[Sirrotica]

Tom, I understand the financial part of it fine, she bought her way into NASCAR by bringing go danny with her, doesn't mean I have to concur or like it. Tom, I have raced with other women in my years as a driver on dirt tracks and the favoritism in my experiences just flat out sucks. I think if you had the experiences I've had you may have a different outlook on it.

As I have posted before, there is a girl in Ohio that runs 410 sprint cars that can flat out beat the guys she runs with. I'm a fan of hers, she asks no quarter and none is given. The playing field is level as far as I see it. If NASCAR was like that I would have no complaint, just as in politics, money talks and bullsh!t walks. Money and greed dictate the policies and the gender card is just another tool in the arsenal.

I also know that TP has brought interest and fans to NASCAR, no doubt about it. The fire has went out somewhat with the lackluster performance over the past 4 years and Danicamania has dropped off. Thing is a decent female driver in that car would still be raising interest 4 years later still if she was close to breaking into the chase. More souvenirs sold, more sponsors interested, more fans. I don't care what gender the driver is as long as the interest generated is because of the on track performance, not because a woman is making laps every week in a cup car. It would benefit every facet of cup racing to have the #10 car competitive. The return on the dollars spent would be much greater if that car was competitive on a regular basis.

It's been mentioned that Stewart Haas sees $$$$$ from that team, put a driver in it and the $s would be even greater. I guess I don't like to see poor utilization of anything, and the utilization of resources from the #10 car is far under it's potential IMO.