The Downfall of Danica

[ancrdave]

Go to ultimateracinghistory.com and look at Danica's CAREER stats, going back to her days racing in Europe... Some stats are incomplete but the fact of the matter is she has just one major victory - in Japan (2008) driving an Indy Car - and that was done on fuel mileage calculation... She has a good Nationwide ride but the Earnhardt team car #88 has had no more success than she has, so I think the team itself needs a boost and that may come in the form of Regan Smith next year...

On the other hand you have Johanna Long who has done wonders with an underfunded team and has outqualified Danica several times... Johanna has also won more races, not at a "National" level, but still against some of the best LM competition in the country including the Snowball Derby... It would be interesting to see what she could do with a top-flight team...

[Jimmy McKinley]

one thing for sure is the young lady is making a good living racing cars good for her

She's *racing*? Seems to me, with the "good equipment" she's got, the results'd be a little better. Seems more to me like she's been "ridin' and wreckin'". She hasn't even had a top-TWENTY finish all year long.

That deal with Cassill this weekend? He put a door to her, if ya even wanna call it that (I only seen the replay once); they were "racing", for what, 30th place? She just got pissed that "someone would do that to her", and tried "to put a bumper to 'im" goin' into the corner, and ended up takin' 'em both out - yet again.

She may be "making a good living", but it ain't from "racing".

And yes....I *do* understand that there's a difference between learning these "new-fangled cars" and actually *driving* - or better yet, *RACING* these things.

Ol' Harry said once, "When you was runnin' Indy cars, the cars weighed half as much, and the tires was twice as wide. Now, the car weighs twice as much, and the tire's half as wide, and you're burnin' 'em up!" Ya can't finish a race if ya ain't got a whole race car, let alone win one.

Still say a team - even Finch - needs to take a look at Johanna Long. She's proven she can run good, even with second-rate equipment.

[UREZ2PASS]

According to some of you racing knowledge experts, the following drivers should NOT be racing Sprint Cup due to statistics.

They all have ZERO top 10 finishes and more starts than my beloved Danica.

Choke on the stats.

David Gilliland 32 starts
Casey Mears 32
Landon Cassill 32
Dave Blaney 30
David Reutimann 22
David Stremme 25
Michael McDowell 26
JJ Yeley 22
Josh Wise 26
Ken Schrader 10
Stephen Leich 15
Scott Speed 15
Scott Riggs 18
Mike Bliss 16
Danica Patrick 8
Joe Nemechek 28
Reed Sorenson 17

Notice Danica only has 8 starts. Would the list of drivers quit stinking up the show according to the professor McKinkly and his entourage.

[UREZ2PASS]

Whoever put Landon Cassill in a Racecar needs their head examined. This guy REALLY has a terrible record. See for yourself.

http://racing-reference.info/driver/cassila01

[dave41]

danica

How to loose fans and opportunities 101.

Talk negative about other drivers and their die hard fans and friends will not support you.

Students, Class is now complete. Homework assignment, write "I will not bash Danica" 100 times on a sheet of paper.

All Joking aside, be careful how you handle public relations.

danica, you can bet that their are sponsers in line to do so. fire kyle busch at noon ,he would have top ride before dark

[UREZ2PASS]

danica, you can bet that their are sponsers in line to do so.

You lost me on that one Dave. Are you saying Danica would have no problem getting sponsors ? If so, I would agree, she has a large fan following. Even though Kyle Busch is one of the best drivers if not the best, I believe Danica has more fans. If you look at souvenir sales, she is well in the top 10. It would be interesting to know real souvenir sale statistics. There's a lot of lime green shirts in the stands.

Gooooo Danica Goooooooo !!!!!!!! LOL

[bubba]

According to some of you racing knowledge experts, the following drivers should NOT be racing Sprint Cup due to statistics.

They all have ZERO top 10 finishes and more starts than my beloved Danica.

Choke on the stats.

David Gilliland 32 starts
Casey Mears 32
Landon Cassill 32
Dave Blaney 30
David Reutimann 22
David Stremme 25
Michael McDowell 26
JJ Yeley 22
Josh Wise 26
Ken Schrader 10
Stephen Leich 15
Scott Speed 15
Scott Riggs 18
Mike Bliss 16
Danica Patrick 8
Joe Nemechek 28
Reed Sorenson 17

Notice Danica only has 8 starts. Would the list of drivers quit stinking up the show according to the professor McKinkly and his entourage.

The key flaw in your argument is that NONE of these guys is in the level of equipment she is in. Would you bet even money on Danica against any of these guys in similar equipment ? You know and I know she aint gonna win - you can keep up the rah rah Danica if you want but she sucks in anything except go carts.

Now the exciting world of internet media - she would win hands down...

[dave41]

dancia

You lost me on that one Dave. Are you saying Danica would have no problem getting sponsors ? If so, I would agree, she has a large fan following. Even though Kyle Busch is one of the best drivers if not the best, I believe Danica has more fans. If you look at souvenir sales, she is well in the top 10. It would be interesting to know real souvenir sale statistics. There's a lot of lime green shirts in the stands.

Gooooo Danica Goooooooo !!!!!!!! LOL

i say she would not have any problem.

[UREZ2PASS]

The key flaw in your argument is that NONE of these guys is in the level of equipment she is in

So you are saying they don't have a chance at a single top ten finish this year because of their equipment ? I call a big brown pile of bull dung on that argument.

Everybody struggles at one point or another. Even the best guys in the best equipment struggle. In recent times, very few have succeeded in cup their first few years.

She may never win or succeed, but she makes me and a whole hell of a lot of others want to watch the race.

[bubba]

Greenish brown at best, but to say her results in top shelf rides are similar to others in 2nd or 3rd tier cars is brown with corn in it my friend!

Lots a people like to watch her, not many think she will win.

Pull the lime green glasses back and cherish her for what she is...a marketing gimmick. Pretty one too. Keep her around as long as they will pay for it, just don't do a stat comparison any time soon.

[Boneman]

not many think she will win

I did. I went to the July race at Daytona where she was the dominant car most of the night, but got caught up in "the big one" that was started by someone else. Too bad, she could have won and this converstion would be awfully short.

Gooooo Danica Goooooooo !!!!!!!!

[Ricky Bobby]

Someone please tell her it's the bump and run, not the bump and crash.

[UREZ2PASS]

Someone please tell her it's the bump and run, not the bump and crash.

Yea, that didn't work out so well. I sure wish she would have wadded up that punk Landon Cassill. Where did he come from anyway ? A few starts here and there, then a full cup ride. I'm guessing one of them daddies money boys.

Goooooo Danica Goooooooo !!!!!!!

[UREZ2PASS]

Greenish brown at best, but to say her results in top shelf rides are similar to others in 2nd or 3rd tier cars is brown with corn in it my friend!

Lots a people like to watch her, not many think she will win.

Pull the lime green glasses back and cherish her for what she is...a marketing gimmick. Pretty one too. Keep her around as long as they will pay for it, just don't do a stat comparison any time soon.

FINALLY !!!! Somebody that understands my humor and can give it back. Don't ever quit with the colorful humor. I for one appreciate it. Even if you're talking trash about my girl !

By the way, what NASCAR driver DO you holler for ?

[Pun33]

Cassill began racing in a quad when he was 3 years old. Cassill moved to go-karts. He finished second in the Pro Kart Tour at Atlanta Motor Speedway at age 10. The following year, he earned his first of two Kart Series national championships. Cassill won four International Kart Federation (IKF) championships, some on dirt and some on asphalt.

In 2000, Cassill competed in three different classes: two karting and a midget class. He won all three state championships on the same night.[1] Cassill won four more state championships at the Newton Kart Klub in Newton, Iowa in 2001. He then started racing in a modified at the half mile Hawkeye Downs.[2]

He was racing in the ASA Late Model Series (ASALMS) in 2003 while he was in high school at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids. He has also raced in legend, modified, and late model racecars. Other series include the American Speed Association and the CRA Super Series.

At age 16, he became the youngest winner in ASALMS history when he won at Lake Erie Speedway on June 9, 2006; holding the record until Erik Jones surpassed him at age 14 in 2010.[2] On July 3, Cassill won his second ASALMS race, this time in a Southern Division race at South Georgia Motorsports Park near Cecil, Georgia. The win made him the first driver to win in both the Northern and Southern Divisions.[3] He won his first Challenge Division race at I-70 Speedway on July 8 to become the first driver to win in all three divisions. He finished second in the Challenge Division points behind Kelly Bires, and eleventh in the Northern Division despite starting in half of the races.[4]



Guess he won more than Danica, guess he can stay