Danica - shoots and scores

[CBonsall]

Y! SPORTS (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/danica-patrick-plays-shoot-puck-blackhawks-game-scores-025241421.html)

[NeedSpeed]

:cool:

[C5Nate]

Sums up her racing career, 1 hit wonder.

[CBonsall]

Sums up her racing career, 1 hit wonder.

:rofl:

[VatorMan]

Sums up her racing career, 1 hit wonder.

And how many have you won ? Jealous people are funny.

[Datawiz]

Sums up her racing career, 1 hit wonder.

Well done! :lol:

[NeedSpeed]

And how many have you won ? Jealous people are funny.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m73rcuaulz1rb1sd7o1_500.jpg

:D

[C5Nate]

And how many have you won ? Jealous people are funny.

Just stating the facts Mam.

Jealous? Really? Is that all you have? :slap:

If I was a race car driver with her 1 career win in over 200 major races, I would find another job.

Driving race cars is not my job.

How many successful global computer networks has she set up and/or ran for major corporations? None? She must be jealous. :rolleyes:

[CBonsall]

the also rans in cup racing still make a good bit of money,compared to a none racing worker.

[VatorMan]

Just stating the facts Mam.

Jealous? Really? Is that all you have? :slap:

If I was a race car driver with her 1 career win in over 200 major races, I would find another job.

Driving race cars is not my job.

How many successful global computer networks has she set up and/or ran for major corporations? None? She must be jealous. :rolleyes:

YOU are fixated on HER. Not the other way around. I think we can say pretty much the same about Earnhart JR. His record isn't that hot either.

[ApexOversteer]

Just stating the facts Mam.

Jealous? Really? Is that all you have? :slap:

If I was a race car driver with her 1 career win in over 200 major races, I would find another job.

Driving race cars is not my job.

How many successful global computer networks has she set up and/or ran for major corporations? None? She must be jealous. :rolleyes:

Took Danica Patrick 49 tries to get her Indy Car win.

Took 2009 F1 World Driving Champion Jensen Button 117 Grands Prix before he had his first F1 win.

[C5SilverBullet]

Just stating the facts Mam.

Jealous? Really? Is that all you have? :slap:

If I was a race car driver with her 1 career win in over 200 major races, I would find another job.

Driving race cars is not my job.

How many successful global computer networks has she set up and/or ran for major corporations? None? She must be jealous. :rolleyes:

She makes $7 million a year for racing, I think she's doing ok at her career.

[C5Nate]

YOU are fixated on HER. Not the other way around. I think we can say pretty much the same about Earnhart JR. His record isn't that hot either.


I think she's borderline cute. :yesnod:

I agree on Dale JR. but this is not about Dale Jr.

Dale Jr. got a lot of attention at first but that has finally subsided to his level of performance on the track. I dont GAF if they are male or female drivers. Just get tired of the undeserving attention/hype she gets.

[RedLS1GTO]

the also rans in cup racing still make a good bit of money,compared to a none racing worker.

The problem is that over her entire career from Indy cars forward, she has been in elite equipment... and has performed as an "also ran".

She spent 7 seasons, 115 races, in top tier cars in the IRL (Rahal and Andretti). In that time, she managed 1 win... in a race where Helio dominated and ran out of gas. She led 124 laps in her career. Only in 2007 did she average a finish in the top 10 (8th). Given the level of competition of the Indy cars over most of her career there... not exactly awe inspiring.

For comparison: Over those same years her teammates, in the same cars, won 18 races, led 2480 laps, and won both the Indy 500 and an IRL championship (Dario 2007).

So far in NASCAR, she has managed... well... not much other than tearing up a lot of cars. Between Cup and Nationwide, she has raced in 78 races and managed a whopping 1 Top 5 (only 1 top 10 in Sprint Cup).

I root for her to do well. I would like to see it, if nothing else it gives publicity to racing in general (racing as a whole, not just NASCAR). But let's face it, a male driver with her career numbers sure as hell wouldn't be continuously put into big dollar rides.

[C5Nate]

I would like to see it, if nothing else it gives publicity to racing in general (racing as a whole, not just NASCAR). But let's face it, a male driver with her career numbers sure as hell wouldn't be continuously put into big dollar rides.


:iagree:

Running up front the entire race. 500 miles at Daytona, the first race of the Sprint Cup Series season, starting her first season with Stewart-Haas Racing is a lot of pressure for anyone. Patrick showed a lot of patience and composure. She was in the hunt for the race when even her boss, Tony Stewart, did not finish the race because of a crash. In the end, Jimmie Johnson won and Danica got her first race of the season under her belt and a strong finish.

The next races on the schedule came and Danica was unable to qualify good or race good. So much hype at the beginning of the year about Danica had women and young ladies waiting for her to win and run good at every track. With one full season of the Nationwide Series under her belt, and experience at some of the same tracks that they run in the Sprint Cup Series made many believe that she would run much better than she has this year. Now the question that comes up is: does Danica Patrick get too much attention?

I think that the press is giving Danica too much attention for the wrong reasons. At best, Danica was a mediocre driver in the Indy Series. She had a couple of good runs in the Nationwide Series, most notably the road courses. When you think of Tony Stewart, three-time Cup Champion signing her up for his team you have to wonder if he did it for the money or just because she is a friend. Of all people that he could sign to his team, why would he pick someone that has only one win in the Indy Series? It seems that she gets more attention when she is seen with her current boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse than she does her lack of racing skills.

[ApexOversteer]

Racing teams hire drivers for a variety of reasons.

Sometimes their skill, or they might have a personal sponsor and the team needs money, or perhaps by hiring a specific driver they get more media exposure and screentime, and therefore money.

Racing is a business, and right now, Danica Patrick is good business.

... and a driver fully capable of competing at what passes for the highest level of motor sport in the US.

[RedLS1GTO]

Dale Jr. got a lot of attention at first but that has finally subsided to his level of performance on the track.

... and his career stats are WAY better than hers.

In the cup series he has 19 wins as well as 23 in Busch/Nationwide series. He also won 2 Busch Championships. In the Cup series, he has made the Chase (or finished in the top 10 in points in the pre-chase era) in 8 seasons.

In comparison to Danica's stats, he's a racing God.

[RedLS1GTO]

Racing is a business, and right now, Danica Patrick is good business.

There is no debating that.


Took Danica Patrick 49 tries to get her Indy Car win.

Took 2009 F1 World Driving Champion Jensen Button 117 Grands Prix before he had his first F1 win.

C'mon man. Do you really think the competition in F1 is comparable to Indy Car? Button was in FAR FAR from elite cars for the entire early part of career... and it is no secret that the car is without a doubt the biggest part of the equation in F1.

Williams? Benneton? Renault? BAR?

[C5Nate]

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In comparison to Danica's stats, he's a racing God.


But he cant do this:

http://uberhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/danica-patrick-500-danica-patrick-topless1wtmk.jpg

[ApexOversteer]

C'mon man. Do you really think the competition in F1 is comparable to Indy Car? Button was in FAR FAR from elite cars for the entire early part of career.

Williams? Lucky Strike?

10 Podiums in 2004 with BAR/Lucky Strike. He had an elite car that could win then, but didn't.

You're also assuming that because a team had good results one year, it means they'll have good results next year.

My main point is that the racing career of any driver isn't just defined by their skill, or the car they're in.

IMO, you're understating Danica's ability. Why you do that could be for any number of reasons, but you are doing it.

[boracayjohnny]

Sums up her racing career, 1 hit wonder.

:rofl::lol: That's a beauty, Nate.

Also, Danica is not attractive to me. Her spoiled brat ways, average at best racing skills, and the media/car owners pimping her out have sealed that deal. Additionally, I've drooled more over a piece of friend chicken at the local H-E-B than her.

[ApexOversteer]

Do you know how many vaginas are on track in every NASCAR race?

2.

The one between Danica's legs, and the one driving the 18.

[RedLS1GTO]

My main point is that the racing career of any driver isn't just defined by their skill, or the car they're in.

I agree with that completely.


You're also assuming that because a team had good results one year, it means they'll have good results next year.

IMO, you're understating Danica's ability. Why you do that could be for any number of reasons, but you are doing it.

... and IMO you are overstating it. Which is something perfectly acceptable to disagree upon.

Where am I making assumptions from 1 year to the next? My comparisons to the stats of her Indy Car teammates were while they were active teammates, not what those drivers had done previously or after. In comparison to those with the same resources at the same time, the same cars, etc... she was below the average over a fairly large sample size of both people and teams.

I'm not saying that she is an awful driver. You don't get to where she is if that is the case. My argument is that she is, at best, average... and a decade worth of stats backs that up.


As for Button, I admittedly did forget about 2004 but with that exception, he was in crap cars... and in F1 the car is THE key, especially in his younger days when you had cars like Ferrari that were beyond dominate.

[C5Nate]

Do you know how many vaginas are on track in every NASCAR race?

2.

The one between Danica's legs, and the one driving the 18.



http://i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv273/Philadelphia1776/Larry_Cable_Guy_thats_funny_right_t.jpg



Or two bush's in every NASCAR race.

[CBonsall]

Do you know how many vaginas are on track in every NASCAR race?

2.

The one between Danica's legs, and the one driving the 18.

:lol:

[ApexOversteer]

I agree with that completely.




... and IMO you are overstating it.

Where am I making assumptions from 1 year to the next?

You're assuming her car is elite, because it was so previous to her driving it.

I may be overstating her skills. I watch her and I see a driver just an RCH less aggressive than the next man, with the latent skills needed to become a competitive NASCAR driver.

She's learning and improving, and doing so at a rate no slower than the next driver.

Yes, maybe she has skipped paying her dues on the track and has a better team behind her than she might if she had a penis.

But consider she might be paying dues elsewhere, in the incredible pressure she is under to perform, that the next driver doesn't feel because the media isn't all over them 24/7 to be the shining light for a whole gender, and a role model to an entire generation of girls, things she never set out to be.

She's a real racer. I can see that. And I like real racers.

Unless they're named Kyle. Yeah, Petty too.

[DukeAllen]

If racing was all about sex appeal I'd want to see all female nude drivers. You can't see them at all in the fire suit and helmet.

And why isn't she getting me a sammich?

[boracayjohnny]

If racing was all about sex appeal I'd want to see all female nude drivers. You can't see them at all in the fire suit and helmet.

And why isn't she getting me a sammich?

:rofl::lol:

[RedLS1GTO]

You're assuming her car is elite, because it was so previous to her driving it.

I think you are completely missing what I said. I made no reference to what the teams did before she was there.

My comments are based on what her teammates accomplished while they were teammates in the exact same equipment both with Rahal and Andretti. None of what I posted in any way referenced something done by a team before she was there or after she left. While she was there both of those teams were winning a lot of races (and even a championship) with other drivers. For a multiple year span while she was there, Andretti was 1 of the indisputable elite teams of the IRL and yet even in that equipment she only managed to win a single race.

In 2007 for example, with Andretti, her teammates won the Championship (Dario), the Indy 500, and the Team Championship. Her teammates (Franchitti, Kanaan) had 4 wins each and finished 1,3 in points. She on the other hand, in the exact same equipment, finished 7th in points with 0 wins, a whopping 17 laps led, only 4 top 5s, and finished almost half of the races off the lead lap.


AT THE SAME TIME, in the same cars, on the same tracks, with the same resources her teammates did a hell of a lot of winning. Her? Not so much.


For this current season, her whole team is struggling. There is no denying that. You are correct, what they did last year or the year before is irrelevant.

[ApexOversteer]

I think you are completely missing what I am saying. I made no reference to what the teams did before she was there.

My comments are based on what her teammates accomplished while they were teammates in the exact same equipment both with Rahal and Andretti. None of what I posted in any way referenced something done by a team before she was there or after she left.

AT THE SAME TIME, in the same cars, on the same tracks, with the same resources her teammates did a hell of a lot of winning. Her? Not so much.

You don't think that there might be a difference in the cars those teams give her, vs those given to the big-name-sons-of-icons she had for teammates?

Ok.

[RedLS1GTO]

You don't think that there might be a difference in the cars those teams give her, vs those given to the big-name-sons-of-icons she had for teammates?

Ok.

I edited my previous post, but not quickly enough...

In 2007 for example, with Andretti, her teammates won the Championship (Dario), the Indy 500, and the Team Championship. Her teammates (Franchitti, Kanaan) had 4 wins each and finished 1,3 in points. She on the other hand, in the exact same equipment, finished 7th in points with 0 wins, a whopping 17 laps led, only 4 top 5s, and finished almost half of the races off the lead lap.

Is it your contention that she was not in very comparable equipment to the guys that absolutely dominated the season? ...that Andretti built 2 good cars and 1 POS for each race?

Or, could it be that Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan are both simply much better drivers?

[ApexOversteer]

I edited my previous post, but not quickly enough...

In 2007 for example, with Andretti, her teammates won the Championship (Dario), the Indy 500, and the Team Championship. Her teammates (Franchitti, Kanaan) had 4 wins each and finished 1,3 in points. She on the other hand, in the exact same equipment, finished 7th in points with 0 wins, a whopping 17 laps led, only 4 top 5s, and finished almost half of the races off the lead lap.

Is it your contention that she was not in very comparable equipment to the guys that absolutely dominated the season? ...that Andretti built 2 good cars and 1 POS for each race?

Or, could it be that Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan are both simply much better drivers?

Dario and TK are better than 90% of the drivers out there. Not being quite as good, or quite as fast, as those two is normal for an Indy Car driver, because Dario and TK are the cream of that crop.

And yes, I do think that when you have more than one car on a team, you will have those that get every possible ounce of effort, and those that don't.

The point is you don't think Danica has any business being out there. I disagree, she's nowhere near the worst Indy Car driver or NASCAR driver with a ride these days.

[RedLS1GTO]

Dario and TK are better than 90% of the drivers out there. Not being quite as good, or quite as fast, as those two is normal for an Indy Car driver, because Dario and TK are the cream of that crop.

Yes, they are the top 10%... which is my point exactly. She is not a "cream of the crop" driver, nowhere even close to the Darios and TKs, of the world. She is average, at best.

The point is you don't think Danica has any business being out there. I disagree, she's nowhere near the worst Indy Car driver or NASCAR driver with a ride these days.

Ummmmmm... where did I say that she didn't have any business being out there? :skep:

I never said she was the worst. I have said multiple times that she is average. I would argue however that she is pretty close to the worst driver with a massive contract on a big dollar team.

And yes, I do think that when you have more than one car on a team, you will have those that get every possible ounce of effort, and those that don't.

I agree with that to a point. There is always a #1, although in Indy Car team cars almost always have similar results. You don't usually see 1 teammate winning races and another consistently running 12th. With that said, given the success that BOTH of her teammates had in those cars, even 1 that was not quite at the 100% level would still put her in a car capable of winning races, or at least competing for wins...

Also, given the fact that SHE was the money draw despite what the other guys did on the track, I would be willing to bet that Andretti did everything possible to get her in cars that would win and that she was not getting junk cars.

[ApexOversteer]

She is average, at best.

You need average drivers. Otherwise, the greats wouldn't be special.

[RedLS1GTO]

You need average drivers. Otherwise, the greats wouldn't be special.

Well mathematically speaking, I certainly can't argue. :D

[Wathen1955]

I thought NASCAR got her to help the ratings. In the video, I was surprised to see how short she is.

[NeedSpeed]

I thought NASCAR got her to help the ratings. In the video, I was surprised to see how short she is.

Her weight advantage has been in discussion. Though she could probably kick Mark Martin's ass :leaving:

[jaxgator]

Her weight advantage has been in discussion. Though she could probably kick Mark Martin's ass :leaving:

I seriously doubt that. Mark Martin is in excellent shape for his age.

[NeedSpeed]

I seriously doubt that. Mark Martin is in excellent shape for his age.

It was a sarcastic size comparison :slap:

:D

[jaxgator]

It was a sarcastic size comparison :slap:

:D

Oh. :leaving:

[Bucwheat]

Boy is she really that small or the interviewer was way tall.

[RED-85-Z51]

But he cant do this:

http://uberhumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/danica-patrick-500-danica-patrick-topless1wtmk.jpg

Id crawl through a mile of her shit, just to sniff her ass....I dont care if she can drive.

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Id crawl through a mile of her shit, just to sniff her ass....I dont care if she can drive.
I'm with you Red. I think. Not sure about the mile of shit part though.

[C5Nate]

Id crawl through a mile of her shit, just to sniff her ass....I dont care if she can drive.


http://terminallance.com/comics/2011-08-26-Strip_143_Mile_of_Shit_web.gif

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/35962037.jpg

[benny42]

For a little bitty woman, she sure has big feet. Just an observation, not judging or
anything...

[jaxgator]

For a little bitty woman, she sure has big feet. Just an observation, not judging or
anything...

Well, you know what they say? Big hands, big feet...
























Big gloves, big shoes. :D