Personally, I find it a little disheartening that AGR is being taken to task for telling the truth.
I'm an IRL fan. I'm an AGR fan. I'm a Target Chip Ganassi fan. I'm sick of my drivers literally being classified as "other drivers" to Danica (as they were at the Milwaukee signing). I'm sick of my drivers being grilled about Danica every time they are in a press room. I'm tired of Danica-cam, the most useless camera angle ever. There is an in-car camera in her vehicle that shows... nothing but her helmeted head.
Why should her, and by osmosis, her fans be given a convenience that isn't afforded the other drivers or fans? At the Milwaukee signing, if you didn't stand in the DANICA line, you stood in the ALL OTHER DRIVER LINE. Why should I, as a fan of Darren Manning, be made to stand in line with the fans of other drivers when I don't want to see the other drivers? Am I not as worthy as the Danica fans are to have a seperate line for MY convenience?
What many are missing is the fact that AGR had their own, free autograph session at their merchandise hauler. Anyone that wanted to meet them could do so.
So what is the big deal?
The IRL and the tracks could solve this problem easily by treating everyone equally but they have shown that they will alienate anyone and everyone that they can so long as they can continue to pimp Danica for all she is worth.
Why should her, and by osmosis, her fans be given a convenience that isn't afforded the other drivers or fans?
Ummm, because she's the one that's putting fans in seats today ??? We can't have that now can we ?
So what is the big deal?
The big deal is, whether the drivers like it or not, the public is lining up to see her. She has given the IRL more positive PR in the last 8 weeks, than they have been able to generate on their own in the last 8 years. The last I knew, the fans were the ones that generated the money so these boys got to drive these cars in a sanctioned event. Lose the fans, lose the sponsors.
Yes, she's pretty, yes, they are pimping her, yes, they talk about her too much, and most importantly, yes, she's the one filling the stands right now. Do you want a paycheck, or your ego ?
Like it or not, she's doing all these boys a favor right now.