[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by Sirrotica

If you listened to her interview, I've never seen any driver talk so much and not say anything. Incoherent and looked like a deer in the headlights.

Danica's interviews are painful to watch. We've always said that if they have a rain delay, and the network needs to fill time, go find Danica, ask her how her car is, then the network crew can leave the camera rolling, go grab lunch, and come back in an hour.

She can't provide proper feedback about her car's handling because she doesn't understand what needs to be change. If the car is perfect to her liking, like here at Kansas, or Talladega, or Daytona, she does fairly well. When it's not perfect, she's running in the back of the field. That's not the sign of a winning race car driver.

Good drivers provide SO much feedback to their crew chief, and they tell them what THEY want, as they know where they can run on the track, high or low. When the setup isn't quite perfect, they can adjust their driving style, they know how to make the most of the car until the next pit stop. They can drive a poor handling car and lose very little track position.

Danica can't do that. The car has to be setup in that narrow window of her driving ability, the only way she can drive, for her to have a decent day. That's why Letterman-Rahal dumped her in IndyCar. Rahal saw her inability to adjust during a race, her lack of understanding of what the car was doing. The pit crew would take swings at the suspension and wing setup, and they would be frustrated.

The 'blind squirrel' theory pops up, she gets a top 3 finish, or in the case of NASCAR, she gets a great qualifying effort at a superspeedway. That's why Richard Petty said she's not a racing driver. She doesn't have what it takes to be a winner.

She still may get that victory at a superspeedway, perhaps with a little extra hp or better aero than the other cars, which NASCAR would of course look the other way. Could you imagine what would happen if Danica won at Daytona this summer, and then in the post-race they found out her car was too low or had an illegal suspension part? NASCAR wouldn't do anything, they'd make excuses that her infraction was not worthy of a penalty. If it was another driver, they would fine the team, put the crew chief on probation, and dock owner and driver points.