Posted on 05/28/2005 8:03:38 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Great catch...she does have the Bush's genetic look
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.
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.
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.
Indeed, it's refreshing. For God's sake, there's even women's curling!
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?
Oh, come on. He's being a girly man here.
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.
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..
Two words Robbie: Slim Fast!
Probably nothing she's done up to now has been enough to fully prepare her (or any rookie) for that experience.
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. :)
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.
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).
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. :)
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.
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