Danica lasted 1 lap....

[Melensdad]

Crashes after first lap. Jimmy Johnson crashed in front and collected several others. Welcome to NASCAR sweetie.

[groomerguyNWO]

Yep. She's wrecked 3 cars so far this week! Hope Tony has deep pockets for the amount of metal he's gonna have to replace this year.

[TJE]

One lap is all I need!

[Av8r3400]

Tootsie-pie should stay in her bikini on the Go-Daddy commercials and leave the racing to the professionals.

[300 H and H]

Tootsie-pie should stay in her bikini on the Go-Daddy commercials and leave the racing to the professionals.


WOW,

I thought it was who could drive the fastest, not about what resides in betweeen one's legs....IF she has the talent, I hope she makes you eat your words. The younger guys got nothing on her behavior either IMHO.

Regards, Kirk

[muleman]

Did any of you guys watch the shootout? She had a lot of company in smashed up cars. The new backend and spoiler means anybody who pushes on your left rear corner is sending you for a ride.

[Big Dog]

At least she didn't hit any service vehicles with jet fuel on board ................ :whistling:

[FrancSevin]

You guys are sexist.

Not me, I like Danica for her skills and her bikini.

Jimmy Johnson or Kyle Bush, on the other hand, look terrible in a bikini. No interest in that whatsoever.

[300 H and H]

read mine franc,

I'm not either...

Kirk

[FrancSevin]

read mine franc,

I'm not either...

Kirk

I did, And agree with you. It is what prompted mine after I read all the others.

Car racing is the one sport men seem to have decided is not for women. I know several women who must deal with the prejudice every time they take their cars to the track. Sad because most of them are actually better than the guys who rib them.

It doesn't take testoterone to drive a car well. It takes practice and learning, practice and skill, practice, determination, practice, and nerve.

BTW Practice helps.

[duflochy]

She lasted 1 lap and 600 feet, It's important to give her credit for all the distance she ran.......

[bczoom]

Actually, she went 138 laps.

That's still more then:
Kurt Busch
Jeff Gordon
Jimmy Johnson
Robby Gordon
David Ragan

She didn't have much of a choice participating in that 1st lap wreck. There was no place for her to go.

[Cowboy]

Actually, she went 138 laps.

That's still more then:
Kurt Busch
Jeff Gordon
Jimmy Johnson
Robby Gordon
David Ragan

She didn't have much of a choice participating in that 1st lap wreck. There was no place for her to go.
Well theres not much sense throwing facts into the mix BC. :wink:

Its obvious she has no place in motorsports, she should have just stuck with that other type of hillbilly racing at the "other" track most of these proffesional drivers can only have wet dreams about. :whistling:

Not only does she have more balls then most nascar drivers, she has more class then all of them combined IMO. :ermm:


(CBS/AP)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Three races, three wrecks. Even if it wasn't really her fault, Danica Patrick went 0-for-Daytona.

Patrick got caught in a crash on just the second lap of her Daytona 500 debut Monday, a continuation of a week's worth of troubles at Daytona International Speedway. After her crew made extensive repairs to her car, she got back in the race and finished 38th.



After noting that she was disappointed for any new fans who might have tuned in to watch her race, Patrick acknowledged that she also was disappointed for herself.





"I would have loved to have run up there. I would have loved to have got the experience when you actually were racing for positions as opposed to just feeling it out," Patrick said. "But I truly believe everything happens for a reason."





The accident came just minutes after the green flag dropped Monday night, beginning when Elliott Sadler turned five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. He shot into the wall, then rolled back down the track.

Patrick was coming along behind the accident and was caught in the chaos.

"I mean, I was pretty speechless," Patrick said. "I didn't really know what to say. I just pretty much kept my mouth shut and just sat there. Just breathe."







Her car took a hit and swerved down to the infield grass, where she somehow slid between two spinning cars. That was about the only good luck she's had all week.


She was wrecked at the end of Thursday's qualifying race, taking a hard hit.

Patrick then won the pole position for the Nationwide race on Saturday, becoming the first woman to win a NASCAR pole since Shawna Robinson in 1994, but she wrecked after her car was bumped by JR Motorsports teammate Cole Whitt.


Then came Monday, when Patrick once again was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Hey, at least she didn't hit a jet dryer, right?


"Nobody's hit a jet dryer before," Patrick said. "Good thing everybody's OK."



That distinction was reserved for Juan Pablo Montoya, whose collision with a vehicle used to dry off the track caused a huge fireball that delayed the race more than two hours.

After that bizarre episode was over and the race resumed, Patrick's main goal was to stay out of the leaders' way.

"As it got later and later in the race, I just didn't want to play a part," Patrick said. "I didn't want to have an influence on it. I didn't want something to happen."


Patrick figures the main lesson to take away from Speedweeks is to stay up front to avoid wrecks.

"The further up front you are, the better off you are," Patrick said. "But then again, you need that experience to get further up front, which is what I'm trying to get."

Patrick thanked her crew for its hard work to repair her car.


After the crash, Patrick's No. 10 team worked furiously, with crew members wielding new parts, heavy-duty tape, tools and even a welding torch.

She remained strapped into her car as the laps ticked away until her crew finally wheeled the car out of the garage. She fired the engine back up, getting cheers from fans watching from a balcony above the garage area.

"I'm sure this is not new territory for a new driver," Patrick said. "I just wish it could have gone better for everybody that was so excited, especially the fans. It was great to see them cheering all around the track."

It was the continuation of a disappointing Speedweeks for Patrick, who left IndyCar to concentrate full time on NASCAR this season. Daytona is one of 10 Sprint Cup Series races Patrick plans to run for Stewart-Haas Racing this season.

She's also running a full season in the Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports.

Neither project is off to a flying start, but she figures there must be some lesson to take away.


"I just wish the beginning of the race could have been a nice single-file line like it was when I got back out there, but it wasn't," Patrick said. "And honestly, that's my lesson to learn, maybe. Write off that first little bit if you're not up front."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57386514/danica-patrick-3-races-3-wrecks-at-daytona/

[bczoom]

BTW, anyone see that in-car footage with Jimmy Johnson during the wreck?

That move where he let go of the wheel and crossed his arms to protect his thorax... Yea, Danica taught that move to the NASCAR drivers so they better protect themselves and don't break their thumbs.

[pirate_girl]

BTW, anyone see that in-car footage with Jimmy Johnson during the wreck?

That move where he let go of the wheel and crossed his arms to protect his thorax... Yea, Danica taught that move to the NASCAR drivers so they better protect themselves and don't break their thumbs.

:wow:right at the end of this clip..
2012 Daytona 500 - Multi-Car Crash - YouTube

[Glink]

Tootsie-pie should stay in her bikini on the Go-Daddy commercials and leave the racing to the professionals.

You are correct, she is an idiot. But now being an idiot does not preclude her looking damn hot.

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/rights-341786-government-free.html

To their credit, no Republican candidate was inclined to accept the premise of the question. King might have done better to put the issue to Danica Patrick. For some reason, Michelle Fields of The Daily Caller sought the views of the NASCAR driver and Sports Illustrated swimwear model about "the Obama administration's dictate that religious employers provide health care plans that cover contraceptives." Miss Patrick, a practicing Catholic, gave the perfect citizen's response for the Age of Obama:

"I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans."

[PBinWA]

One lap is all I need!

Hell, I'd only last one lap with Danica too! ;)

[OhioTC18]

I don't see where any of the three destroyed cars were her fault at all. I don't like her mouth sometimes, but she's calming down some.

[thcri]

Watching the video Danicka was told to go low, she tried and ended going high.

[Av8r3400]

WOW,

I thought it was who could drive the fastest, not about what resides in betweeen one's legs....IF she has the talent, I hope she makes you eat your words. The younger guys got nothing on her behavior either IMHO.

Regards, Kirk


When was the last time she won anything motorsport related other than a race day beauty contest?

That's what I mean.

I'd love to eat my words regarding her. Seriously. I believe she is just a PR exercise to get viewers.

[nixon]

Seriously. I believe she is just a PR exercise to get viewers.

That's the whole point ! DUH !

[bczoom]

Looking at her racing history, I don't think it's PR.