Posted on 02/18/2018 6:19:28 PM PST by BenLurkin
Patrick’s final NASCAR race at the Daytona 500 captured her career to perfection. She had photojournalists embedded with her, a hunky celebrity NFL QB boyfriend by her side, social media buzzing — and a crumpled Chevy towed to the garage that put a premature end to her race.
Patrick smooched her boyfriend and then kissed her NASCAR career goodbye when she was caught up in a wreck in Sunday’s race.
Her final win-loss record was a dud: 0 for 191 in the Cup series.
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And her old ride #10 almost won the race. If Hamlin hadn’t wrecked him.
She won on fuel mileage not talent. It is liking winning when the race is called due to rain. #fakewin
Many have said she was one of the most reckless drivers out there and had no reason to be behind the wheel. The truth hurts even hiding behind the woman card.
Wasn’t much of a race car driver but made pretty humorous commercials.
You go girl!
FEAR
Ok....I only remember hearing of the win not how it was done. Frankly even if she had won in a more legitimate way a 1 win career would otherwise be forgettable except of course for her gender. I assume you do have some respect for Shirley Muldowney though.
and besides theres about a thousand nascar drivers in the last decade or so that never won a race either....
You’re kidding?? All that hype and she never won a race??? Wow.
the nascar people kept waiting for him to become this great racer and it never, ever happened..
Back when you could walk through the pits for free and stand 5 feet from the cars as they fired up.
Apparently Danica Patrick is 5’2”. She’s tiny.
I root for deserving females regularly. I wanted to see Johanna Long get more of a chance in Xfinity. I was at Vegas on pit road during a race and listening in on here radio. They told her to conserve fuel and she keyed back to them that she honestly didn't know how. Funny moment.
I was also at Bristol in the infield listening to a female driver attempt her first start in Xfinity. Not sure if it was Milka Duno or not but pretty sure. What a sh!tshow that was. She had no idea on how to even get onto the track and frustrated the crew greatly trying to accomplish that simple task.
For Indy car, I rooted for Simona and hoped she did well.
Not a big fan of NHRA so I could really care less there.
With Danica in Indy car, you also have to remember the field size was pretty consisted at about 20 cars. With Danica being in top equipment, she was really only competing against maybe 9 other cars.
At the NASCAR level with twice the field size, she had much stiffer competition.
Finally, to indicate how easy Indy car can be, especially at Indy, Steve Kinser (World of Outlaws) jumped in one year and finished 14th in a lower rung ride.
When she first showed up I said she was nothing more than a marketing gimmick.
And now she can latch on to Aaron Rodgers' wallet. But...but....patriarchy!!!!!
Anyone remember Patty Moise?
She won an IndyCar race in Japan back in those days. Partially good luck but she earned it and that’s racing.
She did very well at reestablishing the old reputation of “women drivers.”
She is already worth almost twice as much as he is.
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