Posted on 10/27/2014 7:17:04 PM PDT by rabidralph
Danica Patrick has revved up some controversy, questioning whether NASCAR needs its Drive for Diversity program, which aims to increase female and minority participation in the racing car series.
“I have never benefited from the Diversity program,” Patrick said on Friday after a reporter from the Danville (Va.) Register and Bee asked her about diversity in stock car racing. NASCAR honored Wendell Scott, the only African-American to win in its top-level series, at its event in Martinsville, Va., this past weekend. Scott, who was born in Danville, won a Grand National (predecessor to Sprint Cup) race in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1963. Darrell Wallace, Jr., took the checkered flag at the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville in 2013, becoming only the second African American to win a race in one of NASCAR's national series, and repeated the feat on Saturday in a truck wearing Scott's number and paint scheme.
Patrick cut short a follow-up question about what needs to be done for more women to enter NASCAR, saying, “Well, clearly then I wouldn’t think that there needs to be a diversity program if I’m here and I didn’t get in.
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“Cant anyone who can put a team together and drive competitively race in nascar?”
And be able to qualify for a race position, as I understand it. To my knowledge, there is no limit on starting a team. A wad of cash, and a driver who can get ‘er done. I think one litmus test is poor grammar. But Nascar isn’t exactly an inner city sport, and it doesn’t appeal to women that much.
They are creating an issue that so far no one seems to know exists. Seriously, certain culture groups simply have their chosen past times. Some cross such boundaries, like football and baseball, but others don’t. Blacks have basketball, though some whites and ‘others’ enjoy it. Whites have nascar. Not because me ‘made’ it ours, but because for the most part, other groups weren’t really all that interested.
Big talk from someone who landed a top-tier NASCAR ride due to her skills as a soft-porn TV pitchbabe.
You mean like Joe Nemecheck or Dick Trickle?
“Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?”
I’m no Danica fan, and think she gets a lot more attention than her skills deserve, but most drivers go a long time between wins. Even the good ones.
Ms. Stenhouse, (Fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse is her boyfriend) I believe that you might cause NASCAR fits... of course, your boss (Tony Stewart) is as outspoken, too. We need more outspoken drivers...
Check the stats, Danica is a good journeyman driver. Same as 75%-80% of the other drivers.
She is popular because she is attractive and a racer. Not just a woman racer, but a racer. From me that is a high complement.
Yes, he does...his name is Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Nobody gave Joe that ride. He built it.
...and I thought a tranny was something with gears in it.
Good for her. We like to joke alot about her here, and I do not appreciate her being with low-class GoDaddy and posing gratuitously for them, but good that she goes against the grain.
She surprised the hell out of me Sunday.
She doesn’t want any special crap from the left wing.
Her performance at Martinsville Speedway was impressive.
Work Hard and MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Ido not think so. She was a pretty big name before NASCAR, having been in Indy. I do not remember her doing those ads until after she was well into it.
Alan Kulwiki was the first of the owner drivers.
Harry Gant was an oddball. He didn’t love racing despite being very good at it. He said he preferred being on a tractor.
When you consider her finishes,
Yes
Danica seems to understand something that only a select few of the Male racers in NASCAR do well.
MARKETING.... And bringing your own money with you.
When Danica takes the lead, every female in the stands cheers for her. I’ve seen it personally. The only one the crowd cheers louder for is Dale Jr.. And she has improved greatly in the second half of the season.
“Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?”
You mean a “Regular Guy” like J.J. Yeley? Or Paul MENARD? Or Brendon Gaughan? The ONLY reason that they have rides, at all, is because of the big money behind them personally.
Has Danica won a race?
Yet she gets 90% of media coverage in NASCAR
She has benefitted greatly from the affirmative action media
BTTT!
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