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To: Borges

“Aaron Rogers will be remembered as the QB with the highest QBR in NFL history”

And Danica Patrick will be remembered as the first woman driver in NASCAR history.


58 posted on 12/13/2018 11:12:45 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: sanjuanbob

Being the first ever to do something isn’t the same as being the best ever to do something. No one in NFL history has played QB better AND more consistently than AR.


60 posted on 12/13/2018 11:14:59 AM PST by Borges
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To: sanjuanbob

Dania Patrick not even close to be the first woman to race in NASCAR.

As per wiki

NASCAR has seen varying levels of participation by female drivers throughout its ranks since the sanctioning body’s inception in 1949. Sara Christian competed in the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway (she had Bob Flock finish the race).[2] In the second official race, at Daytona Beach and Road Course, Christian was joined by Ethel Mobley and Louise Smith, with Mobley finishing first out of the 3, in 11th.[3] Through the 1950s and 1960s, female racers made only a handful of starts in NASCAR’s touring series. Betty Skelton Erde wasn’t technically a NASCAR driver, but she drove the pace car at Daytona in 1954, and was clocked at a speed of 105.88 mph (170.40 km/h) on the sand, setting a stock car speed record for women.[4]

No woman had raced NASCAR in a decade when Janet Guthrie started the 1976 World 600,[5] finishing 15th, ahead of Dale Earnhardt.[6] In 1977, Janet Guthrie, would become the first woman to lead a Winston Cup Series race under caution, at Ontario Speedway. In 1986, Patty Moise would become the first woman to lead in a Busch Series race.[7]


75 posted on 12/13/2018 5:58:33 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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