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Originally Posted by beachbum
The Indy 500 is on ABC......For the next week the Indy 500 will be the greatest sporting event in the world. By Monday afternoon it will be forgotten again.
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Originally Posted by beachbum
The Indy 500 is on ABC......For the next week the Indy 500 will be the greatest sporting event in the world. By Monday afternoon it will be forgotten again.
I usually don't comment on Danica, but I will this time. She qualified for the Indy 500!! There is a great driver who didn't. She should be respectful, and realize it's a long race, and lots of things happen at Indy......
Her head's not in the right place, and that won't allow anyone to be a true racer!! True race car drivers focus only on what they have in front of them, unless they're lucky with unbelievable talent! Those are the ones who sometimes make boneheaded statements, and then go out and mutilate the field!! Which I kind of enjoy......
Funny as heck when Jay Howard used the same line in jest in relation to his quali failure, this morning on the smiley radio show! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by EagleEye
Well, after snafu's kept me off line (and being up north drinking beer!!) during this whole thing, but let me state a few things:
Danica's constant tossing her engineers and by extention TK under the bus has finally bit her in the @ss. Personally, I wish AAR would sell the ride out from under her and put someone in the car who cared, but I doubt that would be legal.
Danica cannot set up car. Never could. It has been her Achilles heel forever, and it has finally been exposed. She wont have any success anywhere if she cant figure it out either.
One thing is for sure, Andretti's wont be spending time nor money on her, since they probably have no time for her attitude, her lack of knowledge or her general disposition. Finally, the world saw the real Danica...and reacted appropriately. Maybe ABC and the press will pick up on it...
All of this Danica BS is what most of us have known and been saying for at least 3 years and sometimes more. I should be in 7th heaven about the humiliation she's going through. But I'm not. Danica has never been so irrelevant as she is right now to me because I can't get the puke taste out of my mouth after what happened to PT. I can say that the way he has handled himself through all of this has made me a bigger fan of his, if that was possible. The mark of a TRUE CHAMPION! Now compare that to Danica's antics and what else can you say.
PS: And I stare out the window at GoDaddy headquarters all day thinking how they could be standing behind a REAL driver!
They do stand behind a real driver, Mark Martin!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TURN3
I agree with you on all of this though. You look how PT took the high road and took ownership of a decision that really shouldn't be in his hands, and you realize now just how goofy big business is when it backs or doesn't back a driver. Paul Tracy will give 110% of his time and effort to sell his sponsor and show them off on the track. He has immense ability, a great personality, and sometimes questionable judgement when the red mist on track strikes...but he is a class act. Racing needs more PT...but it wasn't to be, and that is that...
If she manages a top 10 at Indy (quite likely) the PR machine and regular press/ABC will be gaga. That will happen even if one of the other females beats her. Otherwise it all turn over to her upcoming Taxi Cab races. At the moment she still brings in the money to Andretti Racing.
If she continues to flop in the stockers the spin can only last so long.
Dean McNulty in the Toronto Sun is still a big fan.
Norris McDonald in the Toronto Star not much of a supporter. But then Norris drove Super Mods and was a car owner. He also is a real fan who covers all racing including club racing.
McNulty is out to lunch. When Paul didn't make Indy, the bigger story was Danica getting booed to him.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter
Its not likely this year.
She is lost and looked scared on Sunday running race setups. Indy has gotten her this year and she is not good enough nor brave enough to get it back.
She will be one of the slowest cars on the track Sunday. Count on it.
Heck Scott, even if she was faster, she has shown no ability to go around people who don't want to be passed. This could be a miserable day for her...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scotty G.