F1 has never raced at a super speedway, that's Indy/CART cars...
Posted on 02/17/2013 12:43:17 PM PST by Libloather
Danica Patrick backed up her fast practice speeds during NASCAR Sprint Cup Daytona 500 qualifying on Sunday, taking the pole position for the race.
Patrick was the eighth to go out in the session — and knocked teammate and Stewart-Haas Racing team co-owner Tony Stewart out of the pole position. Patrick's qualifying lap of 196.434 mph eclipsed the 195.925 mph lap of Stewart.
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I think the fix is in. If she doesn’t crash, she wins.
Don’t forget A J Foyt either. He won Daytona in 72 and won Indy four times.also won 24 hours of Daytona and the 24 hours of Lemans.
I’ve never attended a NASCAR race, but I’ve attended a few Indy 500s. I used to be a fan, but there are so many foreign drivers that I don’t follow too closely anymore.
I follow NASCAR though I’m not a fanatic.
You fools should be ashamed of yourself. Get your mind out of the gutter. You obviously don’t have a clue what it takes to do what she is doing. I race formula cars in one of the developmental programs for Indy cars and it is one of the most intense things you can ever do. Try 130mph in an open wheel car in the rain and then make your stupid gutter comments
And that’s never happened before?
Jeff Gordon recently admitted wrecking another driver. He was fined $100k and docked 25 points and got a month of probation and a lot of people think he got off light but actually all that was for his part in the post race brawl, not for wrecking Bowyer to which he admitted wrecking on purpose. Tony Stewart about a month earlier admitted to causing a huge wreck at Talladega although he said he “screwed up”. Nothing happened to Stewart. But in the past Stewart has not only admitted to wrecking other drivers but has publicly vowed to keep doing it.
Stewart vows to keep wrecking drivers who block
Earnhardt Sr.:
One week later, he provided NASCAR with one of its most controversial moments. At the August Bristol race, Earnhardt found himself in contention to win his first short track race since Martinsville in 1995. When a caution came out with 15 laps to go, leader Terry Labonte got hit from behind by the lapped car of Darrell Waltrip. His spin put Earnhardt in the lead with 5 cars between him and Labonte with 5 laps to go. Labonte had four fresh tires and Earnhardt was driving on old tires, which made Earnhardt's car considerably slower. Labonte caught Earnhardt and passed him coming to the white flag, but Earnhardt drove hard into turn two, bumping Labonte and spinning him around. Dale went on to collect the win while spectators booed and made obscene gestures. I didn't mean to turn him around, I just wanted to rattle his cage", Earnhardt said of the incident. Earnhardt finished 7th in the standings that year, and looked like a contender again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt
Here is another article comparing the racing styles of Earnhardt Sr. and Kyle Busch who also likes to initiate bumper cars.
Earnhardt Senior and Kyle Busch: Like two peas in a pod
If Danica Patrick should be kicked out of NASCAR, then so should a lot of other male drivers.
F1 has never raced at a super speedway, that's Indy/CART cars...
The less the driver weighs, the more fuel the pit crew can pump in to the tank during pit stops. Fewer stops for fuel can be a big advantage. I don't think there is a limit to fuel tank size.
True 196 isn’t much lower than 206.....but who knows how fast they could go by now, if it weren’t for all the restrictions.
My bad, I always confuse them. Thanks for the correction. If I remember, you put threads on F1 up.
Good question. According to this:
Do heavier drivers have a disadvantage over the drivers that don’t weigh as much?
Each car must weigh a minimum of 3,400 pounds ready to race, which includes the weight of the gas, oil, water, etc. Weights are added to cars whose driver weighs less than 200 pounds. Based on a starting driver weighing 200 pounds, drivers add weights in 10-pound increments up to a maximum of 50 pounds. For example, a driver weighing 185 pounds, adds 20 pounds of weigh to the car, and a driver weighing just 145 pounds adds the maximum 50 pounds(7-19-2000)
http://www.jayski.com/pages/faqrace.htm
From what I understand, the driver’s weight doesn’t make all that much of a difference but in fact a rather than being an advantage a lighter driver is somewhat disadvantaged but then again has a very slight advantage as they not only have to add weight to their car to bring it to the minimum, but can add it all to the left side of the car which supposedly helps in the turns.
I would think being in good overall shape and perhaps not being too small and light or grossly overweight is more of an advantage as drivers can lose 5 to 10 pounds during the course of a race.
It’s still a MAN’S SPORT, as far as I’m concerned.
Anyone watching Danica Patrick in 2012 should realize that she is serious about racing and will be capable of winning.
She's gained experience & learned from running in the pack, getting crashed and finally learning to pay it back.
Like 'em or not, the Go Daddy ads gave her name recognition outside of auto racing as well as guaranteed sponsorship, and they're certainly less demeaning than pimping for reverse mortgages.
If nothing so far makes the case - Tony Stewart ain't no kinda PC guy and he's putting his name and money behind her ability; he even predicted that she'd go faster than him at Daytona, and she did.
If you won't bet on Danica, bet on Smoke.
Reality TV is not real.
It’s always great to see a driver get their first pole position. The fact that she is the first woman to do it is also historic, and worthy of reporting and applauding.
I thought she got too much press w/o many accomplishments in past years in Indy, but in this case she deserves all the press she gets in the next week.
The trick will be doing this consistently and getting race results.
“Try 130mph in an open wheel car in the rain and then make your stupid gutter comments”
Um, you do realize she poses half naked, right?
It doesn’t take much effort to drive 130mph in the rain or otherwise on a dedicated roadway. Jut push the gas pedal. No effort at all. The trick to winning is primarily the engineering of the vehicle and the strategic planning of the fuel/tire stops.
no worries... common mistake, and yes i put up the the F1 threads tell you the truth, i would truly love to see them on a SS just once to see what they could do, with the right gears that is
so basicly the driver does not matter any more? (spam in a can?)
At Daytona, I don’t remember what year, but probably mid 1980s, there was an auto magazine write up about top speed at a superspeedway. There was a runoff between an IMSA GTP prototype and a purpose-built NASCAR type car. The IMSA prototype was the Al Holbert Lowenbrau Porsche 962 with a low-drag Le Mans rear body work and wing attached, and maybe just a different gearbox, but a pretty stock race car. The NASCAR was something I don’t remember, but I don’t think it met any NASCAR rules as it was purpose built for this run and no reporting on what it had or how many laps it could last.
The Porsche ran an oval lap at around 250 mph. The “Nascar” ran a few MPH faster. Just shows what speeds could be attained if the rules did not keep the speed down.
It would be pretty cool to see them run at Daytona or Talladega.
can you find a link for that? cause i can't find anything...
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