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NASCAR Driver Says Female Phenom Has Unfair Edge(Danica Patrick)
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Posted on 05/28/2005 8:03:38 PM PDT by freepatriot32

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To: justt bloomin

Great catch...she does have the Bush's genetic look


121 posted on 05/28/2005 9:27:40 PM PDT by spycatcher
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To: Arkie2

These cars are incredibly difficult to drive and the faster you go the harder it gets. We're talking about a 100lb girl having to do the same work as a 200lb man. I think the advantage is to the men.


122 posted on 05/28/2005 9:27:45 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: Dinsdale

FYI, a rumor that's gone around for years is that when Jimmy Spencer won his only two races, at Daytona and Talladega in 1994, his car was BAD illegal, but NASCAR looked the other way because Junior Johnson was struggling on his last legs as a car owner and was about to lose his sponsorship, and they wanted to help him out.


123 posted on 05/28/2005 9:28:38 PM PDT by GB
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To: freepatriot32
Behold. Next year's winner of the Indy 500.


124 posted on 05/28/2005 9:29:37 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: 1FreeAmerican

Again, there aren't a lot of 200 pounders out there today, especially in NASCAR ... plus the cars aren't nearly as tough to drive anymore since they have power steering.


125 posted on 05/28/2005 9:29:40 PM PDT by GB
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To: Southack
Danica isn't asking for special favors, yet she's competing with men according to male rules.

Indeed, it's refreshing. For God's sake, there's even women's curling!

126 posted on 05/28/2005 9:29:55 PM PDT by AmishDude (Join the AD fan club: "ROFL!" -- Dan from Michigan; "Very well stated, AD." -- Diana in Wisconsin)
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To: freepatriot32

Whine, whine. What about the male drivers who weigh more than Gordon? Is he going to add weights to HIS car to compensate for "his advantage" over them?


127 posted on 05/28/2005 9:30:04 PM PDT by richmwill
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To: Illuminatas

Oh, come on. He's being a girly man here.


128 posted on 05/28/2005 9:32:19 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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To: 1FreeAmerican

I think you may be right. While she may have a weight advantage, I'm guessing that its not going to be much of a blessing in a 500 mile race where strength and endurance will play a very large factor as well. I suspect that it will all even out in the end.


129 posted on 05/28/2005 9:32:41 PM PDT by VOR78
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To: freepatriot32
[ Gordon, a former open-wheel driver now in NASCAR, contends that Patrick is at an advantage over the rest of the competitors because she only weighs 100 pounds. Because all the cars weigh the same, Patrick's is lighter on the race track. ]

Bull because PMS will make her more competitive and probably DANGEROUS besides... I wouldn't compete against her till she has her ovaries removed.. then it might be fair..

Hmmm, weight.. wonder if a jockey would make a good race car driver..

130 posted on 05/28/2005 9:35:07 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been ok'ed by me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: freepatriot32; All
Oops. Hottest picture yet.



Too bad they had to ruin it with that French at the bottom.
131 posted on 05/28/2005 9:37:44 PM PDT by justt bloomin
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To: freepatriot32

Two words Robbie: Slim Fast!


132 posted on 05/28/2005 9:37:56 PM PDT by SALChamps03
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Danica is about 12 hours from learning the difference between qualifying by yourself, and running down to turn 1 with 32 other barely-in-control projectiles being driven by Nomex-cladded testosterone....

Probably nothing she's done up to now has been enough to fully prepare her (or any rookie) for that experience.

133 posted on 05/28/2005 9:38:35 PM PDT by clintonh8r (So....Is means testing now a conservative value? Apparently 40% of FReepers think it is.)
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To: SALChamps03

Yeah, Robby said in the story that she had a 105-pound weight advantage, if she's 100 that means he's 205, which is 25 pounds over his "official" listed weight. So as I said earlier, he ought to stop making return trips to the buffet. :)


134 posted on 05/28/2005 9:39:28 PM PDT by GB
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To: Arkie2

You must first understand Robbie and his complaining. He must have gotten this bad problem from his father who was a grade A complainer in off road racing. Robbie started off his off road career as a teenager doing the same thing. Boiled down to the 'fat' he is a spoiled little brat that has had nothing but a self-destructive career from the very beginning.
Ford spent millions and millions grooming him for a stellar racing career which could have led to many championships by now. But what does he do? One year Ford was having a bad year with their engines in the old CART days.(turbocharged 2.6 liter engines like they used to run at Indy) Robbie was having a bad race that day with his engine going bad. What does he do? Instead of pulling into the pits and parking it, he intentionally blew the motor from coninued abuse and then had the gall in the TV interview afterwards to do nothing but complain about the Ford engine, calling it crap as well as some other choice descriptions. Needless to say, he was thru driving Fords in Indy cars.
He was even witnessed spitting in a girl friends face in a bar in Arizona prior to the Parker 400 off road race.
This is truly an example of an extremely talented driver destroying his own career and future as a result of an unchecked immature and egotistical personality.
He could have been one of Americas greatest, attaining greatness such as Foyt, Andretti, Unsers, Rutherford and Mears. Not anymore, it is too late.


135 posted on 05/28/2005 9:41:09 PM PDT by biff
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To: GB
I've heard it said that #3 was so ruthless that he would wreck his rental car into other teams rental cars cause he could afford the damage but the other teams could'nt. The story was NASCAR drivers always took the suplimental insurance because they knew Dale would wreck their rental car.

What I've noticed is the debris yellow always comes out when a popular driver needs to catch up with the pack.

I'm done with the league. Only watch the road courses now (Just to watch them screwup the right turns).

136 posted on 05/28/2005 9:41:51 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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To: clintonh8r
Speaking of testosterone and projectiles...
I'll be the first in line to "prepare" her for this experience.
137 posted on 05/28/2005 9:42:06 PM PDT by justt bloomin
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To: clintonh8r
I remember reading Mark Donohue's autobiography, "The Unfair Advantage" ... greatest auto racing biography/autobiography ever written, IMHO ... and he told about taking the green flag at Indy for his first race there in 1969 and almost running off into the infield because it was the first time he'd ever been on the track with that many cars around him. He said it took him about half the race to figure out how to do it and once he did, he got himself up into the top five before his car broke.

Very few rookies come into Indy and master the place immediately. Only ones I can recall are Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell, and they weren't exactly true rookies. :)

138 posted on 05/28/2005 9:42:30 PM PDT by GB
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To: freepatriot32

I hope she does well at Indianapolis. Let's face it, she is getting publicity because she is a solid driver who qualified pretty well and she has good looks. That always counts.
I always root for the Rahal-Letterman team. They are based here in Columbus. Bobby Rahal put Columbus on the auto racing map and even brought an Indy race to the city in the 1980's, the Columbus 500. He is one of the best to ever hit the speedway. As an Ohioan and a racing fan (NASCAR and Indy), I hope he can maybe be influential about getting another big speedway here in the state. Mid-Ohio is a nice facility, but I don't think it could attract a NASCAR or Busch race. I believe the Indy cars still race there and at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. Mansfield just got a NASCAR truck race. Hopefully the racing industry can get some events here because there is a market.


139 posted on 05/28/2005 9:42:40 PM PDT by Columbus Dawg (Columbus: Where our mayor is not offended by rape, and our football players cause trouble.)
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To: freepatriot32
Total vehicle weight is consistently measured with driver's weight & full fuel tanks included in every facet of weights and measures, for commerce, taxation, and transportation safety requirements, worldwide. Why racing has no such requirement is not only archaic, it should place a cloud on every race ever run without an operators weight consideration.

Unfortunately for the racing industry it took a cry baby and a rookie female ace driver to open up the rule book for inspection and final clarification.

It's beginning to look like big fat good old boys are in a heep 'a trouble! Can you say "Tofu Diet"? LOL!! No, I can't either! :-)
140 posted on 05/28/2005 9:42:45 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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