[Miss Behave]

"Besides her driving, I was impressed by how she refused to take the feminist bait the media were desperate for her to take. By that, I mean they were prompting her in the post-race interview to talk about what a great blow she'd landed for women, how she'd made history etc. - and she ignored all that and talked about the race, the team, just like any other driver would.

She truly epitomized what equality is supposed to be about. Classy!"

Yes, gymbeau! And that bait was bigger than Hillary's butt. It was hard to miss, and Danica refused to take it, even though the media slathered their bait with ice cream and chocolate sprinkles.

Classy is right.

[gymbeau]

Yeah. I was really PO'd with the media coverage. Nothing against Danica, who did a great job on Sunday despite a couple of major rookie errors, but the ABC coverage was as if it were the Danica 500 - and oh by the way there are 32 other people on the track too.

My local rag, the Calgary Herald, had a big picture of Danica on page one, and it took till the fourth paragraph for them to say who had won the race.

Disgusting.

On the other hand, I wish the IRL would go away and CART would regain its luster. I've been a Champ car fan for as long as I can remember and really miss the days when it was the best series; I loved the fact that the CART drivers had to handle small ovals, big ovals, road courses, street circuits, etc. To me, that made them the best drivers.

I'll have to look into that when I'm Emperor.... :-)

Cheers
Jim