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Originally Posted by justinsain
I think her hype was all about her hotness and the fact that she might be the first female to actually be competitive. I don't think it was ever about her coming in and winning a bunch of races.
Her Indy Car contract is up at the end of this season so it will be interesting to see what direction she chooses. She's stated many times that it's always been her dream to win the Indy 500 so I doubt she's ready to give up on that just yet. She can race mid pack in NASCAR all year long and still bank millions for it in the form of endorsements and souvenir sales.
The bottom line is she's a racer and racers want to win so it only stands to reason she will go wherever the best opportunity is to do that. This weekend she is racing at Bristol. It's completely different than anything she has experienced so far and so far she is taking on the challenge. I've been to the night race at Bristol working as a team member for both a Goodys Dash team and what was then a Winston Cup team. Bristol is mind blowing in almost every way for both spectators and drivers and she is going to have her hands full come race time  |
Cool about working crew I am truly jealous and yeah, the bristol races are the two biggest races of the year for me, I anticipate them all year and cant wait for them next season when they are done... Danika spun yesterday in practice, still managed to secure I think 35th fastest even with it... but here is the thing that bothers me about her and the treatment she is getting.
First: too much pressure on her
Second: She is a fantastic driver in open wheel
Third: she has yet to prove herself. I know you will bring up leading a lap or finishing forth... shit man Boris Said could probably do both of those, her gender does not give her anything special to me
Fourth: She is a celebrity, the only driver I see getting more head from the announcers is Jimmy Johnson and she is not even close to the sprint cup level
the only surprising thing since she first started teasing about switching to NASCAR was DW's initial adversion to her doing it. He thought it was just a stunt to get a better contract. I doubt that, but it was nice to see DW get off his knees, wipe the cream from his lips to actually be critical of someone
