Posted on 04/24/2008 10:43:23 AM PDT by PercivalWalks
Sure,
But why are they whining now? She’s been around for years. How about the Chicks that run top-fuel...never heard a gripe then either.
And if were going to balasst Danica, then everyone under a certain weight get’s balast..not just some arbitray 10lbs. Bring them all up to the FAA standard 170lbs or some SAE standard. No problemo. But then we’ll hear griping about where the balast goes. She will still have an advantage in that the weight can be anywhere they need it to be to balance the car...their fat butts have to be in the seat.
So before this all drivers have weighed the same? Haven’t some drivers been larger than others before this race?
I think a wambulance is in order.
Get in better shape and drop some weight. Boy, what a wuss.
Do women tennis stars play against the men, and win?
Marathon runners, skiers, soccer, female boxers, weight lifters?
So is it whining by the men? Your statement should be reversed and directed at the women. IF YOU CANT PLAY BY THE SAME RULES AS THE MEN. GO BAKE COOKIES!
Actually this is obsolete info.
Starting in 2008 the Indy Racing League has incorporated ballast to equalize car weights depending on the driver category.
Now there is another part of the technical equation where her slight stature allows better airbox pressure (more power) due to better ram air (less helmet obstruction of the airbox entry).
I read that story in junior high. It had a huge effect on my life outlook. I wish more kids would read it. But most of their teachers probably wouldn’t understand its meaning.
I told my wife, I read FreeRepublic for the articles.
Or that less weight gave her less traction.
Now, that she’s win a race,will she still show her assets?
Re: “On one hand,
On the other hand,”
Do a Google image search . . .both hands would want to be all over that !!!
She’s nice.....
you shouldn’t lie to your wife like that :)
Ah, a Harrison Bergeron fan.
Waaah!
Maybe she should pick on someone her own size...
Having seen her many times in person at the track, it’s kind of one of those celebrity deals. They tend to look a lot in better in pics with makeup and photoshop polishing.
Of course it can. But it is just plain unsporty and lame for a man to complain about losing to a woman. Men lose in sports to women, it happens, but whining about it... only a girly-man does that.
Damn! What a bunch of cry babies.
Glad I’m a CONFIDENT heterosexual.
Rex: “I thought it was just a heterosexual.”
Bob: “No, it’s a confident heterosexual”
Why would they do that if "all the cars weigh the same" at the start of each race?
No doubt. She used to host the Power Block on Spike TV before Courtney Hansen. A definite step in the wrong direction in this viewer’s opinion.
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