[Southack]

"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...."

Nope.

1. She's starting out in 4th.
2. Her car is faster than everyone else's. So at Turn #1, she'll only be looking at one or two cars still ahead of her in the race (at most)...all of the other losers will be breathing her exhaust fumes, if they even qualified for the race, and if they are still in it.

[LdSentinal]

Unless she crashes out on the pace laps.

[rlmorel]

The way I see it is that it is all PC bs. That is all it is. That said, if there is no weight rule, there is no rule, and she should race and try to win.

I feel the same way about this whenever there is a story out of Iraq or from one of the Military Academies...The overwhelming majorities of the stories are of men, but they find one of the women to interview.

Look at the CNN story of the graduates of West Point today. Perfect example.