Danica's Rant

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Originally Posted by thelurker

She has brought more attention to this sport than all of those drivers you've listed combined.

The only reason it seems like she has a "pattern" of incidents, is because she is heavily scrutinized whenever she does something. If you guys would just ignore it like you do when ever any OTHER driver exhibits those same actions, it wouldn't be a problem. If you heavily scrutinized other drivers the way you do Danica, you'll notice a "pattern" with some of them as well.

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you can't ignore it when she keeps doing it, she blasts Duno for being in the way at Mid-ohio, then she can't even crack 19th at Surfers :rolleyes:

she has brought all the wrong attention to this sport. at least Sarah is alot more professional in the way she handles the racing, Danica just likes to complain when things don't go her way. I can see if shes won a championship and tons of races, but shes only one once, and still not even on American soil :p : , shes become a "one hit wonder" and shes throws these tantrums because her 15 minutes are finally up

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Originally Posted by Old3Fan

Probably true what you say, however Danica seems to have one of these incidents just about every race she is entered in. Like Sarah Fisher before her she was/is a publicity gimmic (good one I admit), but still is a spoiled brat mid to back packer IMHO. And when Old3Fan has a HO, that is the end of the story............... :)

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Regardless if she has an incident or not every race is meaningless. What matters is peoples reaction to them. If they just ignored it like they do when other drivers do the same thing, then it won't be a problem. At mid ohio, several drivers who stalled would waive their hands to the safety crew to have them hurry up and restart the car. The only difference between them and Danica is that she is gonig to be sctrutinized for it by the haters. The only reason it seems like she has all thsee incidents is because when ever they do happen, everyone gets all bent out of shape over nothing.

The truth is, the complaining about her is more immature than her on track "antics". If everyone would grow up and stop acting like hollywood paparazzi, and stopped trying to make few drops of rain look like a flood, her "antics" wouldn't be an issue.

Danica is a direct result of the split.......had it never happened she would never had more than a sniff at the Atlantic/Lights level much less a seat in the bigs...

her attitude is a direct result of the diluted fields and lack of popularity the sport 'achieved' .......

Danica won't win a race in 09'..... she won't finish in the top ten......and will be lucky to have a job in 10'..... and that's the way it should be...

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Originally Posted by harvick#1

you can't ignore it when she keeps doing it

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Sure you can. Its called Maturity. Something that many of you apparently lack, yet you'll blast her for not having any.

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Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Call her behavior whatever you want, but she is still better than 80% of the drivers out there.

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Take off the rose colored glasses for a moment. The facts certainly don't support this notion. Looking just at the points standings of the drivers who ran the entire season, she is not in the top 20%.

Gary

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Originally Posted by thelurker

Sure you can. Its called Maturity. Something that many of you apparently lack, yet you'll blast her for not having any.

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come on man/women!

this is a rcing forum where we talk about the teams, drivers and events surrounding the IRL...

Danicas attitude is not only an acceptable topic... but considering her off track popularity or notoriety is entirely relevant to the future success of the sport

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Originally Posted by thelurker

Regardless if she has an incident or not every race is meaningless. ......., everyone gets all bent out of shape over nothing.

...... and stopped trying to make few drops of rain look like a flood, her "antics" wouldn't be an issue.

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IMHO, having "incidents" at almost every race is not "nothing" and I think most racers would agree. With so many "incidents" how can another driver trust her on (or off) the track? Racers get respect by behaving like professionals, not making silly mistakes, and controlling their emotions. Reputations are destroyed by patterns of behavior and her patterns are not positive. Many racers have lost their rides because of their reputations, earned or not.

I respectfully suggest this latest outburst is hardly a "few drops of rain". It was so out of proportion to the actual incident and so abusive to the track workers that is was a "flood". Bluntly speaking, she stopped in a gap where others had already gone through (Wheldon), stalled the car (the safety workers didn't do that), blocked that portion of the track and then behaved in an extreme and abusive manner to the safety crew. What does that say about her ability to control herself on the track? Scary. When I was involved in racing, racers with her attitude, erratic behavior, and anger management issues were shunned by other racers and sometimes asked to just go home before someone got hurt.

I watch racing to be entertained and see professionals at work. If I wanted to watch an out of control "celebrity" I would watch reality TV. She is "entertaining" but hardly professional.

But if you think she is a great racer, fine, everyone has their own opinions.

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Originally Posted by thelurker

The truth is, the complaining about her is more immature than her on track "antics". If everyone would grow up and stop acting like hollywood paparazzi, and stopped trying to make few drops of rain look like a flood, her "antics" wouldn't be an issue.

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what??? oh yeah the only reason we are doing this is because she is a woman :rolleyes: . I remember many members were blasting Briscoe at the start of the year when his results weren't there, then had the entanglement with the princess at Indy, everyone wanted his head. now look at were Ryan is, looking more and more like hes the favorite to take the championship in 09.


to gain respect, you have to earn it, not just be handed to you.

look at my screen name I usually defend my driver, but when he does something stupid, I have to take it and I respect what others say about him, cause at the end of the day, who cares. will Danica give you thousands of dollars because your standing up for her, hell no. this is an our entertainment, just like people who like Baseball,Football,Soccer, etc... at teh end of our day, are we at all effected by it, no, it doesn't give me a raise at work, or give me a day off to celebrate.

She doesn't belong in the IRL and I have been saying this for over a year, the IRL is in the "good for the short run/bad for the long run". Has Danica put more butts in the seats, NO!!!! I was at the Joliet race and it was 70% full at most (could've looked worse on TV). until she starts acting like a professional, people will still bad mouth her. thats like going up to you and saying you suck at your job, how will you handle it?

Danica made a mistake, but you can't win an IRL race if you are not a decent driver.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Danica made a mistake, but you can't win an IRL race if you are not a decent driver.

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A decent driver with a good fuel strategy, can win a race. That does not put said driver in the top 20% as stated elsewhere. Nor does that win negate the continued anger outbursts. Not just one or two, but a real pattern.

Gary