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Old 03-04-2013, 11:30 PM
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Shows how much Wanica knows about racing...

I've been inside the track multiple times ....

Rumored that the Guy in the photo above has dirt 'tween the ears, ehh Chaump?!!

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Rumored that the Guy in the photo above has dirt 'tween the ears, ehh Chaump?!!
I've got enough laps around a dirt track to admit to that...

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Old 03-05-2013, 09:54 AM
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I've got enough laps around a dirt track to admit to that...
Ha Ha That's the spirit! Good One.

BTT - Danica out of race. Lets see if she can win one. Odds takers?

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Who said anything about what happened in the last race? Hello! We are talking about her future chances.

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Old 03-06-2013, 09:17 AM
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If she averages 25th out a field of 43, i'd say thats pretty good for a female in a mans sport.

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If she averages 25th out a field of 43, i'd say thats pretty good for a female in a mans sport.
I personally know at least 1 female who strongly disagrees... and would probably snatch your nuts out and use them for dice for suggesting it.

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Old 03-06-2013, 02:23 PM
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If she averages 25th out a field of 43, i'd say thats pretty good for a female in a mans sport.
I disagree, she has some of the best equipment, and there are probablly only 30-35 cars out there that are actually trying to run the whole race, there are usually 2-8 start and park drivers who will only run for 10-40 laps and park it in the garage.

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If anyone has seen "Days of Thunder" Cole Trickle was like Wanica in some ways, came from an open wheeled car, had no idea of what physics made the stock car go around the track and how to manage tires, brakes, etc.

She also never worked on a car and never will, just shows up to drive the car and make commercials. Her car owner got wrecked during the Daytona 500 and they showed him in the garage working on his car trying to get the car ready to return to the race. I've also seen Tony change tires in the pits at dirt races. I've also seen "Super Tex" A.J.Foyt working on his own car in 1982 (Indy 500) towards the end of his driving career working on his car in the pits. Wanica would be lost trying to do anything on the car.

If you have no idea of how a car works or even how to do minor things on it you'll probably have no idea of how to manage the cars resources, IMO.

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Her car owner got wrecked during the Daytona 500 and they showed him in the garage working on his car trying to get the car ready to return to the race.
i saw that, couldnt figure out how to turn that grinder on

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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.

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Put her in a CWTS truck and let's see how long she lasts...

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Like Obama, an empty suit.

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That's right, I SAID IT!

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Old 03-06-2013, 08:22 PM
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Someone needs to clue them in: Her in car play by play description of how the car is running is a total waste of time and IMO diminishes her more as a driver.

Think about it: Any other driver doing the same...for more than a few seconds? Nope!

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All good things come to an end.

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Question What's in the Trunk

The real question is will her "bottom tier" pass that "first glance" by NASTCART? Seemed to have worked for DaniKant.

Note: Junior Johnson's moon-shine history could be used in her favor re decisions to disregard her previous drug charges. Talk about a marketing machine for her gender and race...regardless of if/how she runs... Again: refer to DaniKant's actual performance vs marketing. Or maybe a "Breaking Bad" type sponsor, such as: "Everything Goes Better with Meth" would justify her "one lap wonder" performance and we could hear Waltrip Bros on TV shows analyze ad nauseatingly "her great potential" to complete "several laps"...

Too bad Condoleezza Rice isn't driving. Given her success in her lifetime endeavors, she'd be one heck of a competitive race car driver! I'd pay to see that.

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Excuse before next race... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar...4--nascar.html

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Anybody read the comments below the article?...LMAO!

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Anybody read the comments below the article?...LMAO!
Yes. my favorite "Danica Patrick gets Stoned" too funny.


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