[Alvin]

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http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr...river-20130409

[arbys]

Wallace has very good potential and I'd rather hear commentators hype him rather than Danica who has to earn her stripes, and wins.

[Alvin]

Stenhouse leaves Patrick...

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup...rick-standings

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by Alvin

Stenhouse leaves Patrick...

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup...rick-standings

In the dust....

Ricky's qualifying speed at Texas - 193.195 - qualified 17th...

Iwanica's speed - 186.290

That's almost 6MPH slower than her main squeeze - who is also a rookie.

I found it interesting that they were discussing how difficult it must be for Stenhouse this season as he is used to knowing that he has a good chance to win each and every race he enters and this season that's not the case being a rookie in the Cup series.

Iwanica has never known that feeling of having a good chance to win in her entire car in automobile racing. In her case, the best feeling she has ever brought to a race track was that she had a good chance of finishing the race if she doesn't hit anything...

1 win in her entire automobile racing career - and that was a fuel mileage win dictated by her crew chief risking her running out of gas. Still a win - she didn't cheat - so she got the trophy - ONCE...

It must be real depressing knowing that you have a car capable of winning, a team capable of winning and then realizing that the only reason your car and team aren't in victory lane occasionally is because you are the driver.

[cuz68]

She finished 28 last night, Dale JR was 29th, Ricky was behind the wall.

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by cuz68

She finished 28 last night, Dale JR was 29th, Ricky was behind the wall.

Where are those three drivers in the point standings?

If finishing 28th is a positive for Iwanica - then that should explain to all the Iwanica apologists how bad she is.

Originally Posted by Mike Noun

She lacks experience, she doesn't understand the mechanics of a suspension.

Well, that's half right...

She doesn't understand the mechanics of a suspension.

Iwanica has lots of experience. Just look at her automobile racing resume. She's been racing cars since she was 16 and she's 31 now...

Originally Posted by richard sargent

I love her, I think she is the greatest of all the drivers by far, the best I ever seen in .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .............. A....BIKINI!!!!!

If she'd stop trying to race a car and just spend more time in her bikini, it would be better for everyone...

FWIW - I have seen better looking race car drivers in a bikini - but you may have only seen one...

[Alvin]

Not much media attention for Christmas Abbott NASCAR female tire changer or Jennifer Jo Cobb female driver.

Look for Christmas Abbott interview on current broadcasts of HBOs Real Sports program...you can watch part of it here:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/stor...-041613#!dDPR9

[MikeNoun]

Part of this same topic, Stirling Moss, the legendary F1 driver, who is 83 years old now, got into trouble this week when he made this comment about women in F1.

"I think they have the strength but I don't know if they've got the mental aptitude to race hard, wheel-to-wheel."

Susie Wolff, who is hoping to compete in F1 and is currently a development driver for Williams, said, "I don't know where to start after hearing that interview. I've got a lot of respect for Sir Stirling and what he achieved but I think we're in a different generation. For Moss, it's unbelievable that a female would drive a Formula 1 car, which is fair enough. In the days they were racing, every time they stepped into a car, they were putting their life on the line. But F1 is much more technologically advanced, it's much safer than it was."

Only five women have ever raced in Formula One. Only one has scored a point. Italian Maria "Lella" Lombardi started 12 races in the 1970s and scored half a point with Brabham.

Well, this of course opened the floodgates, with female sports commentators calling Moss a sexist old dinosaur. On a Yahoo Sports TV segment, they had the usual man vs. women debate between two commentators. The women said that Moss is an idiot, and that he apparently is too stupid to realize women CAN race, and they CAN win. The male commentator said that Danica Patrick has only won 1 race in her career, and no other female driver has won an F1 or NASCAR race. 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.

Typical ignorance from Yahoo Sports, and those naive bloggers. This Yahoo female commentator had NO idea that there have been DOZENS of female drivers in NASCAR, Nationwide, F1, and Indycar over the decades.