[Alvin]

Originally Posted by 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.

Sounds like it's "trophys for everyone" time again at YaaWho Sports?!!!

If I was Moss, especially @ 83 yrs, I wouldn't give a rats a$$ whose "panties got in a bunch" over anything I said, did, or felt.

[MikeNoun]

Yes, I agree! Sir Stirling can say whatever he wants. His track record allows him to say what he feels, and to comment on what he's seen over the decades. Doesn't mean he thinks women are inferior mentally, just that he feels they aren't cut out for F1 racing. That's his opinion, and he should be allowed to say what he feels without having the entire weight of the overly politically correct world trying to belittle him and dismiss his accomplishments by calling him a "little old man that hates women".

Richard Petty got into trouble with a comment about female race drivers back when Danica came into the sport. Heck, even Don Garlits made a career out of heckling Shirley Muldowney. If these young people would look at video from these great drivers, and if they thought they were relevant nowadays, they'd probably write blogs about the "old dinosaurs" and sexist rantings of Petty and Garlits.

Non-race fans get furious when they hear comments like these from "old guys", but true racing fans understand, but may not agree, with their comments.

I'd love to see the look on a face of a 20-something politically correct female blogger when she sees an old clip of NASCAR from the 60's or 70's, when the winner would plant a big ol' kiss on the beauty queen for the event, who was usually wearing a bikini or 1-piece bathing suit!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Yes, I agree! Sir Stirling can say whatever he wants. His track record allows him to say what he feels, and to comment on what he's seen over the decades. Doesn't mean he thinks women are inferior mentally, just that he feels they aren't cut out for F1 racing. That's his opinion, and he should be allowed to say what he feels without having the entire weight of the overly politically correct world trying to belittle him and dismiss his accomplishments by calling him a "little old man that hates women".

Richard Petty got into trouble with a comment about female race drivers back when Danica came into the sport. Heck, even Don Garlits made a career out of heckling Shirley Muldowney. If these young people would look at video from these great drivers, and if they thought they were relevant nowadays, they'd probably write blogs about the "old dinosaurs" and sexist rantings of Petty and Garlits.

Non-race fans get furious when they hear comments like these from "old guys", but true racing fans understand, but may not agree, with their comments.

I'd love to see the look on a face of a 20-something politically correct female blogger when she sees an old clip of NASCAR from the 60's or 70's, when the winner would plant a big ol' kiss on the beauty queen for the event, who was usually wearing a bikini or 1-piece bathing suit!

One of those PC 21st Century "Blogger Approved 'Beauty Queens'" here (yuk!)
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