Danica Patrick is on the pole! (Page 2)

I would have made that comment about any driver who wins the pole at Daytona or Talledega.  These are super speedways.  When qualifying, all drivers are doing is flooring the gas and navigating around  four turns for one lap (after you have already built up speed).  There is no braking, shifting, accelerating, etc.  She doesn't have to worry about conserving fuel, tire wear, or pass other drivers.  Could I have won the pole with her car?  Absolutely not.  But I'm not a professional driver either. 

If she (or any other driver) were to win the pole on a short course or road course...then I would give the driver more credit.

Sure, Danica winning a pole at any race is going to create news and buzz.  I get that.  But if you expect me to believe that her winning the pole at Daytona somehow means that she's now an elite driver...um...no.  I would love to see her grow into an elite driver, by winning races...but again...the Daytona pole just means she had the fastest car.

Not "white guilt"...  "man neediness".  Been a couple of days since I've had  pizza and I guess it gets me all girl-champion ranting.  (Have you seen the pics of Danica and Courtney Force?!)

Keep hope! The weekend is nigh!

But can she make a sandwich?

I agree.  I think it is also "what are they interested in".  What are the kids interested in?  What is the % lower down in those ranks of minorities (race and gender)? 

Heck, same could be said, from a race perspective, about triathlons.  Still not big in the minority communities.  mainly a bunch of white people.

Agreed.

I was trying to tease you. Big fail. ( I should have waited for Bradely's response)

Yeah, that seems pretty standard with most pro athletes. Wasn't Tiger Woods on Johnny Carson making crazy golf shots when he was 3 or something?

Agreed her talent was really doubles but everybody expected her to dominate every facet of the game when she had obligations to being hot.

I never bought into the Danika Patrick marketing/media hype.

First of all, she's pretty but not UBER hawt as some people seem to think.  Basically, she's a pretty woman who's in a man's world with mostly men viewership.  If she didn't race cars, it's not like she could fall back on modeling or anything.  Just not that good looking to me.

However, I give her lots of respect for a driver - even more so now.  If you recall, she did well as an indy car driver and NOW decides to switch to NASCAR and takes the poll in one of the biggest evens the sport has?  Well done.  I would be impressed if anyone did that - pretty-ish girl or not.

Heh.  Mark Martin is about a buck 25 on a good day.  No one's complaining about him.

"She's hot out of the pit."

"She's spraying fluid out the back end."

"Her rear end is loose."

"She's getting a complete rubber change."

"They're giving her a full turn of wedge."

"She's deep in tight."

"She's on Gordon's rear, sucking in hard."

"She's coming out flat in the straight."

"She got a great jump on Johnson."

"She's tight in the curves."

"She needs to break out to get some clean air."

Better? 

It's not cool to poke fun at the elderly...