Danica = Dumb Bunny?

[dave41]

the girl

look close ,Newman came up ,Danica went down. fault is her spotter

[OldSchool+]

Dave, interesting way to put it...

At any rate, I would agree with you. IMO, though, a better racer would have moved up. They do it all the time, from New Smyrna to Charlotte.

[zerofor]

danica

isnt,wasnt,or will never be.

[Groundpounder]

Well she didn't hit the jet dryer on the track yet ..
Give her a chance.. She might find it on the track yet..


don62

Actually she came extremely close to hitting a safety truck under yellow during a Kentucky Indy Car race in her early days in that genre...I believe she caused the yellow, pitted and came storming out of the pits and floored it (we know her red mist issue) and had a tire issue.
Very close...

[dave41]

the girl

watching incar cam of the men driving ,really have have to work and fight steering wheel thru turns. she has to have a lot of upper body strength. not a lot of the men that make fun could last 3-4 hours at the job

[OldSchool+]

I certainly would like to see her succeed.

Look, there is a lot of heartbreak in racing. More heartbreak than joy, I would suggest.

Steve Park had a head injury, and...never was as competitive after that. Same with Sam Ard. Rick Mast suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning and had to retire.

And then there are those that are "good" but have aged and/or are not pretty enough for the camera. They have retired, but not by their own choice.

And Danica? Sure we respect her strength. Just not her talent at the highest level. Still, I can deal with that...

But taking your hands off the wheel and your feet off the pedals so your car becomes a truly out of control weapon? IMO, there is no excuse for that and that really was the point of this thread.

If she is afraid of being injured to the point of putting others in jeopardy, she should be selling Avon.

[Darren]

The 1st time they shown her doing that they explained that she was taught that in Indy. Well, this ain't Indy. See Jimmy Johnson do that awhile back, take hands off wheel. Saving himself for that SUNOCO BURN FUEL SMELL ad.

[OldSchool+]

I saw Jimmie do it as well, and that was also cowardly and dangerous, IMO.

But at least if they are going to take their hands off the wheel, the brakes should be locked down until the car comes to rest.

It appeared that Danica lifted off the brake before she hit the wall, and the wheels were rolling as she rocketed down the bank toward Ragan.

Sure, the brakes could have "gone out", but I do not believe that was the case.

[OldSchool+]

PS--Jimmie is a "burnt rubbair", IMO

[dave41]

hands off

that is why kyle broke his legs , feet off pedals before you hit ,makes good sense

[Groundpounder]

as she rocketed down the bank toward Ragan.

Rocketed??? If she rocketed I would understand...she slowly rolled, therein the problem.

[OldSchool+]

I stand by my verb!

[jacko241]

isnt,wasnt,or will never be.

Very well said

[jacko241]

that is why kyle broke his legs , feet off pedals before you hit ,makes good sense

The pros I have seen and raced with drive the car till the bitter end.

[OldSchool+]

Indeed!

And turn left and right (but mostly left!).

Imagine the "Big One" at Daytona and all of 'em are curled up in a ball with their eyes closed.

Maybe they could put an airbag at the base of Danica's seat to deploy and press the brake pedal.