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Danica has done just what all driver at all levels is guilty of, namely, reacting to a perceived wrong. Is it ok for the men to react and not the women.My problem with Danica has many facets:
"I want to make sure I'm doing what's right for the Danica brand" -From an interview last year about going to NASCAR
Danica brand? Gimme a break. How about making sure you can drive the damned things?
She whines constantly on the radio in traffic.
She has trashed other female drivers, downplaying what Sarah Fisher and Janet Guthrie have done in racing. When asked about other female drivers who aren't Danica she gets downright catty.
She runs down Dan Wheldon in the pits, grabs him and starts yelling at him......yet she has caused many on track incidents through overly aggressive driving, to be polite, and has been shielded from criticism by the media.
She has huge money behind her, and a huge marketing machine.....but what has she won? One race in the IRL, nothing before that in lower divisions..........Without her looks, she wouldn't be where she is. She's done NOTHING to deserve it besides pose cute for the cameras.
Classic instance of the media playing to her? She checked up last night because she lost the car a little in the bumps, and before they even had time to look at what happened, DW had accused the driver behind Danica of driving rough and bumping her.....replays clearly show Danica simply losing the car a touch and backing out of the throttle, there's 2-3 feet of daylight between her car and the one behind her, yet, DW still maintained his position that the other driver had hit her.
Anyone else? They just checked up for the bumps. Danica? Couldn't be her fault, blame it on someone else.
I'm tired of the coverage, she's a rookie, there are 80 other drivers at Daytona, and they're covering Danica as if she's already a four time champion. The post race interviews were priceles....they cut to Danicavision immediately after a very short interview with Bobby Gerhart, and she finished 6th. Normally they'd be going after interviews with the others in the top 5.
Most drivers whine over their radios. I have noted whining coming from most of the top drivers, DEjr & Denny being the worst.
You were obviously watching a different race than I was because she handled the bumps and other track conditions like a true racer. Keep in mind this was her First Nascar race. With time I see her becoming a real contender in Nascar. When she spun out across the grass,a lesser driver would have backed the car into the wall. It was not luck that she was
able to recover. Even if she was not hit, the bump at Daytona has put many Cup drivers in the grass.
The old man has been hyped by the media to the point that I get a little ill. Look at his record in it's entirety and he is just that hype. He is a fan draw because he is the old guy out there showing them how it's done.
Why does Nascar encourage top Cup racers to come down to Nationwide and dominate that series? They are allowing it for one reason, and that is to attract more spectators and keep their TV coverage. If Nascar passed a rule banning these drivers they would be giving Nationwide a death sentence at least for TV coverage. The POWERS are taking advantage of Danica and her draw for Nationwide and maybe Cup also before to long. Whether anyone noticed, the stands this last seasons, except for a few tracks, had huge sections that were empty. Seats were being discounted to get fans to the track. Sure Danica is being hyped by the Media (Nascar) because they have an agenda from the POWERS to promote their future cash COW. Nascar is a business, and they are going to do whatever they can to attract and keep a fan base. The 2010 rule changes were a direct results of their ever shrinking fan base. Face the reality, Nascar is BIG business and big business does whatever it can to keep the money rolling in.
http://blog.mlive.com/finish_line/20...danica_pa.html
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