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Posted on 07/17/2009 10:02:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Danica Patrick on Friday rejected skeptics who say she is incapable of switching from driving lighter, aerodynamic Indy cars to the much bulkier and heavier stock cars used on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Patrick, 27, is in the last year of her contract with the IndyCar team Andretti Green Racing and is evaluating options for next season. Patrick last year became the first woman to win a major U.S.-sanctioned open-wheel race when she won the IndyCar race at Motegi, Japan.
She already had become a major sports figure after nearly winning the Indianapolis 500 in 2005, her rookie year. Now the IndyCar Series' most popular driver, she finished third in this year's Indy 500.
During a visit to Los Angeles to attend the ESPY Awards, Patrick also talked about her recent visit to Tony Stewart's NASCAR shop, the prospects of her moving to the Formula One series and other topics in a question-and-answer session:
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What looks queer about him? He seems to be enjoying his close physical interaction with an attractive woman. Seems pretty straight to me.
Holy Kamoli!!!
First time I’ve seen that foto.
She can drive anything she wants.
Why, hello JillValentine. Fancy meeting you here. :-)
Kind of like Juan Pablo’s first year... little bump and go. He seems to be quite a bit better now.
(tries to look innocent)
Didn’t read the story, did you?
tony stewart never won the indy 500.
I think Danica would be too risky, like Kyle Busch with excess female hormones but worse.
You bump draft this lady you better make sure her pit stall is far away.
Or let her try it out, who knows, maybe because she is a lady all the good ole boys will let her be number 1 for the whole season.
IF she switches to NASCAR, she's gonna change that tune. The media hype will be the ONLY thing that will allow her to stay in Sprint Cup while she tries to build a credible record there. Like Juablo said "...she doesn't know what she's getting into."
Is your first name Kyle by any chance?
Great post. You rock!
actually Indycar went to a weight normalization formula last year so your info is out of date
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/mar/30/sports/chi-30-pink-irl-weightmar30
Oops, sorry, he didn’t win Indy. My bad. But he was the 1997 IRL champion. Danica’s never been close to winning the series.
I don’t think ANYONE has more female hormones than Kyle Busch.
You might be surprised at how many of us men prefer that body type, especially when they're shooting EBR's. :~)
That sounds like a damn liberal statement!
Last I heard, NASCAR is still a private enterprise. If I had a multi-million dollar race team with million dollar cars you're not going to convince me that I have to put her behind the wheel and possibly wreck just because some feminist liberal says that she 'deserves the chance'.
No but I would!
“she deserves the chance”
I think Jeremy Mayfield’s team may be available. She can buy it and try to qualify just like everyone else...
Or somebody else who thinks that they can make a profit with Danica driving can start a team and hire her as driver.
Or how about she does it like everybody else? I’ve got a quarter that says she can get a sponsor and drive some Nationwide races and learn the ropes.
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