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Originally Posted by MikeNoun
The female commentator was furious, and said that Danica Patrick only has 1 win because she's a groundbreaker, she's new, and she's the ONLY female driver, otherwise women would have more wins.
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As you mentioned in your next post, Iwanica is not a groundbreaker.
She wasn't the first female to run in NASCAR - that ground breaking was done by Sara Christian back in 1949.
She wasn't the first female to run an Indy car - that ground was broken by Janet Guthrie back in 1977.
She personally is new to Cup racing, but not new to NASCAR (4th year).
And most assuredly, she is not the ONLY female driver (the commentator didn't specify series - and we all know there are several female drivers currently in professional racing).
As to current female NASCAR drivers that have also won a race (not a NASCAR race, but a race with other NASCAR drivers in it) - Johanna Long (at the age of 18) won the 2010 Snowball Derby that had current and former NASCAR drivers competing in it...
If this commentator wants to see more female wins - she needs to drum up support for a female that actually has enough talent to win - and then get that girl a quality ride.
We don't need a pretty face (Dale Sr. and Richard Petty aren't the male model types), we need a female with real racing talent to have the opportunities that have been afforded Danica.