[The Champ]

^ You have to remember that Danica drove for Jr. for three years. He hired her and collected all the sponsorship dollars from godaddy.com. Jr. is also currently doing Nationwide Insurance commercials with Danica - he has a vested interest in her ongoing viability.

"I have to disagree with Kyle," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Friday at Kentucky Speedway. "I think she's a tough competitor. She works really hard at what she does and she has run some really good races. On every occasion, she's outrunning several guys on the circuit."

I don't argue that she "tough", but I don't think I could classify her as a "tough competitor".

As to "outrunning several guys on the circuit", that might have some basis except for the fact that the "guys" she's "outrunning" are racing part time, in marginal equipment and many of them are "start and park" cars.

She sits 27th in the points. Of the drivers that have made all 17 races, these are the only drivers that she is ahead of:

1. David Gilliland
2. David Ragan
3. David Reutimann
4. JJ Yeley
5. Travis Kvapil

There are two drivers who have only had 13 (4 fewer) races that are ahead of her in the points.

[arbys]

Originally Posted by The Champ

She sits 27th in the points. Of the drivers that have made all 17 races, these are the only drivers that she is ahead of:

1. David Gilliland
2. David Ragan
3. David Reutimann
4. JJ Yeley
5. Travis Kvapil

I would bet that most of those would 5 positions ahead of Danica in her equipment.