[The Champ]

Originally Posted by Region Warrior

If she averages 25th out a field of 43, i'd say thats pretty good for a female in a mans sport.

You're setting the bar real low, considering that women have been racing in NASCAR since 1949...

The Daytona Beach course (yes, they ran part of the race on the beach) in 1949 - Ethel Mobley finished 11th, Sara Christian finished 18th and Lois Smith finished 20th.

As already noted - Wanica is running the best equipment money can buy and has a top notch crew. This is her 4th season in NASCAR, she ran the full Nationwide series last year and 10 Cup races to help prepare her for this ride.

The last rookie to run the full season was Joey Logano. Joey was 18 years old at the start of the season and as a rookie won 1 race, had 3 top 5's and 7 top 10's.

Joey had a partial year of NASCAR experience as prior to getting his full time Cup ride - because of his age he wasn't allowed to drive until he turned 18 in May of the previous year. He ran 3 Cup races, 18 Nationwide races and 1 Truck race for a total of 22 races prior to his rookie season.

Based on the huge advantage of actual NASCAR racing experience Wanica has - she should be able to do much better than Joey.

But that ain't happening.