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Originally Posted by PonchoV8
Is any of her hype really that different than Dale Jr's hype of yester-year?
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Dale Jr. is one of the best plate racers in the Cup series. Dale Jr. has won multiple Championships (1998 and 1999 Nationwide Series). Dale Jr. has won 20 Cup races and has had 210 top 10's.
Danica made news yesterday because...
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Patrick records best Talladega finish for female:
Three female drivers have competed at Talladega in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Janet Guthrie (3 races), Patty Moise (1 race) and Danica Patrick (now 3 races). Before Patrick finished 22nd on Sunday. Guthrie's finish of 29th in August of 1978 was the best finish at Talladega by a female driver. Patrick had finished 33rd in both 2013 Talladega starts.
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The media is so desperate to make her look good that it's news that she finished in the bottom half of the 43 cars that started the race...
If Janet Guthrie had been given the quality of equipment that Danica is running every week, she would have been able to win races in the Cup series.
Janet ran a total of 33 Cup races starting at age 38 over a 4 year period.
Janet ran a total of 19 Cup races in 1977 and had 5 Top 10's (Michigan, Bristol, Charlotte and Rockingham. Her AVERAGE finish was 17.7.
The touring princess has run 56 races in her Cup career to date. She has 1 top 10. Her average finish is 26.6.
In 1978 she ran 7 races and had another Top 10 at Michigan. Her average finish was 22.3.
I rest my case...
