, but in Danica's case, Iam from Missouri...

That was quick! LOL.

And even complete with the usual radio transmission..."he took me out" which equats to "it's not my fault".

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Originally Posted by TURN3

That was quick! LOL.

And even complete with the usual radio transmission..."he took me out" which equats to "it's not my fault".

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for once, i agree with her

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Originally Posted by slorydn1

for once, i agree with her

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Well I'm not saying it was her fault by any means. But when you're dropping like a rock that was already 5/6 to the bottom, you're a rookie, you're racing for 32nd place, and you suck...you certainly give a driver putting a move on you some room. In her case, she only knows one line so if somebody gets under her she doesn't know or isn't capable of adjusting...and that's what ultimately happened there. DJ is on her left nipple but the other guy called it the right way...not her fault but you have to know how to stay out of putting another driver in that position.

And as I type this, she did the exact same thing to Kiglogski lapping her. She just shouldn't be in any top level series...she's amateur level at best.

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Originally Posted by TURN3

Well I'm not saying it was her fault by any means. But when you're dropping like a rock that was already 5/6 to the bottom, you're a rookie, you're racing for 32nd place, and you suck...you certainly give a driver putting a move on you some room. In her case, she only knows one line so if somebody gets under her she doesn't know or isn't capable of adjusting...and that's what ultimately happened there. DJ is on her left nipple but the other guy called it the right way...not her fault but you have to know how to stay out of putting another driver in that position.

And as I type this, she did the exact same thing to Kiglogski lapping her. She just shouldn't be in any top level series...she's amateur level at best.

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no argument here :up:

I always liked DJ... before he started slupring down the Kool-Aid today. Two laps down by about lap 30, getting passed high & low, last place of the cars still running and DJ says she's "doing a nice job." :rolleyes:

I'm bouncing between the Nationwide race and F1 qualifying on DVR, so I'm a bit out of sync. But 3 laps down by lap 65 or 66???!!! Why didn't we play an over/under game with this race? We could have had some fun betting how many laps down she was going to be by the checkers. At this rate, it looks like maybe 9. :eek:

These long green flag runs and the lack of cautions is killing the typical Danica strategy of sneaking up through the field (purely) on pit strategy.

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Originally Posted by TURN3

Well I'm not saying it was her fault by any means. But when you're dropping like a rock that was already 5/6 to the bottom, you're a rookie, you're racing for 32nd place, and you suck...you certainly give a driver putting a move on you some room. In her case, she only knows one line so if somebody gets under her she doesn't know or isn't capable of adjusting...and that's what ultimately happened there. DJ is on her left nipple but the other guy called it the right way...not her fault but you have to know how to stay out of putting another driver in that position.

And as I type this, she did the exact same thing to Kiglogski lapping her. She just shouldn't be in any top level series...she's amateur level at best.

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You make an important point. She drives like she is the only one on track and makes no allowance for others. Morgan Shepard is probably one the cleanest drivers on track. After the many - many - many replays, it certainly appears he didn't change his line. She just didn't give him ANY room. I can see Shepard now when / if the princess confronts him - "I will pray for you"

BUT, she is still dropping like a stone and is last on track. Sure someone will say the car is "hurt", but it isn't THAT bad. If the toe is knocked out (probably is based on one in car shot), the team could reset it. It isn't like she is going to lose any positions. Either they don't think the car is that bad or they just don't care. From the in-car, she certainly has a big push.

But please ESPN, STOP IT. I mostly have the coverage on mute, but couldn't take it anymore when they spent one whole segment between ads (all 5 min or so) on Danica - 3 laps down. It did show she was driving a car width from the wall, still taking her "line" regardless of who was behind her, and REALLY slow into the turns. Every driver was giving her lots of room and some even went to the apron to pass.

She is an embarrassment to professional racers everywhere. As someone else said, she looks like Milka out there, except for the hand puppet show.

I gave up and decided to watch real female athletes - I switched to the LPGA for a while.

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

I'm bouncing between the Nationwide race and F1 qualifying on DVR, so I'm a bit out of sync. But 3 laps down by lap 65 or 66???!!! Why didn't we play an over/under game with this race? We could have had some fun betting how many laps down she was going to be by the checkers. At this rate, it looks like maybe 9. :eek:

These long green flag runs and the lack of cautions is killing the typical Danica strategy of sneaking up through the field (purely) on pit strategy.

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Well, she was the first caution.