(11-18-2017 12:39 AM)JAB Wrote: (11-17-2017 07:32 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote: (11-17-2017 06:57 PM)karter25 Wrote: She has a net worth of close to $60 million. Racer dude is just hating on her cause she has accomplished something. While she wasn't as successful as she would have liked, she had a good run and is set for life. Nothing wrong with that.
Proof that anyone can make it big in the US. Maybe even you. That is if you ever learn how to read a map.
Her claim to fame is that while riding around mid pack, UNDER CAUTION she ran over another driver and had to pit a second time to replace her front wing. Which allowed her to top off her fuel load.
That and the fact she was 50lbs lighter than the rest of the field, allowed her to stay out longer under green and lead the Indy 500. Then taking advantage of that notoriety she laid across the hood of a car in a men's magazine half naked.
Then Indy Car changed their rules so that minimum weight was set WITH the driver in the car. Eliminating her weight advantage and thus making her non competitive. So she left Indy Car and headed to NASCAR.
You didn’t disprove anything he said in that rant...you actually gave validity to the statement about your mysogony.
Are you and the oldfart bum buddies.
My opinion of her is not based on her sex. It is due to the fact that many drivers far superior to her were without rides while she got breaks that she did not deserve based on her talent and production.
Her BF local driver Rick Stenhouse had to spend 3 years in the Nationwide/Xfinity series, winning TWO championships before he got a ride in Cup Cars.
She came in from Indy Car to run Xfinity, ran around in mid pack and promptly got moved up to Cup cars.
Let's talk about her time in Indy Cars.NEVER drove for a mid pack or back of the pack teams she ALWAYS had top equipment. While Nashville driver Josef Newgarden was forced to take any ride he could pick up in older equipment and under funded teams for years before he got a top ride. Today he is series Champion.
While driving for Rahal Letterman she took advantage of Letterman's TV show to make at least one and some times two appearances on his show to self promote. Then when she felt that she was not competitive she moved to the most successful team at that time. Andretti Green. Since Indy Car changed the rules on how minimum weight was set from car alone to car with driver. She lost all of her performance advantage.
They claim she is a role model for young females. When in reality she forced the movement back several steps. Choosing to use her sexuality to get ahead instead of her talent.
AND SHE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER SEX AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. After almost EVERY on track incident she would get into the face of the other driver knowing that the male driver could not yell back at her much less get back into her face. Even went as far as laying her hands on another driver in the back of the ambulance as both were taking mandatory ride to the care center after a wreck.
Of course this changed when it came to female drivers. She tried this same stunt with Milka Duno and Duno got right back in her face and Danica turned tail.
ANYONE and i do mean ANYONE who competes at that level is good. Even those who finish last and laps down are good and have been a champion level driver at some series in their career. I will admit i could never do that and i doubt anyone else on this forum could do it even that old fart Karter25.
They are the upper crest of driver. But even among the upper crest there are divisions of drivers. The best of the best, the mid packers and those who run in the back and are not in contention to win at this level. They reached their competitive peak in lesser series. And Danica is in that group.But for reasons other than talent she was given rides that someone with her talent level should have never gotten. She was a part of a four car team where the other three drivers were NASCAR Cup Champions.
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Danica to retire
