That woman is a menace to the crews !!!
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That woman is a menace to the crews !!!
This could very well be an occasion where she just drove it too hard out of her pit box, but it could also have been a steering issue. Between the paddle-shifter/electronics issues, I'm willing to guess that there's more to this story than simply "Danica screwed up".
Steering issue?Quote:
Originally Posted by nickfalzone
Ah the steered fine after she almost killed some pit crew members......again!
I think it's more of a case of "Danica screwed up!", as did Milka Duno and Scott Dixon. What scares me about Danica's incident is how exposed and vulnerable crew menbers are.
What scares me is the media not talking about it all. Scott Dixon has not backed down from his criticism of her driving and from what i have (not) heard and as AUTOWEEK reported the other drivers coming to her defense is NILL.
In other words, her steering was a bit off to the right when entering the pits, and when she accelerated quickly out she didn't have any time to zero it. Theres #'s on the dash that show this, but obviously she wasn't paying attention. I would say this is about as dumb a move as Dixon made, but not more so.
Without a doubt, it looks like Danica simply screwed up. The ICS, along with the media have built her up and placed her on a pedestal. She has more that welcomed the hype and overbilling, now will see if she is willing to accept responsibilty.
I personally believe that Danica has mediocre ability and on a road course, which is more demanding and more reflective of a driver's talent, she clearly shows that she is not a top driver.
I recall that in her first couple of years, she made a pit-road or caution mistake almost every race... I made the comment here on this forum years ago that I just didn't think she had the mental capacity to be a top-level driver. That was a pure engage-throttle, disengage-brain moment there.
Of course I'm not sure what went wrong with Dixon either, except "mistakes breed mistakes, and cautions breed cautions"
Sports Center just showed it. :eek:
I've seen drivers come in hot and get crossed up with the pit crew (usually their own). But I can honestly say, I have never seen anyone do anything close to that before. Yeah, I think there was something wrong with her steering: the person holding the wheel.
Luckily no one was killed. ESPN didn't say if any of the Target guys were injured or not. They didn't hold the shot long enough to show if anyone smacked her upside her helmet, but they should have. Wonder who or what she'll blame for this one?
I remember Mario Andretti doing that right infront of me at Michigan in 93 or 94, and seeing people spin leaving the pits on cold tires quite often in the CART days...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
EDIT: Found the video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jjZkTqk3Os About the 14:00 min mark